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Don Beck
An Introduction to Spiral Dynamics
“Spiral wizard” Don Beck describes the six stages of his dynamic theory of human social and cultural development
Steve McIntosh
Following the Prime Directive: An Integral Look at Global Governance

The fifth in our series of conversations featuring WIE editor Carter Phipps and integral wunderkind Steve McIntosh explores the concept of global governance—with an integral twist.

Steve McIntosh
Bringing an Integral Perspective to the White House

Integral philosopher Steve McIntosh gives some unorthodox advice to the next U.S. President on how to approach the most pressing challenges of the next four years.

Jim Garrison
Creating a New Cultural Renaissance

Jim Garrison describes his ambitious new plan to bring the world's socially and environmentally conscious citizens, or “cultural creatives,” together under a single unifying banner.

Jim Garrison
America as Empire
a Voices from the Edge presentation in Boston
Jim Garrison, recorded live in Boston, speaks about his recent book, America as Empire, a critique of the status and destiny of the most powerful nation on earth.
Jim Garrison
Bush vs Kerry: The Deeper Dimensions of the Choice Before America
a Voices from the Edge presentation
Listen to Jim Garrison’s provocative and forward-thinking views on the political, historical, and spiritual forces at play in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election.
Donna Zajonc
Igniting a Spark of Power
Donna Zajonc traveled to North Africa to teach sixty Muslim women how to develop political skills, cultivate constituencies, and organize coalitions. Her part hopeful, part cautionary tale of modern Muslim women emerging from oppression provides a fascinating glimpse into the complex politics of women’s liberation.
Robert Wright
Evolutionary Renaissance Man

Robert Wright, evolutionary thinker and author of Nonzero, speaks with WIE's Carter Phipps about moral values, national security, and his picks for President in 2008.

Articles

Global Governance: Fantasy or Future Reality?
New models are forcing pundits, theorists, and leaders to consider the viability of a world government

Issue 36
Turn On, Tune In, Wake Up
A new plan for a televised State of the World Address intends to use mass media to tackle global problems
Issue 31
Tearing Pages from the Bible
Why environmental destruction is an offense against God
Issue 26
The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime?
Five spiritual teachers tell us why

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi · Jan Chozen Bays Roshi · Sheikh Tosun Bayrak · Father Basil Pennington · David Frawley

Issue 26
America as Empire
The founder of the State of the World Forum examines the way American power is shaping our geopolitical future

Will America be remembered as the architect of the world's first global democracy or as a power-hungry rogue nation that precipitates a tragedy of epic proportions?

Issue 24
Faster Forward
Impressions of Our Emerging Future

From the far out to the close at hand, four futurists zoom out for a bird's eye view on the global changes we're experiencing now and can anticipate in the future—each outlining both the unprecedented challenges and mind-spinning opportunities humanity faces in the minutes and years to come

Issue 23
The Never-Ending Upward Quest
A WIE Editor Encounters the Practical and Spiritual Wisdom of Spiral Dynamics

Change-wizard Don Beck guides us on a monumental and mind-bending journey through spiraling stages and “colors” of consciousness. Editor Jessica Roemischer explains why, when it comes to spiritual transformation, it ain't easy being “green.”

Issue 22