“I think more and more people are recognizing how much adults and elders are actually needed. That's a gift of the sibling society.” PeopleThinkingNeededAdultsRecognizingEldersSibling Author:Robert Bly
“The distance between the adolescent and the true adult is about five thousand miles, but the distance between the adult and the elder is almost as large.” FiveThousandAdultsDistanceMilesEldersThousand Miles Author:Robert Bly
“In the sibling society, both the adult and the elder get lost, and no one knows where they are.” KnowsLostAdultsEldersSibling Author:Robert Bly
“An elder is someone who understands that the world belongs to the dead.” WorldElders Author:Robert Bly
“When an elder turns to face the dead, that means he turns away from facing the future and his own retirement in Phoenix, let's say. He turns and finds himself facing the children.” MeanChildrenFacesTurnsRetirementEldersPhoenix Author:Robert Bly
“In some Mayan villages they even have a stage beyond the elder that they call the Echo Person. They say that when an Echo Person, whether a man or a woman, speaks, the words echo both in this world and in the other world. That's why they are called Echo People.” PeopleMenWorldPersonsSpeakStageThis WorldVillageEchoesEldersOther Worlds Author:Robert Bly
