The Death of the Hero

I know that I launched the Better Men Project because I have been possessed by patriarchy. I have caused harm, and this is part of my project of atonement. 

We are looking at the transition from boy psychology to man psychology. The transition comes with the death of the hero:

The “death” of the Hero is the “death” of boyhood, of Boy psychology. And it is the birth of manhood and Man psychology. The “death” of the Hero in the life of a boy (or a man) really means that he has finally encountered his limitations. He has met the enemy, and the enemy is himself. He has met his own dark side, his very unheroic side. He has fought the dragon and been burned by it; he has fought the revolution and drunk the dregs of his own inhumanity... The “death” of the Hero signals a boy’s or man’s encounter with true humility.

Many of us enter this work through an encounter with deep humility. We learn of our complicity with a structure of oppression. We have met our darkside. We have been burnt by the dragon. And now we have come together to get to the other side.

Our call is tonight. Read pages 37 to 42 of  “King, Warrior, Magican, Lover, and pick one quote to bring to the call.

See you soon!

Gibrán

PS One of you just sent me a note about this event hosted at The Stoa. I just registered. King, Warrior, Magician, Lover with Douglas Gillette. August 31st @ 12 PM ET. “Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine,the book and its impact, 30 years after its release. RSVP