Rewilding, healthy masculinity and the role of the modern man
This week's show is with Craig Richardson. Craig Richardson describes himself as a ‘camper, hiker, animist, bodhrán drummer, mushroomer, waterfall chaser, weed-eater, rewilding human and student of life.’
He is interested in what he calls “deep humanity”, and seeks to understand the interplay between modern living and our more primal roots. This interest has led him on a personal journey of understanding his own deeper humanity, in such areas as diet, lifestyle, language, art, education, spirituality and community.
In this conversation, Craig and Lian explored toxic masculinity vs healthy masculinity, inspired by a post that Craig wrote which included a quote from Iron John by Robert Bly “The activity that men were once known for is no longer required.”
We spoke about what those activities are that Bly was referring to, what we’ve all lost in the process and how it’s led to men to a disconnection from self, other men, community, and the land. Lastly, we explored ways back to that connection.
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What you’ll learn from this episode:
We can’t simply reclaim the old skills - we need to reclaim them and bring the soft skills that are within them into the modern context
Some of the ways, Craig suggested are:
Get to know your local land - list all the species
Pay attention to where you get your food and source from local places that are ethical and sustainable
Make fire - bringing yourself into intimacy with the elements and the alchemy
Resources and stuff that we spoke about:
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Lian & Jonathan