The UNcivilized Podcast with Traver Boehm Francis Weller — Living a soulfully UNcivilized life.
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Apr 1, 2024 
Francis Weller, an inspiration in initiation and soulful living, shares insights on confronting the predator archetype, embracing darkness for growth, and the power of community in men's soulful living. Explore mythic psychology, facing fears, and reclaiming the outcast in this thought-provoking conversation with Traver Boehm.
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Psychology Needs A Mythic Lens
- Modern psychology centers the self and lacks a mythic, soul-centered framework.
- Francis Weller argues we need a psychology of soul to understand darkness, predator, and grief.
Soul Is The Domain Of Descent
- Soul is the territory of depth, vulnerability, imagination, and humility rather than upward achievement.
- Weller says we're in a descent (the 'long dark') where listening and humility matter more than growth metrics.
Slow Down To Hear The Soul
- Slow down and learn the geologic speed of soul by cultivating patient rhythms and long conversation.
- Practice 'kart-saluni'—sitting quietly together in the dark—rather than rushing for technological fixes.