Van: "Integral World" Aan: Onderwerp: The Human Odyssey Datum: zaterdag 4 oktober 2014 18:27 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 525 Amsterdam, October 4th, 2014 KEN WILBER, JOSEPH CAMPBELL, & THE MEANING OF LIFE (aka 'The Human Odyssey') - A NEW BOOK BY HUGH & KAYE MARTIN For the past eight years, the book-length essays by Hugh and Kaye Martin have been among the most popular and widely-read articles on the Integral World website. Currently, two of the Martins' essays rank high in our Top Ten list, at #2 and #4. Now the Martins have condensed their wealth of knowledge on the processes of human development into a lavish, full-color, oversize book with the short title, The Human Odyssey -- available in both an Introductory Version (288 pages) and an Advanced Version (two volumes, 612 pages). Over the next eight weeks, Integral World will publish installments of the Introductory Version on this website. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/martin20.html A GUIDED TOUR OF ‘THE HUMAN ODYSSEY’ - Your Entire Life Journey in 58 Minutes or Less - A BOOK REVIEW BY ULYSSES OF ITHACA As I began to dig into the book, I was confronted with a bold-face warning in the opening preface: “Do not even attempt to read this book cover-to-cover. There is just too much information to absorb.” What book begins by asking you not to read it? As it turns out, the authors suggest three alternative ways the book should be read: Read for Fun, Read for Insights, or Read for Understanding. I have a very busy life, and I don't need another burden, so I opted for the first alternative: Read for Fun. I took the authors at their word, and literally leafed through the book, pausing only for sections that easily caught my attention—mostly cartoons, illustrations, and their captions. According to the authors, these alone will convey what the book is about. To test this out, I've devised a little tour, and I'd like you to accompany me. Let's see if we can sift through the entire book in no more than 60 minutes, get the gist of the authors' message, and have 'fun' in the process. (In actuality, it took me just 58 minutes to do what follows.) The Guided Tour will begin in two pages. But first let me give you some background -- why I find this book so special, and why it's worth your precious time. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/martin21.html THE HUMAN ODYSSEY: OUR JOURNEY OF LIFE FROM INFANCY TO ETERNITY - Preliminaries and Introduction - HUGH & KAYE MARTIN When we spin out all the details and implications of Ken Wilber’s AQAL and Theory of Everything, we arrive at an all-inclusive Model of Human Development we call ADAPT – a model consisting of five major conceptual Domains, with seven or more Sectors within each Domain. When we spin out all the details and implications of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, we arrive at an all*inclusive mythic story we call the Life Journey Archetype – a story which is told likewise through five overarching symbolic Domains, with seven or more Sectors within each Domain. When we compare the extended versions of Wilber and Campbell – when we trace the parallels between our ADAPT Model and our mythic story of the Life Journey – we find that in essence the two are the same. The ADAPT Model describes in abstract or conceptual terms the various factors that result in Human Development. The Life Journey describes in symbolic or mythic terms those same factors. This Journey of the Soul through the Stages of life – this Journey which can be described ei* ther through conceptual or mythic terms – is what we call the Human Odyssey. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/martin22.html To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UNSUBSCRIBE, update your account by logging in. For explanation, see: http://www.integralworld.net/nl_faq.html