Men’s Work
The Divine Masculine and the Dark Masculine
The Divine Masculine and the Dark Masculine: The King Oak and the Hollow Oak Traditions Understanding The Divine Masculine – Among ancient mythic landscapes, few symbols embody the masculine principle with as much archetypal gravity as the oak tree. Stately and enduring, the oak has been revered as both a cosmic axis and a sacred…
Read MoreAwakening the Creator Within: The Conscious Vessel
Awakening The Creator Within – The Conscious Vessel Awakening the creator within – The conscious vessel – Your reality is not an absolute construct but a dynamic projection of perception itself. The fabric of your existence is woven from the limitations and potentials of your awareness, filtered through the senses and the mind’s interpretations. You…
Read MoreThe Great Mother: Etymology, Origins, and Resurgence of a Revered Power
The Great Mother: Etymology, Origins, and Resurgence of a Revered Power The Great Mother stands as one of the most enduring archetypes in human history, symbolizing the unity of spirit and matter, life and death, creation and destruction. While her presence has been deeply rooted in ancient civilizations, the patriarchal shift and the rise of…
Read MoreMen’s Work: Origins, Evolution, and the Embodied Masculine
Origins of Men’s Work in the Mythopoetic Men’s Movement The concept of men’s work traces back to the mythopoetic men’s movement that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s. Prominent authors and poets like Robert Bly, Sam Keen, and Michael Meade led this movement, challenging the societal expectations that men should conform to narrowly defined roles.…
Read MoreThe Middle East Crisis: an Animist Perspective
The Middle East Crisis: an Animist Perspective We commune and fall into reverence and relationship with the Natural World in our community. We don’t find our spiritual connection outside ourselves (without), nor do we petition the bearded tyrant in the sky with fear & trembling in favor of promised afterlife prizes, nor do we use…
Read MoreWhy Men Try To Control Women
What is this great obsession by men globally & historically to control, use and abuse women? From genital mutilation, child wives, burkhas, honor killings to laws regulating women’s choices surrounding her body. It’s important to note that male dominance is not the natural state of a human society; to the contrary, human society was matriarchal…
Read MoreWhat is Shamanism?
What is Shamanism? I like to call it “The Old Way” – which is nothing more than a method of training to develop certain capacities inherent in human beings. This is what makes “Shamanism” – a Tungistic / Altaic word from Northern Asia meaning Knower or Practitioner – universally descriptive. Yes, there are possibly…
Read MoreMissing Nutrient In Masculinity
“Why can’t he feel me?” Because he can’t feel himself. Man’s inability to feel into others has its roots in their stifled capacity in being receptive. Many are missing a vital nutrient that comes from being open and receptive. This lack of sensitivity is a byproduct of a body and nervous system that have been…
Read MoreFather Wound & Why Boys Need Men
Many come to men’s work with wounds inflicted upon them by the masculine, specifically a father wound. They come to this work to heal such wounds and alchemize their relationship with the masculine. The journey to healing this wound is unique for each man, and it starts by trusting our masculine containers for our feminine…
Read MoreOvercoming Neediness
Unexpressed needs in intimate relationships invites the element of “neediness” to the relationship dynamic. Men oftentimes have a hard time identifying what their needs are. For so long they’ve looked to the outside world for solutions and answers, that they’ve lost touch with the wisdom and connection to their own bodies and needs. Men…
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