Book One: The Teachings of Don Juan

Introduction

Carlos meets Don Juan
Don Juan talks about Diableros
Don Juan discusses power objects (corn)

Chapter One

Carlos finds his sitio and enemy spot

Chapter Two

Carlos meets Mescalito (as a dog)

Chapter Three

Devil’s Weed (Datura Plant)
Don Juan dislocates his ankle
Discussion of the Four Natural Enemies and becoming a Man of Knowledge

Chapter Four

Mescalitio (Peyote Plant) used to bid for power; teacher
Don Juan and Carlos go into the valley to collect Peyote

Chapter Five

Devil’s Weed preparation (Part I) used for seeing and power
One question to ask: Does this path have heart?
Lizards and divination

Chapter Six

Devil’s Weed preparation (Part II)
Devil’s Weed used to Divine, can tame as an ally

Chapter Seven

Little Smoke
Saint Ana poem
Little Smoke teaches us how to handle its power, for people who like to watch and see; tells what to do; used for personal reasons

Chapter Eight

Mescalito and the Mitote (Peyote ceremony)
Carlos learns songs to call the Protector
Carlos sees stick of light the size of a man

Chapter Nine

Devil’s Weed
Carlos works with the lizards on his own
Carlos divines who stole books from the University library
Devil’s Weed tests men

Chapter Ten

Carlos and Don Juan collect the smoking mixture for the Little Smoke, Don Juan’s ally
Carlos (as a crow) sees emissaries

Chapter Eleven

Don Juan suspects Carlos has soul loss
Don Juan teaches Carlos the fighting pose and how to hurl a power object
Carlos thinks there is a diablera pretending to be Don Juan
Don Juan talks about the crack between the worlds and finding a helper on the other side

A Structural Analysis

A separate post

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