Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Author_Alejandro Jodorowsky
BIOGRAPHY
BUDDHISM
BUDDHISM/MEDITATION
BUDDHISMMEDITATION
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CONSCIOUSNESS
EASTERN SPIRITUALITY
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HEALTH/SPIRITUALITY
HEALTHSPIRITUALITY
INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS/NEW AGE
INDIGENOUS TRADITIONSNEW AGE
MAGIC & OCCULT SCIENCE
MEDITATION
METAPHYSICS
MYSTICISM
PERSONAL GROWTH/SELF-HELP
PERSONAL GROWTHSELF-HELP
PSYCOLOGY/SELF-HELP
PSYCOLOGYSELF-HELP
SELF-TRANSFORMATION
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- ISBN 9781594771736
- Weight: 381g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 May 2008
- Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In 1970, John Lennon introduced to the world Alejandro Jodorowsky and the film El Topo that he wrote, starred in and directed. The film and its author instantly became a counterculture icon. The New York Times said it "demands to be seen," and Newsweek called it "An Extraordinary Movie!" But that was only the beginning of the story and the controversy of El Topo and the journey of its brilliant creator. His spiritual quest began with the Japanese master Ejo Takata, the man who introduced him to the practice of meditation, Zen Buddhism and the wisdom of the koans. Yet in this autobiographical account of his spiritual journey, Jodorowsky reveals that it was a small group of wisewomen, far removed from the world of Buddhism, who initiated him and taught him how to put the wisdom he had learned from his master into practice.
At the direction of Takata, Jodorowsky became a student of the surrealist painter Leonora Carrington, thus beginning a journey in which vital spiritual lessons were transmitted to him by various women who were masters of their particular crafts. These women included Doña Magdalena, who taught him "initiatic" or spiritual massage; the powerful Mexican actress known as La Tigresa (the "tigress"); and Reyna D'Assia, daughter of the famed spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. Other important wisewomen on Jodorowsky's spiritual path include María Sabina, the priestess of the sacred mushrooms; the healer Pachita; and the Chilean singer Violeta Parra. The teachings of these women enabled him to discard the emotional armour that was hindering his advancement on the path of spiritual awareness and enlightenment.
· Reveals Jodorowsky turning the same unsparing spiritual vision seen in El Topo to his own spiritual quest
· Shows how the author's spiritual insight and progress was catalysed repeatedly by wisewomen shamans and healers
Alejandro Jodorowsky is a playwright, filmmaker, composer, mime, psychotherapist, and author of many books on spirituality and tarot, and over thirty comic books and graphic novels. He has directed several films, including The Rainbow Thief and the cult classics El Topo and The Holy Mountain. He lives in France.
