Life is short. This is something that everyone knows, but it bears repeating, because we very often forget it. We forget that life is short, and then we end up living it badly. On the Shortness of Life was written by Seneca to his friend Paulinus. In the book, Seneca tries to convince Paulinus that … Read more
Sex at Dawn is a book that argues that polygamy, far from being controversial or harmful, is the most natural kind of relationship for humans. From Hunting to Agriculture Thousands of years ago, sharing was natural, because it made economic sense. Societies that shared resources and helped each other were not utopian, but far more … Read more
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover is a book about masculine archetypes. A problem that Jung identified many years ago, was that absent an appropriate rite of passage from boyhood to manhood, many men will stay stuck with their boy psychology. This is often due to a lack of father figure, or a lack of examples of … Read more
The Lover There are many forms of love. The ancient Greeks spoke of agape, or non-erotic love, what the Bible calls “brotherly love.” They spoke of Eros in the narrow sense of sexual love and the wider sense of bonding and uniting urge of all things. The Romans spoke of Amor, the union of one … Read more
The Magician The Magician is the knower and the master of technology. Whoever is guided by the power of the Magician can fulfill these functions by use of ritual initiatory process, usually conducted by the “ritual elder” who guides the process of transformation. The magician is always an initiate, and one of his tasks is … Read more
The Warrior We live in an age when people are uncomfortable with the Warrior form of masculine energy, and for good reasons. Women are uncomfortable with it because they have been direct victims of its shadow form. In the West, this is the age of “soft masculine” – a time when radical feminists are hostile … Read more
The King The good King is wise. There are two functions that the King has in his fullness, the first is ordering and the second is the providing of fertility and blessing. The King is the “central archetype.” The good King is at the center of the world, he sits on his throne on the … Read more
Here is a list of twenty-seven alphabetized mental models from behavioral economics and psychology, briefly explained. Availability Heuristic: Kahneman discovered that we tend to remember what is most salient and frequent. To have a truly comprehensive memory would be debilitating. Anchoring: The human tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered (the … Read more
Models by Mark Manson is a book about attracting women. While every topic around the dating experience is covered, the main message of the book is simple: be vulnerable. What most men do is they put up an act, they try to act too masculine, they don’t talk about their feelings, they focus on pickup … Read more
Men communicate with facts. Women communicate with feelings. When communicating to women, the important thing is intention. Negging is okay, if the intention is light-hearted. Complimenting is okay if it’s genuine. What about telling her your story? If you are trying to impress her, it’s needy behavior. If you are sharing something real, it’s vulnerable. … Read more