The Southern California chapter of Illuman International
A not-for-profit organization of men reclaiming their lives as authentic men
Illuman SoCal
Illluman SoCal is a nonprofit organization for men who are simply interested in becoming better, more authentic men. We welcome all men to our work without regard for your ethnicity, class, education, sexual orientation, religion or any other characteristic that might make you feel excluded. Our programs and offerings focus on providing men with an opportunity to do their ‘inner work’ in the company of other men. We use ritual, teaching and ways of communicating that allow men to create an environment where men can explore what matters to them most.
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Choosing Presence at Big Bear
I'm writing this from the confluence of the Ohio and the Mississippi Rivers, near Cairo, Illinois — about a day from home and four thousand miles into the drive that carried me from Dayton out to Big Bear Lake and back. I didn't want to fly. I chose the road because it's slower and that's what the weekend at Big Bear felt like too: an invitation to slow down and simply become more present… continue reading
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Twelve Steps for Twelve Months – Step 6: Entirely Ready
“Some have called the Sixth and Seventh Steps the ‘forgotten Steps’ because they aren’t talked about that much. Others have called these Steps the most important. Perhaps the whole program is about Six and Seven.” (Drop The Rock, p.xv) Continue reading
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Passage to Resilience
Richard Rohr, OFM, has said that life itself initiates men. The men of Homeboy Industries perhaps know this more than many of us. As they lived their lives in the social realities into which they were born, each man learned at a very young age that life is hard, that he is not that important, … continue reading
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Twelve Steps for Twelve Months – Step 5: A Beautiful Baring
As we enter this Mother’s Day month of May and celebrate the Divine Feminine around and (yes, brothers) within us, I’m mindful of a “chat” in which my wife emphatically advocated for her more “circular” and “cyclical” type of thinking and processing, … continue reading
