<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[joelightfoot.org]]></title><description><![CDATA[joelightfoot.org]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:25:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.joelightfoot.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[We Contain Multitudes: Eight Newly Emergent Archetypes]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a recent article I outlined my conception of The Five Foundational Worldviews and suggested that at certain moments in history new...]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/we-contain-multitudes-eight-newly-emergent-archetypes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64882045d7068ab6ccf01437</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 07:14:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_18e74a94b9df48d88d28b08b70cfb6e6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Five Foundational Worldviews: Mapping Our Structures Of Feeling]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was hesitant about writing this piece. As whenever attempting to map something as complex and nuanced as a worldview there will..]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/the-five-foundationals-a-decidedly-undevelopmental-map-of-worldviews</link><guid isPermaLink="false">640c4a325b1d218fd9a2b89e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:14:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_b9aa039e8b7c4cb88cf3cc2e3037dc59~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Hold The Keys To Each Other's Genius]]></title><description><![CDATA[I find it beautiful to consider that we hold the keys to each other's genius. It’s a really intimate thing to realise we are so...]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/we-hold-the-keys-to-each-other-s-genius</link><guid isPermaLink="false">629e9a1d17c3f1e12ea2df6d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:37:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_f2bc6dc186de4c8689dbc961e6e7db01~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_612,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six Person Parenting: A Protopian Approach To Raising Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Raising children in a modern day household is nothing short of hardcore. From the outside it’s all...]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/six-person-parenting-a-protopian-approach-to-raising-kids</link><guid isPermaLink="false">622431c43ffe98cd54180b88</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 01:14:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_8713cec579884530ab14b27d91f6bae5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of Pods, Squads, Crews &#38; Gangs: Small Group Experiments In Radical Belonging]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's my sneaking suspicion that despite all our shiny new communications technology there remains a deep streak of loneliness hidden inside almost all of us. The mystic psychologist Carl Jung suggested that such sensations do ‘not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.’ In other words this kind of loneliness arises from feeling not fully seen, held,...]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/of-pods-squads-crews-gangs-small-group-experiments-in-radical-belonging</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6200cb65813cca22dc9dda39</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 08:49:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_bed75dd0bf7d4d54b2a8082f00b17a9f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_630,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Liminal Web: Mapping An Emergent Subculture Of Sensemakers, Meta-Theorists &#38; Systems Poets]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 2023 Edit - I've added a Liminal Update section at the end of the article with a new graphic map, some new links and a description...]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/the-liminal-web-mapping-an-emergent-subculture-of-sensemakers-meta-theorists-systems-poets</link><guid isPermaLink="false">617cc0050b9ed10017551ccc</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 06:32:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_ad8a453aac02418c8e0a8ddb9996779d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Priests, Kings &#38; Bosses: A Neotribal Declaration ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2015 I first encountered a word that would stop me in my tracks. It captured the essence of everything I held most dear...]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/beyond-priests-kings-bosses-a-neotribal-declaration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6164f69390e94d00165175d5</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2021 04:02:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_019008f9aef044ab9771de2662d15f4c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_726,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between Priests, Kings &#38; Bosses: An Unflinching Exploration Of The Best &#38; Worst Of Civilisation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our species appears highly adept at engineering fantastical new ways to wipe itself out. So far we’ve managed to collectively dodge the..]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/between-priests-kings-bosses-an-unflinching-exploration-of-the-best-worst-of-civilisation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6049bd22d90805005790ba06</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:32:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_70bddb687e9c4834b2c664f07427b707~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before Priests, Kings &#38; Bosses Part Three: Eleven Life Lessons From The Original Egalitarians ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I often wonder what it was like to have lived in the tribe that first painted the caves at Lascaux over 20,000 years ago. Was dancing..]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/before-priests-kings-bosses-part-three-eleven-life-lessons-from-the-original-egalitarians</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6049c477af20230057fd35e1</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:17:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_ca28f6de060444a4ad6ef5990b054de0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_726,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before Priests, Kings &#38; Bosses Part Two: The Two Types Of Tribes ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The way we structure our societies tends to determine whether we end up dominating or empowering our fellow humans. And while the more commo]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/before-priests-kings-bosses-part-two-the-two-types-of-tribes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6049c4194935810057de702a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:11:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_8daf43affa6b4b46a57b7cb08c5df23a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_726,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before Priests, Kings &#38; Bosses Part One: 59,804 Reasons To Think Again ]]></title><description><![CDATA[How should we measure the health of our societies? Are a sense of belonging, meaning, egalitarianism and symbiosis with our..]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/before-priests-kings-bosses-part-one-59-804-reasons-to-think-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6049bb034935810057de6925</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:00:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_4bfd68bd6d4940129bd59c38986b2b6b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_726,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mapping The Counterculture:               A Tri-Spectra Typology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are you an Orthodox Thinking Socially Progressive Rationalist? Or perhaps an Alternative Thinking Socially Conservative Mystic? ]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/mapping-the-progressive-counterculture-a-tri-spectra-typology</link><guid isPermaLink="false">614ed503a57c2100162e3bf2</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2021 08:12:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_2b90c8c71028412b8bb49807fb49f37f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phrenumbulance: A New Word You Didn't Know You Needed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Phrenumbulance - Freh-Nahm-Bew-Lans A new word I just muttered to myself in an attempt to describe the uniquely tragic, darkly hilarious...]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/phrenumblance-a-new-word-you-didn-t-know-you-needed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6157a603eec1730016639a30</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2021 00:29:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_5815911ca2474a3997d1dcf0a00f8be5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_480,h_360,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reluctantly Refusing The Kosmic Kool Aid]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a recent interview Ken Wilber (one of my first intellectual heroes) confidently proclaimed that once upon a time Spirit threw itself...]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/reluctantly-refusing-the-kosmic-kool-aid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6153e3c824ecf9001670f66a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:29:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_df277090095e4cfcbf3ac68823430da2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_726,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Four Types Of Hippy: A Field Guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[After years of intensive field research I've identified four distinct kinds of Hippy. They include The Original Hippy, The New Age Hippy,...]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/the-four-types-of-hippy-a-field-guide</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61480971cbe231001691025b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:13:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_845eed2f350943a39d01beddd0d45e31~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memetic Mediation: Hanzi's Metamodernism vs Wilber's Integral]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here’s a conversation between different parts of myself around the intersection, overlap and distinctions between the Wilberian...]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/memetic-mediation-hanzi-s-metamodernism-vs-wilber-s-integral</link><guid isPermaLink="false">615168c41afa0e001759e7a5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 06:54:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_111278bd3d584247a4d4e05f5cf6a39c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_666,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Cleaning, Waking &#38; Growing Up: The Seven Invitations Of Transformational Community ]]></title><description><![CDATA[If Communities, Collectives &#38; Neotribes are the Modern Day Dojo's for our personal and collective evolution then these seven invitations...]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/beyond-cleaning-waking-growing-up-the-seven-invitations-of-transformational-community</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60926b52f537030016ec975a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 04:24:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_96592e277e5d4ca6afc61dc8489b47d9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_894,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enter The Dojo: Becoming A Community Creature]]></title><description><![CDATA[In order for us to collectively step into a new societal narrative we’ll first have to identify and evolve beyond the outdated narratives...]]></description><link>https://www.joelightfoot.org/post/enter-the-dojo-becoming-a-community-creature</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60473a9171544d0015ef3385</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2021 06:15:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ebcf4_20f7b4ac643b4596a68f40898fab8967~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_778,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Lightfoot</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Contours Of Communitas: Both State, Trait &#38; Stage]]></title><description><![CDATA[I first stumbled across the word communitas in an effort to make myself sound important. 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