Citation:
Stafford, Brian. 2023.“A Look at Leadership Archetypes in Traditional and Alternative Spiritualities”. in Uses and Abuses of Power in Alternative Spiritualities. Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract:
Abstract: The misuse of power in alternative spiritual communities is similar and different than the misuse of power in most mainstream religious communities. In this workshop we will explore an archetypal understanding of leadership and power. Specifically, we will explore the Nature Based Map of the Human Psyche, a tool that maps our facets of wholeness as well as our four sets of fragmented or wounded subpersonalities that form during childhood. We will primarily explore the leadership facets and the fragments posing as true leadership. Specific examples will be described We will also discuss how the NBMHP can be used for leaders and organizations as well as for entire spiritual communities that wish to reduce their potential to cause harm and to cultivate individual and community wholeness.Presenter bio: Brian Stafford, MD, MPH is a former Endowed Chair of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Public Health and now practices as a vision gast guide, ecotherapist, psychedelic assisted psychotherapist, and independent scholar. He was raised in Evangelical Christianity but went “wild” and has lived in and served as a consultant to many progressive intentional communities and organizations. He has published over 50 scientific papers and given talks on every continent covering various topics of human development and spirituality, He is the Director of the Wild Mind Eco-Depth Psychotherapy Training Program at the Animas Valley Institute.
Presenter affiliation: Animas Valley Institute