COMPARISON OF MAJOR SCHOOLS IN SPIRAL DYNAMIC'S THEORY
GRAVES, BECK AND LAUBSCHER
In Table 8.1, the various Gravesian value systems, Beck and Cowan's MEMEs, Laubscher and Viljoen's human niches and Wilber's levels of consciousness are presented.
Table 8.1 presents a short description of the different schools that can be found in the literature. The systems are divided into first-tier and second-tier systems. The authors of the various schools interpreted the theory through his or her own worldview. In this chapter the view of Graves, Beck and Laubscher on spiral dynamics are highlighted.
The major differences in interpretation between Laubscher and Viljoen and other schools of thought on the topic are based on the following philosophical assumptions:
Table 8.1 Comparison of Major Schools in Spiral Dynamic's Theory
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Second Tier |
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Graves (x) |
Beck and Cowan (x) |
Laubscher and Viljoen (x) |
Wilber (x) |
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Questions of existence Value Systems |
Value Systems / MEMES Beck (2013) Master Code and Meshworks |
Human Niches and thinking systems |
Levels of consciousness |
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Second Tier |
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Experientialistic Existence Second Beinq Level |
TURQUOISE, GlobalView Holistic/Experiential |
TURQUOISE Fractal, Archetypal, Interconnected-ness |
Centauric Late vision logic |
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Cognitive Existence First Beinq Level |
YELLOW, FlexFlow Systemic/Integrative |
YELLOW, both Individualistic and Collectivistic Human Niche for survival of self and others / functional |
Centauric Middle vision logic |
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First Tier |
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Personalistic Existence Sixth Subsistence Level |
GREEN, HumanBond Relativistic/ Sociocentric |
GREEN Collectivistic Human Niche Sacrificing self for earth, Inclusive |
Centauric Early vision logic |
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Materialistic Existence Fifth Subsistence Level |
ORANGE, StriveDrive Materialistic/Achiever |
ORANGE Individualistic Human Niche Expressing self through success |
Mental-egoic |
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Saintly Existence Fourth Substence Level |
BLUE, TruthForce Absolutistic/Saintly |
BLUE Collectivistic Human Niche Sacrificing self for future / conserve |
Mythic-membership |
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Egocentric Existence Third Subsistence Level |
RED, PowerGods Egocentric/ Exploitative |
RED Human Niche Individualistic Expressing self through personal power / Individualization |
Magic-typhonic |
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Tribalistic Existence Second Subsistence Level |
PURPLE, KinSpirits Animistic/Tribalistic |
PURPLE Collectivistic Human Niche Our People /Sacrificing self for tribe / Metaphorical |
Magic-typhonic |
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Automatic existence First Subsistence Level |
BEIGE, SurvivalSense Automatic/Instinctive |
BEIGE Individualistic Survival / Self preservation / unconscious |
Archaic-uroboric |
• The Beige system – Survival Sense – is still alive and not extinct.
• The global population of Beige has a much larger presence than initially described.
• We do not have to "fix" or "convert" Purple (Kin Spirit) and Red (Power God).
• Leaders in systems, however, have to design from an integrated second-tier angle to ensure optimization of various human niches.
• There are low and high manifestations of human niches, for example a person that broke away from Purple will first become low Red with all the side-effects thereof, before he matures to become high Red.
• Various interpretations of the spiral can be explained by the unique human niches of the interpreter.
• Human niches are attitudinal not behavioural.
• Red energy is needed to individualize and form an identity.
• The repression of a social uprising, a manifestation of low Red, should be worked through and not suppressed.
• The strive to be better, or become second-tier is repositioned.
• In interpreting different systems to determine the human niche, one should carefully look at the philosophy and the actual behaviour which are often in two different niches.
It is very clear that there are different thinking systems and that we should be very aware of the systemic dynamics in the ecosystem where we function.
