Nagual in the works of Castaneda



'Nagual' is also a term used in the books by Carlos Castaneda. There are three definitions of the word: 1) to describe a person [1] who is able to lead people to new areas of consciousness. Carlos Castaneda's guide “don Juan Matus” often referred to himself as the Nagual for his "party of warriors". Also, Nagual is considered by Castaneda's followers to be related to Eastern concepts of Tao, meditation, or infinity. 2) It's a part of the totality of the self (in don Juan's words), a part of the human consciousness that's beyond syntax and linear thinking; it's the counterpart of the tonal. 3) The word Nagual sometimes replaces the word spirit understood as an entity in the universe to which sorcerers learn to relate.