Psicomagia (Best Seller (Debolsillo)) (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Alejandro Jodorowsky (Author)

Book Description

Series: Best Seller (Debolsillo) | Publication Date: January 1, 2006

Psicomagia es el documento mas completo sobre la evolucion de la obra creativa y terapeutica de Alejandro Jodorowsky, e incluye la version integra del texto fundamental para comprender la psicomagia. El autor nos muestra el camino que le llevo a ella, desde sus primeros actos poeticos y teatrales hasta su aprendizaje para controlar el mundo onirico. Estos pasos imprescindibles, junto con el conocimiento que maestros, curanderos y chamanes le transmitieron, fue lo que dio origen a sus tecnicas para sanar, conocidas como psicomagia y psicogenealogia. El libro ofrece tambien al lector una reciente entrevista con Jodorowsky, en la que nos habla de la muerte, del destino, las religiones, la clonacion humana, su idea sobre el futuro de la humanidad o la necesidad de despertar nuestra mente. El volumen lo cierra un curso con ejercicios, donde el autor nos muestra como es posible desarrollar nuestra creatividad y utilizarla para que nos libere de roles e ideas preconcebidas, y un apendice con doce casos psiquiatricos reales cuyos pacientes fueron curados al serles prescritos actos de psicomagia. «De pronto hay libros que se hacen necesarios porque son capaces de aventar la caspa de las ideas establecidas y de abrir horizontes. Los textos aqui reunidos tienen ese don: el de contemplar viejos problemas desde perspectivas que nunca se penso que pudieran existir.» El Mundo.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Alejandro Jodorowsky nacio en Tocopilla, Chile, en 1929. Tarologo, terapeuta, escritor, actor, director de teatro y cine de culto (El topo o Santa sangre), ha creado dos tecnicas terapeuticas, la psicomagia y la psicogenealogia, que han revolucionado la psicoterapia en numerosos paises. La psicogenealogia sirvio de base para su novela Donde mejor canta un pajaro, y la psicomagia fue utilizada por Jodorowsky en la ficcion El nino del jueves negro. Tanto su autobiografia, La danza de la realidad, como Psicomagia desarrollan y explican estas dos tecnicas. Otros libros del autor son El loro de las siete lenguas, El maestro y las magas, Cabaret mistico, Las ansias carnivoras de la nada, Evangelios para sanar, Teatro sin fin, y dos libros que dedica al estudio y aplicacion terapeutica del Tarot: La via del Tarot, escrito junto a Marianne Costa, y Yo, el Tarot. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 355 pages
• Publisher: Grijalbo Mondadori; 1st. edition (January 1, 2006)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 9707806850
• ISBN-13: 978-9707806856
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #989,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars modern genius, March 15, 2008

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I have been a fan of Jodo's for years. This book is an updated version of one of his best sellers. It is an interview with Alejandro about his healing art which he named Psicomagia and it's origins and inspirations. Jodorowsky is a modern day shaman who prescribes artistic actions to individuals with a healing purpose. He is a master Tarot reader, a recognized film maker a writer and poet... There is no end to this man's talent. He works extensively with genealogy, claiming that a majority of our ills originate in our family tree. I hope they translate his books into English soon. Most of my friends here in the US are English speakers only and are missing out on some incredible talent and inspiration.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book! but the copy I got from Amazon had missing pages, November 5, 2009

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I got this book last year but I didnt have the opportunity to read it until now. I really enjoyed the book but the copy that I got from Amazon had several misprinting pages. I suggest to everybody who purchased a book from Amazon, to check it for missing pages right away!

4 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ah, would that I spoke Spanish..., August 16, 2005

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I would SO love to have this book in English translation!! I love the Jodowrosky's work. Why did I give this five stars, sight unseen? I had the pleasure of attending a Jodo signing at La Luz de Jesus gallery in LA. Jodowrosky was interviewed by the writer Jerry Stahl. Jodowrosky has lead a colorful life, to say the very least. This book, which I have flipped through, is packed with pictures and no doubt brims with amazing stories like the snippets I heard at the reading.