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Celebrating the Male Mysteries
R J Stewart
Illustrated by Miranda Gray
First Published 1991 by
Arcania Press 17 Union Passage, Bath BA1 1RE
© R J Stewart 1991
All rights reserved. No part
of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without
written permission from the Publisher.
Cover design by Jeni Liddle
Text design by Pica Publishing Services
Text processing by Mentor
DTP Bruton, Somerset
British Library Cataloguing
in Publication Data
Stewart, R. J. (Robert J .) 1949--
Celebrating the male mysteries,
1. Men. Psychology
I. Title
154.2081
ISBN 1-873596-01-4
The cover illustration is
'Earth God' by Chesca Potter, based on
the Cerne Abbas Giant hill figure in Dorset, England
For information on signed,
limited edition, hand-colored linocuts of this illustration,
write to:
Arcania Press 17 Union Passage, Bath
Avon, BA1 1RE
Printed and bound in Great
Britain
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CONTENTS
Author's Note to the Reader.....vii
How to Use This Book.....ix
Introduction.....xiii
Part One: The Male Mysteries, Ancient and Modern.....1
CHAPTER 1 The Gods Within/Without.....3
CHAPTER 2 Men and the Goddess.....21
CHAPTER 3 Teachers and Pupils.....27
CHAPTER 4 Polarity and Sexuality....39
Part Two: The Five Branches.....47
CHAPTER 5 Warrior, Poet, Prophet, Priest, King.....49
CHAPTER 6 The Worker and the Wheel of Life.....72
CHAPTER 7 The King Within.....79
Part Three: Visualizations and Exercises.....85
CHAPTER 8 Visualizing Transformation.....87
CHAPTER 9 Gods and Visions.....102
CHAPTER 10 Empowerment and Transformation:
A detailed work program.....111
CHAPTER 11 Working Towards the Future of the
Male Mysteries.....142
APPENDIX I Approaching Silence.....146
APPENDIX 2 Establishing an Innerworld Contact.....148
APPENDIX 3 Visualization.....151
Bibliography.....159
Index.....162
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