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Newsletter Nr. 1.476
Amsterdam, December 18, 2025


Evolution as Creative Advance - Clarifying the Role of "Eros" as a Metaphor, Not a Material "Force" - Bradley Keith Reynolds

The question of whether evolution reveals an intrinsic spiritual direction—or whether such interpretations merely impose metaphysical narratives onto scientific processes—has been a central point of debate within the integral community. Ken Wilber's influential proposal that evolution expresses “Spirit-in-action,” often referred to as Eros, sought to reconcile modern cosmology with a spiritually meaningful universe.

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Colors, Types, and Scientific Credibility - Surrounded by Idiots Compared with Spiral Dynamics and Wilber's Integral Model - Frank Visser / ChatGPT

The popular success of Thomas Erikson's Surrounded by Idiots, being translated into 55 languages and selling 1.5 million copies worldwide, has made its four-color typology—Red, Yellow, Green, Blue—almost ubiquitous in corporate training, management workshops, and self-help culture.

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https://www.integralworld.net/visser732.html?5