ABSTRACT
All ideas are either developments of existing ideas or reactions to them. Sometimes there are new, creative angles, which can unlock ‘stuckness’ and bring insight to bear on a problem, but these angles are almost always developed in the context of existing thought and knowledge. It is important for a newcomer to an idea, model or theory to be aware of the context in which it was developed in order to move from their familiar ground into new territory. The control and domination that gradually developed as Christianity became an established institution were epitomised by the doctrine of original sin – that human beings, by their very nature and because of the fact that Eve, the first woman, had succumbed to the temptation of the serpent in the garden of Eden, are intrinsically sinful and need to be controlled from the outside, usually by a combination of the church and the state.
