Sold Cloak

Dan, Ethan, Hunter, and Taylor discuss the missing rite of passage in our culture and explore the current situation of manhood in our society. Points of discussion include:

• The silence of men in church and in society at-large, and our stifling anti-man environment.
• Homeschooling as a means of combating that environment for the next generation.
• The Rite of Passage in the West.
• Rethinking your own upbringing.
• The mental and spiritual depravity of our educational system.
• The hypocrisy of the elite class – their children are not raised in the system they created.
• Our passive and ambiguous rites of passage: ages 13, 16, 18, 21, and 25, etc.
• Our unreasonable rites of passage: fighting in war, making over $100k per year.
• Examples of other cultures’ rites of passage.
• An unfortunate alternative to wimpy men: abusive men.
• Examples of manhood: Christ the ultimate, and godly men subsequently.
• Taylor’s unforgettable plans for his boys.
• University: one of America’s failed rites of passage.
• The weight of the rite of passage is first on the fathers then the sons.
• The need for grace towards young men from their elders.
• Noble rites and systems that are loosing their meaningfulness.
• No skin in the game.
• When thrown to the wolves, you may become a wolf.
• Not yours to give.
• Final challenges.

Corrections and Clarifications:

• The account regarding the local school student using a litter box appears to be a hoax. A sadly believable one nowadays.
• The land diving in Vanuatu does function as a rite of passage for men, but that is not its sole or primary purpose, as it also serves other social functions. Additionally, the tower is constructed by many men, not solely by the youth preparing for the rite of passage. There are not towers of various heights for younger jumpers, but there are platforms on the tower at various heights for the same.
• The Maasai people live primarily in Kenya and Tanzania, not Sudan.
• The Jewish Bar Mitzvah is traditionally at 13 years old, and among some Jews, 12 years old, but not 14.
• The Nietzsche quote could not be verified.

Notes and Links:

• 1 Corinthians 13 – the love chapter regarding church relationships.
• Vanuatu land diving.
• Maasai lion hunting.
• Sateré-Mawé bullet ant gloves.
• Spartan rituals. They killed Helots regularly, though, it is unclear if it was a rite of passage for a Spartan man. Some believe so. Yikes.
• Jewish Bar Mitzvah.
• Davy Crockett – Not Yours To give. Though, mind the note at the top regarding the veracity of the text.