The soul can be transported in many ways, a song, a sunset, a poem, an image. Medicine people of many traditions have held knowledge of such travel. Sometimes it takes the form of riding an animal such as and eagle or a bear, sometimes it manifests as riding a broomstick or paddling a mortar with a pestle across the sky, or riding on the shoulder of a giant. In other traditions it involves riding the flight of an arrow or spear across vast distances.

For the past 38 years, participants at Minnesota Men’s Conferences have been transported on beautifully wrought spears of poetry, song, story, and ritual. Souls have been tempered and refined, and men have experienced alchemical transformations.

Just as a pebble dropped in a pond will send ripples across the entire surface, when the soul of a human being is moved, the world around us reverberates and echoes in response.

We invite men of all traditions to join us and to once again circle round the old fire, sing to the river and trees, and dance for the stars.

We will gather in-person for a three-day men’s conference.

Dates: Friday, October 7 through Sunday October 9

Location: YMCA Camp St. Croix (about 30 miles east of Minneapolis/St.Paul)
345 Riverview Dr.
Hudson, WI 54016 Directions

Cost: $350.00 (Note that scholarships are available to those in need (contact Walton Stanley at: [email protected] to request financial assistance).

Proof of Covid vaccination required.