I enjoyed Carol's book. Although I don't have a strong connection with her examples [actually, many of her examples have negative connotations for me that detract from her argument], I appreciate the framework she sketches out.

I was interested to see that, although she references the Native American origins of her archetypes, she doesn't reference the Gurdjieffian influences of her use of systematics. Actually, a good portion of the book could have come directly from J. G. Bennett's writings [for example, the claim that the 20th century was the time of the mechanistic worldview and that the 21st century is that of community]. These influences strengthen her stance, whether acknowledged or not [maybe she just felt it would be politically incorrect to reference such sources].

I'm going to go back and review her frameworks again [and skip over the examples]. There's a lot of potential depth to these frameworks, much of which probably goes over our heads on our first exposure to the frameworks.

It's worth noting that I disagree about the potential of for-profit entities in a shift between ages [I don't think they're everything]. I think if Carol were to be more liberal in her application of her worldview she'd find that the framework of money is also an artifact of the Age of Separation. But she's come a long way anyways. ( )