01Receiving
How do we fully receive Vision?
Greet Vision like you would a lover or water after a long wander in the desert.
PracticeGiving Thanks
Book One · An integration workbook
You got a Vision.
Now what?
The period between receiving a download and committing to working with it is the most consequential and least supported stage of creation.
The Vision Guide walks you through it: twelve Gates, each with a question, a teaching, and a practice.
Ships December 2026 · 108 pages · 7 × 10 in · Spiral bound
Who it’s for
For visionaries who know how to build, but want to do things differently this time.
To avoid pitfalls, grow as whole humans in the process, and make something truly beautiful that lasts. Whether a new technology or retreat center, organization or movement.
Founders just back from a retreat, ceremony, or festival
Coaches, facilitators, and mentors who walk alongside them
And the Vision-curious
The heart of the book
The 12 Gates of Vision
A question, a teaching, and a practice for each threshold between Vision and action.
02Expressing
How can we preserve the essence of what came through?
What lives in the body comes more naturally into action.
PracticeDance · Draw · Write Vision
03Sharing
How do we share with others?
Be deliberate about who you let in, and what, when, and how you share.
PracticeVision Council
04Discerning
How do we know if we trust the Vision?
Good feelings in the body don’t necessarily indicate trustworthiness.
PracticeVetting Vision
05Digesting
How do we move at the right pace?
Slow down. Mastery of not doing is as important as doing.
PracticeAsk the Moon
06Being
How can we embody the Vision today?
Be the Vision > Do the Vision. Start with one small step.
PracticeBeing It
07Interpreting
What form might the Vision take?
Don’t. Take. It. Literally.
PracticeSoften Gaze · Soulcraft
08Rooting
Who are your relations?
Nobody creates anything alone.
PracticeMaking an Altar
09Composting
How will you carry lessons forward from past endeavors?
An ounce of integration is worth a pound of repair.
PracticePatterns & Pitfalls
10Regenerating
How will we regenerate the world if we can’t regenerate ourselves?
Tend yourself. Not once at the beginning, but rhythmically.
PracticeRegenerative Time
11Rehumaning
How do we become whole humans?
Re-learn how to live and work well. How to be here now together in a good way.
PracticeTree of Embodied Ethics
12Committing
How can we honor the moment of conscious commitment?
Decline, wait, or commit. Only sign if you mean it.
PracticeVisionary Vows
There’s logic to the gates, but it’s not necessary to go through them in exact linear order. Just keep returning.
The book
What’s inside
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I
What Vision is
And what right relationship with Vision looks like.
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II
The Twelve Gates
Each a threshold in the earliest stage of bringing Vision to life.
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III
Tools for integration
Additional integration tools and resources.
- Format
- 108 pages · 7 × 10 in · Spiral bound
- Price
- $36, pre-order
- Ships
- December 2026
- Bulk
- 10+ copies at cost for teams, cohorts, and retreats. Write me
Read a sample
Field editions
Short booklets, each translated for a different culture. More than 700 preview copies are already out in the world.
“The project is harmonizing human creation with sacred creation.”
The larger Vision
I’m working toward an entrepreneurial and creative culture with greater Vision Literacy.
The Vision Guide is the first step: a book you can hold, write in, and hand to someone who needs it.
Help finish the book
I’m raising $10,000 to bring on a professional editor, designer, and illustrator and finish by the end of the year. Donations are tax-deductible through School of Wise Innovation’s 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor.
DonateGift copies forward
Underwrite copies I hand out in person as I travel. The first goal is 100.
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Portrait
Andrew Murray Dunn
Writer, facilitator, and founder of School of Wise Innovation, working where consciousness, technology ethics, and wise creation meet.
The Vision Guide draws on ten years of work with Center for Humane Technology, School of Wise Innovation, and Siempo.
andrewmurraydunn.com →Gatherings
Workshops & circles
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Creating Jewishly
Manna Festival 5786
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Before You Build
Funding the Commons 2026
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Contemplative Futures Residency
Futurative · Edge Esmeralda 2026
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Vision Integration Circle
After Burning Man
Bring this work to your retreat, festival, or team. Write me →