The Toltec Warrior: An individual who is engaged in a battle for personal power and views everything in life as a challenge while striving to act with impeccability and to approach life's challenges with humility and courage.

The ancient Toltec teachings inspire men and women to become warriors...taking the journey into self discovery that will lead them to transcend social conditioning and follow their individual, noble path to the attainment of true power, freedom and joy.

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Did You Know?

Carlos Castaneda was an anthropologist from UCLA who, during the course of his research, introduced the world to both the Mexican philosophy known as Toltec as well as his teacher, the Yaqui Indian shaman Don Juan.

Castaneda chronicled his experience with Don Juan through a series of books. The first, The Teachings of Don Juan: a Yaqui Way of Knowledge, was actually his masters thesis--which introduced the world to Don Juan and quickly became a best seller and started a fascination with the world of shamanism and the Toltec warrior.

Although the veracity of some of his experiences (including the actual existence of Don Juan!) is questioned, the profile of a warrior is no less meaningful. The lessons he shares are powerful and echo many of the truths revealed in other classic philosophies discussing the art of living.

Thanks, Brian, for reminding me of certain Don Juan quotes and getting me to go back and re-read my books.

FYI, while the anthropological term is “shaman,” Don Juan was a sorcerer—though labels are just another way of getting tangled up in words.

I’ve puzzled for years over Don Juan’s teachings. Recently a friend called from out of state to tell me i HAD to buy “Astral Dynamics” by Robert Bruce, because it takes away some of the mysticism and puts it in terms the ordinary person can understand.

I’m still wading through the technical stuff, but now have a better idea what Castaneda meant in “The Art of Dreaming,” when he said, “Don Juan contended that our world, which we believe to be unique and absolute, is only one in a cluster of consecutive worlds, arranged like the layers of an onion.”

Maybe some Castaneda reader will pick up “Astral Dynamics” and it will help them peel away a layer or two.