Manual of Psychomagic: The Practice of Shamanic Psychotherapy by Alejandro Jodrowsky

A workbook for using symbolic acts to heal the unconscious mind• Provides several hundred successful psychomagic solutions for a wide range of specific psychological, sexual, emotional, and physical problems, from stuttering, eczema, and fears to repressed rage and hereditary illnesses• Details how practitioners can develop unique psychomagic solutions for their patients• Explains how psychomagic bypasses the rational mind to work directly with the unconscious for quicker and more enduring changeTraditional psychotherapy seeks to unburden the unconscious mind purely through talk and discussion. Psychomagic recognizes that it is difficult to reach the unconscious with rational thought. We should instead speak directly to the unconscious in its own language, that of dreams, poetry, and symbolic acts. By interacting on this deeper level, we can initiate quicker and more enduring change to resolve repressed childhood trauma, express buried emotions, and overcome deep-seated intimacy issues