Written by Robert LePage and Jody LePage


Photos on the Handbook title page
and website construction by Derek Gebler.


Handbook for a Phase Transition. Copyright 2004

Introduction

• A Daunting Mess

Part I: Unfolding the Algorithm

• Chapter One: Grounding
• Consciousness
• Consciousness and the World
• Meaning


• Chapter Two: Storytelling
• Microtheatres of Power
• Language and the sign system
• Narratives and the narrative field


• Chapter Three: A Destructive Master Narrative
• Self as Separate
• Modalities of the Master Narrative
• The Object Universe

Part II: Elements of an Alternative

• Chapter Four: Religious and Spiritual Traditions
• The Heart of the Matter
• Tools of Consciousness
• Religious Reunion


• Chapter Five: Contemporary Science
• In the Beginning
• Earth
• Life


• Chapter Six: The Arts
• Introduction
• Art Connects
• Historical Perspective


• Chapter Seven: The Stars
• Problematic Tradition
• See for Yourself
• Implications

Part III: Toward a Solution

• Chapter Eight: The Edge of Chaos
• Fractal Universe
• Complex dynamic systems
• Phase Transitions


• Chapter Nine: A Plan of Action
• Microtheatrical Change
• Macrotheatrical Change
• Belonging