Drumbeat

Dec 18, 2023

We could write our usual YEAR IN REVIEW and list our many accomplishments. But would you read it? We’d tell...

Dec 15, 2023

As I come to the end of the three years I served as a member of the Board of Illuman,...

Dec 15, 2023

by Terry Symens-Bucher I joined the Illuman Board of Directors in 2014 and served as Board Chair from 2016 to...

Dec 15, 2023

I am remembering what the elder Ent named Treebeard said to the hobbits in Tolkien’s book, the Two Towers: “You...

Nov 15, 2023

Since 2016, Illuman has opened its gatherings with a powerful statement of welcome to all men. First introduced at Soularize...

Nov 15, 2023

Humanity consistently has to face the problem of unity and diversity. We’re not very good at understanding it. That’s why...

Nov 15, 2023

What if We Told the Flower By Chelan Harkin What if we told the flower, “don’t bloom” and told the...

Oct 20, 2023

Spirits of Shrine Mont By an Awaken 2023 attendee The parlor now bare, Once strong men gathered with care, Conversations...

Oct 20, 2023

New men’s Council circles, both in-person and virtual, are beginning to form in the wake of our annual Awaken gathering....

Oct 20, 2023

Separation vs. Connection By Jim Burns No man is an island entire of itself. Every man is a piece of...