In Emergency I explored how our coddled modern society has led to men (chief among them, myself) forgetting their more fundamental skills and instincts to provide for and protect themselves and their loved ones. One of the books I bought during my research but never read was Iron John. When it came out, it was a phenomenon, both loved and mocked. Now it is entrenched in the canon of the men’s movement, whatever that is and may mean. Here is a chance to figure that out and see what this...
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Sometimes the best way to convey a skill or a truth is to make it part of a larger narrative. The Cave and The Sea, a Novel, began as a short story of survival and later grew to contain almost 80,000 words and countless survival principles.
In my drunken haze, I suddenly started kissing her. She kissed me back at first (her body wanted to), but then she told me to stop kissing her, as she had a boyfriend and she couldn’t picture doing it with me.
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Thanks for this, Ramiro. Good summary and now I feel like I’ve finally gotten to read Bly’s work…
¡Great summary Ramiro! This book is clear about men behavior, its a must read book. Shows the importance of the male precense in a family (base of our society).
Many answers to my questions come out after reading your summary, now is clear for me why many guys don´t dare to take things further, I could said that is because this guys lack of a proper male figure at home. This is a warning. I feel sad when a woman said “I don’t need a man to raise my little boy.” The future of that guy will be uncertain, if not dark. ¿That are gonna happend when this boy grew up and faces the rude competition of today’s society?
Oswaldo, let me add this: What I lacked from mentors, I learned from books.
OK!!! But its different. This is what Robert Bly says
“Men are not properly initiated into manhood.”
Awesome summary Ramiro. Now I have to get the book. Everything you mentioned are in tune with what I’m trying to achieve and the way I see life.
P.S.: Don’t doubt your English capabilities, you’re miles above average, close to impeccable!!
Loved the summary – actually gonna go out and get the book.
Thanks!
Was a nice read. Sounds like a must read.
Thank you, Ramiro! Next time I fall in love, I will do respect his Inner King.
Great job Ramiro,
The Inner King explanation on how the fathers inner king may cause the son to become numb to his own inner king because there is only room for one in the household made me think of rappers like Tupac, Biggie, Jay-Z, and Eminem (also SPM). Their fathers were absent yet they reached grand success (often ending in tragedy). Could this success be PARTLY (notice the emphasis) due to their inner king being able to develop strongly because of their fathers absence?
Good point since being able to stand on your own needs a lot of guts.
After reading this post, I immediately went out and purchased this book. It’s dawned on me that for the longest time I’ve been trying to learn from guys like you Neil. Now I realize that I’m learning with you more than from you, and even though your accomplishments in the area of women and dating far outreach my own, I am gaining invaluable insight into being a man. And for me that’s becoming more of what this is all about than anything else. I know that I’m getting a bit sentimental here but I really do appreciate the work you’re doing, and what you’ve put together for us. Thanks
p.s. Great post Ramiro.
this book is incredible i just read the first chapter and its amazing, it fits for survival but i think that it fitis more for inner game what do you guys think?
This is freakin awesome. Im buying the book tomorrow.
WOW, I am Ramiro, the guy that wrote the summary. Hopefully I did a decent job. The book itself is very deep and goes into detail on what is lacking in our development. Glad that some others got benefit from my summary. I hadn’t visited the post before; have been very busy… but glad I did and that people got something out of it. I did learn a lot from reading the book myself. Cheers!