The Trickster, Magician and Grieving Man: Reconnecting Men With Earth

By Glen A. Mazis

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879181118
• ISBN13: 9781879181113
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Bear & Co
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"

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It is strange that I wrote this book during Desert Storm and ended up comparing the metaphors of abusive forms of masculinity to the metaphors that Bush, senior, was using to promote and describe the war (as well as the then popular Robert Bly in IRON JOHN). The themes explored in the first half of the book: the "tank body," "high altitude living," "missile sexuality," and "the briefing" as communication style would fit the current times and current Bush presidency even better. For me, though, the second half of the book, which describes positive directions for male identity has more excitement in focusing on the archetypes that have been ignored by males in the American culture in seeking stories for renewal. For me, perhaps the strongest parts of the book are the sections on humor and on cooking as honoring the life-death cycle creatively. I have been critized in reviews for being too "universalist," yet this book is aimed very much at current American culture, although I confess that I do believe there are some common human ties, even though my emphasis is on honoring difference. Please check out my website at "glenmazis.com." Thanks.