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Erling A. Thunberg was the Founder of ICIS, the International Center for Integrative Studies, and the guiding spirit for the ICIS project, The Door, a comprehensive multi-service center for young people in New York City.
Born in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1932, of Swedish and Scottish decent, he immigrated to the United States in 1965 and lived and worked in New York City until his death in 1976. He had a deep interest in the transformative processes that bring each person and humanity as a whole to the full expression of human potential.
ICIS became the instrument for the multidisciplinary exploration of the constructive, dynamic, integrative and creative aspects and expressions in humanity. The Door became a model demonstrating integrative concepts and the positive effects of a caring human community in the real world of human service delivery.
He drew together a group of 25 people who lived as an intentional community in New York City. They have continued to explore the nature and dimensions of group synergy and group consciousness through the experiences of their living, working and traveling together for over 30 years.
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