• Fire in the Dark

  • Men and Gods
  • By: Jack Donovan
  • Narrated by: Jack Donovan
  • Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (319 ratings)

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Publisher's summary

Men today have the ability to read and be inspired by masculine myths and stories from all of the world's religions. We can see how they evolved from one to another. Still, so many men find themselves searching for some sense of what is sacred and want to connect to something eternal, something greater than themselves. The question is: With so many choices, so many traditions, so many gods and heroes - which ones?

In Fire in the Dark, author Jack Donovan - best known for his underground classic, The Way of Men - explores the common themes in these myths that are still relevant to the lives of men today. Beginning with the simple, primal metaphor of the campfire, Donovan identifies a tripartite system of masculine roles and shows how those roles have been repeated again and again throughout the history of myth and religion. It is the nature of men to create order from chaos, and when order has been created, it is the work of men to protect and perpetuate that order. These jobs have been idealized in world-ordering sky fathers and thundering warriors and fertility gods. Donovan has integrated these ideals into a natural spirituality for men that is not new, but actually draws from the very oldest ideas about what it means to be a man.

©2021 Jack Donovan and Brutal Company LLC (P)2021 Jack Donovan and Brutal Company LLC

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Good Ideals

This was a fun listen on a mans perspective on bringing back manly men ideals. loved it

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Another home run!

Wow. Wow just wow. I wish I had this book thirty year’s ago. The young men are so hun, so thirty for the material this book presents. Buy the book, spread the word. Educate the young men of the world.

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Myth, men, and masculinity.

Great book on the roles of men by way of myth and jung... Despite reaching back millennia in time, It offers a contemporary framework for the roles of men and is a logical counter to the narrative of toxic masculinity.

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Timeless, inspiring work.

Great work as always from Jack. Sometimes when an author narrates his own work, it leaves you wishing they hired someone else to do it. Not so in this case, he is as skilled a narrator as an author.

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Fantastic book

This is a must read for all men. Jack is a great narrator, and all his books are incredibly meaningful tools for understanding masculinity.

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essential for any man!

the story is well articulated and the author pours alot of emotion into his own narration.

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Epic

Epic, a lot of men need this to hear.
I think it will change the world.

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just read it

thank you Jack. great book. everyman needs to read this. share it. start a fire in the men around you.

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Best book on masculinity

best book on masculinity and I have read them all, this will go down as Jacks great work.

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perfect!!!!

I love all his work. more men should learn from this information. foundational knowledge on living in this challenging world.

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