Worldview LensMythic-Literal
Stories and symbols taken literally; fairness as reciprocity; cosmic justice.
How it sounds
If you pray hard enough, God will give you what you asked for.
Bad things happen to people who deserve it.
Signs in writing
- literal reading of sacred or cultural stories
- reward/punishment cosmology
- narrative without reflection on it
Values
justice as reciprocity · belonging to the story
Fears
punishment · chaos
Staying healthy at this stage
- a community whose stories give order and belonging
Growth edge
- notice when stories conflict with experience
- meet trusted people who read the story differently
How to be heard at this stage
- tell stories; honor their sacred symbols
The same altitude in other models
Mapped by altitude, not measured: models track different lines.
- Opportunist Cook-Greuter
- Self-protective Loevinger
- Concrete Commons
- Imperial mind Kegan
- Opportunist Torbert
- Power / Egocentric Spiral Dynamics
- Self-interest & exchange Kohlberg
- Red Wilber
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