Iron John

9 Harsh Truths No One Wants To Admit - Shaan Puri - #1163

Modern Wisdom, 15 October 2026. The book comes up at 46 min 13 sec in.

The speaker retells the mythological story of Iron John at length — a wild man covered in red hair discovered at the bottom of a pond, locked in a cage, and eventually connected to a young prince. The speaker identifies Robert Bly as the author who retold this story and spent his life working with men's groups, and explains that Iron John represents the wild masculine energy latent in every man but which most have never encountered.

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