
Iron John

that accepting an initiatory task is more important than succeeding or failing at it.
Robert Bly • Iron John
the love unit most damaged by the Industrial Revolution has been the father-son bond.
Robert Bly • Iron John
“Men have been depressed now for many years in their male and resplendent selves, depressed into dejection and almost abjection.
Robert Bly • Iron John
As long as nothing is clear, as long as we have not chosen whether to be conductor or human, the King—and the Queen—sleeps on.
Robert Bly • Iron John
Jung remarked that all successful requests to the psyche involve deals. The psyche likes to make deals.
Robert Bly • Iron John
choose what you want and then pay for it.
Robert Bly • Iron John
Display embodies beauty and expressiveness often united with a zany grace.
Robert Bly • Iron John
When a person chooses the one thing most precious, it is a serious act. Choosing ends well, but not for the rejected divinities.
Robert Bly • Iron John
Shame keeps us from cultivating a garden.