Thank you for your brilliant and deeply thoughtful piece, Anthony. I love the work of James Hillman, and the work of Thomas Moore expands even further on it. The puer in other cultures is a healthy expression of young masculine energy that is massaged and redirected through such rituals as transition from childhood into adolescence, adolescence into adulthood.
American culture has no such rituals, beyond specialized getaways and men's groups.
Thus we see gangs, men mounting up in groups on speeding crotch rockets, maga thugs banding together at Rally's, and all the myriad ways in which men feel licensed and emboldened through tribal warfare against a civilized society, such as January 6th insurrections...
I appreciate your bringing such deep thought to the conversation, I hope you will continue to create more. Stay safe, and out of the fray, be well,
One question or thought perhaps. You say AI/robotics could provide a change and equalization. That society will change sometime in the future. But the question I have is what is available today? Not all youth succumb to destructive Puer. Why? It can't just be that Senex is keeping them in check.
Is there some other thing that attracts them rather than balances them between S and P? For example, maybe the joy of service to others, or maybe being outside in nature, or creativity such as becoming a painter or writer or musician? Asking for my grandkids.
Thank you for your brilliant and deeply thoughtful piece, Anthony. I love the work of James Hillman, and the work of Thomas Moore expands even further on it. The puer in other cultures is a healthy expression of young masculine energy that is massaged and redirected through such rituals as transition from childhood into adolescence, adolescence into adulthood.
American culture has no such rituals, beyond specialized getaways and men's groups.
Thus we see gangs, men mounting up in groups on speeding crotch rockets, maga thugs banding together at Rally's, and all the myriad ways in which men feel licensed and emboldened through tribal warfare against a civilized society, such as January 6th insurrections...
I appreciate your bringing such deep thought to the conversation, I hope you will continue to create more. Stay safe, and out of the fray, be well,
Brilliant. Thanks.
One question or thought perhaps. You say AI/robotics could provide a change and equalization. That society will change sometime in the future. But the question I have is what is available today? Not all youth succumb to destructive Puer. Why? It can't just be that Senex is keeping them in check.
Is there some other thing that attracts them rather than balances them between S and P? For example, maybe the joy of service to others, or maybe being outside in nature, or creativity such as becoming a painter or writer or musician? Asking for my grandkids.
-Hobie
Yes, yes, yes. Thank you Anthony. You nailed it!