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      Table IX
Developmental Minitasks of the 6th and 7th Stages
(The risers on the Periodic Developmental Stage Staircase)
(The table should be read from the bottom up for development)
7th Stage

Psychedelic

Affective readiness for psychedelia seen in valuing
Psychic powers appear
Reverence for life. Gemeinsschaftgefuhl
Transcendence of emphasis on sexual lust to altered state of C.
Spontaneous psychedelic nature experiences appear
Affective readiness for psychedelia seen in responding mode
Meditation becomes habitual
 

6th Stage

Creativity

Northridge Developmental Scale
includes minitasks from "creative openings occur"
 to top of 6th stage ("Affective readiness..." etc.)










 

Affective readiness for psychedelia seen in receiving mode
Sense of destiny becomes conscious
Loss of fear of death
Meditation may be begun with profit
Peak experiences possible
Serendipity effects noticed
Creative ritual established (modus operandi for being creative)
Problem sensing and centering evident
Spontaneity and freshness of appreciation
Acceptance of self, nature, and others
Final perfection of autonomy
Positive thinking predominant
Cheerfulness and good humor evident
Creative openings occur
Anti-authoritarian, democratic character structure
Divergent thinking in evidence
Affective readiness for creativity seen in responding mode
5th Stage

Formal Operations

Affective readiness for creativity seen in receiving mode