The Way of the Superior Sham: The Problem of the Spiritualization of Masculinity

Spiritualists and spiritualist groups will have their say in most of men's conversations. Groups who use spiritual practices and wildman Jungian archetypes to try to solve this notion of the broken man. We give them too leeway, and we don’t critique them enough. Because these groups for decades have been defending an idea of gender essentialism and use ideas that have been shown to be ideologically biased, sexist, and naive of what we think of as the modern man.

Links:

- https://jezebel.com/king-warrior-magician-revisionist-the-enduring-masc-1845215969

- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/books/review/revisiting-jill-johnstons-critique-of-robert-bly-and-iron-john.html

- https://realitysandwich.com/18481/masculine_spiritualities_and_problem_patriarchy/

- https://www.houstonpress.com/news/naked-men-the-mankind-project-and-michael-scinto-6587139

- https://thepowermoves.com/king-warrior-magician-lover/

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