Hammering Hot Iron: A Spiritual Critique of Bly's Iron John

Hammering Hot Iron is a rare work that raises important questions draws vital distinctions and elevates discourse within the spiritual community on the Mens Movement Jungian psychology archetypal and mythological studies and polytheistic religions. Drawing on the perennial philosophy the universal expression of absolute truth Upton offers a metaphysical and cultural critique of Robert Blys Iron John. Upton adopts Blys shadow in the Jungian sense. His intellectual argument is masterfully intertwined with his own personal and spiritual journey often expressed through original poetry.The book is excellent. Uptons insights have exposed the shallow philosophical thinking associated with the Mens Movement the inadequacy of polytheism as a religious faith and the bias against Christianity. Hammering Hot Iron does a splended job of critiquing Jungian writers and in showing there is more to God than the archetype of God in the psyche. Thank you for your excellent work in setting the record straight!-- John A. Sanford Jungian analystCharles Upton provides a long-overdue masterful critique of the Mens Movement its popularizing heroes and the archetypal psychology on which it is based. In this marvelously iconoclastic book Upton articulates the feelings and thoughts of those who have left the movement or are wondering why they are still part of it. He does so with eloquence wit and not least wisdom.--Georg Feuerstein Ph.D. author of Voices on the Threshold of Tomorrow and Structures of ConsciousnessCharles Upton is a poet social activist and writer of the spiritual path. He is author of many other books published by Sophia Perennis