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First Book
Welcome to a journey through an enchanted land of dragons and princesses, warriors and wise people. You will find that they exist as a part of our inner world. When we face the dragon, we face our inner fears. When we are the warrior, we find our courage and when we find the wise person, we meet our inner wisdom that lead us on a journey to heal our wounded lives....
The Revised Edition of the book now available. A new whole chapter is added, new stories and much new content. Available through http://www.amazon .com or http://www.lulu.com. The first edition can still be bought through Victor.
MORE .. Introduction Buy the book (1st Edition) My Story
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Next BookGonna Lay Down my Sword and Shield
A Complexity Perspective on Human Evolution form a Violent Past to a Compassionate Future
Some three and a half billion years ago bacteria, our earliest ancestors, came to life on our planet. We have evolved from that point to become the incredibly complex and amazing beings that we are, but we have also evolved the means of perpetrating equally complex and terrifying violence on each other.
What does it really take for this three and a half billion year habit of violence to be replaced by compassion for each other? Compassion requires great courage to do what is needed to bring about the best outcome for all involved.
Until we can fully face up to the violence we perpetration on each other and look behind the veil of self-deception that allows us to justify our actions to ourselves and other, we remain trapped in perpetual cycles of violence.
This book uses the principles of Chaos Theory and Complexity Theory as framework to understand how we have evolved to become what we are, and what we need to do to become what we can be. We take a journey through our history and various theories that give us some answers to help us to live more compassionate and full lives...MORE
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Gonna Lay Down my Sword and Shield
A Complexity Perspective on Human Evolution form a Violent Past to a Compassionate Future
Some three and a half billion years ago bacteria, our earliest ancestors, came to life on our planet. We have evolved from that point to become the incredibly complex and amazing beings that we are, but we have also evolved the means of perpetrating equally complex and terrifying violence on each other.
What does it really take for this three and a half billion year habit of violence to be replaced by compassion for each other? Compassion requires great courage to do what is needed to bring about the best outcome for all involved.
Until we can fully face up to the violence we perpetration on each other and look behind the veil of self-deception that allows us to justify our actions to ourselves and other, we remain trapped in perpetual cycles of violence.
This book uses the principles of Chaos Theory and Complexity Theory as framework to understand how we have evolved to become what we are, and what we need to do to become what we can be. We take a journey through our history and various theories that give us some answers to help us to live more compassionate and full lives... MORE
Gonna Lay Down my Sword and Shield: A Complexity Perspective on Human Evolution from a Violent Past to a Compassionate Future.
Articles by
Victor MacGill
Sleeping Beauty: A Tale
of Recovery from Shame -
The story of Sleeping Beauty reflects
the psychological journey undertaken to find healing within a family
with a shameful secret.
Perseus
Looking at the
archetypes
and inner psychological meaning
of the story of Perseus.
Archetypes
Archetypes are shared mind patterns formed by the accumulation of
experiences related to our social
roles.
Archetypes for Spiritual Direction; Discovering heroes within - Bruce Tallman
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Chaos
and Complexity
A Complexity
Perspective on Working with Offenders and Victims of Crime
How can we use the understandings of
Complexity Theory while working with offenders and victims. This paper
comes from my experiences as a Probation Officer and Restorative
Justice facilitator.
Introduction to Chaos and Complexity. An overview of the principles of Chaos Theory and Complexity Theory.
Small World Networks There
is a mathematical relationship that links so many things we would never
imagine were linked.
On the Death of my Father
Written as
the Practicum for my MA Chaos, Complexity and Creativity. It looks at
the death of my foster father from a perspective of chaos and
complexity.
A Complexity Perspective
on Human Identity, Spirituality and Ethics
Looking at
the how we create our identity using the principles of Complexity
Theory. Examining the links to our Spirituality and how Complexity
Theory can be used to derive a robust, cohesive set of
ethics for the 21st century.
Managing Organisational
Change at the Edge
of Chaos: A Study of the Organisation of the Dunedin Community
Probation Service from a Complexity Perspective
Looking at
how the principles of Chaos and Complexity can be observed in the
operation of an organisation
Living in the Now
Exploring
vortex energy as described in Complexity Theory to understand the magic
of the present moment.
Spiral Dynamics and
Complexity
A paper presented to
the Complexity 2000 conference showing how the principle of
Complexity Theory can help us understand Spiral Dynamics.
God: the
Mother of all Strange
Attractors
Chaos Theory and
Complexity Theory offer new perspective on the nature of God.
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Evolution and Creationism. Evolution and Creation is are usually seen as one or the other choices. One must be right and the other is wrong. This article looks at evolution as a divine process of ongoing creation.
Ervin Laszlo:Adventures in Quantum Coherence: Ervin Laszlo is a highly respected scientist, whose theory of Quantum Coherence links the sub-atomic worl, the stars and galaxies, life and human consciousness all in one coherent view that explains many so-called spiritual phenomena.
How we Make Decisions. This talk examines what processes are involved in decision making. It looks at Cognitive Behaviour Theory and also looks at the idea that thinking is a whole mind-body-environment process rather than just a brain function.
The Serpent and the Tree. The ancient symbols of the serpent and the tree reveal much about our journey of spiritual development.
Living a Spiritual Life in a Materialisitic World How do we balance our lives so we can maintain our spiritual values in a very materialisitic world.
Human Nature. This article examines the old debate over nature and nurture. Is it our genes that make us or our environment; or how do they both work together; or is there another factor that has been left out of the equation.
Delusions. When life seems hard we often try to cope by creating delusions about ourselves, those around us and the world in general. We find ways to avoid seeing things that are in fact obvious. While it helps us cope, it brings many other problems to our life. How do we then turn to see life as it really is and still remain positive? One of my best articles yet!! RECOMMENDED
Archetypes are shared mental patterns derived from social roles of our ancestors. How can we use them to gain a better understanding of ourselves and learn to use archetypes to help acheve our goals in life?
Fear is an important emotion that helps us recognise when we are in danger, but all to often we allow our fear to work against us allowing us to avoid facing parts of ourselves we would wish to hide. How do we work with our fear, so it can be our ally?
A Human Map We know what a map of a piece of land looks like, and we use it to gain much useful information about the land. What would a map of a person look like and what might we learn from it? This map of a person looks at four domensions to a person, the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual.
Responsibility. If we have free will, life cannot be predetermined and we cannot be in full control of what happens in our lives. We nevertheless can take responsibility for our lives and still achieve our goals in life.
Culture and Spirituality Culture Affects how we express our spirituality and culture is determined by factors like population density, geography, technology etc. Learn about how we change our expression of our spirituality as our environment changes.
The Importance of Being a Failure
Sometimes we focus so hard on succeeding that failure becomes unacceptable and yet everything that is important to us will eventually fail. How do we cope with failure, while still feeling good about ourselves?
Paradox
This explores the pathway to self fulfillment through a series of Paradoxical statements such as, 'There is no peace without conflict'.
Evil and Violence
We so often see the world as "us against them", whereas more often it is "us against us".
Seven Levels of
Consciousness
Linking our seven chakras
to the developmental levels described by Ken Wilber, which also
corresponds with historical eras.
Coping with Despair
Embracing our despair
rather
than trying
to avoid it allows us to move beyond our suffering to experience the
reality of our being.
Reincarnation
What is life after
death
like. I believe we do survive
physical death, but the nature of that existence is not as most people
who believe in an afterlife think.
Violence
Violence
is a misguided attempt to bring unity in our lives; not by forming
relationships, but by forcing others to be as we would like them to be.
Violence tries to unite by misusing power, compassion unites through
love.
The Courage to be
Compassionate
Anger is important but
if
it is not expressed
positively. If we have the courage to channel
our anger correctly,
compassion arises.
An overview of Spiral Dynamics from a spiritual perspective.
