Got a request about him. He's currently in Germany and Austria. He's an obvious fraud for a number of reasons.
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http://school-of-life.net/shaman/book.htmItzcoatl Papalotzin, known as Agustín in Europe, presents his polished personal vision of shamanic philosophy....
“This book opens the door for all those who are curious about having a first encounter with the joy of Agustín’s shamanic world."
Víctor Sánchez, author of The Teachings of Don Carlos and A Toltec Path of Recapitulation
Itzcoatl Papalotzin (Agustín) is a shaman, seer and healer. In his 25 years as apprentice, and 15 as teacher, he has worked with groups in Mexico, North America, Europe and New Zealand. He has collaborated with American shamans (Huichol, Maya, Lakota, Apache, etc.), indigenous groups from the Amazon, Maoris of New Zealand and Tibetan monks from the Shartse monastery in India. He has trained in disciplines such as NLP, social anthropology and anti-anthropology. He bases his teachings on the tradition of the new Toltecs...."
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Start with the name, which would make many Spanish speakers laugh. Papalote is a child's kite, or a butterfly. -tzin on the end of a word is sometimes used in Mexico to mean "little". Technically it could also mean "lord" in Nahua, the Aztec language, but in Mexican slang that's often said mockingly. So his last name means either "little kite" or "big pompous kite." Itzcoatl is a black stone serpent from Aztec/Nahua lore.
Orrea is not Aztec/Nahua. He is Mexican (not Mexica like our member Koyoteh) but claims to be Toltec. The Toltecs have been gone for 800 years.
The big tipoff of him being fraud is he's endorsed and worked for decades with two other frauds, Victor Sanchez and the infamous Casteneda.
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http://school-of-life.net/shaman/mediakitshaman.htm"I have known Edgar (or Agustín as he is known in Europe) for almost 30 years. We shared our path of growth when we were just boys with fantastic dreams in our heads and a disposition for adventure and daring in our hearts.
While very young we founded 'The Other Sorcery' and its later manifestation, 'The Art of Living Purposefully'. In this organisation we offered activities and gave workshops in which the joy we found in nature blended with our love for indigenous knowledge and our passion for human development.
Whilst I liked magic but was passionate about research, Edgar liked research but was passionate about magic. From 1983 to 1993, within the dream called The Art of Living Purposefully, we walked the path together, exploring, learning, teaching and enjoying ourselves in river, jungle, forest, desert, sea and mountain. Together we led many people on this new path towards personal and spiritual growth. Then we separated. We each had to continue alone, developing the specific aspects of our dream.
My passion for research led me to become a writer, researcher, speaker and developer of methods of personal growth. Edgar's passion for magic led him to become a modern day shaman, within the western world.
Ten years later I met Edgar again, incarnating the dream that has motivated him ever since he was a boy: I found him a shaman with apprentices from all over the world....
Víctor Sánchez"
"I was lucky enough to meet my first teacher when I was 14...That first teacher was Mariví, who was a pupil of Carlos Castaneda, and she became my energetic mother. Later I met other shamans, including José, my benefactor, Víctor Sánchez, who wrote the foreword to the book, and Carlos Castaneda himself.-Agustin"
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Teaches the cult practice of "recapitulation". That's basically getting someone to remember everyone they ever met and say goodbye to them. A very powerful way to get someone cut off from their friends and family, much more vulnerable. Orrea goes one step further and has the women, at least, take their clothes off. He also teaches "sacred sex" courses. So like Castaneda, this is using lies about ceremonies to get sex.
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http://joblogs.org/"I was attending a one week intensive course, someone was to be buried each night, and I was the first. We were all seated in a circle, drumming and chanting and when the time was right Itzcoatl Papalotzin (Agustín to us) told me to leave the circle, go off into the night, remove my clothes and say goodbye to everyone I loved. Very conscious of the melodrama, I left the fire lit area, took off my clothes and looked around me. Feeling ridiculous I thought of my family back at our home in Cádiz. “Goodbye Chris, goodbye Merry, goodbye Daisy,” I mumbled. I felt both sentimental and stupid. “Goodbye mum and dad, friends, dogs and cats …” In my mind’s eye I conjured up a queue of people and a list of things I would miss."
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He also sells "oracle cards" that he claims are Toltec. No, these are obviously deisgned to appeal to people who like tarot cards. And the esoteric bit, that's purely Euro, though sometimes they claim it's from Egypt, Sumeria, or India.
"The toolkit consists of a book (153 pages) written by Joanna Crowson and Silja Winther and 53 full-colour oracle cards, painted by Katrina Vrebalovich, packaged in an attractive box. "The Key to the Universe is a contemporary women's expression of ancient esoteric principles, retold artistically through oracle cards and a luminous text that informs and guides the seeker with ideas and suggestions that make sense. A work of love," says Vicki Noble, one of the authors of the well-known Motherpeace Tarot."
