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Hampus Linder is a Swedish documentary filmmaker who came to a European men's gathering in 2019 intending to expose the men's movement — and ended up making a six-year personal film about masculinity, fatherhood, and what it means to be a man. That film is Confessions of a Swedish Man.In this conversation, Paul and Hampus revisit the journey honestly — including the dark side of what Paul was building: a men's movement built on new age spirituality that enabled predatory leaders. They talk about the collapse of that movement, what real spiritual foundation looks like, and why two men who disagree on much can still be genuine friends.🎬 Watch Confessions of a Swedish Man: https://confessionsofaswedishman.com/eng📩 Join the Path of Manliness men's groups: [link]Chapters:00:00 – Introduction: Who is Hampus Linder? 02:00 – How a filmmaker set out to expose the men's movement 03:00 – Paul's journey from atheism to Orthodox Christianity 05:00 – Why the European Men's Gathering collapsed10:30 – Where there's power, there will be abuse 11:50 – Hampus's own spiritual journey through making the film 13:30 – Fear of intimacy: with men, with women 16:00 – Commercialised spirituality and the manipulation of vulnerable men 18:00 – Did the men's gatherings make money? 21:00 – The value of each person as unique22:30 – Sacrificial love? Paul explains the Orthodox understanding 24:30 – Why secular rituals fall flat 25:00 – The transcendental argument: why unity requires God 29:00 – Hampus pushes back on traditional gender roles 31:00 – What masculinity actually is — and what it isn't 33:00 – Man, woman, head and body: the Orthodox vision of marriage 36:00 – A stable and well-functioning family life 38:00 – Commercialised therapeutic individualism — the real secular religion 41:00 – How left and right each took half of Christian truth 42:00 – The woman caught in adultery: mercy AND "go and sin no more" 43:00 – Hampus opens up: heartbreak45:00 – Paul: why the secular path to love fails 48:00 – What's next for Hampus and Confessions of a Swedish Man?
