Título: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Seção: Psychomagic
Background: Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (Spanish: [ale'xandro xodo'rofski]; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean-French filmmaker. Active since 1948, in seventy years of his artistic career Jodorowsky has experienced it in almost all creative forms: writer (in his five facets: novelist, storyteller, poet, playwright and essayist), film director and producer, actor of cinema and theatre, playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, comics writer, musician, soundtrack composer, philosopher, puppeteer, mime, psychologist and psychoanalyst, draughtsman, painter, eventually sculptor and spiritual guru. Best known for his avant-garde films, he has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation". Born to Jewish-Ukrainian parents in Chile, Jodorowsky experienced an unhappy and alienated childhood, and so immersed himself in reading and writing poetry.

Conteúdo: Jodorowsky spent almost a decade reconstructing the original form of the Tarot de Marseille. From this work he moved into more therapeutic work in three areas: psychomagic, psychogenealogy and initiatic massage. Psychomagic aims to heal psychological wounds suffered in life. This therapy is based on the belief that the performance of certain acts can directly act upon the unconscious mind, releasing it from a series of traumas, some of which practitioners of the therapy believe are passed down from generation to generation. Psychogenealogy includes the studying of the patient's personality and family tree in order to best address their specific sources. It is similar, in its phenomenological approach to genealogy, to the Constellations pioneered by Bert Hellinger.  Jodorowsky has several books on his therapeutic methods, including Psicomagia: La trampa sagrada (Psychomagic: The Sacred Trap) and his autobiography, La danza de la realidad (The Dance of Reality), which he was filming as a feature-length film in March 2012. To date he has published more than 23 novels and philosophical treatises, along with dozens of articles and interviews. His books are widely read in Spanish and French, but are for the most part unknown to English-speaking audiences.  Throughout his career, Jodorowsky has gained a reputation as a philosopher and scholar who presents the teachings of religion, psychology, and spiritual masters, by molding them into imaginative endeavors. All of his enterprises 

user: What is Psychomagic?

assistant: Psychomagic aims to heal psychological wounds suffered in life.

user: Was was his take on this?

assistant: he moved into more therapeutic work in three areas: psychomagic,

user: What were the other areas?

assistant: psychogenealogy and initiatic massage.

user: Was there any statement he made about psychomagic?

assistant: Jodorowsky dedicates much of his time to lecturing about his work.

user: Where does he hold lectures?

assistant: in cafes and universities

user: What do his lectures consist of?

assistant: such courses or talks would begin on Wednesday evenings as tarot divination

user: Did he expand on his thoughts of tarot divination?

assistant: and would culminate in an hour long conference,

user: What's the most fascinating aspect of this article?

assistant: Jodorowsky has several books on his therapeutic methods,

user: What are the books called?

assistant: Psicomagia: La trampa sagrada (Psychomagic: The Sacred Trap) and

user: What was the first book?

assistant: Psychomagic: The Sacred Trap