WHAT IS A WILD MAN?
The following is a quote from Iron John by Robert Bly:
The Wild Man can only come to full life inside when the man has gone through the serious disciplines suggested by:
taking the first wound
doing kitchen and ashes work
creating a garden
bringing wild flowers to the Holy Woman
experiencing the warrior
riding the red, the white, and the black horses
learning to create art
and receiving the second heart
The Wild Man doesn’t come to full life through being “natural,” going with the flow, smoking weed, reading nothing, and being generally groovy.
Ecstasy amounts to living within reach of the high voltage of the golden gifts.
The ecstasy comes after thought, after discipline imposed on ourselves, after grief.
This post will eventually summarize each of the bullets above.
But for now, if you’d like to dive deeper into what it means to be a Wild Man,
pick up the book or join us for WILD32.
