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How the Isis Group Network Program Began and Evolved

The Isis Group Network program began over 30 years ago. But I was not then aware that I was beginning a program aligned with an emerging World transformation to Living System Life and Work and its resulting transformation to a new pattern of business.

Why? Because I was not then consciously aware that a world transformation was indeed in progress. And I certainly did not know what its nature was. But I must have been unconsciously aware because of the powerful emotional sensations I began to have that everything was in the process of some unknown discontinuous change.

How that awareness developed, what I was led to learn and how to act on it, I discuss in the About section of this weblog. An outline of the whole story is there.

John Clayton Caris

Why the Name "Isis"?

We are often asked, "What does the word Isis mean?" or "Why do you use the name "Isis" for your group?"

The word Isis means for us the Goddess Isis of ancient Egypt. We use her name because she is a profound symbol for the creation, development and growth of all living things. The story of Isis is a powerful archetype that resonates with humans world wide for all time. She is our patron Goddess for who we are and and what we do.

The gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt carried in their right hands a golden Ankh. It was their insignia of being a god. The logo symbol to identify the Isis Group Network is the word ISIS that uses an ankh for each letter I.

Our Isis Group Network, its Living System Life and Work and its Nodal Network Business implementation are based upon the emerging pattern of Living System Life and Work that is the foundation source for the world transformation of human affairs now in progress. Therefore, the name Isis is an appropriate symbol for us to align with.

More highly effective patterns of human thinking, emotions, motivation and behavior have appeared at six previous times in human history. Each of them marked a turning-point into a new human civilization to replace the previous one. Thus, each of these six previous patterns was eventually replaced during a massive qualitative transformation in life and work. This led to a another new era of human history.

Now this same type of human transformation is appearing in leading edge humans for the seventh time in history. This emerging pattern of living and working is now in the process of leading highly productive humans away from the currently dominant but declining patterns of linear machine system and relativistic-collectivist system life and work. The mission of the Isis Group Network is to be a catalyst and enabler for emerging leaders to successfully accomplish their transformations into Living System Life and Work. The Goddess Isis is symbolic for this emerging transformation into what we define as the 2ndRenaissance(R) era.

Further, the Goddess Isis has been described as the "She who gives birth to heaven and earth, ... , seeks justice for the poor, and shelter for the weak. Some of Isis' many other titles were Queen of Heaven, Mother of the Gods, The One Who is All, Lady of Green Crops, The Brilliant One in the Sky, Star of the Sea, Great Lady of Magic, Mistress of the House of Life, She Who Knows How To Make Right Use of the Heart, Light-Giver of Heaven, Lady of the Words of Power, and Moon Shining Over the Sea."

The powerful archetypal energy of Isis emerged in ancient Greek mythology as the Goddess Demeter where she was known as the goddess of agriculture and fertility. In Roman mythology, the Isis archetype was the Goddess Ceres where she was known as the goddess of the earth, agriculture and fertility. Reverence for Isis continues to this day.

John Clayton Caris