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Executive Summary:
What is Project 14?
An Executive Summary of Project 14 can be described by an example of one of the Mini-Projects. The following description is of Project 14: Dreamwork.
Project 14 is a set of several Mini-Projects in activist research into the horrible and extremely violent set of problems known as The Dead Women of Juárez.
Just to provide some background, Project 14 was formed on September 14, 2004 at the Harvard University h2o Project, Harvard Law School.
Project 14 Dreamwork: a Mini-Project
The initial Mini-Project for the project is Project 14: Dreamwork. The logic is that this dreamwork Mini-Project can
1.) use the Native American Blue Kachina Concept adapted to lucid Mapuche dreamwork to move consciousness from a lower reality to a higher level.
2.) Then that hightened consciousness is applied to extreme conflict resolution in Juarez (Socially Engaged Spirituality).
3.) The hypothesized effect is in raising of consciousness, purification and intense activism.
In addition to the Blue Kachina concept, Project 14: Dreamwork uses The Ullman method for looking at dreams. First the Blue Kachina concept shall be described here then the Ullman method.
What is The Blue Kachina Concept?
The concept is a prophecy. "When the Blue Star Kachina makes its appearance in the heavens, the Fifth World will emerge". This will be the Day of Purification." The object of the Kachina concept is symbolized by the star Sirius. The action of that star, according to the prophecy is in "Moving consciousness from one reality or frequency - to another" http://www.crystalinks.com/sirius.html The action of the star is personified as Carahue La Calchona.
The process of dreamwork sounds easy. All one needs to do is to dream and the fifth world appears (pop!) as if by magic, right?
The dreamwork process is more complex than that. Project 14, using the Blue Star Kachina concept shall move consciousness from one reality (dreams) to another (waking state at, hopefully, a higher level of functioning). The key is in the reaching of a higher level of consciousness. The object, then, is to apply that heightened consciousness to the horrible problems in Juarez.
What, exactly, is the Blue Star? Is it real?
The Blue Star: "Sirius is the brightest star in the nighttime sky, with a visual apparent magnitude of -1.46. It is located in the constellation Canis Major. Its name comes from the Latin sirius, from Greek(seirios, "glowing"). It is situated in the eye of the greater dog Canis Major, therefore it is known as the 'Dog Star'." Martin Gashweseoma, Traditional Hopi Elder and Guardian of the Sacred Stone Tablets of the Fire Clan, For details see: http://www.crystalinks.com/hopi2.html
Once the Kachina concept is applied, then another step can be undertaken: the Ullman method (named for Montague Ullman, a well known dream researcher).
What is the Ullman Method?
A dream table is assembled. (See: http://dreamtable.bravehost.com) Dreamwork is lucid and while in the state of dreaming. Participants in the collective of dream characters shall be trained with heart then assemble to narrate their dreams. (The entire process is accomplished while in the dream state.)
The following Ullman method is applied:
"Group Dream Work - Ullman Jungian therapist Montague Ullman developed a highly structured group method of exploring dreams... It is a 4-phase process:
1) A dreamer volunteers and tells a dream in detail. Others may only interrupt to ask clarifying (non-interpretive) questions.
2) Others take the dream as their own, speaking of it as if they had actually dreamed it. They suggest what the dream might mean for them. The dreamer listens without participating.
3) The dream is officially returned to its original creator. The dreamer may respond to everyone else's input, and may share her/his own insights.
4) The dreamer thinks further about the dream, and reports (at a later time) any additional insights."
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