"...information, support, and advocacy for men." "Oh, for a man who is a man, and ... has a bone in his back through which you cannot pass your hand..." Thoreau 
| The ManKind Project is an excellent organization for men and women.
"Its stated mission is to assist men in "reclaiming the sacred masculine for our time through initiation, training, and action in the world." Interaction with the MKP begins with an experiential weekend "training adventure." The weekend is followed by ongoing, supportive and self-led "integration groups" formed from the weekend participants which help integrate the men's changes and new choices into their daily lives. In addition, there are numerous workshops offered throughout the year to further assist men's development. Since 1985, more than 10,000 men from diverse races, faiths, nationalities and sexual orientations have completed New Warrior Training Adventure weekends." |
Highly recommended books and tapes:
Steve Biddulph. Raising Boys: Why Boys are Different-and how to help them become happy and well-balanced men. Sydney (Aust.): Finch Publishing, 1997
Robert Bly. Iron John: A Book About Men. New York: Vintage Books, 1990
Robert Bly, James Hillman, Michael Meade. Men and the Life of Desire. Oral Tradition Archives (PO Box 51155 Pacific Grove, CA 93950), 1991
Aaron R Kipnis, Ph.D. Knights without Armor. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., Publishers, 1991
Steven Farmer. The Wounded Male. New York: Ballantine Books, 1991
Christopher Harding Ph.D. (editor). Wingspan: Inside the Men's Movement. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992
Robert Bly, James Hillman, Michael Meade (editors). The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: Poems for Men. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992
Robert Bly. The Naive Male. Ally Press (524 Orleans Street Saint Paul, MN 55107), 1988
Robert Bly. The Red, White, and Black. Sounds True Recordings (735 Walnut Street Boulder, CO 80302), 1991
Michael Meade. The Water of Life. Sounds True Recordings (735 Walnut Street Boulder, CO 80302), 1991
Robert Bly. An Evening with Robert Bly. Sounds True Recordings (1825 Pearl Street Boulder, CO 80302), 1991
Joseph Campbell (with Bill Moyers). The Power of Myth. Saint Paul, MN: High Bridge Company, 1990
Ally Press Center: A great location for books and audiotapes on men's issues and psychology.
You have to actively create space in your life for magic to happen. |
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This is the true joy in life: the being
used for a purpose recognized by
yourself as a mighty one; the being a
Force of nature instead of a feverish
selfish little clod of ailments and
grievances complaining that the world
will not devote itself to making you happy.
I am of the opinion that my life
belongs to the whole community and
as long as I can live it is my privilege
to do for it whatever I can.
I want to be thoroughly used up when
I die, for the harder I work the more I
live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.
Life is no "brief candle" to me. It is a
sort of splendid torch which I have
got hold of for the moment, and I
want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
George Bernard Shaw
Man and Superman
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