Healing of Individuals, Families, and Nations, Vol. 1 »

John L. Payne John Payne is an internationally known workshop leader, author, motivational teacher and Family Constellations facilitator. John has worked with and studied Family Constellations for more than seven years and has assisted many hundreds of people worldwide. John studied Family Constellations in Holland where he lived for ten years and has facilitated well over 100 workshops on four continents.

This fascinating book on Family Constellations presents a new perspective of healing. It expands the reader's vision beyond the scope of healing as an individual and personal matter to one that spans generations, crosses racial and cultural barriers, and sheds new light on the "energetics" involved in the relationships between victims and perpetrators-whether they be government regimes, the horrors of war, incest and sexual abuse, or trauma caused by a criminal act.

The "Orders of Love" describe a natural hierarchy that has been observed in the practice of Family Constellations, a distinct order that indicates who belongs-or does not belong-to a family system as well as to groups and nations. When working with individuals, one can observe that each has three levels of conscience: First, individual conscience, which dictates to us what is right and what is wrong, our responsibilities, and our responses to certain conditions. Second, we belong to the collective conscience of our biological family; the connections and influence of family conscience can span many generations. Third, we participate in the conscience of our ethnic, religious, and national groups.. By the unveiling of the orders of love, this book bridges the gap between healing an individual and healing of the family, ethnic, and national souls.