Integral Websites

Four websites to share with those of you interested in integral theory and practice.

1) Integral Review: A new online magazine (first issue can be downloaded as pdfs of each article). Most of the articles are fairly academic, though not impregnable. One of the best articles presents a new approach to personal emergence based on the concept of complexity intelligence (a fancy way of saying second-tier consciousness, for those of you familiar with Spiral Dynamics). The editors spell out their theoretical bias in the first full essay, as well as authoring most of the articles. They are looking for submissions for issue two, so if you have ideas you'd like to share, stop by their site and take a look at the submission guidelines.

2) Integral Politics: Nothing terribly new or innovative here, but it lays the foundation for an integral approach to politics. Most of the articles are by the usual suspects (Wilber, Beck, and Sara Ross of Integral Review). If you are interested in a new way to think about politics and a new model for who our politicians should be, take a look at the articles on this site.

3) Integral Transformative Practice: This site is based on Michael Murphy and George Leonard's book on ITP, The Life We Are Given. They are still in the process of building a fully functional site, but the framework is there, as well as a collection of books and media on ITP. Give it a look. ITP is likely the single best approach to personal emergence that has gone through extensive research. I might do a few things differently than they do, but their ITP program is sound.

4) Global Values Network: The GVN site isn't new, but it is still worth noting. They have an excellent review of the Katrina disaster from a Spiral Dynamics perspective. The site was co-founded by Don Beck, so SD is a big part of their project. Have a look around -- it's worth the time.