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What is a New Warrior?
Men have been warriors since the beginning of time and every man has his warrior side. But social forces have pressured many of us to repress this part of our authentic masculine nature. We unconsciously substitute a distorted shadow for the healthy warrior energy so essential to sustaining individual and communal balance.
The New Warrior is a man who has confronted this destructive "shadow" part of himself. He has achieved hard-won ownership of the highly-focused, healthy, aggressive energy that empowers and shapes the inner masculine self. Sustained by this new energy, the New Warrior is at once tough and loving, wild and gentle, fierce and tolerant. The New Warrior lives passionately and compassionately, because he has learned to live his mission with integrity, and without apology.
“The real accomplishment is the art of being a warrior, which is the only way to balance the terror of being a man with the wonder of being a man.”-- Carlos Castaneda
How Does a Man Become a New Warrior?
There is more than one path a man may take to integrate healthy warrior energy into his life. However, the traditional method of participating in a structured initiation process is a powerful proven means for a man to claim and empower his sacred masculine energies. The ManKind Project provides men with just such an opportunity.
In the mid 1980s, three men, Ron Hering, Bill Kauth and Rich Tosi, began what is now known as The ManKind Project by creating the first "New Warrior Training Adventure" (NWTA). Originally, it was called the "Wildman Weekend."
The NWTA is a traditional masculine initiation that has been adapted to the modern-day man. Like all initiation processes, the NWTA characterizes three distinct parts or passages: "The Descent," "The Ordeal," and "The Homecoming." Also, like all traditional initiations, the actual events of the NWTA are only revealed as a man experiences the various parts of the training. Entering the unknown is a critical component of the initiation process. Further, the impact that the events have on a man is what is important, not the events themselves.
“The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or as a curse.” -- Carlos Castaneda
Our Statement of Purpose
"We are an order of men called to reclaim the sacred masculine for our time through initiation, training, and action in the world."
We empower men to live to their full potential, trusting that they will co-create the healthy solutions needed by society. We foster loving families, strong communities, and productive workplaces in a sustainable environment. Like a stone dropping into a pond, the New Warrior Training sends ripples through the lives of men, their families, and their communities.
Our intention is twofold: (1) To enable men to live lives of integrity, accountability, and connection to feeling; and (2) To be of service to the community at large, both as individual men with a renewed sense of passion and personal responsibility, and as communities of men working together to build sustainable relationships.
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