Rites of passage – An antidote for toxic masculinity
Recorded Monday 20 September 2021
With Michael Boyle
The most dangerous creatures on earth have proven to be human males. Our indigenous ancestors right across the world viewed the male, if left to his own devices, as an unsafe and potentially destructive element in community. They set up Rites of Passage rituals to mark the transition from boyhood to responsible manhood because they understood that the masculine predisposition for aggression together with a propensity to create “pecking orders” was likely to be the source of power – driven behaviour not conducive to the interests of the tribe as a whole.
READ MORE...Perhaps, if there is ever to be a healthy transition from a culture that has been long since been dominated by patriarchy to one that reflects a balance and integration of both feminine and masculine values, it will depend on the release of the masculine psyche from its adolescent-bound state, through the practice of healthy and psycho-spiritually informed rites of passage?
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Michael Boyle
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