This week we're going to have a primer on mastery of a skill set. Mastery is one of the four tactical virtues of masculinity as described by Way of Men. If you haven't read the book I highly suggest you do so now. We'll wait. Okay, now back to business.
Nothing is more primal and fundamental than a man's mastery over nature but the skill set for survival has largely gone untaught. Most men today are not fit to provide for themselves outside of civilization, let alone provide for others. Survival skills are the absolute bed rock of self reliance. Though such a skill set is something rarely employed today, having these skills sets the foundation for who we are and how we survive in the modern world.
Wilderness survival training and guides abound and are of varying degrees of efficacy. I've found Tom Brown's Field Guide to be the simplest, most versatile, and most effective of such books. Read this book and commit what you learn to memory.
Understandably no book is going to instantly make you a survival expert. Being proficient in wilderness survival is something that takes a good deal of time and serious hands on experience. But every piece of knowledge can be the difference between life and death if a serious situation should arise.
Go forth, read, and be manly.
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