FAQs

Is This For You?

  • The Noble Masculine: You hold masculinity as fundamentally good—a wild force that requires the "tree rings" of mentorship to ripen into service.

  • Deep Diversity: You seek a wild ecosystem of men, held together not by a unified ideology, but by a shared commitment to the deep.

  • Village over "Me": Your search for healing has moved beyond the orbit of personal growth and toward the repair of culture and the living earth.

  • The Animate World: You are ready to trade a sterile view of nature for an animist one, apprenticing yourself to the more-than-human world.

  • Affinity as Service: You see the circle of men as a vital threshold—a place to sharpen the soul so you may better serve those outside the lodge.

  • The Inverse Perspective: You welcome the "downward" weight of soul-work and the challenge of perspectives that invert modern, shallow scripts.

  • The Lineage: You find your maps in the works of the elders: Robert Bly, James Hillman, Michael Meade, Stephen Jenkinson, Martin Shaw, and others.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • You can receive a full refund up until 4 weeks before the event begins. Until 2 weeks before, you can receive 50% refund. After that point, no refunds will be offered.

  • Once you register, we will send you some resources such as books to read and podcasts to listen to as we approach.

  • If you are unable to bring you own linens (blankets, towel, pillow), you will need to purchase a linen add-on ticket. Other items to consider bringing: travel mug, headlamp, outdoor appropriate footwear and clothing, notebook and pens, earplugs. A full logistical email will be sent out to all registrants in the lead up to our time together.

  • Please leave weapons and intoxicants at home. We also encourage you to leave your cell phone in your vehicle.

  • No. During our time together we will consciously cross thresholds into the subterranean realm through modalities such as ritual, myth, poetry, song, movement, and intellectual wondering.

  • All men are welcome to attend, including trans-men.

“The healing energy in community is multiplied - what might take years in a therapist’s office can happen in a few hours when men are cracked open together. Ceremony gives us a way to turn pain into belonging.” — Miguel Rivera