Abbott, Franklin (ed)
Boyhood,
Growing Up Male : A Multicultural Anthology
Univ of Wisconsin 1998 Pages: 290
Price: $12.76
ISBN: 0299157547
From Booklist , 11/01/93: It was inevitable that a volume of prose and poetry
about growing up male would emerge from the men's movement. Most men's movement
books are filled with psychoanalysis and case studies, but here each man is
asked to reminisce thoughtfully on his formative years. For the most part, the
entries come from dysfunctional-family situations (the one fascinating exception
is Terry Kupers' "Schoolyard Fights," in which he muses on how he's
big enough to be the playground bully, but chooses to act as pacifist instead).
Entries come from all over the globe (of particular interest are the pieces
by Nigerian Obi Zikora and Filipino John Silva) and explore all sorts of subjects
(dads with guns, growing up gay, living with elderly people, and experiencing
war as a child). The lighter touch of the verse helps counter some of the angst-ridden
prose pieces. Finally, Abbott rightly suggests that the book be used in men's
therapy groups as a jumping-off point for verbalizing feelings about boyhood.
Bly, Robt
Iron
John : A Book About Men
Vintage 1992 Pages: 268
Price: $9.60
ISBN: 067973119
Here, using the Grimm Fairy tale "Iron John" as a vehicle, Bly
explores the myths and cultural underpinnings of a distinctly vigorous male
mode of feeling, a combination of fierceness and tenderness long since sacrificed
to the demands of the industrial revolution
Lawlor, Robt
Earth
Honoring : The New Male Sexuality
Inner Trads 1989 Pages: 194
Price: $11.87
ISBN: 0892812540
Drawing on the mythology of male/female relationships, especially in Earth-honoring
tribal cultures, Lawlor shows how we can learn from their traditions to create
more balanced relationships in Western society.
Liebman, Wayne
Tending
the Fire : The Ritual Men's Group
Ally 1991 Pages:
Price: $7.00
ISBN: 0915408457
Matthews, John (ed)
Choirs
of the God: Revisioning Masculinity
Pages:
Price:
ISBN: 1-85274-110-4
Mazis, Glen
The
Trickster, Magician & Grieving Man : Reconnecting Men With Earth
Bear 1994 Pages: 299
Price: $10.36
ISBN: 1879181118
From Booklist , 04/01/94: We've heard a lot recently about archetypes of
masculinity--kings, warriors, and the like. Although important to understanding
the male psyche, these images can be retrogressive if we exclude such repressed
images as those conjured by philosopher Mazis' title. He argues that Desert
Storm is a quintessential image of today's "armored" maleness, raging
from a disembodied distance and unleashing megatons of angry sexuality. He criticizes
today's men's movement for failing to excavate such images of masculinity as
the trickster, the magician-cook, and the grieving man. You need not flush the
king and his friends down the (iron) john if they are balanced and brought to
earth by these less self-serving masculine images. A sharply written, finely
reasoned work.
Moore, Robt & Gillette, Doug
King,
Warrior, Magician, Lover : Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
Harper 1991 Pages: 192
Price: $10.40
ISBN: 0062506064
Pioneering the men's movement, Jungian analyst Robert Moore and mythologist
Douglas Gillette identify and define the four mature male archetypes--the King,
the Warrior, the Magician, and the Lover--as well as the four immature patterns
or negative, shadow aspects. "A liberating guide to self-transformation."--Publishers
Weekly.
Moore, Robt & Gillette, Doug
The
King Within : Accessing the King in Male Psyche
Avon 1993 Pages:
Price: $8.80
ISBN: 0062506064
The first in a four-book series exploring masculine themes, The King Within
is a remarkable addition to the new discoveries of the men's movement. Moore
and Gillette are the authors of the bestselling King, Warrior, Magician, Lover:
Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine.
Oliva, Max
The
Masculine Spirit : Resources for Reflective Living
Ave Maria 1997 Pages: 160
Price: $7.16
ISBN: 0877936307
Oliva, Max
The
Masculine Spirit : Resources for Reflective Living
Ave Maria 1997 Pages: 160
Price: $7.16
ISBN: 0877936307
Tacey, DJ
Remaking
Men : Jung, Spirituality and Social Change
Routledge 1997 Pages: 240
Price: $22.99
ISBN: 0415142415
A READER: Excellent - well written and very readable examination of popular
Jungian-based ideas about masculinity and feminist/post-modern cricitism of
the masculine. Also compares and contrasts Jungian and postmodern thought, making
a strong case for the need to recognize archetypal and spiritual aspects of
human nature and society.
Wieland, Friedemann
The
Journey of the Hero : Personal Growth, Deep Ecology, and the Q Uest for the
Grail
Prism 1991 Pages:
Price: $10.95
ISBN: 1853270482
Woodman, Marion et al.
Dancing
in the Flames : The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness
Shambhala 1996 Pages:
Price: $10.10
ISBN: 1570621993
Earthy and immensely powerful, the Black Goddess has been a key force in
world history, manifested in images as diverse as the Indian goddess Kali and
the Black Madonnas of medieval Europe. But images of her have been conspicuously
missing from the Western world for centuries--until now. Here, the authors explain
the psychological significance of the divine feminine in the lives of modern
women and men.