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"This is the site of your last stand," he said. "You will die here no matter where you are. Every
warrior has a place to die. A place of his predilection which is soaked with unforgettable
memories, where powerful events left their mark, a place where he has witnessed marvels, where
secrets have been revealed to him, a place where he has stored his personal power.
"A warrior has the obligation to go back to that place of his predilection every time he taps
power in order to store it there. He either goes there by means of walking or by means of
dreaming.
"And finally, one day when his time on earth is up and he feels the tap of his death on his left
shoulder, his spirit, which is always ready, flies to the place of his predilection and there the
warrior dances to his death.
"Every warrior has a specific form, a specific posture of power, which he develops throughout
his life. It is a sort of dance. A movement that he does under the influence of his personal power.
"If a dying warrior has limited power, his dance is short; if his power is grandiose, his dance is
magnificent. But regardless of whether his power is small or magnificent, death must stop to
witness his last stand on earth. Death cannot overtake the warrior who is recounting the toil of his
life for the last time until he has finished his dance."
Don Juan's words made me shiver. The quietness, the twilight, the magnificent scenery, all
seemed to have been placed there as props for the image of a warrior's last dance of power.
"Can you teach me that dance even though I am not a warrior?" I asked.
"Any man that hunts power has to learn that dance," he said. "Yet I cannot teach you now.
Soon you may have a worthy opponent and I will show you then the first movement of power.
You must add the other movements yourself as you go on living. Every new one must be
obtained during a struggle of power. So, properly speaking, the posture, the form of a warrior, is
the story of his life, a dance that grows as he grows in personal power."
"Does death really stop to see a warrior dance?"
"A warrior is only a man. A humble man. He cannot change the designs of his death. But his
impeccable spirit, which has stored power after stupendous hardships, can certainly hold his death
for a moment, a moment long enough to let him rejoice for the last time in recalling his power.
We may say that that is a gesture which death has with those who have an impeccable spirit."
I experienced an overwhelming anxiety and I talked just to alleviate it. I asked him if he had
known warriors that had died, and in what way their last dance had affected their dying.
"Cut it out," he said dryly. "Dying is a monumental affair. It is more than kicking your legs
and becoming stiff."
"Will I too dance to my death, don Juan?"
"Certainly. You are hunting personal power even though you don't live like a warrior yet.

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