Psychomagic Alejandro Jodorowsky

photographs and interview by OLIVIER ZAHM

ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY is best known for directing the cult movies El Topo, 1972, and The Holy Mountain, 1973. But he’s also a prolific writer, artist, playwright, philosopher, as well as a healer and magician — adept at every artistic activity, from the most abstract to the most popular. His passionate investigation of the Tarot coincided with the therapeutic session he calls PSYCHOMAGIC. A man of culture, at the crux of South American and European traditions, art is for him a form
of rebellion, medicine, and spirituality which transcends all barriers.

OLIVIER ZAHM — One thing that fascinates me about you is the world of symbols that cross your universe, your body of work.
ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY — I was raised by a father who was a Communist and a Stalinist. He came to Chile from Russia when he was five. He wanted to be…