Spiral Dynamics
The Conceptual framework for understanding the dynammics of social evolution, as offered by Spiral Dynamics, originates with Jungian archetypes and the work of Clare W. Graves.
In 1996 Don Beck and Christopher Cowan, two of Dr. Graves' students, released unto the world a book titled "Spiral Dynamics". In this book, the term Spiral Dynamics, with the Gravesian levels of existence theory were presented in a color coded, spiral-oriented format. Don has offered many workshops worldwide, and in the past years, the Spiral Dynamics model has been adopted by Ken Wilber, integrated with his 4 quadrants psycho-spiritual model, and thus Integral Everything includes, now, an understanding of the Spiral Dynamics model. Ken has now taken the material into new directions, and Don Beck's co-author Christopher Cowan is holding firm to what might be considered an orthodox version of Spiral Dynamics, a "Gravesian"
version where the two letter codes are preferred over the color scheme, spiritual dimensions are eschewed and more nuance of the model is advocated. Serious students are advised to explore more deeply these various dimensions of the terrain. If the student is interested in exploring how the spiral relate to esoteric realms, then it is strongly recommended to review first the materials available on this site.
In this material there will be more focus on the integration of Spiral Dynamics with the Seed Logos Model, which is built on top of universal spiritual archetypes for the range and domain of human experience, which happens between earth and sky. Also, an attempt will be made to work with a full depth understanding of Spiral Dynamics, close to the 'orthodox' version, but with the color schemes that many are already familiar with.
If you are unfamiliar with Spiral Dynamics, the core thrust of this website, THE MATRIX, will not make much sense until you at least obtain some familiarity with the conceptual framework of Spiral Dynamics. Thus:
We are developing our own on-site introduction to the Spiral Dynamics model. In the meantime go and get the pamphlet described below, but understand there is another school of thought, led by Christopher Cowan and his partner Natasha Todorovic.
• For an introductory pamphlet, available at the site offered by "What is Enlightenment?" magazine, click <HERE>, for the pamphlet and enter any e-mail address to download a .pdf, which is recommended. It is suggested to go deeper into the material than this one pamphlet, however.
• Don Beck and Christopher Cowan's book on Spiral Dynamics is available on Amazon, and they are still doing workshops. Click on the book image to the right (or below) if you are interested in getting one.
Also there is a page about the book, including the entire first chapter available online.