the arc of tomorrowwith erik andersen

Notes from the field

Writings

Essays, reflections, conversations and resources gathered across the years.

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Recommended reading and resources

The following is recommended reading and resources to continue your systemic constellations learning: Books Additionally, here are some free and paid for resources .

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Loyalties and entanglements in the personal and group consciences

The group consciences According to Hellinger et al. (1998), “conscience bonds us to the persons and groups necessary for our survival regardless of the conditions they set for our belonging. … In the service of belonging, conscience reacts to everything that enhances or endangers our bonding” (p. 7-8). These orders are the hidden natural laws […]

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Ivan Kaplan - my spiritual teacher

In the late 1990s I met Ivan Kaplan, he opened the fire-doors for me on the way to his flat on the 3rd floor of a block of flats in Johannesburg, South Africa. Fire-doors are there to prevent fire from spreading through a building. Well, they did not prevent the holy-fire from spreading and fanning […]

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Magic-ification

It is part of being human to describe, model and map Reality. From physics and mathematics to philosophy, religion and spirituality. The more accurate our models the better we are able to affect Reality. Scientists have used the scientific method to prove the truth of their models and this has resulted in computers and rockets. […]

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What is real? A short metaphor

If no one in your community believed such a land as Japan existed, what if a traveller arrived to tell you she had been there? Its people, its culture, the geography of the land. Especially if such experiences of other lands were a rarity, would the community believe our traveller? If travel was something discouraged, […]

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arc

Why is this website called the arc of tomorrow? It comes from the last line of a poem I wrote following a meditation: A silent moment expanded Turbulent thoughts allowed A body let to rest In a coconut. A rapturous wave ripples Shadows come and go A truth revealed simply In a diamond. An […]

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Letters and Paths

Letters and Paths Welcome to the Letters and Paths course! Each Hebrew Letter and Tarot card refers to a force/ energy pattern that constitute Reality and within your own psyche. They refer to motifs and archetypes common to all humans across space and time. We will explore our relationship to the energy behind the letters […]

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podcasts

These are Kabbalistic Meditations that use Hebrew Holy Names (Hagah or mantra) and visualisation to access the Universal Energy – called the Ain Soph Or. Like these meditations? I especially welcome comments about the African Holy Names series. Let me know, donations are also welcome.

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