Perverse Inversion

The mainstream constructs we live in are inversions of the natural order. To survive within them, we must consciously cultivate integration - balancing our internal feminine and masculine energies, the Anima and Animus.

Modern cities, in their outward lifestyle, are inherently feminine - safe, consumption-focussed, and a little too comfortable. We shop in supermarkets, live docile lives compared to our ancestors, and celebrate brunch - and a myriad of dining experiences - as the pinnacle of living, all because we are told to. Manufactured tourist spots swarm with individuals taking photos to prove they are "living with meaning", all while squabbling over dichotomies that do not matter. Distraction is the true drug most are addicted to, without even realising it. We laugh at the frog in the pot, yet we are being slowly boiled ourselves.

Masculinity in such environments is deliberately subdued under the guise of "safety". All anger - even its healthy, protective forms - is vilified as dangerous, yet certain expressions of violence, repackaged and rebranded, are permitted for particular groups, sanctified as virtuous by the masses - anarcho-tyranny at its finest. All are equal before the law, with the exception of some - true "fairness". Yet most accept this as fact, pacifism becoming a daily ritual - the few remaining sentient prefer to keep what is left of their sanity intact as they watch the world burn.

When men are spiritually neutered by their lifestyles, masculine energy does not simply vanish - it festers, warps, and perverts itself. This is the shadow many now complain about. The good men - those striving to hold their ground - are fighting for their spiritual integrity - seeking beauty, resisting corrosion, and striving to retain their souls in the quiet of nature. Yet for most, true masculine spirituality has not yet become a conscious, intentional practice.

Simultaneously, our modern world crowns logic as king. We are told to think, rationalise, and calculate - the very crux of economics rests on this premise - while instinct is dismissed, suppressed for survival in the modern concrete jungle. We exist in a world dictated by binary code, but as human beings, we are not reducible to such dichotomies - we are full of contradictions that exist on spectrums.

For many women with soulful, intuitive gifts, it is not that their femininity is absent - it exists beautifully within, tucked away. The muse longs to inspire, to offer - to express beauty and creativity - but the working world forces women to lead with masculine logic - to dominate, to outwit. Unless a woman works in the arts - where feminine flow is more naturally expressed - most women are channelled into roles where they must adopt masculine strategies to survive. Poetically, many of these roles - human resources, law, medicine - are inherently nurturing, healing, embodying feminine diplomacy. Yet the feminine expression of these energies is distorted too. Feminine energy, rather than being an inspiring co-creator, is demoted to the subconscious within, while the masculine dominates.

This is why we, men and women, feel disconnected - disjointed, spiritually cut off, and alienated from ourselves and each other.