ONLINE JOURNEY
THE DEEP MASCULINE
A 12-week mythic quest to repattern your relationship to sex, soul, and purpose.
Next Cohort: May 19, 2026
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Brother, you've gone as far as you can on your own.
Not for lack of trying. You've brought real effort to thisâthe books, maybe the therapy, maybe a men's circle or two. But there's territory in you that hasn't moved.
Around your sexuality. The restless chasing, the numbing out in the dark, the sense that your eros is something to be managed rather than a fire to be tended.
Around the soul hunger. That deep, ancient longing that has no clean name and no place in a mechanical world.
Around your purpose. The mission you keep circling, sensing its shape, but never quite landing.
Not because you're broken. Because you've been walking in the dark without a mapâand no one ever handed you one. No one told you the key exists. Let alone where it's hidden.
In the myth of Iron John, a boy discovers a Wild Man locked in a cage.
To free him, he must steal a key - a small act of transgression that changes everything.
This is a map of the mythic structure of the masculine journey.
Somewhere in you, you've already felt the call. A moment where the life you're living wasn't quite enough. Where the man you are doesn't fully match the man you sense you could be.
The Deep Masculine Journey is the alchemical vessel for this quest.
It is not self-improvement. It's not therapy. It's something older - a return to an initiatory tradition men have walked for thousands of years, brought forward into the world you actually live in.
Twelve weeks of story, body, and ritual - held in real brotherhood with a small council of men doing the same work.
Go down, boy.
Below the waters, below the guilt.
Embrace your unclaimed wolf and your crows-feet eyes.
Find me.
I never abandoned you.
I'm waiting.
Wild Man.
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 WHAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY DOÂ
Each week arrives as a complete module: video teaching, somatic exercise, contemplation practice, and ritual guidance - four threads woven together.
 A Mythic Map
The myth of Iron John is living terrain for the masculine journey. Each week we return to the story, using it to illuminate exactly where you are and what the path forward looks like.Â
Somatic Skills
Breathwork, body scan, and embodied practices that move what thinking can't reach. Your body knows things your mind is still working out - about yourself, and about everyone you love.
Ritual Rhythm
Weekly live calls, ceremony, and practices that hold the work in something larger than intellectual understanding. This is what turns content into quest.
Bound By Brotherhood
You don't do this alone. A small council of like-hearted men - carefully held, deliberately sized - doing the same work at the same time. What becomes possible in real fellowship is something no solo practice can replicate.
WHO THIS IS FOR
This journey is for you if:
- You've built a good life - but something essential has gone quiet inside it
- You've read Iron John, King Warrior Magician Lover -Â and you know the map exists, but you've never had someone walk the terrain with you
- You've done therapy, read the books, maybe sat in circles - and you're ready to go deeper
- You want to stop passing your unexamined patterns to the people you love most
- You want this inner work to show up in your relationships, your family, your leadership
- You're not looking for a quick fix - you're ready to actually put in the deeper work
This is not for you if you're looking for motivation hacks, productivity tools, or a shortcut to feeling better about yourself.
This work asks something real of you.
WHAT MEN SAY:
"I was nervous and not comfortable joining a men's group prior to my experience with The Deep Masculine. I stepped in the discomfort and was met with love, care, connection, and wisdom."
- JONATHAN
"I journeyed into the depths of my being, unearthing and reclaiming parts of myself that had long been neglected or buried. This program provided a uniquely gentle yet powerful framework that didn't just unveil these hidden aspects but guided me toward fully accepting and integrating them. The profound psychic shift I experienced was one that I will never take for granted."
- NICHOLAS
"TDM is heart and mind-opening. Through the 12 weeks, I found healing, built intimacy, and gained new perspectives that are supporting a fuller life, deeper gratitude, and a reverence and appreciation for the beauty and pleasures of life and the earth."
- DAVID
"The universality of the experience was the most striking and impactful aspect. It emphasized for me that I am not alone - and that all men have complex inner lives and want to live in ways that are a contribution to those around them."
- DEMI
YOUR GUIDES
Ian MacKenzie has spent two decades at the intersection of myth, masculinity, and the eros that moves through both. A filmmaker (Sacred Economics, The Village of Lovers), founder of The Mythic Masculine, and a long-time student of Stephen Jenkinson at the Orphan Wisdom School, he brings the precision of a craftsman and the heart of someone who has walked this terrain himself.
Deus Fortier has spent 17 years learning what the body knows. As a somatic practitioner, Numa Breathwork facilitator, and trauma-informed guide, he holds the physical dimension of this work with both rigor and warmth. Where Ian maps the mythic terrain, Deus grounds it in breath, sensation, and the felt truth of the body. Together they create a container that is rare: intellectually alive and somatically real.
YOUR PATH
Early bird Discount: Get 30% off the Guided and Self-Directed paths before May 3rd.
đ„ GUIDED â $1,256
(Regular Investment $1795)
The full quest - live, relational, held in real brotherhood with Ian and Deus.
- 2 x 90-minute Live Group Sessions per week (24 sessions total)
- 12 Modules weaving myth, soma, and ritual & practice
- Small, deliberately sized brotherhood container
- Lifetime curriculum accessÂ
Next cohort: May 19, 2026Â
Book Your Intake Callđș SELF-DIRECTEDÂ â $486
(Regular Investment $695)
The complete mythic map at your own pace - for the man who needs to walk this terrain on his own terms.
- Full curriculum: video teaching, somatic exercises, contemplation & ritual guidance
- Self-paced, no live calls
- Lifetime access
Begin Anytime.
Book Your Intake Callđ SOVEREIGNâ $2,995
(No Discounts Apply)
For the man ready to claim full sovereignty through direct access and personalized mythic mentorship.
- Everything in Guided
- 2 x 75-minute 1:1 sessions with Ian per month (6 sessions total)
- Private WhatsApp thread with Ian and Deus
- A personalized Mythic Report summarizing the roadmap of your journey.
- Lifetime curriculum access
Strictly limited to 5 men per cohort.
First come, first served.
Questions? Email [email protected]
FAQ's
Q. How much time is required to participate in this course?
Q. When are the live calls?
Q. What if I miss a live call?
Q. Is this therapy?
Q. I've never done breathwork. Is that a problem?
Q. Is there financial support available?
Q. Can I upgrade to the Guided Path later?
The Final Token...
At the end of our twelve weeks together, something will arrive in your physical mailbox.
It isnât a certificate. It isnât a digital badge.
It is a physical talisman for the work youâve doneâsomething you can hold in your hand that reminds you of the man you were when you started, and the man you became in the water.
The May cohort begins May 19, 2026.
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