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Newsletter Nr. 828
Amsterdam, January 21st, 2020



A MANDALIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT - Part 4: Mental Development - JIM O'CONNOR

In three previous parts in this series [1] [2] [3] I outlined a schema of psycho-spiritual development based upon an integration of Andy Smith's one-scale model of holarchy with the concept of the mandala. In those articles I attempted to build up a model of the psyche able to integrate the most important features of the two existing major paradigms in the field, the structural-hierarchical model of Ken Wilber and the dynamic-dialectical model of Michael Washburn.

In this particular article I would like to expand a little on how I see mental-level development unfolding in my model and to look in more detail at how it can incorporate the work of Wilber and Washburn in this area. A certain amount of recapitulation will of course be necessary as some of the ground I am attempting to cover here I have covered at a greater level of generality in previous essays, particularly Parts 1 and 2. I will, however, attempt to keep such repetition to a minimum and assume that the interested reader will have read those articles before tackling this one.

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CIRCULAR-AXIAL REPRESENTATION OF HUMAN EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE INTEGRAL THEORY - Educational Implications - JOSEP GALLIFA

Integral Theory has become a common framework in different contexts to integrate the diverse consciousness manifestations. The wide use and discussion of this meta-theory in the most varied fields encourage the possibility of proposing enhancements in their conceptualization. This paper presents, for instance, a complementary aspect, which is an alternative way of representation: the circular-axial. The article discusses why this new way of representation is appropriate to the meta-theoretical concepts and why it has some advantages compared to the more popular representation of the four quadrants. Although compatible with the traditional representation, we argue that it fits better with other concomitant theories, and at the same time is equally explicative of the Integral Theory basics. Once described in detail, the new way of representation helps in the clarification of the different manifestations of consciousness as they are explained by the holonic theory. This development provides new intuitions to holistic/integral educational approaches addressed to human evolution and development. Finally, it is useful to characterize their corresponding educational roles.

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http://www.integralworld.net/gallifa5.html