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The Spiral Wizard

Fri, Nov 16, 2007

Integral Thinking

OzIs the theory of spiral dynamics is behind the Wizard of Oz? Liam Quirk, adjunct professor of English, @ Rider University seems to think so. He has been delivering an interesting talk about Dorthy’s journey through Oz as being an integral awakening of sorts.

Dorothy’s journey wasn’t simply a case of following directions. According to him, Dorothy was transcending and evolving through spiral dynamics, a powerful model and predictive theory of human development and cultural evolution.

Seems a bit of a stretch to me, but then again it’s pretty easy to begin to see everything in terms of the frame that one is most involved with at the time, and that goes for integral thinkers as well.

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2 Comments For This Post

  1. ~C4Chaos Says:
    November 16th, 2007 at 2:13 pm

    hmm. i think it’s closer to the spectrum of (AQAL) color altitudes. notice the rainbow? ;)

    seriously, i think it’s a stretch too :)

    ~C

  2. Loden Jinpa Says:
    November 16th, 2007 at 4:22 pm

    Sounds like a practial joke to me and a good one by the sounds of it.

    Perhaps it’s an experiment in human naivety?

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