She was my first experience of a Jewish American Princess. We met in graduate school studying depth psychology. She had been an actress in New York City, engaged to a famous Irish film star. She didn’t like him getting all of the attention, so she left him for another Irish Catholic. The second one married [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Men’s Movement’
Ancient Greece was different
Posted in Child/Parent Relationship, Initiation, men's issues, tagged Erotic love, Men's Movement on March 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Independence Day
Posted in Burning Man, Carl Jung, Dreams, I Ching: Book of Changes, men's issues, Mental Health, Montessori education, Psychology, tagged Feeling, Indigenous, Men's Movement, Shadow on February 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
After teaching ethics, logic, and the history of philosophy, being a Montessori teacher and school director, and becoming a spiritual counselor, I find myself in 2011 wondering what has happened to Western Civilization. It is crumbling all around us. The old ways of the American Heartland Religion and Puritan hard work have been abandoned like [...]
Crane Dance
Posted in Carl Jung, Dreams, Elder Activities, Liberal Catholic Church, men's issues, tagged Indwelling Spirit, Men's Movement, Self, The Matrix on January 28, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I met a man my age. He said his name was, Ken Self. He had white hair like me. He greeted me by coming close enough to touch. Then we both stood on one leg, and leaning at the waist, he backwards, me forward, he lifted my right leg with his left. Up and down [...]
The Evil Twin
Posted in Mentoring, Psychology, sacred ceremonies, tagged Healing, Men's Movement, Native American Church, Shadow on December 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I met the Otter on the beach. He didn’t talk much, just joined my group doing the Cherokee Dance of Life. It was spontaneous. Hottest day in Seattle on record for May and there were lots of young people on the beach that day. Most were from the Reservation or had Native Blood and they [...]
Thank you Susanne
Posted in Dreams, entheogens, men's issues, Mentoring, tagged ayahuasca, Coyote, Men's Movement on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Susanne, When my blue eyed Hermes knocked on the window tonight, I let him in and shared your site. Showed him your Postcard to Hermes http://susanneiles.com blog and he said, “he’s even got his head on his hand”, which is a common gesture for my young friend. At thirty and the father of a [...]
Why are there jewels in that man’s left ear, Dad?
Posted in men's issues, Psychology, sexual conduct, tagged Androgyne, Men's Movement, The Collective Unconscious on September 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Why do California men wear only one earring? Where did the custom originate? About forty years ago I was teaching in Huntington Beach, when young male college students began to pierce their ears. Some of us thought it might be a regression to the Wild Man of Robert Bly’s book Iron John. But why would [...]
Indian Givers
Posted in entheogens, Mentoring, sacred ceremonies, tagged ayahuasca, Indigenous, Men's Movement, Native American Church, sacred ceremonies on May 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Giving away in native indigenous cultures was central to maintaining the tribe. Everyone was cared for and a gift given but not utilized could be reclaimed by the giver to pass on to someone who needed it. Giving leads to surprising places. This is one of them.
Offering Your Hand
Posted in men's issues, Mentoring, Psychology, tagged Healing, Men's Movement on May 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My nephew wanted to see the secret place I use for Vision Quest. The drive up the mountain road along the creek was refreshing. The stream was running with water and I wondered if we could cross higher up the canyon. When we arrived I couldn’t see the outlet across the way. I would have [...]
Dissociation is a survival technique
Posted in Mentoring, Psychology, tagged Feeling, Healing, Men's Movement on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Richard Gartner (1999) in his book Betrayed as Boys: Psychodynamic Treatment of Sexually Abused Men talks about a “therapeutic window” which can develop during counseling abused men. He says this window is a space in which, “anxiety-arousing feelings are experienced, but the individual does not feel he is drowning in them and so does not [...]
The Masked Man
Posted in Burning Man, Dreams, Initiation, Mentoring, tagged Coyote, Dreamwork, Eagle, Men's Movement, Spirituality, Sweat Lodge, Synchronicity, Wisdom on April 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Coyote and the False Face Healer showed up at the Mystery School Initiation. Here’s what I made of it.
