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naguibmahfouzfan2's review
1.0
Not bad. But I don't like how generally limiting it was, such as limiting the Jungian concept of Self to the King archetype. And I especially don't like how the primary point of reference is Western folktales.
It might have been helpful to White males in the 1990s, condolencing the transition from blue-collar jobs to the white-collar and the pink-collar. While reading through the book, I have been reminded of Fight Club, which is another book that deals with the psychology of same specific social/racial class in the US, and bears the same flaws albeit with a more defeatist attitude.
Being just a guy from Egypt who's lost in his mid-twenties, I could not relate.
2/5, a little less helpful than cringeworthy, but a fun read nonetheless. It's like letting the drunken guy at the bar talk his heart out about his life views.
(If anyone reading this has better recommendations for self-help books, please tell me.)
It might have been helpful to White males in the 1990s, condolencing the transition from blue-collar jobs to the white-collar and the pink-collar. While reading through the book, I have been reminded of Fight Club, which is another book that deals with the psychology of same specific social/racial class in the US, and bears the same flaws albeit with a more defeatist attitude.
Being just a guy from Egypt who's lost in his mid-twenties, I could not relate.
2/5, a little less helpful than cringeworthy, but a fun read nonetheless. It's like letting the drunken guy at the bar talk his heart out about his life views.
(If anyone reading this has better recommendations for self-help books, please tell me.)
ama1_mh's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
aliciaking3's review
4.0
My research on the archetypal feminine was missing a similar overview of the archetypal masculine. This was an OVERVIEW to be sure. Summarized stuff that could be gone into in far greater detail. But I got what I needed out of it.
anotherpath's review
5.0
A review of the four Jungian Masculine Archetypes, the two negative poles of each, and their respective counterparts in boyhood.
Not since The Way of the Superior Man has a book properly defined the various states of broken masculinity to me so well. I know this is one I'll pick back up time and time again in the future until it's etched firmly into my mind. I found myself firmly identifying with several of the thought patterns and actions of the different shadow Archetypes, and now I have behaviors that I can meditate on.
Recommended.
Not since The Way of the Superior Man has a book properly defined the various states of broken masculinity to me so well. I know this is one I'll pick back up time and time again in the future until it's etched firmly into my mind. I found myself firmly identifying with several of the thought patterns and actions of the different shadow Archetypes, and now I have behaviors that I can meditate on.
Recommended.
jdintr's review
4.0
When I picked up a copy of this book, I treated it like a Buzzfeed poll: which am I?
What I was pleased to find inside was a call for balance. All men have King AND Warrior AND Magician AND Lover elements, but when these get out of balance, or one trait is too strong, this can lead to problems.
Moore's book is a short (less than 200 pages) introduction to these four paradigms, but it's enough of one that I learned a lot about myself, both strengths that needed moderation and weaknesses that needed development.
What I was pleased to find inside was a call for balance. All men have King AND Warrior AND Magician AND Lover elements, but when these get out of balance, or one trait is too strong, this can lead to problems.
Moore's book is a short (less than 200 pages) introduction to these four paradigms, but it's enough of one that I learned a lot about myself, both strengths that needed moderation and weaknesses that needed development.