The Archegyre is a way to describe both the conscious and unconscious aspects of human behaviour. It provides an understanding of the characteristic qualities of individuals and groups and also how these are contextually projected and reflected.
Rather than adapting existing models, the Archegyre is derived from first principles. It begins with the empty space of all possibilities and builds a powerful awareness through a journey of coherent and consistent steps. Unlike virtually every other behavioural model, the Archegyre is human centred and immersive. The participants and groups look outwards from the centre of their awareness, rather than observing it from a distance.
The circle has been chosen as the basis for the Archegyre because it represents how individual actions, senses and perceptions naturally spread out in overlapping arcs of awareness that are projected out into surrounding spaces. What appears to be reflected back is a circle with the individual at the centre, encircled by an all encompassing space stretching out to the edge of individual awareness.
These circles are created by the individual in order to orient inner constructs of the world to the actual world outside and to connect a central awareness of self to the edge of a wider understanding. This also how a dream works, by the dreamer shining out their unconscious stories and experiencing what is reflected back to them.
The Archegyre can also be used to identify and illuminate quality of individual, mutual, social and cultural relationships. In any individual or organisational environment, being aware of the nature of the connections between individuals is often as important as understanding the individuals themselves.
Ian is the originator of the Archegyre, developing it from his strong academic foundations and basing it on over thirty years of knowledge and experience gained during his work with both individual and collective dreams.
