Deep Psychology5 Tammi 2024

Jean Gebser's Structures of Consciousness (#18)

Jean Gebser's work on the structures of consciousness illuminates the deep emergent structures of human psychology and how they play out in culture, society, religion, science and systems of meaning across human history, back to time immemorial.

This is psychoactive philosophy. We're not analysing these structures of consciousness as separate entities far removed from them.

We're steeped in these structures of consciousness.

In fact, our psychology morphs and evolves through these structures as we grow and develop – in both an individual and collective sense. And their vestiges can be seen strewn across both our inner world, our objective world, and our planet.

Here are Jean Gebser's Five Structures of Consciousness, which he calls mutations:

1) Archaic 2) Magic 3) Mythic 4) Rational 5) Integral

Integral is being born right before our eyes. Can we step up and embody this aperspectival, multi-viewed, flowing, flexible consciousness and take the world beyond the limited Rational perspective that has dominated for the last few hundred years?

To be spiritual yet worldly and inclusive, rational yet integrative, and healthily selfless and selfish. This is our challenge as modern humans.

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Pre-Conventional Stages of Ego Development by Cook-Greuter (#160)

We continue our series on Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory by covering the Pre-Conventional levels.These represent the base of the human being, the beginning of a self, the beginning of being abl...

9 Syys 57min

Is Higher Development Always Better?

We tend to think that higher ego development simply means being happier. Our logic is that greater self-awareness, motivations and flexibility, a more complex worldview, and a closer relationship to t...

8 Syys 6min

What is Ego Development?

Ego development simply means how the ego (i.e. our meaning-making function) complexifies over time. As it complexifies, so do our autonomy, freedom, flexibility, self-awareness, tolerance for differen...

6 Syys 5min

What is the Ego?

This month we are studying ego development as framed by Cook-Greuter, so we ought to know what the ego is. It probably isn't what you think. This is a snippet from my Wednesday 2/9, Intro to Cook-Greu...

3 Syys 5min

Intro to Cook-Greuter's Ego Development Theory (#160)

We see the world, explain things, make meaning and find coherence in predictable ways as we mentally develop. This is not a random process. This is a well-studied and understood process.We go through ...

2 Syys 1h 3min

What Do Personality Typologies Really Tell Us?

Beyond the personality typology system we prefer, what do they really tell us about who we are? What are the deeper lessons?This is a snippet from my Wednesday 1/9 episode, Making Sense of Personality...

1 Syys 6min

Is Astrology Legit?

Here we explore whether or not astrology is legit as a system for understanding human personality.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 26/8, Making Sense of Personality Typology Systems - Part 2/2 (#15...

30 Elo 4min

How the Enneagram Illuminated Humans For Me

The Enneagram is the personality typology that has shown me the most about myself and others. Here's how.This is a snippet from my 26/8 episode, Making Sense of Personality Typology Systems, Part 2/2 ...

27 Elo 4min