Mana Festival at the 

Freie Waldorfschule Freiburg- Rieselfeld

Ingeborg Drewitz Allee 1, 79111 Freiburg im Breisgau

Eurythmy Hall 2

An initiation journey from boy to man

Five paths “From farewell to a new beginning”

Based on the “modern fairy tale Eisenhans” by the Brothers Grimm (1821), the exciting life journey of becoming a man is described. The individual stages of development are described with the help of the

archetypes of magician, lover, warrior and king. The participants are invited to reflect on their own stages of becoming a man in their light and shadow sides.

In the fairy tale, the mentor Eisenhans accompanies the boy on his path to becoming a man.

The workshop will show ways in which men can activate their own mentor, their inner medicine man, so that they can succeed in the initiation journey from boy to man. The lecture

/ workshop therefore guarantees a protected framework for a mindful exchange between men only

Step 1: Awareness of old blockages as shame and their exposure as lack of freedom

Step 2: Integration of the archetypes Magician, Lover Warrior and King into the hero's journey of becoming a man

Step 3: Self-healing as an adventure journey to the light side of the archetypes 

Step 4: Rediscovering the inner royal light with the help of the inner medicine man

Step 5: New beginning as a conscious man with new light-filled royal habits

• to be in Balance?
• to be clear and mindful in Thinking?
• to be practical and sustainable in Doing?
• to be sense oriented and confident in Being?
• to be self-conscious in the Now?
• to empower your own Life?
• to celebrate your own Vision? 

Have you ever thought about the relationship between your thoughts, feelings, emotions and your actions? What kind of experiences did you repeat again and again in your biography throughout your life time and which new paths did open up afterwords for you?  

What influence exerted your parents, sisters, brothers, friends, colleagues, superiors, authorities on you? For what future tasks have you been prepared by these persons in your life? What is the real purpose of your fears, e.g. the fear not to be loved, the fear to get flooded with love, the fear to be left alone or to be rejected by others?  

For what purpose are the following belief-structures useful:  I have to be perfect, I have to devote myself to others, I have to please everybody, I am never good enough, Men are not allowed to show weakness and tears,  I will never be able to manage that,  I am ugly, I am worthless, I am cold and heartless, I am useless? 

What happens inside yourself when you make the above mentioned belief forms to your own reality? How do these thought-forms influence your well being and your health? How much space do you give this way of thinking? What influence have your emotions, that go along with that thinking?

How much energy do you have to generate or to avoid unpleasant events in your life? How often do you do something against your own will? Do you take the full responsibilty for your actions? Are you willing, to create your own reality?

If you resonate with these question, please feel free to come, I am looking forward supporting you to get into your real strength, into the Self that you are meant to be.