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Integral World: Exploring Theories of Everything
An independent forum for a critical discussion of the integral philosophy of Ken Wilber

Comparison between Wilber, Beck and Graves

Frank Visser

nondual "fourth tier"
transpersonal "third tier"
existential second tier
(pre)personal first tier
WILBER SD


KEN WILBER1 DON BECK2 CLARE GRAVES3
" S E C O N D   T I E R "
TURQUOISE, Centauric
Late vision logic
TURQUOISE, GlobalView
Holistic/Experiential
Experientialistic Existence
Second Being Level
TEAL, Centauric
Middle vision logic
YELLOW, FlexFlow
Systemic/Integrative
Cognitive Existence
First Being Level
" F I R S T   T I E R "
GREEN, Centauric
Early vision logic
GREEN, HumanBond
Relativistic/Sociocentric
Personalistic Existence
Fifth Subsistence Level
ORANGE, Mental-egoic ORANGE, StriveDrive
Materialistic/Achiever
Materialistic Existence
Fifth Subsistence Level
AMBER, Mythic-membership BLUE, TruthForce
Absolutistic/Saintly
Saintly Existence
Fourth Substence Level
RED, Magic-typhonic RED, PowerGods
Egocentric/Exploitative
Egocentric Existence
Third Subsistence Level
MAGENTA, Magic-typhonic PURPLE, KinSpirits
Animistic/Tribalistic
Tribalistic Existence
Second Subsistence Level
INFRARED,Archaic-uroboric BEIGE, SurvivalSense
Automatic/Instinctive
Automatic existence
First Subsistence Level

NOTES

1) K. Wilber, Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy, Shambhala, 2000.

2) E. Beck & C. Cowan, Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change, Blackwell Business, 1996.

3) C. Graves, "Human Nature Prepares for a Momentous Leap", The Futurist, April 1974, pp. 72-87.




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