Michael J. Meade
Encyclopedia
Michael J. Meade was a figure in the Men's Movement
of the 1980s and 1990s.
His essays have appeared in To Be A Man, Tending the Fire, Wingspan, Walking Swiftly, and The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart. The latter is an anthology of poetry, which he edited with Robert Bly
and James Hillman
. His book Men and the Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of Men was published in 1993 by HarperSanFrancisco.
Men's movement
The men's movement is a social movement that includes a number of philosophies and organizations that seek to support men, change the male gender role and improve men's rights in regard to marriage, child access and victims of domestic violence...
of the 1980s and 1990s.
His essays have appeared in To Be A Man, Tending the Fire, Wingspan, Walking Swiftly, and The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart. The latter is an anthology of poetry, which he edited with Robert Bly
Robert Bly
Robert Bly is an American poet, author, activist and leader of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement.-Life:Bly was born in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, to Jacob and Alice Bly, who were of Norwegian ancestry. Following graduation from high school in 1944, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving...
and James Hillman
James Hillman
James Hillman was an American psychologist. He studied at, and then guided studies for, the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, founded a movement toward archetypal psychology and retired into private practice, writing and traveling to lecture, until his death at his home in Connecticut on October 27,...
. His book Men and the Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of Men was published in 1993 by HarperSanFrancisco.
Books
- Men and the Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of Men, 1994, ISBN 978-0062507266
- The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul, 2006, ISBN 978-0976645047
- The World Behind the World: Living at the ends of time, 2008, ISBN 978-0976645061
- Fate and Destiny: The Two Agreements of the Soul, 2010