Synopsis
The circle has been used as a spiritual and social form since the first campfire, but we have forgotten how the nourishment and inspiration of the circle can transform humen relationships. This book is a rediscovery, through personal experience, of how we can bring the importance of the circle back into today's divided world. From years of experience working with groups, Christina Baldwin introduces a structure for calling the circle and exploring its potential to empower ordinary lives. She uses three principles - rotating leadership, shared responsibility and attention to Spirit. The book draws people toegether with a sense of common purpose - to share and to support. Above all, it celebrates the alchemy of collective wisdom and spiritual energy felt within the circle.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
The original small-press edition of Calling the Circle has become one of the key resources for the rapidly-growing "circle" movement. This newly revised edition brings Christina Baldwin's groundbreaking work to an even broader audience ranging from women's spirituality groups to corporate development teams.
50,000 years ago, women and men gathered around campfires to decide the key issues in their lives. Today, groups everywhere are discovering a new form of this ancient ritual for communication, mutual support, teamwork, and social change. Now, in a book as consciousness-changing as Riane Eisler's The Chalice and the Blade or Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline, Christina Baldwin offers this powerful new tool to everyone who longs for a community based on honesty, equality, and spiritual integrity.
In this simple, profound practice, participants sit in a circle, pass a talking piece from person to person, and speak and listen from the heart. Christina Baldwin gives detailed instructions and suggestions for getting started, setting goals, and solving disagreements safely and respectfully. She also offers inspiring examples of circles in action: a women's spirituality group, a father and son in crisis, a PTA group that averts a school strike and a work project team that accesses a new level of creativity and caring.
Biographie de l'auteur
Christina Baldwin is the author of Calling the Circle, Seven Whispers, and most recently Storycatcher, which won a 2006 Books for a Better Life Award. She teaches and lectures extensively through her educational company, PeerSpirit. She lives outside Seattle, Washington, on Whidbey Island.
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