In Enspirited Envisioning (1996), Ziegler says that ‘true’ vision is an expression of our spirit and not knowledge, wishes or goals. A vision, he contends, can be empty or crass if the spirit is absent. Thus, he implores us, when undertaking participatory work with communities and organizations, to ‘listen to the voice of the spirit’. This is because we need to be fully engaged if a vision is to be enacted. To do that, we need to listen to our own voices in the first place. Ziegler says: