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stemmer
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someone define "assemblage point" for me?
#5560769 - 04/26/06 10:18 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Just curious about this term that was made up by someone who uses hallucinogens.
Whats the big deal?
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ezsefix
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Re: someone define "assemblage point" for me? [Re: stemmer]
#5560861 - 04/26/06 10:34 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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The phrase assemblage point was popularized by Carlos Castaneda, who wrote about what the shaman Don Juan taught him. I won't be as eloquent as he was, but your assemblage point is basically what is responsible for what you perceive.
Think of it like a radio tuner, or a TV channel. So let's say you're listening to the radio. Your tuner is at 100.1FM. Now all you're receiving on your radio is what comes in on 100.1FM. You don't get what's on 104.1, 106.7, 89.9, etc. To get those stations you have to change what frequency you are listening to. Human perception works much in the same way. Your assemblage point is like a tuner for you; what you experience and perceive depends on the position of your assemblage point.
Most of human society is designed at locking down your assemblage point in one spot, and for the majority of people it will rarely change from that point of perception, at least not by very much. What hallucinogens do is sort of knock it loose and allow it to be moved, or forcefully move it. Hallucinogens are not necessary for this to occur (though I don't claim to be able to move my assemblage point myself without the use of hallucinogens any large amount), but they do make the process much easier.
(edit--changed "see" to "perceive" in the first paragraph to be more accurate)
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Edited by ezsefix (04/26/06 10:53 PM)
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psilocy
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Re: someone define "assemblage point" for me? [Re: stemmer]
#5560909 - 04/26/06 10:43 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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my vague understanding is it has to do with the area where the human energy field coils back in on itself... between the pecks somewhere. its being effected by hallucinogens sounds about as far out as the proposition that DMT/maoi brews get you high by superconduction of your brain waves
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stemmer
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Re: someone define "assemblage point" for me? [Re: psilocy]
#5560939 - 04/26/06 10:49 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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interesting.....I never heard the term before I joined this board.
I was just curious.
I know what it is personally, but it has no words for me. Thanks for the flighty definition.
Edited by stemmer (04/26/06 10:52 PM)
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EquilibriuM
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Re: someone define "assemblage point" for me? [Re: ezsefix]
#5561090 - 04/26/06 11:34 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
ezsefix said: The phrase assemblage point was popularized by Carlos Castaneda, who wrote about what the shaman Don Juan taught him. I won't be as eloquent as he was, but your assemblage point is basically what is responsible for what you perceive.
Think of it like a radio tuner, or a TV channel. So let's say you're listening to the radio. Your tuner is at 100.1FM. Now all you're receiving on your radio is what comes in on 100.1FM. You don't get what's on 104.1, 106.7, 89.9, etc. To get those stations you have to change what frequency you are listening to. Human perception works much in the same way. Your assemblage point is like a tuner for you; what you experience and perceive depends on the position of your assemblage point.
Most of human society is designed at locking down your assemblage point in one spot, and for the majority of people it will rarely change from that point of perception, at least not by very much. What hallucinogens do is sort of knock it loose and allow it to be moved, or forcefully move it. Hallucinogens are not necessary for this to occur (though I don't claim to be able to move my assemblage point myself without the use of hallucinogens any large amount), but they do make the process much easier.
(edit--changed "see" to "perceive" in the first paragraph to be more accurate)
VERY well worded explanation . I would also like to add, your assemblage point moves erratically when you sleep, that is where the art of dreaming comes into play....
Sorcerers and Shamans use the art of dreaming in order to tune their assemblage point positions. By stalking the assemblage point in a position, they can essentially lock in that position, like a preset on your radio. The key is to hold the ability to move fluidly through assemblage point positions but also to hold the ability to stop at a give position and act as if that world is solid.
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Re: someone define "assemblage point" for me? [Re: EquilibriuM]
#5561950 - 04/27/06 08:27 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Take a good hit(s) of some 15x salvia and you will know that you assemblage point has just shifted a bit (or a lot)
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EquilibriuM
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Re: someone define "assemblage point" for me? [Re: ezkiel]
#5561986 - 04/27/06 08:43 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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yeah, any power plant will move your assemblage point...
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Re: someone define "assemblage point" for me? [Re: EquilibriuM]
#5563396 - 04/27/06 03:56 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Power plants can help move your assemblage point, but ultimately the user has to be willing to "change the channel" so to speak, otherwise you end up struggling and resisting and not truly being able to "observe" from an altered point. Reading Castaneda, it always seemed like mastering the art of shifting your assemblage point was extremely difficult to master, and thus a key technique for Don Juan and other shamans.
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