Psychological
What if growing up requires a kind of betrayal?
In the story of Iron John, a boy finds a wild man trapped in a cage at the bottom of a pond. He wants to free him. But there's a problem: the key is hidden under his mother's pillow. And she's never going to hand it over.
The key is not hidden in the father's pocket. It's under the mother's pillow. That's where the energy is.— Robert Bly, *Iron John*
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The thinker
Poet & Mythopoetic Thinker
Robert Bly (1926–2021) was an American poet, author, and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement, best known for his book Iron John.
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