See here the thing I’ll still practice no matter if he is real or not. I actually was looking for this kind of comment when I posted this. It would be ideal to have somebody who had seen him while he was alive and present but I seriously doubt that would happen in this sub. So yes this does give me enough peace of mind. Thanks!
Awesome!
No need to be comforted then.
I believe there are at least 3 instances in which Carlos admitted, don Juan and one other (Genaro or Silvio?) had a hand in the books.
Let’s take a really exotic possibility!
A “re-run” is where you replay past events.
So you can see it yourself!
I’ve been around Genaro and don Juan using that. I believe I’d intercepted an apprentice who lived up north, and traveled south on the train. Or was visiting up north, the way La Gorda is said to have done.
When it’s happening you just live it, and don’t even think to look up and see who’s talking to you. And you certainly don’t try to figure out who you are!
You don’t have the same desire to investigate, as you do when it’s over.
So re-runs are a fact of life. And you’ll get a chance to answer this question yourself!
But what if don Juan used re-runs to produce an “ideal” sorcery lineage?
For his books.
One that did in fact exist, but 600 years ago.
So it was true, but don Juan was already dead a half century when Carlos wrote about him.