Journey Into the Deep Masculine

What is masculinity and the deep masculine? 

How do I encounter my soul and the divine feminine?

What is the dream of the Earth asking of me?

We will live into these questions and more in a year-long apprenticeship into what Robert Bly called “The deep masculine.” Heavily influenced by the work of Bill Plotkin, Richard Rohr, Robert Bly, and Marion Woodman, we will explore the nature-based map of the human psyche as found in Bill Plotkin’s Wild Mind, with special attention to the West facet of the True Self and the divine feminine, through which we come in contact with the deep masculine. We will do this as we undertake the journey of descent into “soul canyon,” outlined in Plotkin’s latesbook The Journey of Soul Initiation, and in hopes of encountering soul and the dream of the Earth through us.

The year-long is a rigorous spiritual adventure. We will travel to wild landscapes of desert and mountain, dive into the mysteries of nature and psyche, seek out the more-than-human world, and through it all plumb the depths of our deepest longing. We will be guided by men who have been trained by the Animas Valley Institute and are deeply committed to offering this to Illuman men.