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Welcome!

Goals of EmergeWiki

The EmergeWiki is designed to

crowdsource and synthesize vast and diverse sources of information
to distill these into actionable Clinical Recommendations and other policy statements and best practices on how to skillfully relate to the deep end of human experience — what many would term spiritual, mystical, magical/psi, energetic, psychedelic, and related phenomena and effects which we term Emergent Phenomena, Experiences and Effects (EPEEs).
in a way that promotes good outcomes.

The EmergeWiki's main goal is to facilitate sophisticated understandings of Emergent Phenomena and the vast range of consequences of Emergent Modalities up to and including doctoral and post-doctoral levels. To that end it will compile information from the various traditions, cultures, religions, etc. with them representing themselves as they wish to be represented, consider this through the lens of patterns in a way that may have clinical applicability, and attempt the difficult, ongoing conversation of how to translate this diverse body of information into actionable clinical recommendations that scale and make a positive difference. Thus, it is a continuation of a vast and complicated conversation that has occurred for millennia across diverse traditions, languages, cultures, and locations, but with the specific goal of supporting actionable, clinical information today. It is no substitute for human judgement and expertise, but may support it.

You can learn more about the EmergeWiki here.

For contributors

Information for contributors can be found here. If you are working on the EmergeWiki then please visit the Base page for an outline of the design and work phases, and links to a list of tasks for Phase 1. We are also building a MediaWiki orientation.

Organization

Overall Structure

Overall, EmergeWiki is divided into three main layers: Traditions, Synthesis, and Clinical, each with its own purpose, culture, moderators, standards, and requirements.

Traditions: A space for the traditions, such as religions, academic disciplines, spiritual practices, related communities, etc. to represent themselves as they wish to be known, with their own ontological, epistemic, soteriological, linguist, cultural, practical, etc. aspects explained as they are and as they wish to be known and understood by the clinical, scientific, public health, and public mainstreams, with a focus on Emergent Phenomena. This is the most encyclopedic aspect of EmergeWiki.
Synthesis: A space to explore, debate, discuss, and synthesize the patterns, commonalities, differences, phenomenology, meta-ontologics, meta-epistemics, etc. that we find in the Traditions Namespace. This is a place to form and forge in the fires of diverse human attention taxonomies, typologies, lexicons, etc. and to engage in all the rich, messy, human, imperfect, earnest conversation required to form and inform the Clinical layer. This space is the least encyclopedic in terms of simply describing things as they are on their own terms, but also most operational, the most complicated, the most controversial, and is designed to be a melting pot of ideas, a way to be transparent about the conversation that flows organically from the Traditions to refinements and simplifications found in Clinical recommendations.
Clinical: A space for formal clinical recommendations. Think of this as a space that could form the basis and perhaps body of a doctoral level subspecialty that owned and furthered functional, practical, clinically applicable doctoral-level knowledge of Emergent Phenomena. This is the most tightly moderated, carefully controlled section of EmergeWiki. Think of it as where the textbook of the specialty is written in a refined form, informed by the previous two layers, and, while being aware of the controversies and complexities, the areas of ignorance and ambiguity, yet, still, striving for definitive recommendations to inform beneficial, ethical, respectful global standards of care that improve outcomes that could be tested on a subspecialty board exam.

Beyond this, EmergeWiki has numerous interlacing aspects to accommodate diverse data types and the diverse organizational needs those who wish to interact efficiently with that data. This organizational structure will evolve organically over time as the project grows.

Disciplines

Disciplines are a way of relating to EmergeWiki content based on the academic discipline(s) that cover it. Some closely align with EPRC Projects, e.g. the academic discipline of Anthropology closely relating to the Anthropology Project, but other disciplines may have more complex relationships to the information here, such as theoretical and applied Medical Ethics which may interface with a wide range of Projects and other organizational structures.

Traditions

Traditions mean various religious, spiritual, and cultural traditions, and represent another way of organizing and relating to EmergeWiki content based on the Source Traditions that began this conversation thousands of years ago and may continue it to today.

Specialties

Specialties, in this case Clinical Specialties, are a way of relating to and organizing the information in the EmergeWiki through the lens of the particular scope of the specialty in question. Closely related to the framework of Clinical Specialties is the resultant Clinical Recommendations which are a key output and product of EmergeWiki.

Thematic domains

The Multidimensional Framework integrates a wide range of lenses and focuses, and can be used as an alternative way of relating to the information in the EmergeWiki.

Donate

EmergeWiki is offered freely, in the legal and ethical spirit of the Good Samaritan, public good, open source, and open science, in an effort to further the mandates of contemporary medical ethics as they apply to the deep end of human experience and potential.

In that same spirit, if you wish to support the building and maintenance of the EmergeWiki specifically or the work of Emergence Benefactors and the EPRC and its allies in general, please donate here. Thanks!

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 == Welcome! ==
+=== Goals of EmergeWiki ===
 The EmergeWiki is designed to
 * '''crowdsource''' and '''synthesize''' vast and diverse sources of information
-* to distill these into '''actionable clinical guidelines''' and '''other policy statements and best practices''' on how to skillfully relate to the '''deep end of human experience''' — what many would term spiritual, mystical, magical/psi, energetic, psychedelic, and related phenomena and effects — what we term [[Emergent Phenomena]] —
+* to distill these into '''actionable [[Clinical Recommendations]]''' and '''other policy statements and best practices''' on how to skillfully relate to the '''deep end of human experience''' — what many would term spiritual, mystical, magical/psi, energetic, psychedelic, and related phenomena and effects which we term [[Synthesis:Emergent Phenomena|Emergent Phenomena, Experiences and Effects (EPEEs)]].
 * in a way that '''promotes good outcomes.'''
-* Its intention is also to be incorporated into Large Language Models, as these are increasingly informing clinical care and public information acquisition and synthesis. It is intended to augment, enhance, and improve current clinical standards of care and best practices (but not replace them, as this is not designed to be a comprehensive resource on its own).
+The EmergeWiki's main goal is to facilitate sophisticated understandings of [[Emergent Phenomena]] and the vast range of consequences of [[Emergent Modalities]] up to and including doctoral and post-doctoral levels. To that end it will compile information from the various traditions, cultures, religions, etc. with them representing themselves ''as they wish to be represented,'' consider this through the lens of patterns in a way that may have clinical applicability, and attempt the difficult, ongoing conversation of how to translate this diverse body of information into actionable clinical recommendations that scale and make a positive difference. Thus, it is a continuation of a vast and complicated conversation that has occurred for millennia across diverse traditions, languages, cultures, and locations, but with the specific goal of supporting actionable, clinical information today. It is no substitute for human judgement and expertise, but may support it.
-* It is a continuation of a vast and complicated conversation that has occurred for millennia across diverse traditions, languages, cultures, and locations, but with the specific goal of supporting actionable, clinical information today. It is no substitute for human judgement and expertise, but may support it.
-== Audience ==
+You can learn more about the EmergeWiki [[About EmergeWiki|here]].
-Its intended audiences are diverse global clinical, medical, mental health, and public health providers, as well everyone else interested in these topics, including experiencers, family members, facilitators, government officials, healthcare administrators, policy specialists, insurance providers, attorneys, etc.
-== Supporting Organizations ==
+=== For contributors ===
-It is a joint project of the 501(c)(3) charity [https://ebenefactors.org/ Emergence Benefactors], the [https://theeprc.org/ Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium] (EPRC), and their allies
+Information for contributors can be found [[Information for Contributors|here]]. If you are working on the EmergeWiki then please visit the [[Work:Base|Base]] page for an outline of the design and work phases, and links to a list of tasks for Phase 1. We are also building a [[MediaWiki orientation]].
-== Donate ==
+== Organization ==
-EmergeWiki is offered freely, in the legal and ethical spirit of the [[wikipedia:Good_Samaritan_law|Good Samaritan]], [[wikipedia:Public_good_(economics)|public good]], [[wikipedia:Open_source|open source]], and [[wikipedia:Open_science|open science]], in an effort to further the mandates of contemporary [[wikipedia:Medical_ethics|medical ethics]] as they apply to the deep end of human experience and potential.
-In that same spirit, if you wish to support the building and maintenance of the EmergeWiki specifically or the work of Emergence Benefactors and the EPRC and its allies in general, '''[https://ebenefactors.org/?page_id=206 please donate here]. Thanks! z'''
+=== Overall Structure ===
+Overall, EmergeWiki is divided into three main layers: Traditions, Synthesis, and Clinical, each with its own purpose, culture, moderators, standards, and requirements.
-== For Contributors ==
+* [https://emergewiki.org/index.php/Special:AllPages?from=&to=&namespace=3000 Traditions]: A space for the traditions, such as religions, academic disciplines, spiritual practices, related communities, etc. to represent themselves as they wish to be known, with their own ontological, epistemic, soteriological, linguist, cultural, practical, etc. aspects explained as they are and as they wish to be known and understood by the clinical, scientific, public health, and public mainstreams, with a focus on [[Emergent Phenomena]]. This is the most encyclopedic aspect of EmergeWiki.
-For our kind and generous contributors: Consult the [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Contents|MediaWiki User's Guide]] for information on using the wiki software.
+* [https://emergewiki.org/index.php/Special:AllPages?from=&to=&namespace=3002 Synthesis]: A space to explore, debate, discuss, and synthesize the patterns, commonalities, differences, phenomenology, meta-ontologics, meta-epistemics, etc. that we find in the Traditions Namespace. This is a place to form and forge in the fires of diverse human attention taxonomies, typologies, lexicons, etc. and to engage in all the rich, messy, human, imperfect, earnest conversation required to form and inform the Clinical layer. This space is the least encyclopedic in terms of simply describing things as they are on their own terms, but also most operational, the most complicated, the most controversial, and is designed to be a melting pot of ideas, a way to be transparent about the conversation that flows organically from the Traditions to refinements and simplifications found in Clinical recommendations.
+* [https://emergewiki.org/index.php/Special:AllPages?from=&to=&namespace=3004 Clinical]: A space for formal clinical recommendations. Think of this as a space that could form the basis and perhaps body of a doctoral level subspecialty that owned and furthered functional, practical, clinically applicable doctoral-level knowledge of [[Emergent Phenomena]]. This is the most tightly moderated, carefully controlled section of EmergeWiki. Think of it as where the textbook of the specialty is written in a refined form, informed by the previous two layers, and, while being aware of the controversies and complexities, the areas of ignorance and ambiguity, yet, still, striving for definitive recommendations to inform beneficial, ethical, respectful global standards of care that improve outcomes that could be tested on a subspecialty board exam.
+Beyond this, EmergeWiki has numerous interlacing aspects to accommodate diverse data types and the diverse organizational needs those who wish to interact efficiently with that data. This organizational structure will evolve organically over time as the project grows.
-[[Information for Contributors]]
+=== Disciplines ===
+[[Disciplines]] are a way of relating to EmergeWiki content based on the academic discipline(s) that cover it. Some closely align with EPRC Projects, e.g. the academic discipline of [[Anthropology]] closely relating to the Anthropology Project, but other disciplines may have more complex relationships to the information here, such as theoretical and applied [[Medical Ethics]] which may interface with a wide range of Projects and other organizational structures.
-== History ==
+=== Traditions ===
-EmergeWiki was launched on September 18th, 2024 by a small team at [https://ebenefactors.org/ Emergence Benefactors].
+Traditions mean various religious, spiritual, and cultural traditions, and represent another way of organizing and relating to EmergeWiki content based on the [[Synthesis:Source Traditions|Source Traditions]] that began this conversation thousands of years ago and may continue it to today.
-It grew out of a specific conversation that began in early 2019 about how to actualize the value of certain traditional and contemporary maps of emergent development into useful clinical guidelines.
+=== Specialties ===
+Specialties, in this case [[Clinical Specialties]], are a way of relating to and organizing the information in the EmergeWiki through the lens of the particular scope of the specialty in question. Closely related to the framework of Clinical Specialties is the resultant [[Clinical Recommendations]] which are a key output and product of EmergeWiki.
-That lead to a small project at Cambridge University in the summer of 2019 exploring various approaches to this problem and identifying previous projects that had attempted to do something like this, barriers to overcome, and opportunities for research and clinical improvement, as well as the realistic scale of such a project in terms of time, financial resources, and expertise.
+=== Thematic domains ===
+The [[Synthesis:Multidimensional Framework|Multidimensional Framework]] integrates a wide range of lenses and focuses, and can be used as an alternative way of relating to the information in the EmergeWiki.
-That conversation and parallel conversations in the growing group around it converged and lead to the formation of the Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium in late 2019. This lead to the formation of the charity Emergence Benefactors in early 2021.
+== Donate ==
+EmergeWiki is offered freely, in the legal and ethical spirit of the [[wikipedia:Good_Samaritan_law|Good Samaritan]], [[wikipedia:Public_good_(economics)|public good]], [[wikipedia:Open_source|open source]], and [[wikipedia:Open_science|open science]], in an effort to further the mandates of contemporary [[wikipedia:Medical_ethics|medical ethics]] as they apply to the deep end of human experience and potential.
-Emergence Benefactors began building databases of phenomenology, textual sources, clinical scales, and taxonomic and conceptual models of emergence, following plan of the EPRC White Paper. They began launching the Expert Opinion Project Delphi Study in the Summer of 2024, whose goal is synthesize diverse expertise in Emergent Phenomena and its clinical and practical implications and best practices to form clinical recommendations. EmergeWiki is a related, parallel project designed to answer basically the same questions and accomplish basically the same ends but taking a different approach.
-It will also serve as one of the distribution methods for the results and recommendations of numerous EPRC and Emergence Benefactors' projects.
-== Governance ==
+In that same spirit, if you wish to support the building and maintenance of the EmergeWiki specifically or the work of Emergence Benefactors and the EPRC and its allies in general, '''[https://www.every.org/emergewiki please donate here]. Thanks!'''
-This will require an ongoing conversation, balancing the need for very broad inclusion and crowdsourcing information with the need for clinical guidelines presented here to be of the highest quality possible with currently available evidence.
 == Getting started ==