Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
On Becoming a Man
So, you're becoming a man. Well, good for you: it's good to be a man.
Here's the thing to remember: there are many different ways to be one.
It took me a long time to discover this. Everything that I saw and heard said: This is how to be a man. That wasn't me, so I thought: Maybe I'm not a man.
But I was wrong.
It's work, becoming a man, hard work. That work now lies before you.
But your work is not to become my kind of man, or anyone else's kind of man. Your work is to become the man that you can be, and no one else can tell you what that is, but only you.
There are many ways to be a man, and each of us has to find his own.
Manhood is your birthright. But you have to find your own way to it.
Luck of the journey be with you, my son.
The Sun and Moon on your trail.
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In this age when gender is both elevated and devalued, the path is difficult and unclear.