Today Ian Mackenzie returns to Life is a Festival to discuss mythopoetic masculinity. Ian is a filmmaker, essayist, and host of the Mythic Masculine Podcast and A Gathering of Stories. He is teaching a new online class called Re-storying Masculinity with Advaya which starts on March 14th.

Our conversation begins with a history of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement and its splinter, Men’s Rights activism. We talk about how mainstream culture is really an anti culture that eats culture, including mens work. Ian shares the value of myth vs fact in exploring truth and some of the lessons from three years of interviews about masculinity on his podcast. Ian also shares the story of his four year cycle of fasting in the wilderness for a four day “sit.”

Ian has written on subjects ranging from Burning Man to Occupy Wall Street and made films on topics like Sacred Economics, and Tamera the Love School in Portugal. He hosts the Mythic Masculine Podcast and A Gathering of Stories and his most recent offering is Re-storying Masculinity.

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Timestamps

:11 - The history of the mythopoetic vs mens rights movements
:20 - Mainstream anti culture eats cultures including mens work
:26 - Myth and fact in the pursuit of truth
:40 - Ian’s four day fasting sit in the wilderness
:51 - The Mythic Masculine Podcast
:56 - The masculine longing to be seen
1:05 - Ian’s Re-storying Masculinity Course

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