| Secular Moral Orientation | Daniel Dennett | Empirical inquiry and rational argument. | Intellectual rigor and moral seriousness without metaphysics. | Sacred narrative and thick communal belonging. | Public debate; Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (1995). |
| Experiential Awareness Orientation | Neale Donald Walsch | Interior resonance and felt validation. | Personal meaning-making and experiential intimacy. | Shared epistemic grounding beyond individual confirmation. | Conversations with God: Book 1 (1995). |
| Therapeutic–Immanent Orientation | Unity Church | Affirmative spiritual teaching and communal validation. | Psychological relief and accessible spiritual community. | Sustained engagement with tragedy and moral cost. | Affirmation practices; metaphysical Bible study. |
| Integrative–Evolutionary Orientation | Ken Wilber | Developmental mapping and cross-domain synthesis. | Coherence across science, psychology, and spirituality. | Everyday emotional holding and thick community formation. | Integral Spirituality (2006); Integral Life Practice. |
| Claimed / Providential Orientation | Sun Myung Moon | Revelation, lineage, and historical mission. | Thick belonging and morally structured life. | Open plural interpretive flexibility. | Divine Principle (1996); Marriage Blessing Movement. |
| Cosmic–Integrative Orientation | Walter & Lao Russell | Appeal to universal cosmic law. | Metaphysical coherence and cosmic meaning. | Institutional durability and corrective structure. | The Russell Home Study Course (1950–51). |
| Phenomenological Orientation | Edmund Husserl | Rigorous description of lived experience. | Clarity about how phenomena appear to consciousness. | Metaphysical or moral direction. | Ideas: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology (1913/2013). |
| Contemplative Orientation | Zen Buddhism; John of the Cross | Disciplined cultivation of direct awareness. | Stability of attention and experiential depth. | Pluralistic grounding outside tradition. | Zazen; Dark Night of the Soul (1618). |
| Rational–Explanatory Orientation | Jeremy Griffith | Comprehensive explanatory narrative grounded in evolution. | Relief from moral shame through systemic explanation. | Mystery and plural interpretability. | Freedom: The End of the Human Condition (2016). |
| Scientific Optimization Orientation | Andrew Huberman | Empirical research and measurable outcomes. | Evidence-based strategies for performance and health. | Existential meaning and symbolic depth. | Huberman Lab podcast; research-based protocols. |
| Wellness Optimization Orientation | David Asprey | Self-experimentation and lifestyle engineering. | Continuous self-improvement and bodily agency. | Existential integration and shared grounding. | The Bulletproof Diet (2014); quantified-self systems. |
| Transformational Wellness Orientation | Tony Robbins; Vishen Lakhiani | Breakthrough experience and motivational reframing. | Identity transformation and empowerment frameworks. | Deep tragedy engagement and durable moral authority. | Unlimited Power (1986); Mindvalley Quests; The Code of the Extraordinary Mind (2016). |
| Therapeutic Trauma Healing Orientation | Bessel van der Kolk | Empirical trauma research and embodied clinical insight. | Somatic integration and validation of lived suffering. | Larger metaphysical or existential grounding. | The Body Keeps the Score (2014); trauma-informed practices. |
| Psychedelic Orientation | Stanislav Grof | Altered states as experiential validators. | Re-enchantment and emotional release. | Stable long-term integration without structure. | Holotropic Breathwork; The Holotropic Mind (1992). |
| Depth Psychological Orientation | Carl Jung | Symbolic interpretation and archetypal psychology. | Integration of shadow and unconscious material. | Shared civic or institutional authority. | Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1933). |
