Wild Man Energy, Robert Bly, and Iron John
Brutal American Podcast
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The Golden Ball
The golden ball here symbolizes a child's genius or what the Greeks called his Damon, which is known early on in life for the child but lost as boys make the transition into manhood. The story tells us that to get the ball back, the boy has to let iron John out of the cage. Here in our story, he will ride on iron John's shoulders into the forest. That's when his real training begins. In other words, he's got to tap into his own ancient wild man energy. But what are the cages today? Let's stop and ask that question. What stifling men from exploring their wild man energy?"
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