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Many of you out there are familiar with the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, also known as C.G. Jung. He was a student and protege of Sigmund Freud. Jung came up with a theory that the masculine persona is a blending of four basic 'archetypical' or template energies. (The feminine persona is also a blending of these, with 'queen' substituted for 'king').
In 1990, Jungian psychologist Robert Moore, along with mythologist Douglas Gillette, wrote a book that explored these archetypes: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover. I read this book in the summer of 2002. We often reference this book and archetypes in the work we do in the Mankind Project.
One of the things I want to do in the next several years is to bring the concept of the archetypes to chapters of my college fraternity, as many colleges and universities do not have departments of mens' studies. I often hear about negative incidents at college campuses that give the entire greek system a black eye -- stories of hazing, alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, and so on. I strongly believe that these are a result of "boy behavior" and "boy mentality", encouraged by peer pressure. As one man in my mens' group observed, "Boys cannot teach boys how to be men." This is where alumni like me come in: to teach and mentor these young men in things that aren't taught in the classroom. And to tell them that college and university men do not do these things.
Two years ago, one of the writers at The Art of Manliness website wrote a 7-part series on the archetypes -- one part for each of the 4 archetypes, an introduction, and two parts on boyhood archetypes. Each of the articles has been given a tag of "KWML", for easier reference as a group.
( Links to the articles in the series. )
In 1990, Jungian psychologist Robert Moore, along with mythologist Douglas Gillette, wrote a book that explored these archetypes: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover. I read this book in the summer of 2002. We often reference this book and archetypes in the work we do in the Mankind Project.
One of the things I want to do in the next several years is to bring the concept of the archetypes to chapters of my college fraternity, as many colleges and universities do not have departments of mens' studies. I often hear about negative incidents at college campuses that give the entire greek system a black eye -- stories of hazing, alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, and so on. I strongly believe that these are a result of "boy behavior" and "boy mentality", encouraged by peer pressure. As one man in my mens' group observed, "Boys cannot teach boys how to be men." This is where alumni like me come in: to teach and mentor these young men in things that aren't taught in the classroom. And to tell them that college and university men do not do these things.
Two years ago, one of the writers at The Art of Manliness website wrote a 7-part series on the archetypes -- one part for each of the 4 archetypes, an introduction, and two parts on boyhood archetypes. Each of the articles has been given a tag of "KWML", for easier reference as a group.
( Links to the articles in the series. )
