Psychomagia is a system created by Alejandro Jodorowsky that aims to eliminate psychological conflicts, traumas, blockages and somatic problems through a healing catharsis. This therapy is based on the creation of a “poetic act”, derived from panic theater, by an inverse way to that of psychoanalysis.
This discipline considers the magical or symbolic act as an object of power to modify harmful unconscious behaviors, fears and inhibitions.
Acts of psychomagia allow us to teach reason to handle the language of the unconscious and not vice versa, as in Freudian optics, which allows the patient to accept symbolic realization to eliminate their traumas.
What is psychomagia?
Alejandro Jodorowsky is a Chilean writer and actor who currently lives in France. He is also a filmmaker, screenwriter of comics and a student of the Tarot de Marseille, metagenealogy and psychomagia.
The psychomagia developed by Jodorowsky is not a scientific technique. According to the same author, he has his roots in tarot, shamanism, psychoanalysis and theater . However, it has many adherents and also a large number of detractors.
This healing technique is based on two premises:
- The first of these is that symbolic acts influence the subconscious to modify its behavior and eliminate conflicts .
- The second premise is that acts are more conclusive than words . Lighting candles or reproducing magic rituals could have healing power to the extent that they can cross the boundaries of the impossible. This is how a ritual that seems incoherent could be a decisive factor of change.
These acts of psychomagia that the consultant must perform are created specifically for each particular case by the psychomagist, who analyzes the individual, his problem and his family tree through psychogenealogy, a discipline created by Jodorowsky himself.
What is psychogenealogy?
Psychogenealogy aims to help eliminate a person's blockages through the analysis of their family tree, in the belief that certain unconscious behaviors are transmitted from generation to generation.
This system believes that all problems come from our ancestors and focuses the family unconscious as a living entity that determines and determines the position of the subject to life, which often leads to the repetition of painful patterns.
The analysis of the family tree allows us to glimpse the causes of these patterns. " If we are able to transform our family myth, the Universe also changes, " says Jodorowsky.
The principles of Psychomagia
For Alejandro Jodorowsky, art has a healing purpose and this is what makes it true. Here are the principles of psychomagia:
- The language of art and poetry increase the level of consciousness.
- The reality is not scientific.
- Acts are more conclusive than words (Res non verba).
- The frightening loses strength when he stops fighting.
- The unconscious understands dream language more easily than rational language.
- An awareness that is not applied is sterile.
- Teaching becomes meaningful when applied.
- What we have received is a treasure and we do not need to delete a part.
- All cultures have in common the belief that a desire expressed is a wish fulfilled due to the power of the word.
- To purify the I (ego), poetry must be a constant.
- To be able to help a person, you should not expect anything from them and you have to enter into all aspects of their privacy.
You already know the most important aspects of this alternative therapy work of the great Jodorowsky. Now it's your business to know how it can help you and put yourself in the hands of a wise psychomagist.
Seen in Clarín, by Pedro, editor of the Great White Brotherhood
