Today we are going to know the world of tarot according to Alejandro Jodorowsky . If you do not know this versatile artist and his vision of astrology, do not miss this exciting trip to the mind of one of the most influential and mysterious characters of recent years.
Who is Alejandro Jodorowsky?
Alejandro Jodorowsky is a multidisciplinary artist. He is known worldwide for both the films he has directed and for the books and comics he has written and scripted. But in addition, he is a profound connoisseur of the world of psychomagia, astrology and especially tarot .
For the Chilean, since this is his country of origin, the tarot can be something very beneficial, but also malignant . Thus, it depends on the education and the person who uses the cards, the result can vary greatly. In fact, we could find beneficial and positive messages as the final object, but also harmful and poisonous.
The tarot according to Alejandro Jodorowsky
This world-famous tarotist proposes readings that imply the constant expansion of human consciousness . Thus, he considers that a projective method should always be used. What is achieved in this way? That the messages found are positive. In addition, it is important that the result obtained be useful for understanding reality and the conscious.
Otherwise, Jodorowsky believes that the result can be dire . That is, the tarot in the hands of unprofessional or evil people, will result in a perverse and twisted reading. Quite the opposite of the sublime masters, who offer interpretations of the symbols capable of displaying the mirror of the soul.
However, according to the Chilean artist, it is important not to focus on the tarot as a tool to read absolute truths. However, its symbols do show us our subjective truth . Everything else is misinterpretation and even fallacies.
The books of the tarot world according to Alejandro Jodorowsky
Jodorowsky, as a multidisciplinary artist, has also written works on the world of tarot as he has studied it. After years of research, probably his most complete book is La Vía del Tarot . In it he offers his vision of the reading of the arcana, projecting his controversial idea of the elimination of the inverted cards .
Why the elimination of the reading of inverted arcana? Very simple, for Jodorowsky they are a source of bad omens. And since he considers the tarot as a source of knowledge and truth, whatever offers dark vibes is better to be ignored .
So Alejandro Jodorowsky embarks on a search for the cure of sensitivity . That is, in his mind the tarot becomes a world capable of showing us our own personal truths. Thus, used as an instrument of self-knowledge, it is capable of offering a projective reality that serves even as psychological therapy and even psychoanlist.
For the author, the tarot is a tool that allows us to explore specific issues, but also the deepest of every human soul . From their interpretations, personal solutions can be extracted to solve psychological problems.
Therefore, the artist considers that the tarot reader is almost a psychologist . It is a person who is responsible for translating the messages that actually come from the unconscious of the person. That is, it could be like a translator that captures the messages and concerns and shows them through the symbols of the letters and the arcana.
However, it makes it very clear that the tarot is not a cure in itself, but a diagnosis of problems and diseases . Once known, the psychologist, psychologist or psychiatrist will continue the work if necessary.
Finally say that Alejandro Jodorowsky considers the Tarot de Marseille as the only valid one . As he says, the rest are vain and worthless adaptations and copies. Go here a little notion about the vast knowledge of this genius of contemporary spirituality.
Seen in collective culture, by Pedro, editor of the Great White Brotherhood
