ep # 32 
John Wolfstone is back for another conversation with Ashley! They dive deep into the exploration of adult initiation, its function and its presence as a missing link to a more integrated and meaningful life. 

John is a storyteller, filmmaker, community organizer and a mentor for Rites of Passage work. John is a curious explorer and question asker.

You'll here us talk about:

  • The loneliness of modern adulthood
  • Almost all indigenous culture have rites of passage ceremonies into adulthood
  • The functions of rites of passage : 1. Connecting people to their purpose in community 2. to mature the person so that they can become a generative adult
  • Johns personal path of creating adult initiation for himself 
  • Johns purpose of "help make human beings capable of being in service to the great turning"
  • Bill Plotkins concept of moving from egocentric to ecocentric
  • The shift to adulthood as the death of the hero
  • Cultural practices of childrearing that interfere with the development of a sense of interconnection and humility
  • Life phases and rites of passage through out the lifespan
  • Village as a side effect of people tending culture
  • A complete adult initiation requires mentors, elders, and youngers
  • "That's what adulthood is, someone who is giving forth to a culture, and that culture is feeding the wheel of life."
  • Acknowledging that we are living in an ecocide, creating space for grief
  • Meeting "the river of grief" in the transition into adulthood
  • Creating healthy containers to build our capacity to feel fully 
  • Creating a "cultural basket" that is woven by strands of containership that are organic, and help you come back to your intelligence and the intelligence of life
  • The importance of ancestry in adult initiation


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