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The journey of a transiency encourages us to move through a time and space of transition and reshaping in which we are confronted with not immediately knowing what outcomes may emerge. It allows us to acknowledge this state of unknowing, a space where shifts can take place and new “compositions” can arise. A space where being in and with silence is valued, where we can dive deeper into the research of possible futures. A space where we can set sail into the wild unknown while being silently surrounded and supported. To sense and experience the full embodiment of transition, and ways it can be facilitated.

From the beginning of this journey, I have been asking myself: What are the principle stages of collective transition, and what shapes and movements does it take for the individual? What kind of space, attention, intention, understanding and facilitation does it require in order to give birth to new futures? I am interested in sensing the connections between the creative processes of transition and (re)developing the awareness and skills for these to be encourage in times of local, national and global change that we all face on many different levels today.

In this way, the transiency for me is to embark on a vitally creative process – you could even say to explore the essence of creativity itself. It’s a process of surrender and suspense, pulsating silence, shapeshifting – an adventurous journey of discovery through unknown landscapes, harvesting yet unknown skills and insights. Committing to this journey, embodying the process and letting these experiences emerge from the great unknown: I would suggest it’s something that goes beyond the usual “me” and “you” in certain ways – a movement towards a more collective level that is yet acted and given shape by the individual. And this movement lets me listen, wait, not know, embrace, be in suspense – and exist and create from within an emerging future.


P H A S E S

The Hero's Journey Outline The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative identified by the American scholar Joseph Campbell that appears in drama, storytelling, myth, religious ritual, and psychological development. It describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as The Hero, the person who goes out and achieves great deeds on behalf of the group, tribe, or civilization.

Its stages are:

THE ORDINARY WORLD

The hero, uneasy, uncomfortable or unaware, is introduced sympathetically so the audience can identify with the situation or dilemma. The hero is shown against a background of environment, heredity, and personal history. Some kind of polarity in the hero’s life is pulling in different directions and causing stress.

THE CALL TO ADVENTURE

Something shakes up the situation, either from external pressures or from something rising up from deep within, so the hero must face the beginnings of change.

REFUSAL OF THE CALL

The hero feels the fear of the unknown and tries to turn away from the adventure, however briefly. Alternately, another character may express the uncertainty and danger ahead.

MEETING WITH THE MENTOR

The hero comes across a seasoned traveler of the worlds who gives him or her training, equipment, or advice that will help on the journey. Or the hero reaches within to a source of courage and wisdom.

5. CROSSING THE THRESHOLD. At the end of Act One, the hero commits to leaving the Ordinary World and entering a new region or condition with unfamiliar rules and values.

6. TESTS, ALLIES AND ENEMIES. The hero is tested and sorts out allegiances in the Special World.

7. APPROACH. The hero and newfound allies prepare for the major challenge in the Special world.

8. THE ORDEAL. Near the middle of the story, the hero enters a central space in the Special World and confronts death or faces his or her greatest fear. Out of the moment of death comes a new life.

9. THE REWARD. The hero takes possession of the treasure won by facing death. There may be celebration, but there is also danger of losing the treasure again.

10. THE ROAD BACK. About three-fourths of the way through the story, the hero is driven to complete the adventure, leaving the Special World to be sure the treasure is brought home. Often a chase scene signals the urgency and danger of the mission.

11. THE RESURRECTION. At the climax, the hero is severely tested once more on the threshold of home. He or she is purified by a last sacrifice, another moment of death and rebirth, but on a higher and more complete level. By the hero’s action, the polarities that were in conflict at the beginning are finally resolved.

12. RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR. The hero returns home or continues the journey, bearing some element of the treasure that has the power to transform the world as the hero has been transformed.


W R I T I N G S

  • On Silence
  • On Suspense
  • On Trust
  • On holding Space
  • On sensing the emerging
  • On Shift
  • On tackeling the yet unknown
  • On Reconnection
  • On Bridge Building
  • On Creation/Creativity

T H O U G H T S

Tree of Transformation

Rituals for hearing, listening and stepping over threshold → times of change and initiations → Rites of passage


D E E P E N I N G of K N O W L E D G E , M E T H O D S & T O O L S

This page is about the different methods I have encountered and got to know better on my journey so fare. Its a place where I capture the essences of the different trainings I am/was following in my transiency time and deepen the interfaces between them. A place to make the study of new tools and methods visible. A place to knit old and new knowledge & expertise together towards this new way of being.

Dragon Dreaming

Theory U-Lab

Transition to Resilience

Hosting Crafts

Art of Hosting

Hero's Journey

Spiral Dynamics

Systemic Constellation


D I V E & W E A V E

B O O K S - Food on the Journey

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  • Source by Joseph Jaworoski
  • Wholeness and the Implicate Order by David Bohm
  • Leading from the emerging Future by Otto Schramer
  • Ervin László

L I N K S

QUOTES & POEMS

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