by Boysen Hodgson | Apr 26, 2022 | Celebration Stories, Community News, ManKind Podcast
The heart is the doorway, the place of truth, the place of greatest pain, the place of wholeness. On the other side of this inner battle, the ‘new warrior’ finds himself … open-hearted, vulnerable, fiercely honest, courageous …where the True Self accrues authentic...
by Boysen Hodgson | Apr 21, 2022 | Celebration Stories, Community News, ManKind Podcast
In 20th-century comparative mythology, the term Axis Mundi — also called the cosmic axis, world axis, world pillar, the center of the world, or world tree — has been dramatically extended to refer to any mythological concept representing “the connection...
by Boysen Hodgson | Apr 18, 2022 | Celebration Stories, Community News, ManKind Podcast
The King archetype is the most important of the four mature masculine archetypes. Just as a good king in mythological stories is often something of a Renaissance man–a good warrior, magician, and lover–the King archetype incorporates the other three mature masculine...
by Boysen Hodgson | Apr 12, 2022 | Celebration Stories, Community News, ManKind Podcast
Many a boy goes through a magic phase growing up. He learns a few card tricks, and maybe goes down to the local magic store to browse for more elaborate tricks. Even just entering the store is a little thrilling, as is showing off newly learned tricks to one’s family...
by Boysen Hodgson | Apr 11, 2022 | Celebration Stories, Community News, ManKind Podcast
Every great civilization has a great warrior tradition and accompanying warrior myths. From birth, Spartan society nurtured and trained their boys to become warriors, and that rigorous training created men like Leonidas and his 300 men of unconquerable spirit. Japan...
by Boysen Hodgson | Apr 5, 2022 | Celebration Stories, Community News, ManKind Podcast
When you hear the word “lover” you probably think of romance and sex. But there are many types of love–a love for family, for friends, for God, and for life itself–and the Lover archetype passionately seeks after them all. The Lover is the archetype of emotion,...
