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Tag Archives: Joseph Chilton Pearce

The Process of Divinization

Levels of Development: Week 1 The Process of Divinization Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Joseph Chilton Pearce’s book, The Biology of Transcendence, points to both culture and the cultural entrapment of Christianity as blockages to potential growth toward transcendence. Each stage of brain development provides a biological window to connect with higher levels. But if the… Continue Reading The Process of Divinization

The Evolving Brain

Levels of Development: Week 1 The Evolving Brain Tuesday, December 8, 2015 According to Joseph Chilton Pearce, there are five “brains,” each building upon the other. Pearce writes: “at each stage of development each new system is dependent upon the full function of the system that developmentally preceded it.” [1] Both Pearce and Ken Wilber… Continue Reading The Evolving Brain

Growth Is Real and Needed

Levels of Development: Week 1 Growth Is Real and Needed Monday, December 7, 2015 Dr. Clare Graves, whose research was foundational to the formation of Spiral Dynamics, writes, “What I am proposing is that the psychology of the mature human being is an unfolding, oscillating, spiraling process, marked by progressive subordination of older, lower-order behavior… Continue Reading Growth Is Real and Needed

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