King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
Why do the authors believe a ritual initiation is vital to a fully developed male?
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In a ritual initiation, the young men are separated from everyone else in a society in order to forge a male identity. In a ritual, the young man is able to be introduced to the nature of manhood and able to comprehend it fully.
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine