In this important book noted Jungian author James Hollis discusses the eight secrets that burden modern men. Unlike women, boys must separate from their mothers but, having abandoned male initiation rites from ancient times, there are few, if any, guiding institutions to support this vital transition. The last common vestige - father-son apprenticeship in a trade - has been left largely to impersonal academic or trade education. As a result men struggle to determine their role in society and that uncertainty manifests as competition, a search for their position in the pecking order, a generalized fear of failure which everyone turns away from to keep hidden that emotional truth. Over the course of 5 meetings we will discuss what resonates with us and why, perhaps come to some conclusions about the questions we need to ask ourselves, and investigate the ways in which modern men can come to terms with themselves and society.