Sacred Trickery and the Way of Kindness

The Radical Wisdom of Jodo

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Known for his surrealist films, his unique approach to tarot, his symbolic comics, and his shamanic therapeutic method of psychomagic, Alejandro Jodorowsky has accomplished an extraordinary amount in his more than 80 years. In this book, we get an intimate look into the inner workings of the cult figure of Jodo. What is revealed is a man who has evolved since his groundbreaking films of the 1970s, El Topo and The Holy Mountain, a man who has grown from a sacred trickster, a shaman of psychomagic, into a brilliant spiritual maverick of the 21st century. We get to see Jodo's own reflections on his remarkable life, including the initiatory failure of the Dune film project, which combined the talents of a multitude of creative greats, including Moebius, Salvador Dali, Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, and H. R. Giger. We learn about Jodo's years with Marcel Marceau and with great masters such as Ejo Takata, whose Zen training featured strenuous physical and mental ordeals; the sorceress Pachita, who performed psychic surgery on Jodo; and the mysterious Carlos Castaneda. From sacred trickery to the path of kindness, Jodo's radical wisdom discerns the timeless within the immediate and gauges the everyday by the measure of eternity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-04-07
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:315 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Inner Traditions Bear and Company
ISBN:9781620554593

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Alejandro Jodorowsky is a filmmaker who made the legendary cult films El Topo and The Holy Mountain. His most recent film, The Dance of Reality, debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. He is the author of more than 20 books, including Psychomagic, The Way of Tarot, and Metagenealogy. He lives in Paris. Gilles Farcet is a journalist, musician, translator, and author of several books in French. A student of the late spiritual teacher Arnaud Desjardins, he lives in Paris.

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“In this collection of interviews spanning 15 years, readers are confronted not just by Jodorowsky and the many hats he has worn, but by a man that is perhaps most defined by his dedication to the "path of goodness." Farcet includes a number of interviews with people whose lives have been profoundly affected by him. Perhaps interest in this book will begin with cinephiles, but it would be unfortunate if it did not find a much wider audience.”

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IINTRODUCTION Trickery, Fifteen Years Later by Gilles Farcet PART ONE Sacred Trickery--1989 ONE Under Jodo’s Sun TWO Dialogue--1989: The First Interview THREE Postscript PART TWO The Path of Goodness FOUR Trickery: The Return--1989--2004 FIVE Dialogue--2003 PART THREE Once There Was Jodo: Testimonies SIX The Good Doctor of Rock: Interview with Philippe Manoeuvre SEVEN The Archetype of the Father: Interview with Coralie Trinh Thi EIGHT The Deliverer from World to World: Interview with François Boucq NINE A Great Sense of Closeness: Interview with Arnaud Desjardins TEN A Letter from Your Son: Adan Jodorowsky Epilogue A Little Act of Goodness Index