![]() ![]() Drawing on mythic and biblical imagery, we suggest the apocalypse of the modern world-system will be accompanied by widespread transformations of collective consciousness - a Planetary Awakening of Unique Self Symphonies. Engaging in concrete utopian theorizing we suggest that tomorrow's world will involve certain widespread "social miracles" - making enlightenment an everyday thing. The process of replacing the modern world-system involves the widespread democratization of enlightenment. ![]() From Teilhard de Chardin to Process Theology, a divinely inspired turning point in Earth's evolution has been argued to be immanent. Esoteric religion and mystical traditions have also located our era at the heart of a world-transformation. Leaders in this field have charted long-term limits and end games, placing our current era in the heart of the modern world-system's epochal and final crises. World-systems analysis is a trans-disciplinary field focused on the evolution and future of the modern world. Two narratives about the nature of our current historical moment are brought together in the interest of provoking a reconsideration of "collective enlightenment," or what we term the democratization of enlightenment. LIPTON, An Introduction to Conscious Evolution: a Theory we Can Thrive With How to Facilitate all of us to Come Together as We the People BRUCE H. NELSON, Shifting Global Consciousness to Global Awareness ERIC REYNOLDS, Next Stage Organizations ALFONSO MONTUORI, The Evolution of Creativity and the Creativity of Evolution GEOFF FITCH, Truthfulness and Collective Enlightenment CHARLES JOHNSTON, Bringing Wisdom to the Future: Creative Systems Theory’s Concept of “Cultural Maturity” JIM ROUGH, The ToBe Project. STEWART, Enlightenment and the Evolution of the Material World FRED MATSER, My Process of De-veloping Awareness: From a Finite Understanding towards Glimpses of Infinity GREGORY WILPERT, Consciousness for the Post-Capitalist Commons: A Developmental Psychological Perspective ROGER D. KARAGYOZOVA, Collective Enlightenment – The Ascent JOHN E. SUSANNE COOK-GREUTER, Letter to the Editor Editorial - SAHLAN MOMO, Benighted, Enlightened, and Delighted Interview - JOANNA MACY, Learning to See in the Darkness amid Catastrophe ERVIN LÁSZLÓ, The Evolution of our Consciousness Is the Enlightenment of Humanity DUANE ELGIN, Humanity’s Journey Home: We are Learning to Live in a Living Universe GEORGE PÓR, On the Verge of Collective Awakening PETER RUSSELL, Blind Spot: The Unforeseen End of Accelerating Change DEEPAK CHOPRA, A Critical Issue: What to do when Darkness Rises? TOM ATLEE ~ ROSA ZUBIZARRETA, The Embodiment of Wholeness in our Social Order: Our Evolutionary Challenge as Humans TERRI O’FALLON, The Integration of Awareness with the Individual and the Collective ALLAN COMBS, Collective Enlightenment RICHARD BARRETT, The Ego-Soul Dynamics of Enlightenment THOMAS HÜBL ~ JULIE JORDAN AVRITT, Toward the Integration of Collective Trauma in a Time of Exponential Change MICHEL BAUWENS ~ EDWARD BERGE, Collective Enlightenment through Postmetaphysical Eyes ZACHARY STEIN ~ MARC GAFNI, The Apocalypse of the Modern World-System & Related Possibilities for Democratizing Enlightenment MARIYA K. Twenty-five insights on the state of the art of Consciousness and Enlightenment studies, (ed.
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