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Although the book does not include a traditional conflict, Moore makes it clear that the highest forms of The King and The Warrior archetypes are nobility, generosity, clear thinking, courage, endurance, energy and loyalty. Most men, however, do not embody the pinnacle of both personas, and have differing degrees of both as well as characteristics of The Magician and The Lover. The challenge for each man is to shed the limiting archetypes of the Boy psychology and embrace the positive characteristics of the mature archetypes. That is a challenge in itself but when the shadow sides of the archetypes are factored in, it is understandable that men live conflicted by their internal wiring and the pressures and influences of society and family structures.

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King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine