The Elements of Man: A Mythic Framework for Masculinity — RITONA // A Beautiful Resistance

I am reminded of the closing remarks in Richard Tarnas’s epilogue to his classic text, The Passion of the Western Mind .

“I believe that the West's restless inner development and incessantly innovative masculine ordering of reality has been gradually leading, in an immensely long dialectical movement, toward a reconciliation with the lost feminine ... See more

Masculinity, as I define it, is the result of resting in a state of depth while tethered to an embodied consciousness that is infinite and immutable. It’s also transmitting that sacred and timeless connection in our movements, decisions, and ways of being in the world. In this way, our activities become offerings to create freedom and clarify other

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Feminine power does not move the world through force. It tethers the masculine powers to life, directs them toward love, and keeps them grounded in beauty. In the marriage of matriarchy and patriarchy, the masculine asks the feminine, “Where shall I direct my powers?” The untethered masculine runs awry, building towers of abstraction and technology... See more