A Call to the Sacred Masculine: Ten Daring Invitations from the Divine Feminine:
If I am going to act like a goddess, I want a man who acts like a god.
Yet all this talk lately of the goddess and the Divine Feminine seems
like new-age wishful thinking, a fantasy archetype with as much to do
with real life as Superwoman or the Fairy God Mother.
While
goddess propagandists promote the unilateral concept of a spiritually
elevated womanhood—strong but supple, decisive and nurturing, wild yet
wise—glaringly absent is a call to the Sacred Masculine counterpoint.
Women can forever rally around each other, cheerleading new heights of
intuitive and open-hearted power, but without the cooperation of menfolk
stealing their own fire from the gods, we are preaching to the sistah
choir.
Bottomline? Organizing a spiritual revolution as women
without inviting men to the front lines with us means we are
orchestrating a collective reframe with only half the available power.
Real change means humanity—yes both genders—opts for the cosmic upgrade
to Divine Class together.
So, on behalf of the X chromosome, here is my invitation to mortal men who wish to dance as gods with wanna-be goddesses.
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1. Show us your heroic heart. We know you want to save what is worth
saving and to rescue this planet from peril. Wage a hero’s battle
against poverty, needless strife, environmental ruin or whatever stirs
your courageous heart. It might be a plan to increase your neighborhood
safety, to improve your child’s education, to plant a vegetable garden
in your backyard or to stop prejudice wherever you see it. The world
needs your brave heart to take bold action.
2. Unsheathe your sword. As a man, you wield a sword of truth that can
cut through cultural distractions to what really matters. The faster
car, the better sports team, the bigger salary are all fine and dandy
but on your deathbed, what unfulfilled vision will you regret the most?
What risk did you back away from? What chance did you refuse to take?
Before you die, be bold enough to discover and live your truth.
3. Dare to dream. Before you played the role of mortal, you (well, we)
created the heavens and earth. What do you wish to create here and now?
What beautiful order do you wish to bring forth from the chaos of this
world. What implausible dream do you want to manifest for the greater
good of all? It doesn’t have to be grand, like solving world hunger. It
can be simple, like solving your child’s homework problem because you
are dedicated to being a great father. All we care about is that
something brings you alive with passion.
4. Steer the ship. Aim your life for a noble horizon. It’s not like
there’s a second in command who will captain your destiny while you
snooze on the sofa after too many beers and potato chips with the TV
droning in the background. Get to the helm of your life and navigate by
your own pole star, the true north of your heart’s burning desire. Tip:
if you don’t know what port you’re headed for, no wind is favorable.
5. Bring your soul to work. Work for more than the mortgage and car
payments—work because you find some measure of joy in your job. And if
the job is just to make ends meet for now, then meet that employment
with gratitude and a call to service. Know that it’s not what you do,
but what you bring to what you do, that matters.
6. Care deeply. As a man, you might have been taught to feel lightly
and think hard, to hold your emotions back, as if you can build a dam
against what naturally must flow. But your caring is what this world
cries for. The tender-hearted masculine is both wise and merciful. When
you weep, you give women permission to be strong. When your heart breaks
we want to know it so that we can heal it together.
7. Love fearlessly. Show us the way by standing firm when we are in a
beautiful rage. Don’t run from our fury—after all it might contain
magical wisdom. In the gale force of feminine anger, your calm is a
powerful reminder that we are met and accepted by our beloved partner.
8. Ravish your woman. Every now and then, take her wholeheartedly,
without apology. Press her against a wall and bind her with your kisses.
Possess your goddess, oh great god that you are, and then let her
possess you. Polarity is a potent nectar and the current runs both ways.
9. Slay your demons. We all have them, the dark part of our hearts, the
crevices where our fear and loathing hideout. Notice what keeps you
awake at night and stalk it. Hunt your darkness and drag it into the
light for loving and healing.
10. Leave your mark. Don’t settle for a fleeting cameo in which your
appearance in this kingdom is so quickly forgotten. What do you want
your children to say about you? Your great-grandchildren? The greatest
legacy is not the wealth you leave behind, but your heartfelt message
that echoes forward to future generations.
Ultimately, this
dance of the divine in both genders is not about lighting incense,
chanting at kirtan, wearing white or even gathering in gender-specific
goddess groups or men’s Iron John style movements designed to reclaim a
lost chest-thumping masculine. Rather, it’s about being real 360-degree
humans, embracing both the sacred and the mundane within ourselves and
each other.
When men are willing to meet women heart-first and
to live from that divine place of kingly wisdom, warrior courage and
boy-like vulnerability, we women are given the gift of receiving all of
you. And we are given permission to reveal all of who we are—the
nurturing goddess, the juicy seductress and yes, even the nasty b*tch.
In the end, the call to a Divine Feminine and Sacred Masculine is
perhaps just the simple yearning to get out of our crazy-busy heads and
into our still-knowing hearts. As Rumi says, “I looked in Temples,
Churches and Mosques. I found the Divine in my heart.”
Whatever the divine really is, let’s find it together.
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If I am going to act like a goddess, I want a man who acts like a god.
Yet all this talk lately of the goddess and the Divine Feminine seems like new-age wishful thinking, a fantasy archetype with as much to do with real life as Superwoman or the Fairy God Mother.
While goddess propagandists promote the unilateral concept of a spiritually elevated womanhood—strong but supple, decisive and nurturing, wild yet wise—glaringly absent is a call to the Sacred Masculine counterpoint. Women can forever rally around each other, cheerleading new heights of intuitive and open-hearted power, but without the cooperation of menfolk stealing their own fire from the gods, we are preaching to the sistah choir.
Bottomline? Organizing a spiritual revolution as women without inviting men to the front lines with us means we are orchestrating a collective reframe with only half the available power. Real change means humanity—yes both genders—opts for the cosmic upgrade to Divine Class together.
So, on behalf of the X chromosome, here is my invitation to mortal men who wish to dance as gods with wanna-be goddesses.
******************************
1. Show us your heroic heart. We know you want to save what is worth saving and to rescue this planet from peril. Wage a hero’s battle against poverty, needless strife, environmental ruin or whatever stirs your courageous heart. It might be a plan to increase your neighborhood safety, to improve your child’s education, to plant a vegetable garden in your backyard or to stop prejudice wherever you see it. The world needs your brave heart to take bold action.
2. Unsheathe your sword. As a man, you wield a sword of truth that can cut through cultural distractions to what really matters. The faster car, the better sports team, the bigger salary are all fine and dandy but on your deathbed, what unfulfilled vision will you regret the most? What risk did you back away from? What chance did you refuse to take? Before you die, be bold enough to discover and live your truth.
3. Dare to dream. Before you played the role of mortal, you (well, we) created the heavens and earth. What do you wish to create here and now? What beautiful order do you wish to bring forth from the chaos of this world. What implausible dream do you want to manifest for the greater good of all? It doesn’t have to be grand, like solving world hunger. It can be simple, like solving your child’s homework problem because you are dedicated to being a great father. All we care about is that something brings you alive with passion.
4. Steer the ship. Aim your life for a noble horizon. It’s not like there’s a second in command who will captain your destiny while you snooze on the sofa after too many beers and potato chips with the TV droning in the background. Get to the helm of your life and navigate by your own pole star, the true north of your heart’s burning desire. Tip: if you don’t know what port you’re headed for, no wind is favorable.
5. Bring your soul to work. Work for more than the mortgage and car payments—work because you find some measure of joy in your job. And if the job is just to make ends meet for now, then meet that employment with gratitude and a call to service. Know that it’s not what you do, but what you bring to what you do, that matters.
6. Care deeply. As a man, you might have been taught to feel lightly and think hard, to hold your emotions back, as if you can build a dam against what naturally must flow. But your caring is what this world cries for. The tender-hearted masculine is both wise and merciful. When you weep, you give women permission to be strong. When your heart breaks we want to know it so that we can heal it together.
7. Love fearlessly. Show us the way by standing firm when we are in a beautiful rage. Don’t run from our fury—after all it might contain magical wisdom. In the gale force of feminine anger, your calm is a powerful reminder that we are met and accepted by our beloved partner.
8. Ravish your woman. Every now and then, take her wholeheartedly, without apology. Press her against a wall and bind her with your kisses. Possess your goddess, oh great god that you are, and then let her possess you. Polarity is a potent nectar and the current runs both ways.
9. Slay your demons. We all have them, the dark part of our hearts, the crevices where our fear and loathing hideout. Notice what keeps you awake at night and stalk it. Hunt your darkness and drag it into the light for loving and healing.
10. Leave your mark. Don’t settle for a fleeting cameo in which your appearance in this kingdom is so quickly forgotten. What do you want your children to say about you? Your great-grandchildren? The greatest legacy is not the wealth you leave behind, but your heartfelt message that echoes forward to future generations.
Ultimately, this dance of the divine in both genders is not about lighting incense, chanting at kirtan, wearing white or even gathering in gender-specific goddess groups or men’s Iron John style movements designed to reclaim a lost chest-thumping masculine. Rather, it’s about being real 360-degree humans, embracing both the sacred and the mundane within ourselves and each other.
When men are willing to meet women heart-first and to live from that divine place of kingly wisdom, warrior courage and boy-like vulnerability, we women are given the gift of receiving all of you. And we are given permission to reveal all of who we are—the nurturing goddess, the juicy seductress and yes, even the nasty b*tch.
In the end, the call to a Divine Feminine and Sacred Masculine is perhaps just the simple yearning to get out of our crazy-busy heads and into our still-knowing hearts. As Rumi says, “I looked in Temples, Churches and Mosques. I found the Divine in my heart.”
Whatever the divine really is, let’s find it together.
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