In this paper I discuss barriers to change in society. I suggest that the lack of religious and spiritual values and Eros [relatedness] glue are significant barriers to change in our present secular age and consumer society. I suggest that creative individuals are the source of change and that there is a need to be aware of both destructive and creative forces at work and not to be naïve about the former. I then discuss patterns of initiation and indicate that they are still alive in the unconscious and often compel young people to live them out unconsciously and destructively. I argue that there is a need to recognize these patterns and not doing so there is a third barrier to change. I finally observe there is a need to turn towards a truth beyond the ego, and the failure to do that is a fourth barrier to change in contemporary society.
