From: f.visser3@chello.nl Sent: zondag 26 maart 2006 21:20 To: f.visser3@chello.nl Subject: [personal] Integral World Newsletter: SDi and the Middle East INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST ========= http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 146. Amsterdam, March 26, 2006 WIJFFELS, BECK, LASZLO, MERRY IN THE NETHERLANDS - MARCH 31 This Friday an interesting event will take place in the Netherlands, with former president of the Dutch socio-economic council Herman Wijffels, Don Beck, Ervin Laszo and Peter Merry. Subject: the future course of the Netherlands. Presented by the Center for Human Emergence. For more details on costs and subscription, see the yellow ad at the top of the Welcome page: http://www.integralworld.net/index.html SPIRAL DYNAMICS AND THE MIDDLE EAST For a long time I have felt that the Middle East presents the ultimate case study for any macro-sociological model of conflicts and develop- ment -- Spiral Dynamics being a prime example of such a theory. Don Beck recently visited Israel at the invitation of the Israeli Integral Salon to shed light on this complex topic from his perspective. Integral World will report on this visit and its results, starting with an article Beck wrote a couple of years ago on the Middle East situation: Read more... http://www.integralworld.net/index.html?beck10.html EUROPE NEEDS A NEW TYPE OF RELIGION Though the recent Cartoon crisis has subsided, the fundamental questions about religion raised by it have not lost their relevance. Roland Benedikter has written extensively about post-materialistic philosophy, in the German language. His latest volume is about Iraq. He sent us an interview in German explaining his point of view. Both the liberal West and orthodox islam have to transcend their rigid views of religion and culture. Your can read the interview here: http://www.integralworld.net/pdf/benedikter1.pdf If you know other people interested in this IW Newsletter, please forward this mail to them. Thanks. To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/index.html?newsletter.html To UNSUBSCRIBE or read the Newsletter Archive, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/index.html?newsletter.html ============= Frank Visser, Waterpoortweg 279, 1051 pv, Amsterdam Author of: Ken Wilber: Thought as Passion SUNY 2003 Read all about Ken Wilber : http://www.integralworld.net =============