The phenomenon of cinema, revealing the underlying causes of its origin, originating in the ancient theater, is considered in this monograph from cultural, historical, social and scientific positions. Based on the theory of ontopsychology, the book presents the method of cinemalogy, its essence and methods of application, based on more than thirty years of experience of the ontopsychological school in the study of images, art, cinema, emotions - all that is an expression of the unconscious person and society. The ontopsychological approach to the use of cinematic works in psychotherapy and personality authentication is described in detail.The book will be of interest not only to psychologists and artists - directors, film critics, artists, musicians, but also to those who are interested in understanding the reality of a person, his inner world through the artistic, theatrical and cinematic image.The publisher's layout of the book has been saved in PDF A4 format.