Introduction to Integral Theory & Practice: IOS Basic and the AQAL Map

aqal_intro_0.pdf by Ken Wilber – This 40-page essay is a user-friendly introduction the AQAL Map which provides the intellectual framework for Integral Recovery. This same essay was later expanded into an pocket-sized, wonderfully illustrated book called The Integral Vision: A Very Short Introduction to the Revolutionary Integral Approach to Life, God, the Universe, and Everything.…

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Confronting the Collective Shadow

confronting_the_collective_shadow1.pdf After spending a month teaching about Integral Recovery in Germany, John reflects on the power of the collective shadow: “transformed, it becomes the raw energy and power for positive evolution, creativity, compassion, healing, and hope of and for the future.”

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Surfaces and Depths

surfaces-and-depths-integral-recovery-john-dupuy.pdf by John Dupuy – “One of the main insights of the great mystics, and one of the essential truths of Integral Recovery is that all suffering comes from identification with surfaces.” What does it mean to enter into depth and out of suffering? This paper explores how this question relates to Integral Practice and…

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Integrale Suchtgenesung

ip-09-integrale-suchtgenesung.pdf by John Dupuy – Übersetzung: Dennis Wittrock/ mf German Translation of “Integral Recovery: A Brief Overview.” Courtesy of Integrales Forum.

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Toward an Integral Recovery Model for Drug and Alcohol Addiction

dupuy_recovery_final.pdf Een integraal model voor de bevrijding van verslaving – Dupuy met Morelli.pdf by John Dupuy (with Marco Morelli) – This article was published in AQAL: Journal of Integral Theory & Practice, Fall 2007, Vol. 2, No. 3. This is essentially the same article as The Integral Recovery Model for Drug and Alcohol Addiction, however,…

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Integral Recovery 12 Steps

integral_recovery_12steps.pdf by John Dupuy – This is an “integralized” version of the classic 12-step recovery process. By attempting to integrate (“transcend and include”) both traditional and modern sensibilities, this version of the 12 Steps keeps the “baby” of the original without the “bathwater.” The Integral 12 Steps are currently being used in programs such as…

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