Ahealingpathusingthepowerofdreams,theater,poetry,andshamanism-Showshowpsychologicalrealizationscancausetruetransformationwhenmanifestedbyconcretepoeticacts-IncludesmanyexamplesofthesurrealbutsuccessfulactionsJodorowskyhasprescribedtothoseseekinghishelpWhilelivinginMexico,AlejandroJodorowskybecamefamiliarwiththecolorfulandeffectivecuresprovidedbyfolkhealers.Herealizedthatitiseasierfortheunconscioustounderstandthelanguageofdreamsthanthatofrationality.Illnesscanevenbeseenasaphysicaldreamthatrevealsunresolvedemotionalandpsychologicalproblems.PsychomagicpresentstheshamanicandgenealogicalprinciplesJodorowskydiscoveredtocreateahealingtherapythatcouldusethepowersofdreams,art,andtheatertoempowerindividualstohealwoundsthatinsomecaseshadtraveledthroughgenerations.TheconcreteandoftensurrealpoeticactionsJodorowskyemploysarepartofanelaboratestrategyintendedtobreakapartthedysfunctionalpersonawithwhomthepatientidentifiesinordertoconnectwithadeeperself.Thatiswhentruetransformationcanmanifest.Forayoungmanwhocomplainedthathelivedonlyinhisheadandwasunabletograbholdofrealityandadvancetowardthefinancialautonomyhedesired,Jodorowskygavetheprescriptiontopastetwogoldcoinstothesolesofhisshoessothatalldayhewouldbewalkingongold.Ajudgewhosevanitywasrulinghiseverymovewasgiventhetaskofdressinglikeatrampandbeggingoutsideoneofthefashionablerestaurantshelovedtofrequentwhilepullingglassdolleyesoutofhispockets.Thelessonforhimwasthatifatrampcanfillhispocketswitheyeballs,thentheymustbeofnovalue,andthustheeyesofothersshouldhavenobearingonwhoyouareandwhatyoudo.Takinghispatientsdirectlyattheirwords,Jodorowskytakesthesameelementsassociatedwithanegativeemotionalchargeandrecaststheminanactionthatwillmakethempositiveandenablethemtopaythepsychologicaldebtshinderingtheirlives.
