I’ve just returned from a small weekend workshop with Victor Sanchez up in Santa Fe. Sanchez has written a few books about the Toltecs: The Teachings of Don Carlos, a practical guide based on Carlos Castaneda’s works; Toltecs of the New Millennium, about the surviving indigenous Toltec people called the Wirrarika; and The Toltec Path of Recapitulation, concerning the energetic healing practice of recapitulating events in one’s life to free oneself of the past.
I am not familiar with too many other traditions that speak of energy in this way, with the emphasis on practical techniques and steps one can take to gain, save, and redirect energy so that one can live in harmony with the earth and oneself. I’m sure other such traditions exist; this one just speaks to me most strongly. I do see some similarities between the Toltec tradition and the energy body/chakra work I’ve been doing based on Robert Bruce’s Astral Dynamics; that path is geared towards direct stimulation and development of the energy body for the purpose of entering other worlds, whereas the Toltec path emphasizes techniques like reducing self-importance and stopping the internal dialogue, to free up the energy that is bound up in patterns of self, for the purpose of gaining freedom to move in any world. Very complementary, they are my two main spiritual focuses right now. Read the full post
