{"id":217,"date":"2008-12-29T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fisherkingpress.com\/n\/?p=217"},"modified":"2022-12-11T18:04:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T00:04:53","slug":"resurrecting-the-unicorn","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/fisherkingpress.com\/n\/product\/resurrecting-the-unicorn","title":{"rendered":"Resurrecting the Unicorn: Masculinity in the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"

Resurrecting the Unicorn: Masculinity in the 21st Century
\n<\/em><\/strong>by Bud Harris<\/p>\n

A few months ago, Bud Harris phoned and we visited about the possibility of bringing one of his publications back into production. “What\u2019s the title?” I asked. \u201cEmasculation of the Unicorn: The loss and rebuilding of Masculinity in America,\u201d Bud answered. My knees shuttered a bit before I crossed my legs. \u201cWe did quite well with this book and it has even been translated into Spanish,\u201d Bud explained. \u201cWell, send a copy and we\u2019ll have a look,\u201d I answered, thinking, holy Moses, how the heck are we gonna sell a book entitled the emasculation of anything?<\/p>\n

The Unicorn arrived a week or so later. After reading the first 15 to 20 pages I was thoroughly convinced that this book had been written and originally published before its time, in an era when men were reading Robert Bly\u2019s Iron John and desperately gathering in vain at weekend retreats in hopes of reclaiming their lost masculinity, in an era when we were just beginning to understand that something wasn\u2019t quite right\u2014when we were just beginning to realize that things were out of balance. The men’s movement of the 90s withered and fell along the wayside, as so many fads do, but the issues at hand did not go away\u2014instead, they faded back into shadowland. But as we know, sooner or later, these discarded images come back to haunt us, and that\u2019s where Resurrecting the Unicorn<\/em> comes into play.<\/p>\n

In the present day, our culture’s evolving masculine spirit seems to be sputtering out. Many 21st century men have been raised by women\u2014without a masculine role model\u2014and what they’ve learned about being a man has been defined by their mothers, wives, and outdated or distorted concepts from the 20th century feminist movement. As is the case for both men and women, without a strong masculine image our souls become fragmented and we lose our way. When we are in such a state of confusion and imbalance, we must begin again to search for the Holy Grail. The Grail is the symbolic container of the psycho-spiritual contents that can nourish, balance, and renew our lives.<\/p>\n

All the compensatory posturing, chest-pounding or drum-beating in the world won’t revive this great masculine spirit! This can only be accomplished by developing a deeper relationship to soul. The mental landscape of metaphors\u2014dreams, stories, myths, fairy tales\u2014deal with the eternal truths of human nature and are the language of soul. In Resurrecting the Unicorn, Bud Harris guides us deep into the realm of metaphors where we can examine the evolution and development of human consciousness and reclaim discarded, yet much needed, aspects of our humanity.<\/p>\n

Bud Harris is a diplomate of the C.G. Jung Institute in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland. He and his wife, Massimilla Harris, are practicing Jungian analysts in Asheville, NC. Dr. Harris is the author of several publications.<\/p>\n

\"Resurrecting
\nTitle: Resurrecting the Unicorn
\n<\/strong><\/em>Author: Bud Harris
\nPaperback: 300 pages
\nCondition: New
\nEdition: First
\nIndex, Bibliography
\nPublisher: Fisher King Press (January 1, 2009)
\nLanguage: English
\nISBN-10: 0981034403
\nISBN-13: 978-0981034409<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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