Poet Robert Bly and the Wild Man (CBC 1990)
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This is a look at the Iron John aka the Wild Man, an archetypal figure representing the deep masculine found in the Grimm Brothers tales, and other traditions. This was popularized by the poet Robert Bly as a story with much to tell modern Western man, who may have lost touch with their own wildness, and therefore their capacity to protect others, and to live fully.
See also my profiles of Robert Bly himself elsewhere in this blog.
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