ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to express my gratitude to Professor Loyal Rue for permitting me to reprint my IRAS

Humankind Advancing, Vol.9, No.1 January 1998

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

I wish to express my gratitude to Professor Loyal Rue for permitting me to reprint my IRAS-essay, to Mrs. Norma Sperry for sending me Weiner's "The Beak of the Finch," to Claude Saint-Jarre and Bill Holden for providing me with information about Paul Ray's survey, to Robert Muller, Elisabet Sahtouris, and Rita Johnson for sending me their papers, and to Michael Marien for his standing permission to use quotes and excerpts from Future Survey.

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Combs, A. -- The Radiance of Being. St. Paul, Minnesota: Paragon House. 1996.

Elgin, D. -- Global Consciousness Change. Millenium Project, PO Box 2449, San Anselmo, CA 94960, 1997.

Erdmann, E. -- Struggling Toward a Viable World View. IRAS Newsletter, 45(3), April 15, 1997, pp.2-3.

Erdmann, E. and Stover, D. -- Beyond a World Divided. Boston: Shambhala. 1991.

Erdmann, H. -- Personal communication, fall 1996.

FUTURE SURVEY -- A Monthly Abstract of Books, Articles, and Reports Concerning Forecasts, Trends, and Ideas about the Future. Ed.: Michael Marien. Published by the World Future Society, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 450, Bethesda, MD 20814, U.S.A.

Hughes, R. -- Take this Revolution... TIME, Special Issue, Spring 1995, pp. 76/77.

Muller, R. -- Two Thousand Ideas for a Better World. From an Appeal to the Members of the Extraordinary Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, 23 to 27 June 1997.

Ray, P. -- The Rise of Integral Culture. Noetic Sciences Review, Spring 1996.

Ray, P. -- The Great Divide: Prospects for an Integral Culture. YES: A Journal of Positive Futures. Fall 1996, P. 55-

Sahtouris, E. -- The Biology of Globalization. Perspectives in Business and Global Change. Sept. 1997.

Sperry, R.W. -- Holding Course Amid Shifting Paradigms. In New Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science. W. Harman and J. Clark (Eds.), pp.99-124. Sausalito, CA: Institute of Noetic Sciences. 1994.

Theobald, R. -- Paper to co-workers of July 20, 1994.

Weiner, J. -- The Beak of the Finch. New York: Vintage Books. 1995.

Weizsäcker, E., Lovins A.B. and Lovins L.H. -- Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resources. London: Earthscan, July 1997.

	Combs, A. -- The Radiance of Being. St. Paul, Minnesota: Paragon House. 1996.
	Elgin, D. -- Global Consciousness Change. Millenium Project, PO Box 2449, San Anselmo, CA 94960, 1997.
	Erdmann, E. -- Struggling Toward a Viable World View. IRAS Newsletter, 45(3), April 15, 1997, pp.2-3.
	Erdmann, E. and Stover, D. -- Beyond a World Divided. Boston: Shambhala. 1991.
	Erdmann, H. -- Personal communication, fall 1996.
	FUTURE SURVEY -- A Monthly Abstract of Books, Articles, and Reports Concerning Forecasts, Trends, and Ideas about the Future. Ed.: Michael Marien. Published by the World Future Society, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 450, Bethesda, MD 20814, U.S.A.
	Hughes, R. -- Take this Revolution... TIME, Special Issue, Spring 1995, pp. 76/77.
	Muller, R. -- Two Thousand Ideas for a Better World. From an Appeal to the Members of the Extraordinary Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, 23 to 27 June 1997.
	Ray, P. -- The Rise of Integral Culture. Noetic Sciences Review, Spring 1996.
	Ray, P. -- The Great Divide: Prospects for an Integral Culture. YES: A Journal of Positive Futures. Fall 1996, P. 55-
	Sahtouris, E. -- The Biology of Globalization. Perspectives in Business and Global Change. Sept. 1997.
	Sperry, R.W. -- Holding Course Amid Shifting Paradigms. In New Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science. W. Harman and J. Clark (Eds.), pp.99-124. Sausalito, CA: Institute of Noetic Sciences. 1994.
	Theobald, R. -- Paper to co-workers of July 20, 1994.
	Weiner, J. -- The Beak of the Finch. New York: Vintage Books. 1995.
	Weizsäcker, E., Lovins A.B. and Lovins L.H. -- Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resources. London: Earthscan, July 1997.