Sacred Trickery and the Way of Kindness : The Radical Wisdom of Jodo

Enter the mind of Jodo and follow his initiatory saga from Zen disciple to revolutionary filmmaker to spiritual teacher• Explores the sacred trickery of shamans he encountered, including Carlos Castaneda, and how intention and action matter more than notions of “true” and “false”• Explains the Way of Kindness and how small acts of generosity and goodness can have a profound effect on your spirit, infusing life with a wealth of happiness• Includes contributions from friends and students of Jodorowsky on their experiences with him, including his son Adan Jodorowsky 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 the rich tapestry of 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, whose sacred trickery reveals how intentions matter more than notions of “true” and “false.” Discussing the Way of Kindness that he now follows, Jodo reveals how intentionally practicing small acts of generosity and goodness can have a profound effect on your spirit, infusing life with a wealth of happiness. 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. Spirituality/Psychotherapy Spirituality;,Psychotherapy Spirituality,Psychotherapy Cover 1 Title Page 5 Epigraph 3 Table of Contents 7 Introduction: Trickery, Fifteen Years Later by Gilles Farcet 9 Part One. Sacred Trickery - 1989 17 CHAPTER ONE. Under Jodo’s Sun 18 CHAPTER TWO. Dialogue—1989: The First Interview 28 CHAPTER THRE. Postscript 87 Part Two. The Path of Goodness 89 CHAPTER FOUR. Trickery: The Return—1989–2004 90 CHAPTER FIVE. Dialogue—2003 92 Part Three. Once There Was Jodo: Testimonies 121 CHAPTER SIX. The Good Doctor of Rock: Interview with Philippe Manoeuvre 124 CHAPTER SEVEN. The Archetype of the Father: Interview with Coralie Trinh Thi 133 CHAPTER EIGHT. The Deliverer from World to World: Interview with François Boucq 149 CHAPTER NINE. A Great Sense of Closeness: Interview with Arnaud Desjardins 167 CHAPTER TEN. A Letter from Your Son: Adan Jodorowsky 174 Epilogue. A Little Act of Goodness 181 Books of Related Interest 195 About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company 196 Copyright & Permissions 6 Index 188 Backcover 198 In his new book, Alejandro Jodorowsky is revealed as a man who has grown into a brilliant spiritual maverick of the 21st century. He discusses the Way of Kindness he now follows, and how it can have a profound effect on your spirit, infusing life with a wealth of happiness