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A contemporary, community based rites of passage process to empower men, young and old, with an authentic sense of self and a positive place within community. The process helps enable boys, and men, to make the fundamental emotional shift from being a child to becoming a man to be able to contribute more positively to their broader community.
This process has roots in many cultures and traditions, with a recognised need to re-establish a positive transition into manhood. In so doing dysfunctional initiation events are circumvented.
The experience is safe, full and engaging and it invites you to connect as a group, learning about yourself and others through shared stories of the everyday and the profound. All boys attend with their father or a significant adult male in their life. The mothers and partners are also an integral part of the event and have their own process as part of the whole experience.
Castlemaine Rites of Passage 