This presentation explores paths to better understanding and subsequently transforming local landscapes through "the overall quality, meaning, and purpose, of our experience through 'art and culture'."
3. Presenter: Brian McConnell
• Director – Group Epignosis
• Practitioner associated with
Integral Theory and Practice
• Transdisciplinary focus and
approach to Learning,
Leadership, Governance,
and Economics
Author of “Toward a Sustainable Future” – Integral Leadership Review
Blogger at OpEd News, Group Epignosis, City of Peace, Integral City 2.0 –
Roanoke
Wikipedia editor - We Hold These Truths and The Marriage of Sense and Soul
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4. Our Focus: Two Primary Dimensions
1. Integral Theory
– “Integral theory is a philosophy promoted by Ken Wilber that
seeks a synthesis of the best of pre-modern, modern, and
postmodern reality.[1] It is portrayed as a "theory of everything,"[2]
and offers an approach "to draw together an already existing
number of separate paradigms into an interrelated network of
approaches that are mutually enriching."[1] It has been applied by
scholar-practitioners in 35 distinct academic and professional
domains as varied as organizational management, art, and
feminism”.[1]” from “Integral theory” at Wikipedia
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5. Our Focus: Two Primary Dimensions
1. Integral Theory
2. Integral Practice
– “Integral practice is primarily an outgrowth of different integral
theories and philosophies as they intersect with various spiritual
practices, holistic health modalities, and transformative regimens
associated with the New Paradigm and
human potential movement. Some ways to describe integral
practice are the experiential application of integral theory,[46] the
"holistic disciplines we consciously employ to nurture ourselves
and others, and most specifically those practices that both
inspire and sustain growth in many dimensions at once,"[47] “ from
the ‘Integral practice section’ of “Integral spirituality” at Wikipedia
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6. What is Integral Theory?
AQAL: "All Quadrants All
Levels"
AQAL (pronounced aqual or ah-
qwul) represents the core of
Wilber's work. AQAL stands for
"all quadrants all levels", but
equally connotes 'all lines', 'all
states' and 'all types'.[13] These
are the five irreducible
categories of Wilber's model of
manifest existence.[14] from the
“Ken Wilber” page at Wikipedia
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11. What is Integral Practice?
Art
Science
Culture
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12. What is Integral Practice?
Ken Wilber’s – The Marriage of Sense and Soul:
Integrating Science andTemplates Wikipedia
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13. Transforming the local landscape . . .
“Transforming the City 2.0 – An Idea Worth Spreading”
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Project Epignosis - Roanoke Page 13
14. Transforming the local landscape . . .
Money & Life – “A Story About Money That Will Change Your Life”
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Produced and Directed by Katie Teague Page 14