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Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky is a Chilean filmmaker and artist based in France. Best known for his avant garde films, Jodorowsky combines humor, violence, surreal imagery, mysticism, mime, and religious provocation to awaken his viewers to transcendence of their worlds and make self-discoveries.

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The Son of Black Thursday

In Where the Bird Sings Best, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s visionary autobiographical novel that NPR compared to One Hundred Years of Solitude and called “a genius’s surreal vision brought to life,” we followed Jodorowsky’s predecessors as they fled to Chile amid a fantastical array of...

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Alejandro Jodorowsky
2018
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Sacred Trickery and the Way of Kindness: The Radical Wisdom of Jodo

Explores the sacred trickery of shamans he encountered, including Carlos Castaneda, and how intention and action matter more than notions of “true” and “false” • Explains the Way of Kindness and how small acts of generosity and goodness can have a profound effect on your spirit, infusing...

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Alejandro Jodorowsky
2016
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Metagenealogy: Self-Discovery through Psychomagic and the Family Tree

The family tree is not merely vital statistics about your ancestors. It is an embodied sense of self that we inherit from at least four prior generations, constituting both a life-giving treasure and a deadly trap.

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Alejandro Jodorowsky, Marianne Costa
2014
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The Way of Tarot: The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s profound study of the Tarot, which began in the early 1950s, reveals it to be far more than a simple divination device. The Tarot is first and foremost a powerful instrument of self-knowledge and a representation of the structure of the soul.

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Alejandro Jodorowsky, Marianne Costa
2009
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The Finger and the Moon: Zen Teachings and Koans

Jodo’s interpretations of the stories and koans of Zen master Ejo Takata • Offers more than 60 Zen teaching tales, initiatory stories, koans, and haikus for self-realization and spiritual awakening • Each story or koan is accompanied by the author’s lucid and penetrating commentary,...

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Alejandro Jodorowsky
2016
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The Dance of Reality: A Psychomagical Autobiography

Retracing the spiritual and mystical path he has followed since childhood, Alejandro Jodorowsky re-creates the incredible adventure of his life as an artist, filmmaker, writer, and therapist—all stages on his quest to push back the boundaries of both imagination and reason.

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Alejandro Jodorowsky
2014
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The Seven Lives of Alejandro Jodorowsky

A definitive look at the life of legendary filmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky and his many wild creative ventures throughout his 90 years on earth.

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Alejandro Jodorowsky
2020
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Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy

A healing path using the power of dreams, theater, poetry, and shamanism • Shows how psychological realizations can cause true transformation when manifested by concrete poetic acts • Includes many examples of the surreal but successful actions Jodorowsky has prescribed to those seeking his...

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Alejandro Jodorowsky, Gilles Farcet, Javier Esteban, Rachael LeValley (translator)
2024
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The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Creator of El Topo

Jodorowsky’s memoirs of his experiences with Master Takata and the group of wisewomen--magiciennes--who influenced his spiritual growth • Reveals Jodorowsky turning the same unsparing spiritual vision seen in El Topo to his own spiritual quest • Shows how the author’s spiritual insight...

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Alejandro Jodorowsky
2008
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Where the Bird Sings Best

There has never been an artist like the polymathic Chilean director, author, and mystic Alejandro Jodorowsky. For eight decades, he has blazed new trails across a dazzling variety of creative fields.

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Alejandro Jodorowsky
2016
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