by Ton van der Kroon The remake of Disney’s Snow White was recently released. It caused quite a stir on social media. Never before has a children’s film caused so much controversy, anger and resentment. A complete online hate campaign was waged against the Latino lead actress, Rene Zegler. How dare they let her play […]
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What’s up in Oz? A mythological perspective on the Wizard of Oz and the lastest musical ‘Wicked‘ by Ton van der Kroon EASE ON DOWN THE ROADOne of my childhood guilty pleasures was the fact that I liked musicals, in a time when boys were not supposed to like dressing up, dance or sing along.
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Meeting the goddess of the Sinai: HathorTravelogue Sinai, October 2024 Part 1. Two years ago we organized a great ceremony on Mount Sinai, in the middle of the Sinai desert. About 60 women and 20 men went up the mountain for a night vigil, and all over the world thousands of people participated. It became
(Men’s work, Mary Magdalene, light work and the Amazon) Pioneering has fun sides. It is an adventure, like being a detective or adventurer uncovering unknown territories, travelling beyond the boundaries of what is allowed or what should be, entering forbidden places, and unravelling collective secrets. It gives life meaning, content and depth. However, it also
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Travellog, part 1 “Be on august 15th in Manaus. Then the powwow will begin.” That was the message I got from my guides during a meditation a few months ago. Manaus? I objected. ‘ I have never been there. I have never been in Brazil. I have never even been in South America!’ The whole
Two major men’s festivals are taking place this summer; one in Belgium and one in the Netherlands. Where do they stem from? What is the point of them? And what are the risks? A reflection on men’s work, Woke, Andrew Tate and the road between. In my adolescence, I struggled with being a man and
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About sacred sites and the healing of the wounded masculine SACRED SITESSometimes it takes years to discover or understand a sacred site. In the Cathar area it took me more than ten years to understand that the real powerplace wasn’t Montsegur, but the mountain behind it, the Solarac. Somehow the Solarac was invisible to me,
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TRAVELLOG, part 1 ‘I don’t sense anything,’ I tell Anne. It’s a day before departure for the Azores, and I still have no idea what we are going to do there.‘Maybe that’s just the point,’ Anne replies.Fortunately, our eight travel companions – and others traveling with us at home – are already fully immersed in
by Ton van der Kroon, travellog Sinai, october 2023 Two weeks after the world woke up in shock and horror on 7 October, Anne and I are travelling towards the Sinai desert. ‘Is it wise to go?” we ask ourselves. Just like other trips, it feels we are flying straight into a storm. But once
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“You look like Gandalf,” a woman calls out as I walk out of the gate at Les Contes with walking stick and backpack. I’m going out into the mountains alone for two days. I am wearing gray pants and a gray vest. Gandalf the Grey.After giving a group here in the Cathar countryside, it felt
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