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The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine

The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine

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Metaphysical GeneralMen's Studies

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ISBN10: 1577316754
ISBN13: 9781577316756
Publisher: New World Library
Published: May 19 2009
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.75
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
It is no secret that men are in trouble today. From war to ecological collapse, most of the world's critical problems stem from a distorted masculinity out of control. Yet our culture rewards the very dysfunctions responsible for those problems.

To Matthew Fox, our crucial task is to open our minds to a deeper understanding of the healthy masculine than we receive from our media, culture, and religions. Popular religion forces the punitive imagery of fundamentalism on us, pushing most men away from their natural yearning for spirituality and toward intolerance and domination. Meanwhile, many men, particularly young men, are looking for images of healthy masculinity to emulate and finding nothing.

To awaken what Fox calls the sacred masculine, he unearths ten metaphors, or archetypes, ranging from the Green Man, an ancient pagan symbol of our fundamental relationship with nature, to the Grandfatherly Heart to the Spiritual Warrior. He explores archetypes of sacred marriage, showing how partnership becomes the ultimate expression of healthy masculinity. By stirring our natural yearning for healthy spirituality, Fox argues, these timeless archetypes can inspire men to pursue their higher calling to reinvent the world.

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