{"id":2940,"date":"2014-06-04T11:25:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T10:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiraldynamicsintegral.nl\/en\/oorsprong\/"},"modified":"2021-05-27T10:59:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T09:59:17","slug":"origin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spiraldynamicsintegral.nl\/en\/origin\/","title":{"rendered":"Origins"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Origins of the SDi Model<\/h2>\n

Spiral Dynamics was initiated in the 1960s through\u00a0extensive research done by Prof. Clare W. Graves, an American Professor in Psychology at Union College, New York. Although he started his work from a psychological point of view, Graves realized that he needed to apply\u00a0a multi-disciplinary approach to answer his hypotheses and research questions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Clare<\/p>\n

\u201cBriefly, what I am proposing is that the psychology of the mature human being is an unfolding, emergent, oscillating, spiraling process, marked by progressive subordination of older, lower-order behavior systems to newer, higher-order systems as man\u2019s existential problems change.\u201d<\/h4>\n

Clare W. Graves<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Graves was captivated by the question \u201cWhat is healthy, mature, human behavior?\u201d He combined this with the idea that all humans want to be right in almost every area of their lives; may it be in the field of politics, religion, sports, gender, marriage or other areas. To answer this question, he started his large-scale research.<\/span><\/p>\n

The conclusion of his research was that people only differ from opinion due to a variety of value systems and their own bio-psycho-social development. Data and results from his scientific research in the 1960s and 1970s showed that human behavior is strongly determined by our value systems, our internal motives and our belief systems.
\nGraves\u2019 work was so extensive, pioneering and interdisciplinary that he didn\u2019t fit into a defined movement. Graves \u2018simply\u2019 called his theory \u2018The emergent, cyclical, double-helix theory of adult bio psychosocial systems development, or, in short, \u201cLevels of Existence Theory”.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nDo you want to hear Graves explain his theory himself? Please listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of the original 1974 audiotapes. Some of the original Graves\u2019 articles can be found on the \u201cArticles\u201d page. On this page, you can also find some interesting articles from Beck, Cowan and Wilber. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Following in Graves\u2019 footsteps\u2026
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Graves\u2019 followers, Dr. Don Beck and Christopher Cowan, further developed his work and coined the term Spiral Dynamics (SD) in the 1990s. They also wrote the Spiral Dynamics book and they were the ones who introduced the now well-known colors. During that time, Dr. Don Beck came into contact with the American integral philosopher Ken Wilber. They became inspired by each other\u2019s work and decided to integrate both their models – thus adding the \u2018i\u2019 to Spiral Dynamics: SDi was born.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\"Dr.Dr. Don E. Beck<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"ChristopherChristopher C. Cowan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"KenKen Wilber<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/fusion_builder_column]<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2940","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOrigins \u22c5 Spiral Dynamics Integral<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Introductie over de oorsprong van het Spiral Dynamics Integral gedachtegoed o.b.v. het werk van Prof. Clare Graves, Dr. Don Beck, Chris Cowan en Ken Wilber.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spiraldynamicsintegral.nl\/en\/origin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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