Episode 92: Ian MacKenzie - Mythic Masculine

09/15/21 • 50 min

We’ve been taught to believe that myths are untrue, and yet, this indicates how atrophied our cultural mythic imagination is. As a result, myth has been relegated to consumer entertainment or dismissed as something irrelevant to us vs. as a potent way to more deeply understand ourselves in reciprocal relationships with others and the world.

Ours is a fact-based, linear, logical, and control-based culture that doesn’t allow much room to follow the deep longing to know ourselves, and yet the longing persists and will continue to persist until we answer its call. Perhaps this time in our human evolution represents a heightened collective calling - can we answer it?

In this episode, Ian and I talk about where we are as a culture and Ian's hope for awakening men worldwide.

Ian became fascinated by the mythic masculine archetype when he initially learned more about the feminine through his film work.
Ian was estranged from his grandfather growing up, but he went with his uncle to clean out his grandfather's home and came across a stack of books after his death. On top was "Iron John” by Robert Bly, which piqued his curiosity.
When young men are not properly initiated into adulthood and society, they become men at the mercy of their ego and are suspended as "boy-men” in our culture.
The Dominator Culture is a term coined by Riane Eisler, who wrote The Chalice and The Blade. Eisler positions the dominator model in contrast to the partnership model, a more egalitarian structure of society founded on mutual respect among its inhabitants. In dominator culture, men rule over women, whereas partnership culture values men and women equally.
An awakened archetypical mother is a very powerful force in the world.
Women tend to enact violence against themselves and Men against others.
The narratives we often create are that the world is out to get us or that we need to conquer nature or anything that threatens us.
The medical establishment creates a narrative around “war” - such as terms like "front line workers” or “losing the battle to cancer,” and there is a consequence to thinking about nature in this way.
Our colonized view of the world keeps us from reciprocally engaging with life.
The solutions mind is a colonized mind.

Ian MacKenzie is a new paradigm artist who lives on the Salish Sea with his partner and young son. For over ten years, he’s been tracking the global emergence of new culture. From the desert of Burning Man to the heart of Occupy Wall St, he has sought and amplified the voices of visionaries, artists, and activists who have been working toward planetary system change. He is the host of The Mythic Masculine podcast and the founder of A Gathering of Stories.

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In this episode, Ian and I talk about where we are as a culture and Ian's hope for awakening men worldwide.

Ian became fascinated by the mythic masculine archetype when he initially learned more about the feminine through his film work.
Ian was estranged from his grandfather growing up, but he went with his uncle to clean out his grandfather's home and came across a stack of books after his death. On top was "Iron John” by Robert Bly, which piqued his curiosity.
When young men are not properly initiated into adulthood and society, they become men at the mercy of their ego and are suspended as "boy-men” in our culture.
The Dominator Culture is a term coined by Riane Eisler, who wrote The Chalice and The Blade. Eisler positions the dominator model in contrast to the partnership model, a more egalitarian structure of society founded on mutual respect among its inhabitants. In dominator culture, men rule over women, whereas partnership culture values men and women equally.
An awakened archetypical mother is a very powerful force in the world.
Women tend to enact violence against themselves and Men against others.
The narratives we often create are that the world is out to get us or that we need to conquer nature or anything that threatens us.
The medical establishment creates a narrative around “war” - such as terms like "front line workers” or “losing the battle to cancer,” and there is a consequence to thinking about nature in this way.
Our colonized view of the world keeps us from reciprocally engaging with life.
The solutions mind is a colonized mind.

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Episode 93: Liz Childs Kelly - On Our Way Home to Her

Who or what is the sacred feminine, and why is her wisdom essential at this time in our collective evolution?

Liz Childs Kelly is one of my favorite people, and while I have not known her long, she is someone that feels so familiar - as if I’ve always known her. I fell into an instant kinship with her after she interviewed me on her own podcast, Home To HER, which I highly recommend subscribing to.

In this episode, we dish about her work with the sacred feminine and how the sacred feminine intersects with all things mysterious, Indigenous, natural, messy, and wild. She is everything and yet defies definition. In many ways, she is paradox itself! Enjoy our nuanced and delicious conversation and laugh along with us as we try to find the language to describe the sacred feminine. In addition, we share some personal stories about messy human “stuff” that’s coming up in our everyday lives and why these gritty conversations need more space and grace in honor of the sacred feminine.

Liz shares her personal story of awakening to the sacred feminine and who she was before and who she was after.
What does the word “sacred” mean when describing the feminine source?
Hear how Liz has come to know her own experience with the sacred feminine and how it influences her work in the world.
Listen in as we talk about God as a male and why we call “bull” on that.
Liz realized that there were gaps in our spiritual experiences - especially the spiritual nature of childbirth.
Why were women purposefully steered away from knowing her story? How can knowing our herstory and actual history help us reclaim the sacred feminine?
What is the connection between the sacred feminine and the natural world?
Learn about Liz's experience in mystery school.
Why does life get so much better after uncovering the hidden wisdom of the sacred feminine?
How can we reclaim our relationship with the sacred feminine? Join us to learn what we can do to seek and explore more of her in our lives.

Liz Childs Kelly is a writer, Sacred Feminine researcher and educator, community builder, initiated priestess in the 13 Moons Lineage, and the host of the Home to Her podcast, which is dedicated to amplifying the voices of the Sacred Feminine. She is also the co-host of the Revelry series of online events, which invite women from around the world to participate in ecstatic, embodied celebrations of the gifts of each season, and she is an instructor in the social change platform Advaya's upcoming 12-week online course, The Call of the Wild Feminine. Liz is in the process of completing her first book, titled Home to Her: Reclaiming the Ancient Wisdom of the Sacred Feminine. She is a mother of two and currently lives in central Virginia, USA, on the ancestral lands of the Monacan people.

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