A review by simazhi
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Doug Gillette, Robert Moore

1.0

Assumed this was a scholarly discussion. It was not, lack of full references. So I adapted my expectations, and then found the book just fall flat. Is it because this is 2020 (30 years after its appearance) or is it because archetypes are assumed to be universal even though virtually all anecdotal evidence comes from Western society, even even there it's just cherrypicking.

The illustrations are misleading, e.g. the archetypes on pp. 16-17 are represented with pyramids featuring a shadow, and thus suggesting another dimension along which the archetypes can be analyzed, yet there is none.

Also: Obi Wan-Kenobi is systematically misspelled as Obe Wan Kanobe.