Awakening the Wild Erotic: A Ritual Reclamation (April 24-26)
About this episode
The episode explores the transformative experience of a three-day retreat designed to help men reconnect with their erotic energy and self-leadership.
To brood is to wander through a grove where one sheep strays and a hundred wolves follow. Why did I make brooding my vocation when AWE was an option? Thought spinner, mull the wine of wonder. - RUMI Three years ago, my colleague Deus and I joined forces to craft an experiment. We invited 12 men out to the forest. He brought his years of training in breathwork, transformational art, and psychedelic facilitation. I wove my love of archetypes, fairy tales, and the lineage of mythopoetics. The result: a cauldron of mystery that we named AWE - Awakening the Wild Erotic. Since that time, we’ve ran the 3 day weekend over 7 times, supporting over 90 men through the journey. Deus and I still have a difficult time describing what happens during these ritual gatherings. What feels most true: it is the rite of passage that most men never received as we entered into our erotic birthright. It is the beginning of coming into right relationship with sexual energy, responsibility, and self leadership. Plus, it’s a lot of fun. Here’s what some of the men have said: "I really got to know men in this time—more so in three days than in the 49 years I've been alive. And through that, I got to know so…
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