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Grief by robert bly

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Robert Bly Lecture: Five Kinds of Loss (1988)

This is an exclusive recording of the 1988 Minnesota Men’s Conference Robert Bly lays out five kinds of loss that men feel today, including a loss of father figures, boldness, wildness and passivity. As he paraphrases William Blake, "Either make your own system or be enslaved by another man's!"

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Jerez at Easter

Robert Bly uses comparison to discuss the duality of life, including life and death.

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Robert Bly Lecture: Living in an Artificial 'C' Note (1988)

Robert Bly speaks of the difference between depression and grief, and the transition from one to the other, likening the experience to a hand that emerges from the sacred pond, pulling you down, down, down.

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FindCenterThe ecstasy comes after thought, after discipline imposed on ourselves, after grief.

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After the Funeral

Bly describes a process of grieving encapsulated in poignant dreams.

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The Norwegian Grandson

A lyrical tableau of encapsulations of grief.

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