Chapter 1: The Manifestations of the Spirit (The Impeccability of the Nagual Elias) Summary and Analysis

As Carlos wakes up, Don Juan notes that his first story was about the connection between intent and the nagual. The spirit sets up a lure for the nagual to an apprentice, and the nagual must evaluate the decision. Every act the nagual does is performed to strengthen their connection with intent or as a response to the link. Don Juan begins the story of how he met his benefactor, the nagual Julian.

Don Juan was practically enslaved by a foreman at an isolated hacienda. Don Juan escaped but the foreman caught him and shot don Juan in the chest. As don Juan was dying, the nagual Julian came along and healed him and took him home. The spirit...