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[4/12] Violence | Season 1:Origins Recap

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[4/12] Violence | Season 1:Origins Recap

📖 Maskat has to face his dad's wrath 🎤 Khaled shares how it felt to do that in real life 🧐 Omar further dissects the father archetype

Nov 14, 2021
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[4/12] Violence | Season 1:Origins Recap

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Did your dad ever beat you up? What is your relationship with aggression? Can you imagine a world without it? Is it a natural part of the masculine energy?

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READ 📖 CHAPTER 4 : Taurus Strikes

LISTEN 🎤 S1EP04. Aggression with Khaled Sallam 🇪🇬

REFLECT 🧐 The Father Archetype Writer’s Commentary


📖 CHAPTER 4 : Taurus strikes

Maskat goes back late and his father feels like he needs to teach him a lesson. Things get a little out of hand. Literally.

In Search of Gumption
Chapter 4. Taurus Strikes
Maskat made it across the coffee shop, through the small local market, and finally under their house’s wet laundry that had the distinct stale smell of the centuries-old home. He walked in quickly towards the gigantic studded wooden door that was the front entrance. The door had two sides, characteristic of the Omani culture and each side of the large w…
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🎤 S1Ep04. Aggression with Khaled Sallam 🇪🇬

Omar interviews his best friend, Khaled . This hearty, vulnerable and open conversation invites us to reconsider male aggression and uncover its routes. They go on to imagine what a world would look like without it, and also talk about their raw experiences in fighting as kids and how violence and aggression also came naturally to them.

In Search of Gumption
Ep04. Aggression
Listen now (34 min) | I come to you this Sunday with a cup of warm conversation that is one part aggression and two parts real talk. I really enjoyed recording this with one of my oldest and closest friends, Khaled Sallam. In this episode, I take a stab at dissecting masculine aggression with one of the most loving and considerate men I know…
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#Protip: Listen to all podcasts here or on Spotify!


🧐 Writer’s Commentary | The Father Archetype

The Father archetype takes the form of God, any god, giant, tyrant, king, judge, doctor, executioner, devil, leader, holy man, boss, wise old man, and of course, father. As with any archetype, both light and dark aspects exist.

The positive aspect of the Father principle suggests law, order, discipline, rationality, understanding and inspiration. When our inner authority figure is supportive, dreams bring capable, benevolent and helpful kings, firefighters, healers and guides.

The shadow Father emerges when the caring guidance and protection turns into abuse of authority. The negative Father archetype involves rigidity, control and a cold intellectual way of relating. This leads to ego and intellectual inflation and a state of hubris.

In Search of Gumption
The Father Archetype
It’s Sunday again, and I am excited to be back in your inbox! Ready for Chapter 4?. It’s a sad scene this time, bring tissues when you read it…
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