Fire in the Dark

Men and Gods

By: Jack Donovan

Narrated by: Jack Donovan

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.

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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.

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.

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.

A well needed book on the lacking foundation of today’s Man.

Jack has done it again. The latest book in my opinion is designed for the man who already understands man. Using the lore of the past he’s designed the fundamental foundation of what a man must have in his life for it to be truly complete. A purpose - a reason for being beyond just being.

For well over a decade we have seen the western world attack masculinity in ever possible way - mainstream media, corporations, educational institutions, social media, and state and federal government. With the boot of the world on our throats, we can rebuild the foundation brick by brick but these stories must be told, these lessons must have an audience.

A positive vision of masculine excellence

I listen to all of Jack Donovan's works on audio.

I've seen his evolution from awareness, commitment, to rage, and finally to providing a vision and a process of positive masculinity in a world that not only doesn't care, but often punishes us, for being men. It's not a step-by-step guide. But it does provide principles of action. And inspiration. And for that I am eternally grateful to Mr Donovan. And if you're a man who hears the call to be a man as men have always been up until just recently, consider this book an essential resource. Good luck to you. Good luck to us all.