Stages of Spiritual Development

Stages of Spiritual Development
M.Scott Peck-Further Along the Road Less Traveled

Stage One- Chaotic/Antisocial- stage of lawlessness, absent of spirituality

They have a superficial belief system and are essentially unprincipled

Stage Two- Formal/Institutional- stage of rigorous adherance to the letter of the law and attachment to the forms of religion

They are religious and often fundamentalists

Stage Three- Skeptic/Individual- stage of principled behavior, but characterized by religious doubt or disinterest, albeit accompanied by other life areas inquisitiveness

They are usually scientific-minded, rational, moral, and humane. Their outlook is predominately materialistic.

Stage Four- Mystical/Communal- stage which your state is one of the spirit of the law

They are rational but do not make a fetish of rationalism. They doubt their own doubts; feel connected to an unseen order of things, although they cannot define it; and are comfortable with the mystery of the sacred.