The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Creator of El Topo

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Jodorowsky’s memoirs of his experiences with Master Takata and the group of wisewomen–magiciennes--who influenced his spiritual growth

• Reveals Jodorowsky turning the same unsparing spiritual vision seen in El Topo to his own spiritual quest

• Shows how the writer’s spiritual insight and progress used to be catalyzed time and again by wisewoman shamans and healers

In 1970, John Lennon introduced to the world Alejandro Jodorowsky and the movie, El Topo, that he wrote, starred in, and directed. The movie and its writer instantly became a counterculture icon. The New York Times said the film “demands to be seen,” and Newsweek referred to as it “An Peculiar Movie!” But that used to be only the beginning of the story and the controversy of El Topo, and the journey of its brilliant writer. His spiritual quest started with the Japanese master Ejo Takata, the man who introduced him to the practice of meditation, Zen Buddhism, and the wisdom of the koans. Yet in this autobiographical account of his spiritual journey, Jodorowsky reveals that it used to be a small group of wisewomen, far got rid of from the world of Buddhism, who initiated him and taught him how to put the wisdom he had learned from his master into practice.

At the direction of Takata, Jodorowsky became a student of the surrealist painter Leonora Carrington, thus beginning a journey in which vital spiritual lessons were transmitted to him by more than a few women who were masters of their particular crafts. These women included Doña Magdalena, who taught him “initiatic” or spiritual massage; the powerful Mexican actress referred to as La Tigresa (the “tigress”); and Reyna D’Assia, daughter of the famed spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. Other important wisewomen on Jodorowsky’s spiritual path include María Sabina, the priestess of the sacred mushrooms; the healer Pachita; and the Chilean singer Violeta Parra. The teachings of these women enabled him to discard the emotional armor that used to be hindering his advancement on the path of spiritual awareness and enlightenment.

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