In the society that has replaced the paternalistic society, women are able to develop their independent and social energies much more. That is good.
Robert BlyThe Roman Catholic Church early on simply adapted the hierarchical structure of the Roman Empire and confused the whole thing. Vertical attention and hierarchy were so entangled, that when the French killed the king during the Revolution, they lost much of their vertical attention too.
Robert BlyIn ordinary life, a mentor can guide a young man through various disciplines, helping to bring him out of boyhood into manhood; and that in turn is associated not with body building, but with building and emotional body capable of containing more than one sort of ecstasy.
Robert BlyI have spent many years trying to recover a common language, one that can cross the distance between people.
Robert Bly