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Fire Stampede
Game Rules :-
- The game rules and payouts are identical in both the real money and play money versions.
- The theoretical return to player of this game is 94.99%
How to play:
- Click the + or - buttons to change the bet value and open the bet menu. Select the bet you want to use in the game.
- Press the SPIN button to play.
- When you enter the game a default bet is set.
- You can change the bet by clicking on the + and - buttons next to the SPIN button
- The TOTAL BET is maximum lines multiplied by the bet per line.
- The SPIN button in the lower right corner starts the game.
- Below the spin button you can find the AUTOPLAY button. Use the autoplay menu to play hands free
- When AUTOPLAY is in progress, the button is red. Click the button again to stop the autoplay mode
- Winning symbols will be shown with animation in the game
- The win is shown in the middle of the bottom interface
- Your balance and bet are shown in the bottom left corner of the bottom interface
- Click the I button in the bottom left corner to open the ingame rules
- Malfunctions Voids all Pays and Plays.
Browser Button Panel Commands:
- (These options are not available in full screen mode.)
- Click on Rebuy to buy more credits into the game from your account.
- Click on Game Rules to view the detailed rules of the game as web page.
- Click on Game Logs to view the logs of the games you've played.
- Click on Exit Game to leave the game and return to the lobby.
- Click on Quick Deposit button to deposit money into your account.
Last modification date: 2/20/2024


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You know how it is - you start work on one project and halfway through, you find one or two side-projects crop up that have to be solved before you can continue on the original project.
This is one such project with the added twist that it too started its life as a side-project. Here's what happened:
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I can only imagine that the planets must have been in (mis-)alignment or something, because at one point a few months ago, I was suddenly fielding emails on four or five separate articles I had previously submitted to CodeProject, some asking for features and others for bug fixes.
Foolishly or otherwise, I largely agreed with all the points raised, and subsequently found myself with fourteen or fifteen separate issues to resolve.
The situation was also made worse because I was trying to use CodeProject to keep track of all the things I had agreed to do, meaning that I had to continuously trawl the comments section of each article to remind myself of what I was supposed to be working on.
It even got to the stage where I was worrying that I'd fail to deliver on something - silly I know, but there you are!
Keeping a list on paper was a definite step in the right direction, but since I do all my coding on the same machine, it seemed somewhat inelegant, and anyway, we all know what happens to crucial bits of paper left lying around on desks and such.
The next step was to hunt around on the web for a tool to meet the following requirements:
Simple, huh! not!
I will admit that I did not spend weeks searching, but I am still surprised at the general lack of software matching my needs.
On reflection, I think that the reason may be simple: people are so used to commercial software being 'feature-rich' that when they come to design software themselves, they (not unreasonably) think they too need to cram as much in as possible, often leading to software where a lot of essential functionality is hidden away in the menu bar.
So, surprise, surprise, I decided to write something myself.
However, it's fair to say that I did not originally intend to post it on CodeProject and am only really doing so because I had a heap of fun solving some very interesting problems and these are what I think make it worth it.
There's really very little I need to say here since every feature/function is explicitly visible in the interface.
Nevertheless, the following list of basic capabilities and omissions may go someway to answering any questions that arise:
Here's where we come to the side-projects I was talking about, the first two of which I intend to work up into follow-up articles.
They are:
The idea stemmed from research I did into alternative designs for a tree-list control, which did not solve it by creating a hybrid control incorporating a tree and a list.
The hybrid control seems such an obvious solution that I suspect few people have stopped to question it, but it has still always struck me as looking far too much like hard work to be truly elegant ('square pegs' and 'round holes' spring to mind).
One possible idea is to implement the 'list' portion entirely in the non-client area of the tree. I.e., shift the right hand client edge to the left and then render the list portion in the resulting non-client area.
Whilst I've yet to get round to building a proof of concept, it was nevertheless this ongoing mental debate which prompted me to try to solve the requirement for numbered items and subitems by rendering the item/subitem numbers in the non-client area.
Without going into too much detail (as this will subsequently be an article of its own), this is how I got it to work:
SetWindowPos(NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_FRAMECHANGED | SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOZORDER)
This is necessarily an over-simplification, but it captures the essence of the solution, and all that essentially remains is lots of fiddling about to ensure the non-client area gets redrawn at the the right times to stay synchronized with the client area.
This is an idea that has been floating about for quite some time and which has only recently gelled into a workable solution.
The problem, put simply, is that if you want to take advantage of the resource editor in Visual Studio (and who doesn't), then you very quickly find yourself stuck with having to load dialog templates from resources compiled into the binary file.
This further means that if you want to make use of a dialog across multiple projects, then either you need to copy and paste the dialog template between project .RC files, or you need to build the dialog into a DLL from which it can be accessed.
'Runtime Dialogs' (a snappy title I coined myself) is a solution that neatly sidesteps both the nuisance of copying dialog resources between resource files and the extra work (and maintenance) involved in packaging dialogs in DLLs.
And it works like this:
#include "runtimedlg.h"
I'm certainly not suggesting that this is a 'win-win' solution for all situations but it certainly has merits in its closer coupling of dialog template to dialog code which makes sharing dialogs across multiple projects a breeze.
P.S.: In case it's not clear here, I used CRuntimeDlg to create CToDoCtrl which encapsulates the ordered tree together with the priority, date and comments controls as a single simple-to-instantiate control.
I'm also proposing to use them in the .NET port of my ProjectZip add-in for VC6.
This is possibly the most satisfying aspect of the whole project because it was completely unexpected.
What I mean is that, until recently, my knowledge of DOM and XMLDOM was virtually non-existent, as it's only since I've become more interested in the presentation of AbstractSpoon that I've been forced to get to grips with the various implementations of DOM and XMLDOM out there.
I'm pleased to say that the code on my site works under IE 6.0, Netscape 7.1, and Mozilla, although custom code was required to achieve this.
The following table lists a wide range of utility classes written for this project. They can all be included in any MFC project provided you include any class dependencies too. Feel free to ask any questions relating to these specific classes and how to use them.
Class Name
Class Dependencies (apart from MFC)
Customizable "About...' dialog not requiring a dialog resource. Supports html encoded text
CRuntimeDlg, CRCCtrlParser
Adds only unique items to the drop list and shuffles the list so that the last added item is at the top
Encapsulates the setting and unsetting of a boolean variable thru the lifetime of the class instance
Non-ownerdraw button that displays the selected colour on the button face and displays the colour dialog when clicked
Owner-draw combobox for displaying and selecting user defined colours
Encapsulation of various rountines for calculating date spans and for formatting
Encapsulation of the Win32 API
Re-implementation of the CDialog DDX/DDV rountines to avoid the MFC error messages when the user clears a number edit (for instance)
Encapsulates the MapDialogRect Win32 API
Class for managing the docking of one popup window to another.
*CSubclassWnd, CHoldRedraw, CAutoFlag
CSubclassWnd, CHoldRedraw, CAutoFlag
Encapsulates various rountines for querying about drives, files and disk space
Adds support to CBitmap for loading non-bmp files and resources.
CEnBitmapEx, CColorReplacer, CImageBlurrer, CImageColorizer, CImageContraster, CImageEmbosser, CImageFlipper, CImageGrayer, CImageLightener, CImageNegator, CImageResizer, CImageRotator, CImageSharpener, CImageShearer, CImageSysColorMapper, CImageTinter
Adds image manipulation funationality to CEnBitmap
Adds saving and restoring of custom colours to CColorDialog
Adds functions for extracting and querying commandline switches
Adds user-defined button capabilities to CEdit
CMaskEdit, CThemed, CDlgUnits
Adds support for using alternative resource or file images
Adds buttons for browsing and displaying the file represented by the text in the edit control. Also shows the file's small icon.
CEnEdit, CFolderDialog, CMaskEdit, CDlgUnits, CThemed, CSysImageList
Encapsulates WM_SETREDRAW
Fixes a number of behavioural problems including the handling of certain keypresses
Tracks the cursor movement over user-defined windows and posts event messages as necessary
Provides simple method to detect if another instance of an app is running
Adds simple character masking to CEdit
Allows the UI of standard windows controls to be extended by supporting any number of columns to be added to the non-client area of the window. Favours tabular controls like lists, trees, etc
*CSubclassWnd, CHoldRedraw, CThemed, CDlgUnits
CSubclassWnd, CHoldRedraw, CThemed, CDlgUnits
CTreeCtrl implementation of CNcGutter displaying a single column showing the hierarchical position of each tree item in '18.104.22.168' notation.
CHoldRedraw, CThemed
Very simple password dialog not requiring a dialog resource
Simpler replacement for CPropertySheet allowing easier creation as a child window
Used by CRuntimeDlg for parsing dialog resource-like text
Adds support to CDialog for building dialogs at runtime ie. dialogs do not require a dialog resource
Class for handling application keyboard shortcuts.
*CSubclassWnd, CWinClasses
CSubclassWnd, CWinClasses
Spellcheck dialog not requiring a dialog resource, which interfaces with ISpellCheck (interface to Open Office dictionaries)
CRuntimeDlg, CRCCtrlParser, ISpellCheck
Encapsulates the Windows system image list (file/folder images)
Adds post rendering callback for the tabs without using owner-draw
Encapsulates themed (XP) and non-themed (the rest) drawing of windows controls
Adds a button for specifying time units and provided routines for converting time to and from different time units
CEnEdit, CMaskEdit, CThemed, CDlgUnits
Adds support for dialog toolbar tooltips, multiline tooltips and dropbuttons with menus
*CSubclassWnd, CEnBitmap, CEnBitmapEx
CSubclassWnd, CEnBitmap, CEnBitmapEx
Encapsulates the Shell_NotifyIcon Win32 API. Also provides balloon tips and animation
Adds support for recognizing urls, clicking them and setting custom url callbacks
Encapsulates the ::GetClassName Win32 functions
CXmlFile, CXmlItem
Non-Unicode class for reading and writing xml files
Adds encryption capabilities to CXmlFile
CXmlFile, IEncryption
* CSubclassWnd was originally written by Paul DiLascia for MSJ magazine. The version I use has been heavily extended to suit my specific needs. The classes that depend on it here need this extended version.
Whilst this tool was originally intended for my personal use only, it is now a 'community' project, so if you find it useful and want to make suggestions for enhancements or bug fixes, please post to our Google Group.
This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Eclipse Public License 1.0
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Welcome to Toltec School
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Welcome to Toltec School
Toltec School
The Wisdom of the Shamans of Ancient Mexico
Toltec Indexes
Index Page :1
1: Not Doing
2: The Somersault of Thought into the Inconceivable
3: Reason versus Silent Knowledge
4: Health – The Secret Is Not In What You Do But In What You Don't Do
5: The Black Magicians
6: The Four Enemies of Man
7: The Petty Tyrant; The Five Attributes of Warriorship; The Battle is not Fought for the Ego, but for Energy
8: The Attention under the Table
9: Having to Believe; Max the Cat; Without the Awareness of Death Everything is Ordinary, Trivial.
10: The Totality of Oneself; The Tonal and the Nagual
11: Gazing; Gazing enables us to engage our energetic selves
Index Page :2
12: To be Strong or Miserable: The Amount of Work is the Same; Well-being was a Condition One had to Groom
13: Forming A Cocoon Of Luminous Energy
14: Tendon Energy
15: The Three Categories of Humans
16: The Right Way of Walking and Stopping the Internal Dialog
17: Love for this Beloved, Splendorous Earth
18: The Assemblage Points
19: Magical Passes – History and Purpose
20: Efficiency and Efficacy
21: Reaching the only exit we have: The breaking of our perceptual barrier.
22: The Mastery of Awareness
Index Page: 3
23: Being Deliberate
24: Being Inaccessible
25: Cubic Centimeter of Chance
26: Does this Path have a Heart?
27: The Energy Body
28: Energy Lines; Fibres; Will; When A Warrior Has Acquired Patience He Is On His Way To Will; And The Warrior Waits! The Warrior Learns Without Any Hurry Because He Knows He Is Waiting For His Will
29: Facing the Sharpshooters from the Unknown
30: Holding Death in Abeyance; The Sorcerers' Word
31: Sealed Units of Energy; Attention Is The Key Element In The Transformation And Enhancement Of Gross Energy Into Refined Awareness
32: The Mood of the Shamans of Ancient Mexico
33: The New Cycle; Awareness; The Known, the Unknown and the Unknowable.
Index Page: 4
34: The Six Explanatory Propositions
35: The Third Point
36: The Wheel of Time; Time is the Essence of the Eagle's Emanations
37: Anger Consumes Energy
38: The Healing Power of Water
39: The Universe is Predatorial
40: The Power of the Word
41: The Energy Necessary To Move The Assemblage Point Comes From The Realm Of Inorganic Beings
42: Humbleness
43: Don Juan's Battle with the Petty Tyrant in the Hacienda; the Four Attributes of Warriorship.
44: A Battle to the Death with la Catalina; The Trickery of the Nagual Juan Matus
Index Page: 5
45: We are all dancing like Madame Ludmilla: Senseless Figures in Front of a Mirror
46: Professor Lorca; Facing the unavoidable appointment: the appointment with infinity
47: The Dark Sea Of Awareness Wants Only Our Life Experiences, Not Our Life Force; What We Call The Senses In Organisms Is Nothing But Degrees Of Awareness
48: The Dome of the Naguals
49: The Great Garrick; Sadness in the Universe as a Perennial Force
50: The touch of warrior-travelers is very light
51: Secret Knowledge of the Toltecs: The Five Sets
52: Self-importance is merely self-pity in disguise
53: Beliefs Based on Ideas are False.
54: Erasing Personal History
Index Page: 6
55: Awareness: The Basic Premises
56: The Double; The Other; The Other is the Self
57: The Human Form
58: Great Bands of Emanations; Forty Eight Bands on the Earth; Eight Bands Produce Awareness
59: The Secondary Function of the Womb; Evolution is a Product of Intending
60: Impeccability
61: Will
62: Awareness Develops From The Moment Of Conception; The New Cycle Must Come Of Itself
63: Honoring Agreements
64: A warrior selects the items that make his world; A warrior takes the responsibility of protecting his life.
65: "Awareness" Defined as Energy; Seeing Energy; The Search for Freedom.
Index Page: 7
66: Controlled Folly
67: Tulio; Intending Appearances; Calling Intent
68: The Reason for Our Existence; The First Truth About Awareness
69: Making Oneself Accessible to Power; The Dying Animal with a Beak
70: Observing, In Itself, Has An Effect On Things; Attention, However Tenuous, Is Never Passive, Because It Is Made From The Same Matter Which Makes Up The Universe. Even The Mere Act Of Exercising The Attention Implies An Energy Transfer; The Focus Of Attention Adds Reality To Things, And That Reality Has A Limit. Beyond That Limit, The World We Know Disintegrates
71: The Four Moods
72: How to Feel with the Eyes
73: Personal Power; A Warrior's Last Dance of Power; The Gait of Power
74: The World is a Description
75: The Ticklish Sensation on Top of the Head
Index Page: 8
76: The Irreducible Residue; Inorganic Beings; It Is Our Cognition, Which Is In Essence An Interpretation System, That Curtails Our Resources
77: Will
78: The Rule of the Nagual; The Types of Warriors
79: Balancing Positive and Negative Forces
80: How to Let Go the Intent of Everyday Life; How to Catch Another Aspect of Intent
81: The First Attention; Bridging the Contradictions
82: Living Strategically; A Detached Man Has Only the Power of His Decisions
83: Inorganic Beings; Other Levels Below; Detaching Awareness from Self-reflection; Isolating a Scout; Dreaming Aids; The Diabolical Nature of the Inorganic Beings' Realm; The Existence of Inorganic Beings is the Foremost Assailant of our Rationality; The Universe is Markedly Female.
84: The Lineage
85: Erasing Personal History
Index Page: 9
86: The Rolling Force
87: The Word; Words Are Extraordinarily Important, Because They're Considered The Keys Of Intent; The Spirit Could Be Compared With A Wild Animal. It Takes Time To Win Its Trust; One Should Go Slowly, And Must Know When To Advance And When To Retreat, Until The Friendship Is Formed
88: Dreaming Was An Arduous Effort On The Part Of The Practitioners To Put Themselves In Contact With The Indescribable All-Pervading Force That The Sorcerers Of Ancient Mexico Called Intent; We Have The Energy. What We Lack Is The Facility Or Disposition To Use It
89: All That Counts Is How Impeccable We Are In Our Day To Day Life; The Path With Heart Is The Path That Results From Choosing Impeccably; Finding This Path Is Our Job As Probes Of The Dark Sea
90: The World Is Such And Such Or So And So, Only Because We Talk To Ourselves About Its Being Such And Such Or So And So
91: Perceptual Homogenization; To Perfect Our Understanding, The Path Of Attention Is All We've Got; Any Preconceived Idea Keeps Us Tied To Reason, Because It Forces Us To Create Mechanisms Of Judgement
92: The Trap of Fixation; The Fixation Of The Assemblage Point Consumes Enormous Quantities Of Energy, And Produces A Static Vision Of The World
93: Predators Of Awareness; In The Universe There Is Only War; A Warrior Does Not Complain About It, And Tries To Survive
94: The Antennas Of The Second Attention; Pyramids Are Particularly Powerful Captors Of Attention. They Can Bring Us Quickly To States Of Inner Silence, But They Can Also Turn Against Us
95: Survival of the Assemblage Point; The Soul Doesn't Exist, What Exists Is Energy. Once The Physical Body Disappears, The Only Thing Left Is An Energy Entity Fed By Memory; To Die Is Literally A Dream
Index Page: 10
96: The Three Riddles
97: Erasing Personal History; The Immense Effort Needed To Establish Self-Pity As A Feature Of Your Island
98: Shadows – the doors of not-doing; "To Not Do What I Knew How To Do" Was The Key To Power
99: Other Worlds; Great Bands of Emanations; The Luminosities of Plants
100: Taking Responsibility
101: We are Luminous Beings; "Seeing"; "Will"; "Intent"; The Dark Sea of Awareness
102: The Death Defier's Gifts: Gifts of Total Perception
103: Centers of Energy in the Body
104: Beckoning Intent
105: Inner Silence as the Avenue to Silent Knowledge; Seeing Energy; Taxing the Mind with Attention; The Mind as a Foreign Installation
Index Page: 11
106: Finding the Holes in Sounds
107: The Wind; The Fog; The Wind has a Volition of its Own
108: The Mood of a Warrior; To Seek the Perfection of the Warrior's Spirit is the Only Task Worthy of Our Manhood
109: The Mystery of the Pyramid is its Structure; Pyramids as Gigantic Not-Doings; The Evilness of the Fixation of the Second Attention
110: Don Juan's Childhood
111: The Power that Governs the Destinies of All Living Things; The Rule of the Nagual; The Four Different Female Personalities that Exist in the Human Race; The Four Types of Male Activity and Temperament
112: Words; The Power of the Word; Words are Directly Linked to Intent; The Inadequacy of Our Vocabulary; We Create the World by Attention and Keep it Stable by Means of Will
113: Humility; A Warrior's Resolution to Live Impeccably in Spite of Everything Cannot be Approached as a Strategy to Ensure Success; Females Have An Inherent Balance Which Is Lacking In Males
114: Nagual Don Juan's Party of Warriors; Power is What Selects the Warriors of a Nagual's Party
115: Stalking, Intent and The Dreaming Position; The Three Sets of Techniques to Make the Assemblage Point Shift
Index Page: 12
116: Finding A Spot Where One Could Feel Naturally Happy And Strong; Nothing In His World Was A Gift, That Whatever There Was To Learn Had To Be Learned The Hard Way; One Can Feel With The Eyes, When The Eyes Are Not Looking Right Into Things
117: Attention Is The Key Element In The Transformation And Enhancement Of Gross Energy Into Refined Awareness; Growth Of Awareness Is The Sorcerers' Goal. That Is Why They Constantly Exercise Their Attention
118: The Earth's Boost; The Key that Unlocks Everything was the Firsthand Knowledge that the Earth is a Sentient Being
119: "I will never reach Ixtlan"; "Yet in my feelings… in my feelings sometimes I think I'm just one step from reaching it"; Only as a warrior can one survive the path of knowledge. Because the art of a warrior is to balance the terror of being a man with the wonder of being a man.
120: Perception is a Condition of Alignment; Alignment is What Allows Awareness to be Cultivated by Every Living Creature; Existence Is Incomprehensibly Complex….Our Normal Awareness Maligns It With Its Limitations; The Only Real Energy We Possess is a Life-Bestowing Sexual Energy
121: There Is No Objective World, But Only A Universe Of Energy Fields; The Assemblage Point Selects Internal And External Emanations For Alignment; The Midpoint Of The Body Is A Center Of Energy; The Mind, For A Seer, Is Nothing But The Self-Reflection Of The Inventory Of Man
122: The Articulation Point Of Everything Seers Do: Stopping The Internal Dialogue; Once Silence Is Attained, Everything Is Possible; We Will Ourselves To Talk To Ourselves. The Way To Stop Talking To Ourselves Is To Use Exactly The Same Method: We Must Will It, We Must Intend It
123: Warriors Are In The World To Understand The Mystery Of Ourselves And Relish The Exultation Of Finding What We Really Are; The Shift Below; The Fixation Or The Movement Of The Assemblage Point Is All There Is To Us And The World We Witness; La Catalina's Skill In The Realm Of The Beast
124: "Do You Think That Your Very Rich World Would Ever Help You To Become A Man Of Knowledge?"; "All The Men Of Knowledge I Know Were Kids Like Those You Saw Eating Leftovers And Licking The Tables."
125: At Least Once, As Sperms, Each One Of Us Fought A Battle For Life – A Unique Struggle Against Millions Of Other Competitors – And We Won! One Part Of Us Is Fighting To Disintegrate And Die, While Another Tries To Maintain Life And Awareness At Any Cost. A Warrior Realizes This, And Uses It To His Advantage; His Goal Continues To Be That Which Inspired The Spark Of Life That Created Him: Access To A New Level Of Awareness
Index Page: 13
126: Self-importance Kills; Realize That Self-Importance Is An Implacable Poison. We Have No Time Left; Urgency Is What We Need. It Is Now Or Never!
127: What Makes It Possible For The World To Exist Just As We See It, Is Our Attention; The Domain Of Attention Is The Primary Matter Of Creation; Face The Only War That Is Worthwhile: The Battle For Awareness; Intent Is The Tuning Of Our Attention To Cosmic Awareness, Which Transforms Our Volition Into Commands Of The Eagle
128: We Have Received Life As A Cosmic Gift; The New Seers Opt For A Position Of Celibacy And Self-Sufficiency, Because They Are Very Greedy With Their Energy And They Prefer To Dedicate It To The Expansion Of Their Awareness
129: Dreaming Is The Escape Door For The Human Race; There Is No Way Of Meditating Without Dreaming, Both Terms Describe The Same Phenomenon; The Dreaming Double Is An Inorganic Being; For Most Sorcerers, By Providing Autonomy And Purpose To Their Double, They Are Preparing To Remain Conscious After Death. When That Body Is Complete And The Moment Arrives, Their Awareness Abandons The Human Shell For Good, The Physical Body Withers And Dies, But The Sense Of Being Continues
130: "Never Become Obsessed With Anything. If At Any Time You Feel That It Is Turning Into Hard Work, Put It Aside For A While And Do Something Else. You'll See That The Moment To Continue With Whatever You Were Doing Before Will Come Of Its Own Accord."
131: The First Three Precepts And The Seven Basic Principles Of The Art Of Stalking The Self
132: How Carlos Really met Don Juan
133: Abstinence Is Only For Toltecs; For Those Who Seriously Want To Follow The Path Of The Toltecs, There Is No Other Alternative; An Apprentice Should Save His Sexual Energy, Enough To Reach The Next Level, But Once He Has Achieved The Control Of The Energy Body, He's Free To Do With His Sexual Energy Whatever Best Suits Him
134: The Fight For Mental Silence; The Mind Keeps Chattering Even When You Don't Speak
135: "The Other" Carlos
Index Page: 14
136: The Mold Of Man; One Of The Most Sturdy Aspects Of Our Inventory: Our Idea Of God
137: Silence Is A Passageway Between Worlds; Inner Silence Is Not Only The Absence Of Thoughts. Rather, It Is About Suspending Judgment; The Ironic Thing Is That Our Thoughts Are Not Even Ours; Disconnect The Mind! Freedom Is Achieved Without Thinking; We Were Born From Silence And There We Will Return; How to Think Without Words; A Man Who Controls Silence Has Cleansed His Bond With The Spirit, And Power Rains Down On Him In Streams
138: The Universe Is Not Reasonable, Its Essence Is Beyond All Description; It Is Possible To Understand Things Without Reasoning Them Out; If You Want To Know The Magical Side Of The World, Be Implacable With Your Reason
139: The Requirements of Intent; Contacting The Spirit With Gestures; Intent Is An Impersonal Force That Only Responds To The Power Of Those Who Search For It; The Struggle Of The Warrior To Be Impeccable Is Nothing Other Than The Fight To Reflect Intent. By Flowing With The Energy, An Impeccable Warrior Can Reflect The Will Of The Spirit
140: Intending the Future; Through Repetition, With Time And Practice, The Warrior Learns How To Establish Commands That Are More Favorable To His Interests And Will Be Heard By The Spirit
141: Stories of the Lineages; The Lineage Known As "Graniceros" (Hailstoners); What Counted When Blowing The Clouds Was The "Intention" Associated With It
142: Movements of the Assemblage Point; The Movement Of The Assemblage Point Is Not Just Propelled By An Interest In Accessing Astonishing Visions, But Is Above All Directed By The Fact That Each Controlled Displacement Liberates Enormous Quantities Of Energy; Some Go On A Trip To The Realm Of The Inorganic Beings; That Alignment Is Very Gratifying For His Energy, And The Traveler Returns Home Renewed. Others Have An Inclination To Go To The Lower Area, The Area Of The Beast, The Most Sordid Corner Of Awareness. For Human Beings, That Is A Dangerous Place
143: The Origin Of The Toltecs' Knowledge; The Toltec Seers Knew The Art Of Handling Awareness; Those Activities Did Not Lead The Ancient Toltec Seers To Freedom, But To Their Doom; There Were Seers Who Escaped That Fate; Under Their Direction, The Populations Of Entire Cities Went Into Other Worlds And Never Came Back; Los Nuevos Videntes – The New Seers; The New Seers Corrected The Mistakes Of The Old Seers, But The Basis Of What We Know And Do Is Lost In Toltec Time
144: The Seers of Ancient Mexico; Journey to the Roots; Finding Definitions For Experiences Which Don't Fit Within The Syntax Of Modern Languages; The Credit For The Knowledge Cannot Be Awarded To Any One Country In Particular, The Knowledge Is Universal; The Ancient Seers Arrived At The Most Profound Understanding Of Universal Truths That Man Has Ever Achieved. The Power Of Their Attention Had So Much Force That It Is Still Active Today
145: The Seers of the New Era
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146: The Emergency Plan; The Dome of the Naguals; A Refuge in the Dreaming World; Energy Initially Took Physical Form in Order to Evolve; The Energy that Animated Matter was Eternal
147: Bending Time with Pure Perception
148: Turning The Act Of Eating Into A Deliberate Intent Of Awareness
149: Gaining Awareness of the Energy Body; The Energy Body Tries To Communicate With The "Self" All The Time, But With Very Little Success
150: Exercises To Assume Certain Moods; Change To Any Selected State Of Mind; How To Stalk The Predator
151: Omens; To Follow The Signs Of The Spirit; The Means That The Spirit Uses To Send Us Its Messages
152: The Shadow Beings; The Misfortune Of Human Beings Is That, As A Race, They're Still In Their Childhood. In Comparison With Other Entities, We're Just Arriving At The Cosmic Party, Where The Rule Is Predation
153: Time Is A Factor Of Consciousness; Stretching Or Compressing Time At Will; The Key To Power – Preventing Yourself From Being Your Usual Self
154: How To Bring Back Events Lived In Dreams: By Systematically Tapping Every Inch Of Your Body
155: Only Those Who Have Cut Their Chains With The World Can Really Be Capable Of Adopting Freedom As A Goal
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156: The Sense of Urgency of the Warrior
157: The Definitive Journey; There Is Nothing More Lonely Than Eternity. And Nothing Is More Cozy For Us Than To Be A Human Being; Retaining Individual Awareness And Purpose After Death; Death Of Human Beings Has A Hidden Option; Loneliness Is Inadmissible In A Warrior; Beyond A Certain Point, The Only Joy Of A Warrior-Traveler Is His Aloneness
158: Intellectual Preparation; Modern Warriors Are Inflexibly Committed To Each Other; Another Peculiarity Which Identifies Them Is That They Are Collectively Guided Toward Freedom; The Rule For The Seers Of The New Era Is Preparation; They Should Cultivate Their Minds; The Intellect Is The Comfort Of Today's Toltec, Just As In The Past, It Was The Affection For Rituals
159: The Magical Passes; The Heritage Of The Ancient Seers; Specific Movements Which Filled Us With Energy And Well-Being, And Helped Free Us From The Yoke Of The Foreign Mind
160: The Mood Of The Ancients; Cause And Effect Is Not Something Automatic Or Unavoidable. Its Bond Is The Description That We Make Of The World, And What Gives It Validity Is The Will; The Perceptive Entity Becomes An Interpretive Identity; The Ticket Of Admission To The World Of The Nagual Is Internal Silence
161: Healing Energy from the Sun
162: Healing Energy from the Earth
163: Healing Energy from Water
164: Healing Energy from Trees
165: Healing Energy from Caves
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166: Women Have A Unique Capacity To Receive Knowledge Directly
167: The Healers' Path Must Be Pure From The Beginning. It Tolerates No Hidden Agenda And No Diversion; The Healers' Empathy With The Suffering Of Others; Charity Is Something You Either Have Or You Don't
168: Gazing At The Boundless; The Seers That Had Sought Infinity; How They Had Stared At That Immensity, And How It Had Stared Back At Them With A Cold And Unyielding Indifference
169: One Has To Have All Of One's Luminosity: No Holes, No Patches And All The Edge Of The Spirit. Man Or Woman, They Must Be Complete To Enter Into That World Out There, That Eternity;
170: Toltecs; A Lineage Of Ancestral Knowledge That Had Flourished For Thousands Of Years In What Is Now Mexico And Parts Of Central America; The Art Of Handling Awareness
171: The Lagunilla Market; To Be A Warrior Means To Be Humble And Alert; The Warrior's Way Is Harmony – The Harmony Between Actions And Decisions, At First, And Then The Harmony Between Tonal And Nagual
172: The Breath; When Our Breathing Is Even, Our Minds Are Still; The Body Is Divided Into Three Main Chambers Of Energy; The More Relaxed The Mind And Body Are, The More Air A Person Can Take Into Each Of The Three Body Divisions; We Can Train Ourselves To Absorb More Energy By Deliberately Elongating Each Breath We Take
173: The Year 1723: The Start Of The New Lineage. The Nagual Sebastian Meets The Death Defier
174: The Dreaming Emissary; Alien Energy That Has Conciseness; Its Teachings And Guidance In Our World Are Nonsense. And For That Nonsense The Emissary Charges Us Enormities In Terms Of Energy
175: Gazing At The Leaves Of A Mesquite Tree; A Phenomenon Outside The Parameters Of Reason
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176: We Choose Only Once. We Choose Either To Be Warriors Or To Be Ordinary Men. A Second Choice Does Not Exist. Not On This Earth; Everyone Can See, And Yet We Choose Not To Remember What We See
177: Whispers Of The Spirit; An Invitation To Play; Energy Doesn't Have Anything To Do With Morality. Morals Are A Human Convention, Made To Control The Masses. However, An Immoral Person Has A Greater Propensity To Lose Energy
178: Teot'ocatl – Interweaving Awareness; An Eternal Flow of the Here and Now; Shaak'Atl – The Traveler of the Infinite
179: Energy from the Earth; Energy from the Sun; The Energy of the Earth is Nurturing; Allowing the Sun's Light to Enter the Body; Creating a Bridge to the Double
180: The Formal Structure of Shamanism
181: The Double Is The Self. The Self Dreams The Double
182: 'I am' is a made-up sentence; its interior is hollow; Not-doing is an interruption in the flow of the habitual interpretation of the world
183: Wisdom Is The Correct Application Of Knowledge; What Good Is It To Know Useless Things?
184: To Perceive Energy As It Flows In The Universe; The World Around Us Is Defined By The Processes Of Cognition, And Those Processes Are Not Unalterable: They Are A Matter Of Training; The Processes Of Standard Cognition Are The Product Of Our Upbringing, No More Than That
185: Breaking The Parameters Of Normal Perception: The Unavoidable Issue Of Mankind
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186: Human Beings Are Involved In An Evolutionary Journey Of Awareness, Filled To The Brim With Incredible Resources That Are Never Used; By Accomplishing The Opposite Of The Internal Dialogue, That Is To Say Inner Silence, Practitioners Can Break The Fixation Of Their Assemblage Points, Thus Acquiring An Extraordinary Fluidity Of Perception; Run Away From Activities Derived From Syntactic Commands, Praising Or Deprecatory Formulas Built Into Language
187: Human Beings As Organisms Perform A Stupendous Maneuver Of Perception Which, Unfortunately, Creates A Misconception: The Peculiar Conviction Of Human Beings That Their Interpretation System Is All That Exists
188: A Woman's Paradox To Have Endless Power At Her Disposal And No Interest Whatsoever In Gaining Access To It; This Lack Of Desire To Do Anything Wasn't Natural; It Was Learned
189: Vortexes Of Energy; A Human Being Is A Conglomerate Of Thousands Of Twirling Vortexes; The Feeling Of Losing Energy Is The Result Of Energy Being Chased Away, Dispersed From The Five Enormous Natural Centers Of Life And Vitality
190: The Dual Structure Of Everything In The Universe At Large; The Left Body and the Right Body
191: The Allies Of A Man Of Knowledge; Those Who Are Not People; They Are Forces, Neither Good Nor Bad, Just Forces That A Brujo Learns To Harness; When You Learn To See, A Thing Is Never The Same Every Time You See It, And Yet It Is The Same
192: The Equilibrium Of Things; Tentacles That Come Out Of A Man's Body; "Tentacle-Like" Fibers; Those Fibers Were Of The Uttermost Importance In The Life Of A Man
193: The Flow Of Things; Intent, The Force That Permeates Everything; The Eagle's Emanations; The Earth Is Sentient And Its Awareness Can Affect The Awareness Of Humans
194: The Mystery Of The Universe Is Attention; The Universe Is An Enormous Conscious Being; We're a 'Fractalized' Particle of the Universe
195: The Elements Are Real Entities, Powers That Exist By Themselves; Only When One Feels That He Has Paid The Fair Price Does The Path Open Up; It's We Ourselves Who Determine The Amount That Should Be Paid; Almost Everything That Sorcerers Do Is Possible Of Being Replicated Using The Laws Of Science
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196: One cannot enter don Juan's world intellectually. Infinity lies beyond the parameters of daily perception.
197: The assumption that art, magic, and science can't exist in the same space at the same time is an obsolete remnant of Aristotelian philosophical categories
198: There's a primary knowledge that we all carry, directly connected with the two-million-year-old person at the root of our brain
199: When Everything Is Crumbling Down Around Them, Sorcerers Accept That The Situation Is Terrible, And Then Immediately Escape To The Twilight Of "And Yet. . ."; Sorcerers Can Never Make A Bridge To Join The People Of The World. But, If People Desire To Do So, They Have To Make A Bridge To Join Sorcerers
200: Since There Is No Rational Way To Understand Existence, Seers Realized That Their Knowledge Is Composed Of Contradictory Propositions. Only A Feeling Of Supreme Sobriety Can Bridge The Contradictions.
201: Energy Vortexes In The Body; A Human Being Is A Conglomerate Of Thousands Of Twirling Vortexes
202: Our Way Of Perceiving Is A Predator's Way; Everything Is Energy. The Whole Universe Is Energy. The Social Base Of Our Perception Should Be The Physical Certainty That Energy Is All There Is.
203: The Native Americans Have Thousand-Year Traditions Of Searchers Who Have Attempted The Leap To Freedom In All Imaginable Ways; A Millennial Line Of Healer-Sorcerers Called Ticis; They're Unique Because This Line Not Only Values The Art Of Healing And Of Good Ways To Live, But They're Also Fully Devoted To The Search For Freedom
204: The War Of The Sorcerers; Knowing That We're At War And That At Any Moment We Can Be Attacked Helps Us To Stay Attentive; It's Incredible How The Body Reacts When Faced With The Threat Of Death; Suddenly Everything Gains Meaning
205: The Oracle Of The Times; There Are Several Types Of Silence, Or Maybe We Should Call It Different Levels Of Attention; Fight To Reach Silence
Magical Passes
• Videos
1: Stalking the Self
2: The Old Shamans' Code
On the Run Eighteen Passes
The Code 1
The Code 2
The Code 3
The Code 4
The Code 5
The Code 6
The Code 7
The Code 8
The Code 9
The Code 10
The Code 11
The Code 12
The Code 13
The Code 14
The Code 15
The Code 16
The Code 17
The Code 18
Six Sets
First Set
Second Set
Third Set
Fourth Set
Fifth Set
Sixth Set
5: The Separation of the Left Body and the Right Body: The Heat Series
The First Group: Stirring Energy on the Left Body and the Right Body
The Second Group: Mixing Energy from the Left Body and the Right Body
The Third Group: Moving the Energy of the Left Body and the Right Body with the Breath
The Fourth Group: The Predilection of the Left Body and the Right Body
The Five Magical Passes for the Left Body
Left Side First Pass
Left Side Second Pass
Left Side Third Pass
Left Side Fourth Pass
Left Side Fifth Pass
The Three Magical Passes for the Right Body
Right First Pass
Right Second Pass
Right Third Pass
3: The Series of the Five Concerns: The Westwood Series
The First Group: The Centre for Decisions
The Second Group: The Recapitulation
The Third Group: Dreaming
The Fourth Group: Inner Silence
4: The Masculínity Series
The First Group: Magical Passes in Which the Hands are Moved in Unison but Help Separately
The Second Group: The Magical Passes for Focusing Tendon Energy
The Third Group: The Magical Passes for Building Endurance
6: Code Standing
Code Standing Set 1
Code Standing Set 6
7: A Warrior's Gesture of Magical Intent
8: Warrior's Decision
9: Running Man
10: Opening a Crack in the Energy Lines
11: The Legs Rule Vitality
12: Affection for the Energy Body
13: Pass for the Lungs
14: Steps in Nature
15: Repeating Passes; Repeat as many times as possible
15.1: Transfer Energy Back and Forth Through the V Spot
15.2: Leg Passes
15.3: Hand Passes
15.4: Mashing Energy for Intent
16: Warm-up Passes
18: The Twelve Mysterious Passes of Silvio Manuel and Juan Tuma
1 – Grizzly Bear Run
2 – Kicking Sideways with the Knee and Heel
3 – Assessing the Situation
4 – Heel Dance
5 – Juan Tuma_s Twist
6 – Kicking the Buttocks
7 – Rain Dance
8 – Run in Place, Lift Knee
9 – Scoop and Spread
10 – Scoop Step
11 – Sundial Slide
12 – The Shaman's Dance with Death
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Video – 21
Video – 22
Video – 23
Video – 24
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• Descriptions
Descriptions – 1
Affection for the Energy Body
Code Standing
Old Shamans Code
Opening a Crack in the Energy Lines of the World
Pass for the Lungs
Running Man
Stalking the Self
The Legs Rule Vitality
The Magical Passes of the Nagual Woman Olinda
Warriors Decision
Warriors Gesture of Magical Intent
Descriptions – 2
The Saber-Toothed Tiger
1995 Longmont
1995 Los Angeles
1995 Omega Institute
The Twelve Mysterious Passes of Silvio Manuel & Juan Tuma
Descriptions – 2 F
Descriptions – 2 G
Descriptions – 2 H
Descriptions – 2 I
Descriptions – 2 J
Descriptions – 2 K
Passes for the Face
Ontario, CA – August, 1998
From Magical Passes Book
Descriptions – 3 C
Descriptions – 3 D
Descriptions – 3 E
Descriptions – 3 F
Descriptions – 3 G
Descriptions – 3 H
Descriptions – 3 I
Descriptions – 3 J
Descriptions – 3 K
Taisha's Passes
Taisha's Passes_01
Descriptions – 4 B
Descriptions – 4 C
Descriptions – 4 D
Descriptions – 4 E
Descriptions – 4 F
Descriptions – 4 G
Descriptions – 4 H
Descriptions – 4 I
Descriptions – 4 J
Descriptions – 4 K
Descriptions – 5
Descriptions – 5 A
Descriptions – 5 B
Descriptions – 5 C
Descriptions – 5 D
Descriptions – 5 E
Descriptions – 5 F
Descriptions – 5 G
Descriptions – 5 H
Descriptions – 5 I
Descriptions – 5 J
Descriptions – 5 K
Stalking the Self
1: Any Habit is an Addiction; Routines are Templates of Behavior
2: The Four Moods of Stalking
3: The Seven Basic Principles of the Art of Stalking; Warriors Don't Have the World to Cushion Them, so They Must Have the Rule
4: The Art of Performance; Confusing Feelings with Sentiments
5: Being Deliberate, Staying Alert and Being Aware of Every Act, Every Thought and Emotion
6: The Nagual Julian Didn't Care About Anyone, That's Why He Could Help People; Don't Count on Emotional Realizations; One of the Great Maneuvers of Stalkers is to Pit the Mystery Against the Stupidity In Each Of Us; The Two Basic Qualities of Warriors: Sustained Effort and Unbending Intent
Stalking the Self -6
Stalking the Self -7
Stalking the Self -8
Stalking the Self -9
Stalking the Self -10
1: Dreaming
2: Dreaming Together; The Four States of Dreaming
3: Deeper into Dreaming; Enter Dreaming While Awake
4: Uniformity and Cohesion
5: The Dreaming Eye; Opening the Crack and Stepping into Another World
6: You Either Make Love With Your Sexual Energy or You Dream With It. There Is No Other Way.
7: Zuleica's Instructions; The Intricacies of Dreaming
8: The Seven Gates of Dreaming
The Seven Gates of Dreaming
The First Gate; Accept the challenge of intending
The Second Gate; The True Goal of Dreaming is to Perfect the Energy Body
The Third Gate; The riddle of how impossible and yet how easy it is to move the energy body
The Fourth Gate; Fear is nothing compared with affection. Fear makes you run wildly; love makes you move intelligently
The Fifth Gate
The Sixth Gate
The Seventh Gate
9: Dreaming is the Not-Doing of Sleep; Dreamers do not Sleep
10: How to Select a Topic for Dreaming
11: Tapping on the Doors of Infinity; Using Dreams to Enter into Other Realms of Perceiving; Perceiving is the Act of Interpreting Sensory Data
12: Dreaming is the Art of Waking up the Link with the Energy Body
Interviews, Videos, Articles, Books, etc.
Silent Knowledge
MB Issue 14
MB Issue 35 Florinda
MB Issue 15
MB Issue 42 Three Witches
MB Issue 40 1993 CC Interview
MB Issue 40 1993 Taisha Interview
Taisha Abelar Interview
Taisha Radio Interview
Taisha Interview – 02
Carlos 1969 Talk
Two Conversations with Carlos Castaneda on the Teachings of don Juan
1969 Talk Transcript
Navigating into the Unknown
New Age April 1994
Body Mind Spirit, May 1995
Dimensions Vol. VII No.9 1992
Books & Videos
The Shadow Lore: The Malachi Interviews
Part One: Know Your Enemy; An Illusion is Merely a Poorly Lit Meaning
Part Two: Transcendental Blues
Part Three: You Pays Your Money, You Takes Your Choice
Part Four: We All Gotta Go Sometime
A Romance With Knowledge; The Path With Heart; Finding This Path Is Our Job As Probes Of The Dark Sea
Other References
Nagualism A Study – 1894
Magic and Mystery in Tibet – 1931
The Dhammapada ~ third century BCE
The Yoga-Sûtra of Patañjali
Other References : E
Toltec Nuggets and Mantras
Lecture Notes and Transcripts
Setting up the Path of the Warrior
Don Juan: The Sorcerer (Audio and Transcript)
Translation Casa Tibet Conference 1993
Notes from Private Sessions
The Recapitulation
1: The Eagle's Gift to Man
2: Recollecting
3: Breathing as a Magical, Life-giving Act
4: The Senses in Organisms are Nothing but Degrees of Awareness; The Usher; The Foreign Installation
5: To Recapitulate is to Stalk Our Routines; An Elementary Act of Hygiene
6: Recapitulating Also All the Dreams One's Ever Had; Constructing the Energy Body is a Work of Art; The Reason for our Existence: Keeping the Flame of Awareness Alight; Genetic Recapitulation
7: The Recapitulation: the Cornerstone of the Art of Freedom
8: The Only Medium for Evolution that Man has at his Disposal: Awareness; The World of Inorganic Beings; Acquiring Perceptual Fluidity
9: The Process of Retracing Steps
Recapitulation – 10
Recapitulation – 11
Recapitulation – 12
Poems: Probing Perceptual Limits
… the flesh that burns out, like a bonfire lit by a song
El Viaje Definitivo
… my bones feel the turn
…I wonder what has become of her skirt with lace… … of her scent of spring sugar cane from that place…
… for a cup of tea . . . for a faint caress
… the afternoon is made of crystals
And everything is the same and it is not the same . . .
I have longed to move away … From the hissing of the spent lie
La Valentina
King Nezahualcoyotl poems
Poem – 11
Poem – 12
The Abstract Cores
The Abstract Cores; The Edifice of Intent, or The Silent Voice of the Spirit
The First Abstract Core: The Manifestations Of The Spirit
The Second Abstract Core: The Knock Of The Spirit; The Abstract
The Third Abstract Core: The Trickery Of The Spirit; Dusting The Link With The Spirit
The Fourth Abstract Core: The Descent Of The Spirit; Seeing The Spirit
The Fifth Abstract Core: The Requirements of Intent; Breaking the Mirror of Self-Reflection
The Sixth Abstract Core: Handling Intent; The Third Point; Here and Here
The Energy Body/ The Dreaming Body/ The Double/ The Other/The Ethereal Body/The Soft Body
1: A Special Configuration Of Energy Which Belongs To Each Human Being
2: The Double Is The Self
3: The Other Self, An Identical Being As Oneself, But Made In "Dreaming"; The Art Of Dreamers Was The Art Of Attention
4: Breaking The Perceptual Dispositions And Biases That Imprison Us Within The Boundaries Of The Normal Everyday World And Prevent Us From Entering Other Perceivable Worlds
5: Before Birth, Man's Imposed Duality Doesn't Exist, But From Birth On, The Two Parts Are Separated By The Pull Of Mankind's Intent. One Part Turns Outward And Becomes The Physical Body; The Other, Inward And Becomes The Double.
6: The Moment Our Physical Body Becomes Totally Conscious Of Its Energetic Ethereal Counterpart, We Have Crossed Over Into The Abstract; A Completely Different Realm Of Awareness
7: The Double: The Ethereal Body: The Counterpart Of The Physical Body; Since The Body And The Double Are Like Two Ends Of A Rainbow, We Can Intend Them To Join
8: As Infants, We Were Totally Aware Of Our Double; We Become Aware Of Our Ethereal Side By Allowing Our Intent To Shift Back To It
9: Storing Sexual Energy Is The First Step In The Journey Toward The Ethereal Body; The Journey Into Awareness And Total Freedom; There Are Seven Main Gates. When They Are Closed, Our Inner Energy Remains Locked Within The Physical Body
10: What We Judge As Permanent Reality Is Only The Surface Appearance Of An Unfathomable Force; Coldness Is Not Cruelty Or Heartlessness, But An Unbending Detachment
11: To Set Up A New Intent; It Isn't Just The Intent Of Doing Something New, But The Intent Of Joining Something Already Established: An Intent That Reaches Out To Us Through Thousands Of Years Of Human Toil
12: What Animals And Infants Sense Has Nothing To Do With Knowing, But With The Fact That They Have The Equipment To Sense It: Their Open Gates; Those Gates Are Permanently Receptive In Animals; Human Beings Close Theirs As Soon As They Begin To Talk And Think And Their Rational Side Takes Over; The Awareness Of Daily Life Is What We Want To Shift From The Body To The Double; Loosening Your Gates With The Sorcery Passes
13: The Dreaming Body Is Not A Ghost, But As Real As Anything We Deal With In The World; The Energy Of A Luminous Being Can Be Transformed Through Will Into Anything; Men Are Weaker Than Women Because A Man's Dreaming Body Is More Possessive
14: "Who cares about sadness? Think only of the mysteries; mystery is all that matters. We are living beings; we have to die and relinquish our awareness. But if we could change just a tinge of that, what mysteries must await us! What mysteries!"
15: The Spirit Only Listened When The Speaker Speaks In Gestures. And Gestures Do Not Mean Signs Or Body Movements, But Acts Of True Abandon, Acts Of Largesse, Of Humor; Impeccability Is Not Morality. It Only Resembles Morality. Impeccability Is Simply The Best Use Of Our Energy Level
16: The Body And The Energy Body Were Two Conglomerates Of Energy Fields Compressed Together By Some Strange Agglutinizing Force. The Force That Binds That Group Of Energy Fields Together Was The Most Mysterious Force In The Universe. It Was The Pure Essence Of The Entire Cosmos, The Sum Total Of Everything There Is
17: Perception Must Be Intended In Its Completeness; Interpreting Sensory Data Without The Aid Of The Mind
18: Dreaming Is The Deliberate Use Of The Energy Body. Energy Is Plastic, And If You Apply A Constant Pressure To It, It Will Eventually Adopt The Form You Want; By Providing Autonomy And Purpose To Their Double, They Are Preparing To Remain Conscious After Death
19: We Cannot Escape Having Invested Most Of Our Luminosity In Making Children Or In Maintaining Tiring Relationships. But We Can Recapitulate; It Cancels Out The Energetic Effects Of Those Acts; Fortunately, In The Realm Of Energy, Things Like Time And Space Don't Exist; Recapitulation Is The Heritage Of The Old Seers, The Basic Practice. Without It, There Is No Path; The Final Objective Of Recapitulation: To Create A Double, And Get Ready To Leave
20: The task of an apprentice is to re-center his energy body through acts of impeccability; Death touches us all, but it is not the same for all. Everything depends on one's energy level; The soul doesn't exist, what exists is energy. Once the physical body disappears, the only thing left is an energy entity fed by memory
21: To Enter Dreaming While Awake
22: The Idea Is To Make A Copy Of All The Memories And Experiences Of Our Lives. This Way, When The Organic Part Ceases To Exist, The Energy Double Will Still Preserve Its Memories…. The Organic Memory Carries Over From Electrochemical Impulses Into Conscious Energy
23: The Double Is The Culmination Of The Art Of Stalking And Dreaming Because It's When Both Arts Coincide In One Result. Stalking Is The Art Of Being Aware Of Oneself When You're Awake, While Dreaming Is The Art Of Maintaining Awareness When You're Asleep; Our Orders, If They're Constantly Repeated, Become The Will Of The Eagle
24: The Seven Gates
25: Energy Map of the Double
The Code 7
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Xret (.XRET) ransomware virus – removal and decryption options
Written by Tomas Meskauskas on (updated)
What kind of malware is Xret?
Xret is a ransomware-type program that our researchers discovered while reviewing new submissions to the VirusTotal site. Malware, classed as such, is designed to encrypt data and demand payment for its decryption.
On our test system, Xret encrypted files and appended their filenames with a ".XRET" extension. For example, a file initially titled "1.jpg" appeared as "1.jpg.XRET", "2.png" as "2.png.XRET", etc. Once this process concluded, the ransomware changed the desktop wallpaper and created a ransom-demanding message named "# XRET #.txt".
Screenshot of files encrypted by Xret ransomware:
Ransom note overview
The message on the wallpaper states that the victim's data has been encrypted and that recovery necessitates contacting the attackers.
The ransom note in the text file informs that data has also been exfiltrated from the system. Decryption will require paying a ransom, the sum of which will increase the longer the victim delays initiating contact.
Typically, stolen data is used to force victims into paying, or else they risk the information getting leaked or sold. However, Xret's note does not mention this threat.
Before the demands are met, decryption can be tested by sending the cyber criminals an encrypted file. The victim is alerted that modifying or deleting the affected files can result in permanent data loss.
Xret ransomware overview
We have analyzed and researched countless ransomware infections, and this experience allows us to infer that decryption is usually impossible without the attackers' involvement. The rare exceptions are cases with deeply flawed ransomware.
What is more, victims often do not receive the necessary keys/tools to decrypt their data – despite meeting the ransom demands. Therefore, we strongly advise against it since file recovery is not guaranteed, and paying also supports this criminal activity.
Removing Xret ransomware from the operating system will prevent it from encrypting more data. Unfortunately, removal will not restore already locked files. The only solution is to recover them from a backup (if one was made prior and is stored elsewhere).
The general advice for ensuring data safety is to keep backups in multiple different locations, such as unplugged storage devices, remote servers, and others.
Ransomware examples
MesaCorp, Crypto (MedusaLocker), Ptqw, Pthh, and GhostLocker are merely some examples of ransomware we have investigated recently. While this malware's mode of operation is practically identical throughout, these programs have two major differences in between.
Ransomware can use different cryptographic algorithms (symmetric or asymmetric) to encrypt data. Additionally, ransoms can differ drastically – between 3 and 8 digits (in USD) – depending on the intended victim (i.e., home user vs. large entity).
How did ransomware infect my computer?
Cyber criminals predominantly use phishing and social engineering tactics to spread ransomware and other malware. Widespread distribution techniques include: drive-by (stealthy/deceptive) downloads, malicious attachments or links in spam emails/messages, online scams, untrustworthy download sources (e.g., freeware and third-party websites, Peer-to-Peer sharing networks, etc.), malvertising, fake updaters, and illegal software activation ("cracking") tools.
Furthermore, some malicious programs can self-proliferate through local networks and removable storage devices (e.g., external hard drives, USB flash drives, etc.).
Malware is usually disguised as or bundled with ordinary software/media files. They come in various formats, e.g., archives (ZIP, RAR, etc.), executables (.exe, .run, etc.), documents (Microsoft Office, Microsoft OneNote, PDF, etc.), JavaScript, and so forth. When a malicious file is executed, run, or otherwise opened – the infection chain is triggered.
Name | Xret virus |
Threat Type | Ransomware, Crypto Virus, Files locker |
Encrypted Files Extension | .XRET |
Ransom Demanding Message | Text presented on the wallpaper and # XRET #.txt |
Free Decryptor Available? | No |
Cyber Criminal Contact | firstname.lastname@example.com, +56-997165537 (WhatsApp), @Admn_Xret (Telegram) |
Detection Names | Avast (Win32:RansomX-gen [Ransom]), Combo Cleaner (IL:Trojan.MSILZilla.24983), ESET-NOD32 (A Variant Of MSIL/Filecoder.Chaos.A), Kaspersky (HEUR:Trojan-Ransom.MSIL.Agent.gen), Microsoft (Ransom:MSIL/FileCoder.AD!MTB), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal) |
Symptoms | Cannot open files stored on your computer, previously functional files now have a different extension (for example, my.docx.locked). A ransom demand message is displayed on your desktop. Cyber criminals demand payment of a ransom (usually in bitcoins) to unlock your files. |
Distribution methods | Infected email attachments (macros), torrent websites, malicious ads. |
Damage | All files are encrypted and cannot be opened without paying a ransom. Additional password-stealing trojans and malware infections can be installed together with a ransomware infection. |
Malware Removal (Windows) | To eliminate possible malware infections, scan your computer with legitimate antivirus software. Our security researchers recommend using Combo Cleaner. |
How to protect yourself from ransomware infections?
We highly recommend exercising caution with incoming emails and other messages. Attachments or links found in dubious mail must not be opened, as they can be malicious. It is just as important to be vigilant while browsing since fraudulent and dangerous online content usually appears genuine and innocuous.
Another recommendation is to download only from official and trustworthy sources. Additionally, all programs must be activated and updated using legitimate functions/tools, as those obtained from third-parties can contain malware.
We must emphasize that having a dependable anti-virus installed and kept updated is paramount to device and user safety. Security software must be used to run regular system scans and to remove threats/issues. If your computer is already infected with Xret, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate this ransomware.
Screenshot of Xret ransomware's text file ("# XRET #.txt"):
Text presented in this message:
%%% Xret Ransomware %%%
>>> What happened?
We encrypted and stolen all of your files.
We use AES and ECC algorithms.
Nobody can recover your files without our decryption service.
>>> How to recover?
We are not a politically motivated group and we want nothing more than money.
If you pay, we will provide you with decryption software and destroy the stolen data.
>>> What guarantees?
You can send us an unimportant file less than 1 MG, We decrypt it as guarantee.
If we do not send you the decryption software or delete stolen data, no one will pay us in future so we will keep our promise.
>>> How to contact us?
Our email address: email@example.com
In case of no answer within 24 hours, contact to this Whatsapp: +56-997165537
Write &*&@! in the subject of the email.
>>> Warnings!
- Do not go to recovery companies, they are just middlemen who will make money off you and cheat you.
They secretly negotiate with us, buy decryption software and will sell it to you many times more expensive or they will simply scam you.
- Do not hesitate for a long time. The faster you pay, the lower the price.
- Do not delete or modify encrypted files, it will lead to problems with decryption of files.
Screenshot of Xret's desktop wallpaper:
Text presented on this wallpaper:
Hello. All your Data is encrypted
Message to decrypt and return Data
firstname.lastname@example.com +56-997165537 @Admn_Xret
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Quick menu:
- What is Xret virus?
- STEP 1. Reporting ransomware to authorities.
- STEP 2. Isolating the infected device.
- STEP 3. Identifying the ransomware infection.
- STEP 4. Searching for ransomware decryption tools.
- STEP 5. Restoring files with data recovery tools.
- STEP 6. Creating data backups.
If you are a victim of a ransomware attack we recommend reporting this incident to authorities. By providing information to law enforcement agencies you will help track cybercrime and potentially assist in the prosecution of the attackers. Here's a list of authorities where you should report a ransomware attack. For the complete list of local cybersecurity centers and information on why you should report ransomware attacks, read this article.
List of local authorities where ransomware attacks should be reported (choose one depending on your residence address):
- USA - Internet Crime Complaint Centre IC3
- United Kingdom - Action Fraud
- Spain - Policía Nacional
- France - Ministère de l'Intérieur
- Germany - Polizei
- Italy - Polizia di Stato
- The Netherlands - Politie
- Poland - Policja
- Portugal - Polícia Judiciária
Isolating the infected device:
Some ransomware-type infections are designed to encrypt files within external storage devices, infect them, and even spread throughout the entire local network. For this reason, it is very important to isolate the infected device (computer) as soon as possible.
Step 1: Disconnect from the internet.
The easiest way to disconnect a computer from the internet is to unplug the Ethernet cable from the motherboard, however, some devices are connected via a wireless network and for some users (especially those who are not particularly tech-savvy), disconnecting cables may seem troublesome. Therefore, you can also disconnect the system manually via Control Panel:
Navigate to the "Control Panel", click the search bar in the upper-right corner of the screen, enter "Network and Sharing Center" and select search result:
Click the "Change adapter settings" option in the upper-left corner of the window:
Right-click on each connection point and select "Disable". Once disabled, the system will no longer be connected to the internet. To re-enable the connection points, simply right-click again and select "Enable".
Step 2: Unplug all storage devices.
As mentioned above, ransomware might encrypt data and infiltrate all storage devices that are connected to the computer. For this reason, all external storage devices (flash drives, portable hard drives, etc.) should be disconnected immediately, however, we strongly advise you to eject each device before disconnecting to prevent data corruption:
Navigate to "My Computer", right-click on each connected device, and select "Eject":
Step 3: Log-out of cloud storage accounts.
Some ransomware-type might be able to hijack software that handles data stored within "the Cloud". Therefore, the data could be corrupted/encrypted. For this reason, you should log-out of all cloud storage accounts within browsers and other related software. You should also consider temporarily uninstalling the cloud-management software until the infection is completely removed.
Identify the ransomware infection:
To properly handle an infection, one must first identify it. Some ransomware infections use ransom-demand messages as an introduction (see the WALDO ransomware text file below).
This, however, is rare. In most cases, ransomware infections deliver more direct messages simply stating that data is encrypted and that victims must pay some sort of ransom. Note that ransomware-type infections typically generate messages with different file names (for example, "_readme.txt", "READ-ME.txt", "DECRYPTION_INSTRUCTIONS.txt", "DECRYPT_FILES.html", etc.). Therefore, using the name of a ransom message may seem like a good way to identify the infection. The problem is that most of these names are generic and some infections use the same names, even though the delivered messages are different and the infections themselves are unrelated. Therefore, using the message filename alone can be ineffective and even lead to permanent data loss (for example, by attempting to decrypt data using tools designed for different ransomware infections, users are likely to end up permanently damaging files and decryption will no longer be possible even with the correct tool).
Another way to identify a ransomware infection is to check the file extension, which is appended to each encrypted file. Ransomware infections are often named by the extensions they append (see files encrypted by Qewe ransomware below).
This method is only effective, however, when the appended extension is unique - many ransomware infections append a generic extension (for example, ".encrypted", ".enc", ".crypted", ".locked", etc.). In these cases, identifying ransomware by its appended extension becomes impossible.
One of the easiest and quickest ways to identify a ransomware infection is to use the ID Ransomware website. This service supports most existing ransomware infections. Victims simply upload a ransom message and/or one encrypted file (we advise you to upload both if possible).
The ransomware will be identified within seconds and you will be provided with various details, such as the name of the malware family to which the infection belongs, whether it is decryptable, and so on.
Example 1 (Qewe [Stop/Djvu] ransomware):
Example 2 (.iso [Phobos] ransomware):
If your data happens to be encrypted by ransomware that is not supported by ID Ransomware, you can always try searching the internet by using certain keywords (for example, a ransom message title, file extension, provided contact emails, crypto wallet addresses, etc.).
Search for ransomware decryption tools:
Encryption algorithms used by most ransomware-type infections are extremely sophisticated and, if the encryption is performed properly, only the developer is capable of restoring data. This is because decryption requires a specific key, which is generated during the encryption. Restoring data without the key is impossible. In most cases, cybercriminals store keys on a remote server, rather than using the infected machine as a host. Dharma (CrySis), Phobos, and other families of high-end ransomware infections are virtually flawless, and thus restoring data encrypted without the developers' involvement is simply impossible. Despite this, there are dozens of ransomware-type infections that are poorly developed and contain a number of flaws (for example, the use of identical encryption/decryption keys for each victim, keys stored locally, etc.). Therefore, always check for available decryption tools for any ransomware that infiltrates your computer.
Finding the correct decryption tool on the internet can be very frustrating. For this reason, we recommend that you use the No More Ransom Project and this is where identifying the ransomware infection is useful. The No More Ransom Project website contains a "Decryption Tools" section with a search bar. Enter the name of the identified ransomware, and all available decryptors (if there are any) will be listed.
Restore files with data recovery tools:
Depending on the situation (quality of ransomware infection, type of encryption algorithm used, etc.), restoring data with certain third-party tools might be possible. Therefore, we advise you to use the Recuva tool developed by CCleaner. This tool supports over a thousand data types (graphics, video, audio, documents, etc.) and it is very intuitive (little knowledge is necessary to recover data). In addition, the recovery feature is completely free.
Step 1: Perform a scan.
Run the Recuva application and follow the wizard. You will be prompted with several windows allowing you to choose what file types to look for, which locations should be scanned, etc. All you need to do is select the options you're looking for and start the scan. We advise you to enable the "Deep Scan" before starting, otherwise, the application's scanning capabilities will be restricted.
Wait for Recuva to complete the scan. The scanning duration depends on the volume of files (both in quantity and size) that you are scanning (for example, several hundred gigabytes could take over an hour to scan). Therefore, be patient during the scanning process. We also advise against modifying or deleting existing files, since this might interfere with the scan. If you add additional data (for example, downloading files/content) while scanning, this will prolong the process:
Step 2: Recover data.
Once the process is complete, select the folders/files you wish to restore and simply click "Recover". Note that some free space on your storage drive is necessary to restore data:
Create data backups:
Proper file management and creating backups is essential for data security. Therefore, always be very careful and think ahead.
Partition management: We recommend that you store your data in multiple partitions and avoid storing important files within the partition that contains the entire operating system. If you fall into a situation whereby you cannot boot the system and are forced to format the disk on which the operating system is installed (in most cases, this is where malware infections hide), you will lose all data stored within that drive. This is the advantage of having multiple partitions: if you have the entire storage device assigned to a single partition, you will be forced to delete everything, however, creating multiple partitions and allocating the data properly allows you to prevent such problems. You can easily format a single partition without affecting the others - therefore, one will be cleaned and the others will remain untouched, and your data will be saved. Managing partitions is quite simple and you can find all the necessary information on Microsoft's documentation web page.
Data backups: One of the most reliable backup methods is to use an external storage device and keep it unplugged. Copy your data to an external hard drive, flash (thumb) drive, SSD, HDD, or any other storage device, unplug it and store it in a dry place away from the sun and extreme temperatures. This method is, however, quite inefficient, since data backups and updates need to be made regularly. You can also use a cloud service or remote server. Here, an internet connection is required and there is always the chance of a security breach, although it's a really rare occasion.
We recommend using Microsoft OneDrive for backing up your files. OneDrive lets you store your personal files and data in the cloud, sync files across computers and mobile devices, allowing you to access and edit your files from all of your Windows devices. OneDrive lets you save, share and preview files, access download history, move, delete, and rename files, as well as create new folders, and much more.
You can back up your most important folders and files on your PC (your Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders). Some of OneDrive's more notable features include file versioning, which keeps older versions of files for up to 30 days. OneDrive features a recycling bin in which all of your deleted files are stored for a limited time. Deleted files are not counted as part of the user's allocation.
The service is built using HTML5 technologies and allows you to upload files up to 300 MB via drag and drop into the web browser or up to 10 GB via the OneDrive desktop application. With OneDrive, you can download entire folders as a single ZIP file with up to 10,000 files, although it can't exceed 15 GB per single download.
OneDrive comes with 5 GB of free storage out of the box, with an additional 100 GB, 1 TB, and 6 TB storage options available for a subscription-based fee. You can get one of these storage plans by either purchasing additional storage separately or with Office 365 subscription.
Creating a data backup:
The backup process is the same for all file types and folders. Here's how you can back up your files using Microsoft OneDrive
Step 1: Choose the files/folders you want to backup.
Click the OneDrive cloud icon to open the OneDrive menu. While in this menu, you can customize your file backup settings.
Click Help & Settings and then select Settings from the drop-down menu.
Go to the Backup tab and click Manage backup.
In this menu, you can choose to backup the Desktop and all of the files on it, and Documents and Pictures folders, again, with all of the files in them. Click Start backup.
Now, when you add a file or folder in the Desktop and Documents and Pictures folders, they will be automatically backed up on OneDrive.
To add folders and files, not in the locations shown above, you have to add them manually.
Open File Explorer and navigate to the location of the folder/file you want to backup. Select the item, right-click it, and click Copy.
Then, navigate to OneDrive, right-click anywhere in the window and click Paste. Alternatively, you can just drag and drop a file into OneDrive. OneDrive will automatically create a backup of the folder/file.
All of the files added to the OneDrive folder are backed up in the cloud automatically. The green circle with the checkmark in it indicates that the file is available both locally and on OneDrive and that the file version is the same on both. The blue cloud icon indicates that the file has not been synced and is available only on OneDrive. The sync icon indicates that the file is currently syncing.
To access files only located on OneDrive online, go to the Help & Settings drop-down menu and select View online.
Step 2: Restore corrupted files.
OneDrive makes sure that the files stay in sync, so the version of the file on the computer is the same version on the cloud. However, if ransomware has encrypted your files, you can take advantage of OneDrive's Version history feature that will allow you to restore the file versions prior to encryption.
Microsoft 365 has a ransomware detection feature that notifies you when your OneDrive files have been attacked and guide you through the process of restoring your files. It must be noted, however, that if you don't have a paid Microsoft 365 subscription, you only get one detection and file recovery for free.
If your OneDrive files get deleted, corrupted, or infected by malware, you can restore your entire OneDrive to a previous state. Here's how you can restore your entire OneDrive:
1. If you're signed in with a personal account, click the Settings cog at the top of the page. Then, click Options and select Restore your OneDrive.
If you're signed in with a work or school account, click the Settings cog at the top of the page. Then, click Restore your OneDrive.
2. On the Restore your OneDrive page, select a date from the drop-down list. Note that if you're restoring your files after automatic ransomware detection, a restore date will be selected for you.
3. After configuring all of the file restoration options, click Restore to undo all the activities you selected.
The best way to avoid damage from ransomware infections is to maintain regular up-to-date backups.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
How was my computer hacked and how did hackers encrypt my files?
Victims themselves commonly open ransomware executables, as they are typically presented as regular software/media files. This malware is primarily spread via drive-by downloads, dubious download sources (e.g., unofficial and free file-hosting sites, P2P sharing networks, etc.), spam emails/messages, online scams, malvertising, illegal program activation tools ("cracks"), and fake updates.
How to open ".XRET" files?
Ransomware-encrypted files can neither be opened nor otherwise used – unless they are decrypted.
Where should I look for free decryption tools for Xret ransomware?
In case of a ransomware attack, we advise you to check out the No More Ransom project website (more information above).
I can pay you a lot of money, can you decrypt files for me?
We do not provide decryption services. In fact, aside from cases involving seriously flawed ransomware, recovering encrypted data is impossible without the attackers' interference. Therefore, third-parties offering paid decryption are often scams or aim to act as middlemen between victims and criminals.
Will Combo Cleaner help me remove Xret ransomware?
Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and eliminate active ransomware infections. It must be stressed that while using an anti-virus is the first step in ransomware recovery – security software is incapable of decrypting data.
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CNN has posted clips from a video taken by GetEQUAL in which you can see and hear some of what happened when one of its activists heckled First Lady Michelle Obama at a private fundraiser this week.
Our original post and an earlier update:
"Listen to me or you can take the mic, but [then] I'm leaving," first lady Michelle Obama said to a heckler Tuesday evening at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Washington, D.C.
It was a "rare face-to-face encounter with a protester," as The Washington Post says. It ended with the heckler being escorted from the event held in the backyard of a private home after others among the 200 or so people there started shouting thing such as "you need to go!"
The heckler, later identified as Ellen Sturtz from the GetEQUAL campaign that advocates for lesbians and gays, told the Post that the first lady "came right down in my face. ... I was taken aback."
Sturtz also told the Post she paid $500 to attend the fundraiser.
Here's how the "pool report," written by Huffington Post's Amanda Terkel, described what happened:
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That's the philosophy of Project Linus and a growing team of ERIE family members who have signed on with the nonprofit group as "blanketeers." Blanketeers is the name the group has given volunteer blanket makers. They knit, crochet, quilt or knot blankets for children in need due to trauma, illness or other cause.
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Darren Trautman, project manager, Sales & Product Strategy & Program Management, got the whole ball of yarn rolling.
Newly returned to Erie, Pennsylvania, and inspired by his community-minded fiancé to contribute in some way, Darren said he pondered: "What's my thing? What really matters to me?"
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Stitching Into Action
Hoping to connect his 20-year crocheting hobby with an inspiring cause, Darren did some soul—and Google—searching. He found other needlework-related charities had rules around what yarns to use and other fussy details. Project Linus had "just three itty-bitty requirements," he said. "No wool (because of allergies), donated items have to be new, and handmade—that's it."
A bonus for Darren, who joined ERIE in November and aspired to get other ERIE employees involved: The nonprofit accepts hand-knotted fleece blankets. They require no special skills or experience, and one can be completed in about an hour.
He sent an email calling for volunteers to the Sales & Products division and worked out ERIE Service Corps requirements with ERIE's Diversity & Community Development Department.
"I was pleasantly surprised when I learned just how open ERIE is to supporting a cause in whatever way you want to give," Darren said.
Hooked on a Great Cause
About a month in, the effort has 40 volunteers and has completed 20 blankets toward their goal.
The West Virginia sales team crafted the latest addition to the total during a July 21 meeting. Kam Lawson, senior business support specialist, organized the service project.
"I make quilts and have seen this advertised in quilt magazines, but it really hit home after seeing ERIE employees taking it on as a project to provide 50 blankets," Kam said. "After receiving the directions to the tied quilts, I thought it was something our branch sales team could do at our meeting."
She cut the fleece and had the blanket laid out for tying to start the meeting. Many hands make light work.
Another case in point: In June, 11 ERIE Blanketeers, held a blanketeering session in the Thomas B. Hagen Building. They knitted, crocheted and tied fleece blankets.
The group also heard about the Project Linus mission—and got pointers on how to make the fleece blankets—from Joann Burkhardt, coordinator of the Northwestern Pennsylvania chapter, shown accepting the first ERIE blankets from Darren in the above photo. The chapter donated more than 4,000 blankets last year, all of which stay local.
By the end of the session, they completed eight blankets to provide comfort for children in need.
Darren's pleased with the progress, but he's also looking for more ideas to engage ERIE Blanketeers. "Hopefully, there's something fun coming," he said. "If anyone has ideas about how to get involved, or to get their team involved, I'd love to hear them!"
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