Alejandro Jodorowsky Quotes

born 1929 Chile

Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 17 February 1929) is an actor, playwright, director, producer, composer, mime, comic book writer and psychotherapist. Born in Chile, he became a Mexican citizen and was later naturalized as French.

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Also known as: Alexandro Jodorowsky

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To be born into a family is to be, if I may say it this way, possessed. This possession is transmitted from generation to generation: the enchanted becomes the enchanter in projecting onto his children what was projected onto him—unless an awakening comes to break the cycle.

Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy (2010)

When we didn't make the picture, Dan O'Bannon needed to be interned in a mental institution for two years, suffering because we didn't get to do "Dune." And when he came out he wrote the script for "Alien." "Alien" was the reaction to not doing "Dune." Who would believe that? But it's true!

The people with low level of consciousness look for someone else to affirm their value, but people with higher levels of consciousness, what they seek is someone to point out their defects so they can become better.

Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy (2010)

We forgive ourselves because no one is guilty. Generation after generation, each one is victim to the one before. We end up with many centuries of being victims, but in the end you understand that there is no reason for resentment.

Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy (2010)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alejandro Jodorowsky (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.