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Alejandro Jodorowsky and the Tarot

Many of you know that Alejandro Jodorowsky was an amazing film director. You may have seen Holy Mountain or El Topo recently, as they both have been finally released on high quality DVD. What you may not know, and what may bring you some insight into his works, is that Alejandro is also one of the foremost knowledgeable individuals on tarot and making tarot readings. While this staff of humemes is unsure of the veracity of any of Jodorowsky’s claims of synchronicity and psychic readings having profound effects on his movie-making abilities, the inclusion of the mythos of such happenings certainly can have an effect on the way one watches his movies.

As you can see, the aesthetic link is obvious, but to Jodorowsky, this connection means so much more. He has integrated this ancient process, among others, into his art and the outcome is something that is so surreal and so other-worldly that the uninitiated are often left confused. The “deep psychological search” that Jodorowsky speaks of in this video is, we believe, the precise value of such spiritual practices as tarot. It forces one to look into a mirror of their personality and figure out what lays before them, behind them, and with them right there.

Samuel Fuller on Film

In a cameo in the 1965 film “Pierrot le fou” directed by Jean-Luc Godard, American filmmaker and writer Samuel Fuller, acting as himself, gives a candid appraisal of what makes a movie, a movie:

Howlin’ Wolf plays Smokestack Lightning

Howlin’ Wolf is a great way to start any Friday.

My favorite version of this song is off Wolf’s 1962 album “Moanin’ in the Moonlight”:

Ah, oh, smokestack lightning
Shinin’, just like gold
Why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Ah, whoo hoo, ooh…
Whoo…

Whoa, oh, tell me, baby
What’s the, matter with you?
Why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…

Whoa, oh, tell me, baby
Where did ya, stay last night?
A-why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…

Whoa, oh, stop your train
Let her, go for a ride
Why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…

Whoa, oh, fare ya well
Never see, ah, you no more
Ah, why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Ooh, whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…

Whoa, oh, who been here baby since
I, I been gone, a little, bitty boy?
Girl, be on
Ah, whoo hoo, whoo hoo

Space Shuttle vs Birds

I think the title says it all.

Overpowering Wind Power

Here is a video of a windmill being broken by storm in Hornslet, Denmark: