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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Cyr" size=2>Dear openspeisery,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Right now I'm in the middle of participating in a workshop
being led by people that I have been dreaming of seeing for 10 years. Arnold
Mindell (originiator of process work) and his wife and partner are leading a
workshop entitled "Magical Paths between worlds". This workshop, as I
understand, reflects Arnold's efforts in tying together physics, psychology, and
shamanism.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Why do I mention this here?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>In one of his books, <A
href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1571742301/qid=1083519235/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/002-5718921-5764021?v=glance&s=books"><STRONG>The
Deep Democracy of Open Forums: Practical Steps to Conflict Prevention and
Resolution for the Family, Workplace, and World</STRONG></A>, I believe he
mentions OST as a follow-up step to using Open Forums. An Open Forum, quite
briefly, for those who may not know (I have only read about this, never been to
one) is a way of holding a meeting with a large number (or not very large
number) of people who are in profound conflict (quite literally in a space ready
to kill each other) and using what Mindell calls a semi-linear process to
facilitate large group transformation. OST is mentioned as a potential follow-up
step after an Open Forum. He essentially suggests what you, Harrison, suggest
people do with OS: read the book and try it. That's something of a
simplification, of course, he suggests that people first try leading
mini-Open Forums (10 people participating for example).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I intend to (haven't had the chance yet to ask Arnold and Amy
about whether there is an Open Forum community real or virtual or not. But, for
now I just wanted to put this question out there. Are there folks who have lead
an Open Forum? Used OST (or some other large group intervention) as a follow-up
step? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>My attempts online to find out about a regular application of
Open Forums hasn't yielded any results.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I know there are some folks on list (hi Kenoli!) who have at
minimum experienced processwork. Your thoughts, knowledge, etc. on this would be
much appreciated!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Raffi (Aftandelian)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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