June 8-13
The Rowe Men's Wisdom Council is special. There's nothing like it anywhere. Each year, men return to renew themselves and drink from the rich waters of the male spirit, drawing sustenance from the deep emotion and passionate spirituality that take root and flower in this unique environment. Tears, laughter, ritual, myth, and masculinity weave together as men blend into a community far beyond the limited expressions of the male role in ordinary life. Both tender and tribal, this community creates safe and sacred spaces where men unmask and unburden themselves, face their fears, speak their truths, and heal from wounds they have carried for decades.
Modern man lives in the smallest psychic space of anyone in history. His soul shrivels in the glut of materialism, and his limited role of provider leaves him alone and isolated. Spirit is labeled abstract and unreal or confined to a house of worship on the weekend, while the man of the 21st century has spent more time watching commercials than attending school. Alienated and estranged from himself, unfamiliar with the great rhythms of nature that created him and unsure how to participate in the cosmic story, he sacrifices himself and labors, often at the expense of his health, in a meaningless pursuit of success, the good life that is defined merely as the ability to buy more stuff.
The MWC invites men to open the door to all they have forgotten, reclaim their potential to be heroic, and connect with a larger, sacred story. Men arrive, excited and nervous, longing to build friendship and community, to renew the passion they felt as children, to find a dream worth living. Each year they leave laden with gifts, both planned and unexpected. Many rediscover their creativity and depart having found a poem, mask, story, or song waiting within. Others find their way from the head to the heart and are shocked, even stunned by the richness of their inner life as ritual, breathwork, community, and communion bring them to a self far larger than the one they thought they knew. We invite you to join us for a week of wonder, a week of wildness, and a week you won't forget.
The council will be directed by Sparrow Hart, a wise, high-energy, and humorous man who co-founded MWC 10 years ago and has been involved in men's work for more than 25 years. Sparrow is the creator of the Mythic Warrior Men's Training and leads vision quests and workshops that focus on living from our core truths and authentic selves. His staff includes Ron Kearns, Larry Murphy, Tim Dalton, Blase Provitola, Garry Alesio, and Dan Roden.
"The Men's Wisdom Council showed me my real life, and gave me the courage to start living it."