Jodorowsky calls himself an "atheist mystic" .
He wrote The Incal in French, but it has been translated to English
http://www.amazon.com/The-Incal-Alexandro-Jodorowsky/dp/1594650152 I was unaware of this before I saw it online.
His film El Topo was shown in Mexico City when I lived there. After two weeks, it was shut down by the government, El Topo means "The Mouse", but it has nothing to do with rodents. It is a sort of metaphysical mystic Western. Many of the images were lifted for more famous Hollywood productions.
After two years searching, I finally got a copy on VHS, but it was dubbed in Japanese with Spanish subtitles. I think that a DVD is available now. It has some of the most memorable scenes of any film I have seen.
Jodorowsky was contracted to direct Dune, but he went overbudget and his version was not released until recently. Jodorowsky does not seem to care about money, and so long as he has enough to live on and finance his projects, he seems happy. Amazon has a lot of his stuff. Some day I will get it all.
His latest film The Holy Mountain is supposed to be a sequel to El Topo, but is only available on Blueray coded for the PAL region.
Santa Sangre has been available for some time, and is his most coherent film. Bizarre as only Jodorowsky can be bizarre.