This field study looks at the apparent changes in consciousness undergone by those who work at sophisticated computer interfaces and explores various models for what could be happening. The work draws strongly on Jean Gebser's work on the evolution of consciousness and is also inspired by Martin Heidegger's The Question Concerning Technology. Appropriate methodologies are developed based on Husserl's phenomenology and its resurgence in the work of Francisco Varela. I develop some of my own models for what could be happening and a set of questions for in-depth interviews. The results of the interviews and of a workshop are analysed to see if my suppositions are supported by others' observations. A discussion on the possible impact on the counselling profession is also included.

Mythos can be regarded as an (absolutely) true story about the beginning of the world. Man with the mythical consciousness understands his spiritual transcendence and perceives time as eternity. The mythical consciousness was predominant in the society at first, but in the Antiquity started being replaced with the mental consciousness that puts science on a pedestal. However, the mythical consciousness is ingrained in man. National and transnational systems -- the Holy Roman Empire, the United States of America as well as the European Community -- were created with the consciousness of mythos. Man is able to transform the mythos, as a return to the (ideal) beginning, into political visions. New mythoi can be created by abusing the original ones -- see the Nazi mythos or the Communist mythos. However, such mythoi do not work in a long run and represent the negative externalities of the mythical consciousness. The true and original mythos must be one and universal since the beginning of the world (Earth, universe) is just one as well. The synthesis of the mythical consciousness and the mental consciousness (the synthesis of spirit and science) gives rise to the integral consciousness that sees matters in a complex manner ("he, who shall not understand everything, shall understand nothing") and interconnects feelings with reason. Political visions created based on the integral consciousness and implemented based on spontaneity and democratic consensus can move the society to a qualitatively higher level.