Primal Pathways

by George C. Halvorson

Table of Contents

• Introduction - Our Instincts Guide Our Lives – So We Need to Guide Our Instincts To Create The World We Want For All Of Us
• Chapter One - The Role of Instincts in Our Lives
• Chapter Two - Us/Them Instincts Divide The World Into Us and Them
• Chapter Three - Our Instincts to Survive Need to Point Us Towards Peace
• Chapter Four - We Instinctively Build Cultures
• Chapter Five - We Also Have Instincts to Construct and Use Paradigms
• Chapter Six - Alpha, and Beta Instincts All Influence Our Intergroup Behaviors
• Chapter Seven - Turf Instincts Create Issues That Trigger Conflict
• Chapter Eight - Teams And Mobs are Both Instinctive Behaviors
• Chapter Nine - Creativity, Innovation, and Aesthetic Instincts Can Enhance Peace
• Chapter Ten - How Instincts Do Their Work
• Chapter Eleven - The Six Instinct-Linked Pathways and Triggers For Alignment
• Chapter Twelve - Instincts, History, and the American Dream
• Chapter Thirteen - White Americans Have Had More Complete Access to the American Dream
• Chapter Fourteen - Progress Happens in Stages — and Backlashes Can Happen
• Chapter Fifteen - We Need To Commit to Peace and Expect Our Leaders to Lead Us to Peace
• Chapter Sixteen - The Internet Needs to Be a Support Tool for Enlightenment
• Chapter Seventeen - Using Our Basic Alignment Triggers to Create a Common Agenda for America
• Chapter Eighteen - We Need To Be A Nation Unified And United By Our Most Enlightened Common Values And By Our Shared Core Beliefs
• Chapter Nineteen - We Can Use Our Instincts, Cultures, and Personal Commitments to Create Real Peace
• Addendum One - Gender Roles, Gender Instincts, Gender-Based Discrimination
• Addendum Two - Tribes and Clans Unite Us and Divide Us in Many Settings
• Addendum Three - Alpha, Beta, and Theta Instincts Impact Peace
• Addendum Four - Hitler Used Ever Trigger on the Alignment Pyramid