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Chivalry-Now is a code of ethics that embraces truth, self-discovery, reason and compassion. It encourages men to find and enjoy personal authenticity by encountering life as a Quest. Introductory Articles Modern Chivalry? Chivalry-Now, An Overview Chivalry Comes from Within Age of Distraction? The Twelve Trusts Today's Challenges What if Chivalry Never Happened? Recent Articles Fact? Or Fiction? NEW A New form of Democracy The Importance of King Arthur Our Treasure Trove Time for Courtesy See The Quest for more articles We believe that the basics of Chivalry-Now already exist inside you. We hope to validate those ideals, with the intent of healing our culture one person at a time.      To do that, we ask that you open your heart to chivalry and experience its call in the depth of your conscience. More Our purpose is to introduce the concepts of Chivalry-Now. Doing so, we hope to return to Western culture, something that was lost.      We provide an extensive series of articles explaining the concepts of Chivalry-Now to assist you on your own personal Quest.      There are no membership fees. Just thoughts designed to challenge and inspire what is best in you. Serious participants in our forum are invited to join our Companionship. Want to help? We want to hear from you! Please share your ideas on our open Forum, or introduce yourself via E-mail. Please take part in our Survey.

Chivalry-Now is also a worldwide fellowship of people who are committed to healing our wounded culture by returning what was lost, a mixture of Western realism and idealism in an updated form for today's world. On the Road to Knighthood, by Sir Steven Forgette Chivalry-Now, the Code of Male Ethics, published by O-Books,.    Available through Amazon.com.     For a real life portrayl of chivalry, I highly recommend Katherine Ashe's book Montfort, The Early Years. It is the first of a series illustrating the life of Sir Simon de Montfort, the knightly founder of England's Parliament. The Impossible Dream sung by Luther Vandross. See Article as well. Introducing our CN affiliate in South Africa, the Collegiate Fellowship of Chivalry, founded by Sir Terence Plage. See design of their formal outfits. YouTube video of the 12 Trusts. NEW Downloadable PDF of 12 Trusts Readers' Comments Exerpts from emails, blogs and articles. ( Click to see Imagine, The Quest. )

 

Countless generations have contributed to chivalry's cultural and psychological development. Technically, it is a European code of behavior, but similar codes can be found elsewhere in the world, wherever warriors played an important part in cultural evolution—in other words, just about everywhere. Japanese Bushido (the way of the warrior, which Samurai adhered to) is one such example. Less formal examples can be found in any military establishment.
     Chivalry is a male phenomenon which helps define the role of men in their given societies. It defines their manners, their responsibilities, their relationships to women, and even to God.
     The spiritual side of chivalry is best illustrated by medieval stories of the Holy Grail. Here we find a quest for spiritual perfection and a direct experience of the divine.
     For chivalry to be applicable to the needs of today, it must evolve from its medieval counterpart. It cannot be based on judicial combat, or throwing a coat over a puddle so a lady might pass. It must reflect the needs, sensibilities and mores of the Information Age, without being weakened or impaired by the superficiality of our times.
     The essentials of chivalry are innate in all men. It is the impulse to do good, to behave well, to live according to one's higher instincts in harmony with others. The impulse is an attraction to heroes of the highest virtues, the desire to be like them. It is the responsibility of a culture to nourish this impulse, to guide and recognize its proper development. When a culture fails to do this properly, the impulse degenerates, abandoning the young male to hazardous influences that lead in all directions. Today, these hazards come in myriad shapes and sizes, many appearing benign and reflecting the status quo. They seduce young men with promises of money or popularity or security— mostly shutting them off from the authenticity of life, forcing women to suffer relationships with perpetually immature or incomplete men.
     This can change. Men can resurrect what is inside them, and recover what was lost. The culture will not do this for them. They have to do it themselves.

See Quest for some online guidance.
Please take part in our Survey.

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The Chivalry-Now Companionship consists of those people who hold a serious interest in the ideals of Chivalry-Now, are actively exploring it, and make themselves known to us.
     There are no obligations other than initiating communication through e-mail or by participating on our Open Forum so we can all get to know each other.
     It helps to connect with like-minded people and share ideas and encouragement. We find that new friendships are always forming within our community, sort of like a family with chivalry as its base.
     Companions who prove their sincerity and help spread our ideals may at sometime be invited to join our Council of Knights, thereby taking a leadership role within the Companionship.

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Want to help usher in a new form of Chivalry?

We ask for no money. If we did, it might give the wrong impression about who we are and what we do.
     All we ask is that you tell others about what you find here. Give our web address to people you think might be interested. If each of us gets one person to join, our numbers will double—as simple as that.
     If money is no object, you can place a small ad in your local newspaper advertising the site. It can be as simple as:

"Interested in Chivalry for modern times?
Visit www.chivalrynow.net"

or

"Take back what was lost!
www.chivalrynow.net

Don't mourn the loss of chivalry. Give it life! The 12 Trusts present
a new approach that can change the world."

You may even want to start a discussion group among your friends based on our articles.

Thanks.

The Chivalry-Now Companionship

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Please take part in our survey!

We take the resurgence of male ethics very seriously. Part of our work is knowing how people think about chivalry today. We have put together a short questionnaire in order to do this.
     We need as many returned surveys as we can get in order to make our efforts viable.
     So far, the results have been amazingly positive, with a number of men and women of all ages stating how they wish that chivalry took a stronger part in our present day culture.
     Please help us by downloading a Word Document copy of the survey, fill it out and mail it to the address on the form. We desperately need your input.
     You could also make copies of the survey and distribute them to your friends and relatives. We are looking for comments, positive and negative, from average people.
     Thank you for your help.

Chivalry-Now Questionnaire (Word Document)

Survey Results for the first 150 respondents

So far we've collected 185 surveys.
I personally thank everyone who participated! —Dean

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