Mens Events

Men's Rite's Weekend

You are invited to journey to The Edge with us on a mens Rite of Passage weekend: the edge of the known and unknown, where the conditions for new levels of manhood, masculinity, capacity, connection and insight are ripe, as our ancestors knew.

Join us delving into Male Mystery to the greatest heights and depths available today.

But we can’t and won’t tell you what we will do. Because male power, initiation and transformation does not happen by having a list of ‘what’s happening’ beforehand. It simply does not and has never worked that way.

if I described swimming for you in words, or sex, would any of the words be ANYTHING like the experiences? Is a map anything like the journey through the landscape?

Telling you what we do is not going to help either of us.

"I’ve done many men’s events, and a great variety. Some with a similar ‘rites of passage’ theme as yours. This was the best I’ve done – and that includes the Mankind Project Programme'

Andy Wood Director, Menscraft

It truly doesn't matter 'what' we do :

the thing that matters is 'what & who emerges' from what we do

See what these men had to say about their experience:

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Men become ‘men’ not through ‘just being in a body for x years’, but by facing the Unknown : mystery itself… within them, and around them.

Through the fearful seeming-dark and veils of not-knowing: holes and voids can begin to be filled; strengths, skills and powers found; knowledge and insight uncovered; and old, old wounds can start to seal their tears.

Our activities tap deep into the ancestral and gender powers within and around you, and allow you to access the reserves of the ancient male within you: from the human, to those of the stupendous mammal within that will boost you at your deepest and quietest levels, giving you new ground to face the world.

We’re not here to please and pander, but to empower, empathise, equip and enable you to face the challenges of manhood, of your life, your relationships, our people and our times in whole new ways.

Book your place for the next Rites Of Passage event in Suffolk:

Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd September 2023

£50 is required to book your place and it covers your food for the weekend. This is so no man is denied access to the birthright of Rite of Passage because of an event paywall.

It is also because no man can know the value of genuine Rites until he has experienced them, and he should determine the worth. At the end of the event you will be asked what you thought the experience and facilitation is worth, by your own measure and means, which you can pay in any reasonable time.

What is the Rite of Passage all about?

Many modern men and women scoff at the notion of Rites as a component of becoming a man... 'Just turn 18 mate, job done.."

Not quite lad : read more

These natural, native rites and practices are not done in this way anywhere else in our lands, and they bring new levels of knowing confidence, connectedness, groundedness and trusting in your own resilience and capacity to navigate your life, masculinity and relationships, and the increasingly complex world that surrounds us.

There is also the valuable opportunity to discover quality connections of meaningful depth with other men who seek to enhance themselves.

If you are looking for something genuinely fresh in the field of understanding what it is to be a man, in the arena of relationships, and in the terrain of male connection…you’ve landed in the right place.

For me, this is what I find the most beautiful and rewarding, and certainly seems to be why some brothers keep coming back, the magic of Gender Mystery continues to bring them gifts…

Some more men sharing experiences:

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Book your place for the next

Rites Of Passage event in Suffolk:

Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd September 2023

More testimonials from previous forays beyond the edge:

The weekend was testing, intimate and utterly unique. It was very physical - embodying, in fact - and there wasn’t a hug circle in sight. I was tested throughout the weekend, by circumstances, both designed and natural, and learnt more about my own capacity and ability to trust my mind and body. I challenge any man who attends not to come away with deep insight into themselves, and an experience of the life-affirming potential of brotherhood. Sign up and go. You’ll never experience anything quite like it

Those who really know me know I’m a man of few words... so I’ll try do some justice RITE AT THE EDGE WAS ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT SPECIAL.... and trying to find words for it ain’t so easy it truly was magical... and I can only imagine how much more off a bond we may have had if it was a little longer... A spark was ignited inside me and I’m sure all brothers can agree they felt it in there own way... A passage of rites certainly... Respect love and gratitude to Thomas for enlightening me a little more than I expected... What I’ve noticed So far is....I’m more present now within myself which is massive😱 love it!!! I’m more present with my beautiful wife and two beautiful daughters... that’s been missing in my life for a long long time : “ far too much working” not enough taking in the scenery and smelling the roses... and generally caught up in the rat race for a long time...Would I do this again ? am tooting loved it lads. Thank you from the ❤️😊.

This was no ordinary event, not even an extraordinary event, it can only be summed up as an AWE inspiring experience presented beautifully by Darren and his co-facilitators, Thomas & Mark, in an breath taking loch side location on the EDGE of the Scottish Highlands. Mind, body and spirit were all touched with extensive group talks and physical activities in natural surroundings. These three men and their many talents can bring a group of males from various backgrounds and bond them into a band of brothers for the greater good of mankind. In one weekend I experienced an awakening of energy, a spiritual rebirth and a natural baptism in the faith of life itself. I will forever be grateful ❤

The work Darren does with (mystery), for me, has made a huge impact! It has changed my relationship with money, and forged a deeper understanding of what is happening with myself and my wife. I have always been a very sexual guy and without understanding (mystery) and how women and masculine energy works I think affairs and destructive behaviour would have come had I not started to understand this. Whenever I heard Darren talk it’s always new and fresh and I always gain something new. Since coming back I have been (applying these changes) with other groups and the positive feedback has been massive. As for myself I find myself much more present and grounded with a focus on the future, a friend who works with auras actually had to call me after a chance meeting to explain the total shift in my aura. With each journey the offerings become more powerful and hit harder, it’s been a huge blessing and at times testing journey so far and I look forward and am truly honoured to see this work being so well received.

Spending time with my father now I feel noticeably more connected to and appreciative of him than before the course

I felt the effect of paying attention to my (mystery) and how it applies to my life. The weekend after I was working at an event where I found it easier to explain my work and to be confident with it. Even noticing a difference/deepening in my voice. I also felt stronger and dealt with the endurance aspects of the work involved throughout the weekend, to sort out setting up etc as well. This week I have had a reminder of how things improved, because I noticed how I felt by falling back into old patterns of not being present/taking charge and the consequences of the return/ increased strength of my inner critic, including worries about financial decisions. Instead of descending down the old spiral of negative feelings, I can now look at it as a reminder of what I've achieved and that I have the capacity to deal with whatever comes up and that I can survive and thrive

The fruits from beyond the edge be beyond imaginin'. Darren holds open the doorway so that others might return after stepping through

Other Events for Men

Currently, there are 4 events that my team and I run for men. Everyone has to do the initial rites weekend before the later adventures are open to you. Men often return and do an event again, to expand their capacity and be in the company of other men as they hone skills and test themselves as they seek to ‘stay longer, go deeper, go further’: in the world, in themselves, and with each other.

Luds Church – 30th Oct – 3rd Nov
This primordial chasm and the lands around it are where our 2nd tier event is held. A midweek event, on the very same days Sir Gawain set out to meet the Green Knight, we shall journey deeper and further into the ‘seemingly invisible, seemingly absent’ gifts of masculinity.

Come for skill development, connection and profound ancestral and nature alignment at this most ancient natural gift of the very earth itself.

‘The earth’ is not the soil – the soil; every drop; is something that once lived…or space dust/debris. Everything else is entirely an ancestral field: the residue of what has been.

The Earth is the rock that underlies all life, and the soil residue of its living. This chasm, the place of the Green Knight, is a place where the ancestral field has torn through by the earth itself, and it is here a place where journeys like no other can be undertaken, and experiences that defy description.

Caveman 8-10th September
The Isle of Mull, an ancient and mystical isle off the coast of Scotland is the venue for another foray to the Edge.

This is a journey deep into the mysteries of embodied maleness. We will sleep in caves around the isle while diving into the Unknown and discover why ancients from around Europe and even north Africa would come to this region of the world for Rites and the fruits such can bear..

As we traverse masculinity, we cannot help but come across the tracks of our ancestors, those who came before us in every era, from the recent, to the ancient ones, many of whom we share with peoples of other lands.

This foray to the Edge is to the Edge of the prehistoric world, to unlock deeper levels still, clear ancient blocks and sharpen our embodied skills on one of the wildest coasts in our lands.

Executive Rites of Passage

This event is for leaders, executives and men with authority who would benefit from sharing their process with men who face similar issues.

Event and Booking information coming soon.

Iceland Interior Edge
August ’24 Rugged and wild, the mind blowing icelandic interior is only open 8 weeks a year. We’ll be taking 4×4’s and taking a fiery journey into a fusion of earth energies and masculine energies, combined with a further deepening of embodied skills.

This place, which is curiously both the most geothermically active place on earth as well as the seat of the first Parliament, is a place where new levels of maleness can be understood and explored.

Fire, water, earth and air fuse here like nowhere else making this a true Edge event where your capacity, competence and awareness have the opportunity to level up in whole new ways.

Event and Booking information coming soon.