Each is correct in a certain way, but they are both only partial readings of a larger, deeper, and complex story.

There is something about both of these deep historical perspectives, these myths.that resonate with the reality of our situation. Most inspiringly, Tarnas (1998) presents us with a vision to guide our quest. We shall be mapping the interplay of these two main perspectives as we sculpt the essential insights of the predominant models-Grof, Tarnas, Washburn, Wilber and others-in accordance with the guiding architecture of astrology. In this view, the influence of the Western mind, and particularly the modern mind, has brought about a deep schism between humankind and nature, a deep desacrilization of the world.'īut rather than two contrary views locked in an inevitable either/or battle for supremacy on the field of Truth, they can be reconciled in a larger encompassing grand narrative. As Tarnas puts it, 'the evolution of human consciousness and the history of the Western mind are seen not as a progressive advance toward modern enlightenment, but rather as a tragic story of a radical fall and separation from an original state of relative unity-from a sense of interconnectedness between humankind, nature, and the spiritual dimension of existence. The first is the usual story of a 'progressive, heroic advance from an earlier state of relative constriction, ignorance, and suffering, moving toward an ever-brighter modern future characterized by increasing human knowledge, freedom, and well-being.The apex of this development is seen to coincide with the modern period, with the emergence of both modern science and individualistic democracy.' But more recently a counter story, itself with historic roots, has began to play more forcefully upon the modern imagination, an imagination now acutely aware of the tragic hubris within the progressive perspective. Stanislav Grof and the Perinatal Dimension: Ken Wilber's Four-Quadrant ModelĪ paradigmatic tension within the contemporary understanding of our world has been noted by Richard Tarnas (1998, 2006) who has identified two grand metanarratives or major guiding stories which underlie many of the paradigmatic differences in current conceptions of human history namely, 'The Story of Progress' and 'The Story of the Fall'. Ken Wilber and Michael Washburn-a Paradigm Difference: Two Perspectives on History: Ken Wilber's Progressive Developmentalism:

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