Psychomagic

Psychomagic or originally in Spanish Psicomagia is the title of a book by Alejandro Jodorowsky, which first appeared in 1995 under the title " Le théatre de la guérison " in France by Albin Michel.

The book is the result of a series of interviews conducted by Gilles Farcet with Jodorowsky. It is a sort of biography in interview form that describes Jodorowsky's career in the areas of poetry, theater performance, dream work, shamanism, healing art. Jodorowsky is known as a film director of the 70s cult movies and Midnight Movies El Topo and Montaña Sacra as well as the founder of the Mouvement Panique with Fernando Arrabal and Roland Topor. The term psycho- magic, he sums up his experience of art and spiritual experiences together ( he practiced Zen Buddhism for a long time Ejo Takta ), which he founded as ". Interested me today only an art that heals"

The person seeking advice After an introductory conversation in which the topic is explored, " prescribed " Jodorowsky a " psycho- magic act ": In practice, the application of psychoanalysis magic looks like. The highly theatrical acts that often have surreal allusions to, speak directly to the unconscious and overcome conflictive patterns by acting out. Detailed examples of psycho- magical acts can be found in Jodorowsky's books Psicomagia, Manual de Psicomagia (English practice book of Psychomagic ) and La danza de la realidad.

In return for the prescription of a psycho- magical act requires Jodorowsky that the writes to him seeking advice on the design, a letter in which he tells of the experience in the act and after. And he can draw the word Merci with the fingers into the palm.

Jodorowsky's son Cristóbal Jodorowsky also works with Psychomagic and Psychoschamanismus.