{"id":62463,"date":"2025-09-14T05:59:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T11:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=62463"},"modified":"2025-09-14T06:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T12:34:54","slug":"62463","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=62463","title":{"rendered":"The Lost Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lughnasa and the Cheshbon Nefesh Moon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-High-Priestess.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-62464\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-High-Priestess.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a>Sunday gratefuls: Jamie. Ty. Irv. Jim. Seth. Bruce. Joe. Matt. Lawyer guy. Will. Bill. Irv&#8217;s first time leading group. Evergreen High School. Its students. Seth&#8217;s daughters. Rain. 40 degree morning. A Mountain Fall begins. The Aspen&#8217;s, like Smaug, guarding still their gold. My son. His journey. A life led by principle. The Ancient Brothers on mystery.<\/p>\n<p>Sparks of Joy and Awe: Men, together<\/p>\n<p>Year Kavannah: Wu Wei<\/p>\n<p>Week Kavannah:\u00a0Derech Eretz.\u00a0 literally, the way of the land.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"U6u95\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAcQBA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-complete=\"true\"><b class=\"Yjhzub\" data-complete=\"true\">Natural law.<\/b>\u00a0In some interpretations, it represents a natural, moral order that exists independent of formal Torah law. This is reflected in the saying, \u201c<em class=\"eujQNb\" data-complete=\"true\">Derech Eretz<\/em>\u00a0preceded the Torah,\u201d and speaks to the innate decency that human beings should possess<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tarot:\u00a0 #2 The High Priestess Druid Craft<\/p>\n<ul class=\"U6u95\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAsQAg\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-complete=\"true\"><b class=\"Yjhzub\" data-complete=\"true\">Patience and waiting:<\/b>\u00a0The High Priestess advises against taking immediate action. She represents a time of quiet gestation and reflection, encouraging you to wait for more clarity to emerge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAsQAw\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-complete=\"true\"><b class=\"Yjhzub\" data-complete=\"true\">Spirituality and the subconscious:<\/b>\u00a0The card points toward a deeper connection with your spiritual side, meditation, and exploring the mysteries of your psyche.<\/span><span class=\"\" data-wiz-rootname=\"ohfaMd\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-sae=\"\">\u00a0<button class=\"rBl3me\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"925e7029-7851-44fc-8ec2-6fbcc7e56762\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwj9wqHFkdiPAxVZL0QIHRuPDKgQye0OegQICxAE\"><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"Fsg96\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">One brief shining: We sat in the sanctuary shofars evidence signaling the coming of Rosh Hashanah while we conversed quietly, a minyan; one of us, visibly shaken, spoke of picking up his daughter from Evergreen High School that day before the shooting started, she was not feeling well, and I recalled Gabe&#8217;s succinct thought: Today is a strange day.<\/div>\n<div class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aftermath: We men discussed how to be seen, how to know one another, how to be known. Wondered if the world hungered for human connection and dared take the risk, what it would be like.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPTImageSep14202505_57_08AM-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-62465 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPTImageSep14202505_57_08AM-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-420x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPTImageSep14202505_57_08AM-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPTImageSep14202505_57_08AM-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-744x744.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPTImageSep14202505_57_08AM-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPTImageSep14202505_57_08AM-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a>We didn&#8217;t discuss it yesterday, but we could have. Think school shooter. What comes to mind? Yes, a boy, a sad angry dismissed unhappy no right place in his high school world boy. Boiler Medic Ken and I discussed this. Ken said yeah when he was in high school you took it out back and settled things. Except. These boys would not have been the ones, Ken.<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWhat responsibility do we adult men have to the shattered psyche&#8217;s of boys who would be, not men, but seen, heard, appreciated, and failing that go the way of the too, too easy to obtain gun? Surely something. But how to engage, how to be there?<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI raised a boy. Just one. I know he needed love, boundaries, respect. My guess, but not much of a guess, is that these boys need those things, too. From someone who matters.<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nTwo of our number yesterday, one long retired, one just beginning work(ed) with young boys, ones whose lives experienced the disruption of mental illness. There are those among us who walk that road. Perhaps they could guide us.<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPTImageSep14202506_28_11AM-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-62476 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPTImageSep14202506_28_11AM-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-420x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPTImageSep14202506_28_11AM-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-420x630.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPTImageSep14202506_28_11AM-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-744x1116.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPTImageSep14202506_28_11AM-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPTImageSep14202506_28_11AM-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just a moment: Meanwhile, one who should guide us, call us together, calls instead for revenge. Vengeance is mine saith the Donald. In poor imitation. I believe Donald is one of those boys. Still. An insecure, frightened, internally beleaguered man-child, still up against the school yard fence promising reprisals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lughnasa and the Cheshbon Nefesh Moon Sunday gratefuls: Jamie. Ty. Irv. Jim. Seth. Bruce. Joe. Matt. Lawyer guy. Will. Bill. Irv&#8217;s first time leading group. Evergreen High School. Its students. Seth&#8217;s daughters. Rain. 40 degree morning. A Mountain Fall begins. The Aspen&#8217;s, like Smaug, guarding still their gold. My son. His journey. 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