I just came across this article. It's a fascinating read which has helped me to realise some of the dynamics going on in the development of my own male-identity and contains elements of the Red Pill 'transition' - how it happens and how it has been 'passed on' in antiquity in ancient cultures (in this case in native-American Navaho culture).

I could only locate part of it online and have ordered a hard copy of the book so that I can finish reading it. In my reading of it so far I understand that all possible aspects of your male identity are contained within either your id or your ego (your self or your 'shadow' as the article refers to it).

Once I have read the whole thing I'll post back on here. Or if someone has a link to the whole article that would be great if you could a link for it here.

EDIT

I didn't manage to scan the article (besides it being a bit of a dubious act due to copyright), my scanner is broken.

Nevertheless I have re-typed the section of the article that I found particularly relevent:

[Sandner begins to summarise 's theory of] "In the first part of a boy's life the mother...plays by far the most important role. ..." [Sandner continues to describe the theory until he really gets to the bit that looks like a Red Pill] "... In the third phase [of a boy's development], initiative vs. guilt (the phallic phase), the hegemony of the maternal archetype is challenged. Having accepted the first great imposition of authority, mainly through the mother's animus, in the preceding stage of autonomy vs. shame, the boy can now identify with it and begin his struggle for individual assertion. The incest taboo is activated and the masculine ego begins its long climb to autonomy. Archetypally, this is the inception of the hero's journey." - Donald Sandner, San Francisco 1987 in 'The archetype of shadow in a split world'

The previous stages of a boy's development that Sandner described are 'trust vs. mistrust' and 'autonomy vs. shame' and can be found in Erikosn's theory of ego development (Erikson being a student of Anna Freud in the world of Psychology I believe, I am no expert on Psychology please forgive me if I'm wrong on that).

It feels to me as though TRP is largely about challenging the "hegemony of the maternal archetype" mentioned in the text, and also about the "long climb to autonomy" mentioned.

In addition it is worth noting that Erikon's theory of ego development is really what has interested me here. Terms worth following up on for future research might be Jung, Erik Erikson, 'shadow' in psychology, male initiation (particularly with regard to the Navaho Indian's customs).

TLDR: This is interesting stuff that is basically red pill theory in all but name - I would be interested if anyone else with similar references could post what they have read / discovered, thanks