In this episode of the Awakened Evolution podcast, Jasper Brown sits down with Australian poet and mythologist Leon Cossar to explore the ancient technology of men's rites of passage and why its absence is at the root of the modern masculinity crisis.
Leon Cossar is an Australian poet, mythologist, and one of the most serious voices working in initiation and Rites of Passage today. With over a decade guiding men through wilderness and initiatory experience, Leon's work cuts against the cultural amnesia that's left so many men without a map for their own becoming. In this conversation we go deep into what real initiation looks like — severance, ordeal, return — and why the absence of it is quietly shaping the crisis of masculinity we're all watching unfold. Drawing on the Hero's Journey — severance, ordeal, and return — Leon unpacks what genuine initiation demands of a man, and why so many men are being initiated by crisis instead: broken relationships, failed leadership, and a loss of purpose. If you're a man searching for meaning, direction, or a deeper understanding of what it means to step into your full power, this conversation will give you a mythic framework for the journey you're already on. Topics include men's rites of passage, the Hero's Journey, masculine initiation, ordeal and return, relationship crisis as initiation, men's leadership, and masculine purpose.
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