Any additional revisions/corrections are welcome. Source page for the lists below (was incomplete & inaccurate):
Castaneda makes it clear that these are not the persons’ birth names, but rather their sorcery names. In denoting their function within each generation of practitioners, terms are used which can only be understood by reading Castaneda’s writings.
The Sorcerer’s of Antiquity:
*There was an indeterminant (but estimable) gap of some few thousand years between the decline of the Ancient Sorcerers that occupied what is now called Mexico, and the first of the eight naguals, the new seers, who preceded Sebastian
Generation of practitioners preceding Elias Ulloa:
Sebastian (met the Tenant in 1723), Santisteban, Lujan, Rosendo, and then Elias
Generation of practitioners preceding Julián Osorio:
*Elias Ulloa — leader or nagual man to a generation of practitioners, teacher to Julián Osorio, and to Juan Matus as well
*Amalia - sorceress, non-platonic companion to the nagual Elias
only these two sorcerers are brought up anywhere near consistently from this generation
Generation of practitioners preceding Juan Matus - Nagual Julian’s group consisted of three rather boring (in comparison with Nagual Julian) cardinal men and eight very powerful woman. Since he had 15 members in his team, we may conclude that the remaining four were runners, probably including la Catalina:
*Julián Osorio — leader or nagual man to a generation of practitioners, teacher to Juan Matus
*Talia - female nagual, from Julian Osorio’s generation of practitioners
*la Catalina - member of the nagual Julian’s party who stayed behind, and became Don Juan’s worthy opponent in the early books, and also Carlos’s & even Taisha’s (in her unpublished manuscript). She was over 100 years old
*Tulio - the four “Tulios,” 4 male sorcerers (Tuliuno,
Tuliodo, Tulitre, Tuliquatro) who assumed a singular identity as a supreme stalking maneuver, in Julián Osorio’s generation of practitioners
these are the only sorcerers that were consistently mentioned from this generation
Generation of practitioners preceding Castaneda - As a nagual, don Juan was the leader of a group of seers known as the nagual’s party, which was composed of eight female seers: Cecilia, Delia, Hermelinda, Carmela, Nelida, Florinda, Zuleica, and Zoila; three male seers: Vicente, Silvio Manuel, and Genaro; and four couriers or messengers: Emilito, John Tuma, Marta, and Teresa:
*Don Juan Matus — leader or nagual man to a generation of practitioners, teacher to Castaneda
*Vicente Medrano — “scholarly man” and herbalist in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners
*Silvio Manuel — “master of intent” and purported to be permanently in a state of “heightened awareness” in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners
*Genaro Flores — the “man of action” and “master of awareness” in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners, benefactor to Castaneda
*Juan Tuma — “courier/scout” in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners
*Emilito - “courier/scout” in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners
*Florinda Matus — “nagual woman” and “Northerly” Dreamer in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners. In the Eagle’s Gift she is Castaneda’s teacher in Stalking.
*Nelida — “Northerly” Stalker in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners
*Zuleica (Grau) — “Westerly” Dreamer in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners
*Zoila (Abelar) — “Westerly” Stalker in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners
*Marta — “Southerly” courier/scout to the two “Westerly” women in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners
*Cecilia (Grau) — “Southerly” Dreamer in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners
*Delia (Abelar) — “Southerly” Stalker in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners
*Teresa - “Southerly” courier/scout to the two “Southerly” women
*Hermelinda (Grau) - “Easterly” Dreamer in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners
*Carmela (Abelar) - “Easterly” Stalker in Don Juan’s generation of practitioners
Generation of practitioners peer to Castaneda - (Original group for “four-pronged Nagual”) - In addition to leading the nagual’s party, don Juan also taught and guided a group of apprentice seers known as the new nagual’s party. It consisted of four young men: Pablito, Nestor, Eligio, and Benigno; along with five women: Soledad, la Gorda, Lidia, Josefina, and Rosa. Carlos was the nominal leader of the new nagual’s party together with the nagual woman Carol Tiggs:
*Pablito - the “man of action” in Carlos’ generation of practitioners
*Nestor — the “scholarly man” in Carlos’ generation of practitioners
*Eligio — a “courier/scout” who ultimately joined previous generation due to Carlos’ lack of ability to follow his explorations of awareness, apparently a manifestation of Carlos not being a four-pronged nagual
*Benigno — the “master of intent” in Carlos’ generation of practitioners
*Doña Soledad — “Northerly” Stalker, older than the rest of Carlos’ generation of practitioners
*La Gorda — “Northerly” Dreamer who was originally thought to be the “Southerly” “dreamer”, this was apparently a manifestation of Carlos not being a four-pronged nagual
*Lidia — “Easterly” Dreamer in Carlos’ generation of practitioners
*Josephina – “Westerly” Dreamer in Carlos’ generation of practitioners
*Rosa — “Northerly” Dreamer in Carlos’ generation of practitioners
Generation of practitioners peer to Castaneda (Compact group for “three-pronged Nagual”)
*Florinda Donner-Grau — “Northerly” Dreamer in Castaneda’s generation of practitioners
*Taisha Abelar — “Westerly” Stalker in Castaneda’s generation of practitioners
*Carol Tiggs — “nagual woman” in Castaneda’s generation of practitioners
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The list above does not include their other sorcery names (dreaming positions/stalking identities) or birth names
And here’s Dan’s previous post requesting alternate names used in Taisha’s unpublished manuscript, for comparison with the lists above:
Request for Taisha’s new book list of people!
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. I’ll edit the post and above comment to reflect this.