Just recently I added new material through a blog entitled “Stages of Development”. This had been previously been made available on a companion web-site (unfortunately no longer available). However because the material is closely related to “Spectrum of Development” I have decided to republish it in blog form. The “Stages of Development” were written over the period 2005 - 2008 representing what I then referred to as a Radial 1 (R1) approach. During that time I came to include 7 major bands (comprising the full spectrum of development) with three levels in each band. However subsequently I came to realise the existence of another important band that is required before the radial levels can properly unfold. So this new band (Band 5), which I now commonly refer to as the spiritual descent, is designed to complement the corresponding spiritual ascent (taking place during Band 3). Formerly, I was under the mistaken impression that Band 4 - representing the spe