Gebser: The Ever-present Origin. Part 1 Chapter 1 The Irruption of Time

 Gebser Texte... Gebser Texte... The Ever-present Origin. Part One... Chapter One... The Irruption of Time... 1. The Awakening Consciousness of Freedom from Time... The irruption of time into our consciousness: this is the profound and unique event of our historical moment. It... Read More

Gebser: The Ever-present Origin. Part 1 Chapter 2 The Three European Worlds

 Gebser Texte... The Ever-present Origin. Part One... Chapter Two... The Three European Worlds... 1. The Unperspectival World... The transformation of European sensitivity to, and comprehension of, the world is nowhere more clearly discernible than in painting and architecture. Only... Read More

My Hexadecagonal Model of Gebser & Questions

 Ohm, I have a question.  I've got all these little pieces of paper that I would like to arrange into a Ken Wilber's Four Quadrant Model.  They are from Jean Gebser's magnum opus, The Ever-Present Origin, which initially came with a very long... Read More

The Space-Time Constitution of the Structures: The Spatial Emphasis of the Mental Structure (Part 3 of 3)

From The Ever-Present Origin, Chapter 5, "The Space-Time Constitution of the Structures," Section 3, "The Spatial Emphasis of the Mental Structure" (Part 3 of 3) ... (Continued from Part 2 of 3, " The Temporality of the Mythic Structure ")...... Read More

The Space-Time Constitution of the Structures: The Temporicity of the Mythic Structure (Part 2 of 3)

The Ever-Present Origin , Chapter 5, "The Space-Time Constitution of the Structures," Part 2, "The Temporicity of the Mythic Structure." (continued from Part 1 of 3, " The Space-Timelessness of the Magic Structure ")....  ... by... Read More

The Space-Time Constitution of the Structures: The Space-Timelessness of the Magic Structure (Part 1 of 3)

Introduction:... The following is a brief excerpt from The Ever-Present Origin (1964) by Jean Gebser.  I have typed it out in full for those who are interested in exploring the oft-neglected role of space and time to human development.  To date, Gebser is the... Read More

The Blind Painter, Perspectival Vision, Three-Dimensional

Flash Player...   "The Blind Painter": Perspectival Vision      ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HpgfyOsS7I  ...   Part 7 of 10.  The Blind Painter travels to Florence, Italy, the birthplace of the European Rennaissance and... Read More