The Magician Archetype: Belief, Meaning, and the Creative Process (republish)

The Magician Archetype is the part of your psyche that makes meaning, abstracts reality, and creates your life-- whether you take that literally or figuratively depends on your Magician. This episode covers "magic" in the creative process, the shadow aspects of the magician, the five stages of belief, the importance of the Fool archetype, hacking self-fulfilling prophecy, and how to become the magician 00:00 Intro 4:20 Magical thinking throughout history 5:35 Subjective mind of magical thinking 10:55 What is the magician archetype? 13:57 Belief and meaning as magicians tools 18:21 Magic in the creative process 29:40 The importance of the Fool 34:55 Shadow aspect of magician 37:30 Removing blocks to becoming the magician 45:19 Five stages of belief 1:03:23 The role of the magician 1:19:30 How to become the magician? Uncover your inner world: https://www.ruwando.com/archetype (includes a free coaching session with Ruwan) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

The Warrior Archetype is the part of the psyche for overcoming obstacles and winning zero-sum competition. It's become the most suppressed aspect of masculinity in the modern era. Activate this archetype within you with the Masculine Archetype Challenge. Comes with a complementary coaching call with Ruwan: https://www.ruwando.com/archetype (Republish from 2020. New episodes coming in June.) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

This book totally changed how I view human behavior, and perception of reality. I focus on the first 4 "non-spiritual" circuits of Timothy Leary & Robert Anton Wilson's circuit model. Republished from 2020. This is the episode that got my wife to like me. I'm still on paternity leave. New episodes coming in June. https://www.ruwando.com/archetype Psychophilosophy, quantumpsychology, thelema, general semantics, Alfred Korzybski --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

Men go through five distinct stages, each with their own drives, pitfalls, and keys to fulfillment. This episode covers each stage through the lenses of biology, psychology, mythology (Slave to King myth), and Nietzsche's Metamorphosis. Republishing this one as I wait for my next kid to pop. https://www.ruwando.com/archetype --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

The Road of Trials (Hero’s Journey) is a stage of life where the hero (you) are forced to engage in conflicts to gain power. In the movies, it’s the training montage between “All is lost” and “Apotheosis” (god mode). In real life, it signifies how you transform yourself during hard times. Road of Trials: Transform Yourself During Hard Times speaks about needing hard times in life, what to do when reinventing yourself, suffering in a direction, and why you must engage in conflicts. This is a republish from 2021. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

Modern society is amidst warfare of morals: Family vs. Globalism. Nature vs. Culture. Noah Revoy speaks on the war of perception and information, how part of taking responsibility as a man is in creating/building sovereignty for family, how to build a strong family culture, maintaining parent’s influence on your child, and protecting yourself via self-discipline as internal manipulation. noahrevoy.com ruwando.com/archetype --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

What does it mean to “be the rock” in a relationship? Having a man you can depend on is something every woman wants. But what does that actually mean in practice? It’s a mistake if you think relationships are symmetrical. This episode starts with changing your perspective on relationship, why you shouldn’t depend on your woman, how to stay grounded in a relationship, and what it means to be the rock in a relationship, really. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

Can you prepare for fatherhood? Dan Doty from Fatherhood Unlocked speaks on how fatherhood is changing, how fatherhood shifts your focus in life, the importance of being a father, generational differences in upbringing, and other man stuff. I’m going to be having more dads on the podcast soon to discuss the importance of being a father. It is the King Archetype after all. Make sure you’re subscribed. And if your want to better access your archetypal masculinity, check out the Masculine Archetype Challenge: https://www.ruwando.com/archetype --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

NPR recently wrote a piece criticizing p*rn abstinence as somehow misogynistic. I break down the positives and negatives of NoFap, and also how this piece of propaganda is a cultural attack on the male agency. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

Tom Billinge and I speak on WarYoga, yoga's violent origins, the Rig Veda, Indian wrestling, martial arts and culture, masculine philosophy vs modernity, and different perspectives on "the gods" Tom is the author of WarYoga, WarYoga: Zurxane, Undying Glory, Age of Heroes. He's also a Muay Thai instructor and knows a lot about history and martial arts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message