There's one block that you are likely facing, that most men face, that prevents you from stepping

into your power, your potency, your authentic sense of self, your potential, your ability in life. And it's an obstacle

that I see so many men bump up against. And it's also a principle in hermeticism. It's a

principle in alchemy. And it is, in my opinion, the key to building masculine power. And the frame is, the very

simple rule is as below so above. The further down you go, the further you can ascend up.

Now, where most men get stuck is they only want to go up. And this is

a kind of cancer of our modern culture and society. Everybody wants the stock markets go up.

Everybody wants to earn more money. Nobody wants to have any type of setbacks or any type of

downfall or decay or falling apart. And in ancient

wisdom, and specifically in ancient alchemy and hermeticism, there was a concept called the

Negredo. And there's different stages of existence. And again, these are more metaphorical

stages, but they're real stages that you and I and every other man on the face of the planet have gone through.

And the stages are the Negredo, the Rubedo, and the albedo. And there's also a citrine stage, but I'm not going to talk about that one for right now.

And so the stages are

the rubato is kind of like this unfolding, the albedo is the ascension, and the negredo is the

dissent. And where every single man that I have ever worked with has been blocked is that he is

refusing his own dissent. He refuses to go deeper

within himself, his understanding, his fears. You refuse to go into your own shadows, the things that

you are afraid of, the things that your pain, your suffering, your trauma.

And where a lot of men get stuck is that they block their own growth and progression

by being completely unwilling to go into the depths of their inner hell.

And to see their own wounds, their own pain, their own fears, the desires that they

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