Integrated intelligence is the innate intelligence which connects us with knowledge beyond the brain. It is typically found in spiritual literature, but is also the subject of some scientific investigation. I am particularly interested in why this extant human intelligence has been left of the map of modern science and education.
See my book Integrated Intelligence for a more in-depth coverage of the topic. For a less "academic", and far more practical take on INI, see my book Sage of Synchronicity. Available in mid-2010 will be my new book Beyond the Frontiers of Human Intelligence, an updated and more reader-friendly volume, which covers much of the same ground as Integrated Intelligence.
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Have you ever felt that you had a greater calling, but never been able to put your finger on what it is? In the Secrets of Synchronicity, workshops, I will show that you have the incredible capacity to draw upon an infinite source of knowledge and wisdom, and use it to identify and live your true calling, or “Bliss”. Based on my latest book Sage of Synchronicity, this workshop will teach you how to tap into the power of your spiritual intuition, or what I call Integrated Intelligence (INI). Click on the pdf image at the top right hand corner to see the full description and details.
Written by Marcus Anthony on February 2005, 9
In this article I argue that there is a need for a restoration of intuitive ways of knowing in modern society and education. I outline the defining characteristics of work in the knowledge econonomy, and how activation of integrated intelligence can help address these issues.
Written by Marcus Anthony on November 2003, 8
Larry Dossey, Danah Zohar, John Broomfield and Ken Wilber have all developed models of mind or intelligence which feature integrated intelligence. In this article I outline their theories, and analyse them using Causal Layered Analysis.
Written by Marcus Anthony on June, 2006
In June 2007 I submitted this dissertation to The University of the Sunshine Coast, in Australia. It is entitled "Representations of integrated intelligence within classical and contemporary depictions of intelligence and their educational implications." It outlines the theory of integrated intelligence in detail, and analyses mainstream and alternative discourses on intelligence. It addresses the issue of why integrated intelligence is absent from discussions on intelligence in mainstream intelligence circles.
Written by Marcus Anthony on August 2008, 13
I wrote this article for the Journal of Futures Studies in 2008 because I wanted to make the idea of integrated intelligence (INI) more grounded and practical. Here I share several personal anecdotes about how I applied some of the core operations (cognitive skills) of INI at various phases of my development of the theory.
Written by Marcus Anthony on August 2005, 10
Modern science depicts mind as located within the brian, and tends to represent consciousness as being mechanistic. There is typically a narrowly depicted expresssion of rationality put forward as the defining operation of human cognition. My position is that this version of mind is limited and fails to account for well-documented intuitive and mystical human cognition. In this article I identify four key philosophical and psychological drivers which underpin modern science's limited representation of mind.
Written by Marcus T. Anthony on Jan. 2007
Originally published in Foresight, a Russian journal (in Russian), this is the English version of an article which outlines the theory of integtrated intelligence, and places it in a civilisational and historical context.
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This paper explores three underlying psycho-spiritual imperatives which have affected the process and practice of modern science. These imperatives have contributed to the depiction of consciousnesses and intelligence as mechanistic, brain-based, and consisting primarily of linguistic, mathematical an abstract operations. The consequent rejection of integrated, transcendent and spiritual depictions of consciousness and intelligence is thus also examined. Futurist Sohail Inayatullah’s Causal Layered Analysis is used to deconstruct the relevant texts and discourses.
Written by Marcus T. Anthony on Fall 2006
Here I deconstruct two very different theories of intelligence - Arthur Jenson's 'g' theory (IQ), and Daniel Goleman's emotional intelligence, and conclude that both tend to mechanise mind and intelligence, although in different ways.
Written by Marcus T. Anthony on 2006
In this article (which appeared in World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution in 2006) I develop a case for a theory of intelligence incorporating transpersonal dimensions, namely integrated intelligence. Some recent expanded theories of intelligence move into concepts like creativity, wisdom, and emotional intelligence. Yet they remain embedded within mainstream intelligence theory and its reductionist and materialist presuppositions. While various theorists in consciousness theory have developed transpersonal models which are beginning to be discussed in some mainstream circles, mainstream intelligence theory is yet to address the broader implications of this. Recent changes in the global economy and the needs of populations have created a need for an expanded theory of intelligence, and more intuitive thinking.