Worldviews in Collision/Worldviews in Metamorphosis: Toward a Multistate Paradigm

Abstract

This article is an extended commentary inspired by Alan Drengson's paper “Shifting Paradigms: From Technocrat to Planetary Person” (Drengson 2011). In this article Susan Greenwood and I echo Drengson's criticism that Euro‐American science is incomplete, having committed what Thomas Roberts calls “The Singlestate Fallacy: the erroneous assumption that all worthwhile abilities reside in our normal, awake mindbody state” (Roberts 2006:105). This singlestate fallacy is vividly portrayed in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, whose critique of Euro‐American science is revisited in this article. Alternatively, Greenwood and I suggest that what is needed is a multimodel framework “that allows for in‐depth analysis of the different modes of consciousness.” Roberts refers to this alternative attitude toward science as the Multistate Paradigm. An awareness of the transformational character of shamanism is also explored in this article as a means to overcome the oppositions between the technocratic and person planetary perspective, and their related gender associations.

Editor's Introduction: From Primordial Anthropology to a Transpersonal Ecosophy

“…Schroll and Walker's hypothesis of this data's significance in “Diagnosing the Human Superiority Complex: Providing Evidence the Eco‐Crisis is Born of Conscious Agency,” supports Drengson's critique of technocracy's limitations. Nevertheless this only identifies the problem or symptoms, 3 whereas the practical means MacDowell and Caley seek are taken up in Schroll and Greenwood (2011).…”

Understanding Bohm’s Holoflux: Clearing Up a Conceptual Misunderstanding of the Holographic Paradigm and Clarifying its Signifigance to Transpersonal Studies of Consciousness

“…More recently Walsh (1990Walsh ( , 2007 extended his investigation into becoming a gnostic intermediary to the study of shamanism. Further discussions of shamanism in support of Walsh's work can be found in Schroll (2010aSchroll ( , 2011c; additional views on shamanism can be found in Schroll and Greenwood (2011);and Schroll and Mack (2012).…”

Frankenstein and Feminism: Contemplating The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein

“…[Roszak 1995:353] Theodore Roszak's, The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein (1995) further explores the ''Night of the Living Dead Model'' (see Schroll and Greenwood 2011) through an (eco)-feminist lens. .…”

“…And I see monsters bowing down to their makers and rising up against them. [Roszak 1995:353] Theodore Roszak's, The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein (1995) further explores the ''Night of the Living Dead Model'' (see Schroll and Greenwood 2011) through an (eco)-feminist lens. This remarkable novel is narrated by Elizabeth, Victor's illfated fiancé, who, despite being modeled after Shelley herself, makes only a brief appearance in the original Frankenstein.…”