The Science of Differentiation Archive of the Human Design System

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The Teaching Lineage

Ra Uru Hu’s own account of how the Human Design System was transmitted — the teachers, the generations, and the intention behind the knowledge.

This page documents the Human Design lineage using Ra Uru Hu’s own words where available, supplemented by publicly verifiable biographical records for each teacher. The International Human Design School (IHDS) is one institutional expression of this lineage. The lineage itself is larger than the institution — it includes teachers who trained directly with Ra before the IHDS formal structure existed, teachers who departed from the IHDS structure on doctrinal grounds, and teachers Ra himself appointed to lead national schools. This page documents all of them.

Section 1 — Ra Uru Hu on the Transmission

The Three Generations

Ra Uru Hu described the structure of his teaching lineage explicitly in his address to the third generation of teachers in 2005. He identified three generations of formal teacher training:

First generation — January 1996, San Juan Bautista, California. Ra’s first formal teachers training. Named participants documented in the public record include: Martin Grassinger, Alokanand Díaz (Alok), and others.

Second generation — 2000, Vienna, Austria. Ra described this as “the first with a universal principal” — meaning the first training conducted under a unified, internationally applicable standard. Ilse Sendler’s role in establishing Human Design Austria and heading German-speaking HD education from 2002 places her in this generational context.

Third generation — 2005. Ra’s address to this cohort included his explicit statement of intent for what IHDS-trained professionals should be and do.

“to create highly skilled professional analysts who can easily take their place in a global professional class using a standard training method that allows for uniqueness in both learning styles and analytic methods while simultaneously training all students to a uniform quantifiable level of excellence.”

— Ra Uru Hu, 2005 Teachers Training Address

Source: Ra Uru Hu 2005 Teachers Training Address (transcript; teaching materials on file within the IHDS curriculum).

Ra on the Knowledge Moving Away from the Source

Ra Uru Hu explicitly addressed what would happen as the knowledge spread further from the original transmission. The IHDS About Us page quotes Ra directly on this:

“The further the knowledge moves away from the original source, the more it will move away from its original intent.”

— Ra Uru Hu, quoted on ihdschool.com/about-us (retrieved June 2026)

This statement is used by IHDS to argue for the importance of official certification. It is also, read straightforwardly, an argument for the value of teachers who trained earliest and closest to Ra — including those who predate or operate outside the current IHDS structure.

Section 2 — The Teaching Timeline

Year Event Teacher(s) Source
1987 Ra Uru Hu receives the transmission — eight days and nights, Ibiza, Spain. The Human Design System is transmitted to Ra. He spends several years testing and verifying the knowledge before teaching it publicly. Ra Uru Hu Jovian Archive: jovianarchive.com/pages/about-ra-uru-hu
1991 Martin Grassinger meets Ra privately on Ibiza — before Human Design is introduced to the public. Martin Grassinger martin-grassinger.com/en/about-me/
1992 Ra begins public teaching. Jürgen Saupe translates Ra’s foundational text (the black book, “Das Human Design System”) into German — the first translation of HD material into any language. New Sun Services founded as European publishing vehicle. Ra Uru Hu, Jürgen Saupe humandesignsystem.de/History.asp; humandesign.at/hds/entwicklung/
April 9, 1993 Martin Grassinger receives the first official Human Design analyst license globally. Martin Grassinger martin-grassinger.com/en/about-me/
Fall 1993 Ra conducts introductory lectures and training in Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Zeno Dickson and Chaitanyo Taschler are among the first American students. Genoa Bliven trained and appointed by Ra to lead Human Design America. Alokanand Díaz begins studying with Ra. Ilse Sendler begins training with Ra. Zeno Dickson, Chaitanyo Taschler, Genoa Bliven, Alokanand Díaz, Ilse Sendler Multiple teacher biographies; see /teachers
1994–1995 Martin Grassinger and Jürgen Saupe become the first two teachers to offer complete Human Design analyst training in the German-speaking countries. Ilse Sendler becomes a certified HD analyst (1995). Martin Grassinger, Jürgen Saupe, Ilse Sendler martin-grassinger.com; humandesignsystem.info
End of 1994 Ra’s first teachers training in Ibiza. Chaitanyo Taschler scores 198 out of 200 and is awarded a life-long teaching license by Ra. Chaitanyo Taschler humandesignsystem.com/archive/newsletters/
1996 Ra discovers Human Design in the Mountain Astrologer magazine. Eleanor Haspel-Portner begins studying independently. Eleanor Haspel-Portner southcarolinavoyager.com/interview/conversations-with-eleanor-haspel-portner/
January 1996 First formal IHDS teachers training — San Juan Bautista, California. Ra describes this as the first generation of teachers. Ra Uru Hu, Martin Grassinger, Alokanand Díaz, and others Ra Uru Hu 2005 Teachers Training Address
1997 Chaitanyo Taschler builds the first Human Design website worldwide at humandesignsystem.com. Ra introduces the Four Types framework as absolute — a point of doctrinal departure for Chaitanyo and Zeno Dickson. Chaitanyo Taschler humandesignsystem.com
1999 Jovian Archive founded by Ra Uru Hu. Ra formally commissions Eleanor Haspel-Portner and Marvin Portner M.D. to validate the Human Design System scientifically. Ra Uru Hu, Eleanor Haspel-Portner jovianarchive.com; bodygraphchart.com/reader/dr-eleanor-haspel-portner-ph-d/
2000 Chaitanyo and Zeno Dickson complete their departure from Ra’s institutional structure. Second generation teachers training, Vienna — “the first with a universal principal.” Ilse Sendler becomes a certified HD teacher. Chaitanyo Taschler, Zeno Dickson, Ilse Sendler humandesignsystem.com/archive/newsletters/; humandesignsystem.info
2001 Ilse Sendler becomes CEO of Human Design Austria. Chaitanyo/Zeno’s humandesignsystem.com removed from Jovian Archive national organizations listing (per Internet Archive captures). Ilse Sendler, Chaitanyo Taschler humandesignsystem.info; web.archive.org
2000–2002 Eleanor Haspel-Portner and Ra co-author 13 books published by Rave Life Sciences. Statistical research conducted on 30,000 cases. Type validated at 99%+ confidence. Eleanor Haspel-Portner, Ra Uru Hu humandesignsystem.de/news/RLS/prelim(1).htm
2002 Jürgen Saupe dies July 13 in Munich. Bodygraph image rights pass to Saupe family. Eleanor Haspel-Portner departs Ra’s organization. Jürgen Saupe, Eleanor Haspel-Portner humandesignsystem.de/Nachruf_Saupe.asp
2002 Ilse Sendler becomes Head of German-speaking Human Design education. Ilse Sendler humandesignsystem.info
2005 Ra addresses the third generation of teachers. Articulates the standard for IHDS professional training. States intent for knowledge transmission. Ra Uru Hu Ra Uru Hu 2005 Teachers Training Address
March 12, 2011 Ra Uru Hu dies in Ibiza, Spain, age 62 (or 63 per death notice discrepancy — see /record). The Human Design System continues under the IHDS, Jovian Archive, and the network of national organizations and independent teachers Ra trained. Ra Uru Hu Montreal Gazette, March 18, 2011; jovianarchive.com

Section 3 — What the Timeline Shows

The documentary record shows that active Human Design teaching preceded the IHDS formal structure by several years. Martin Grassinger was licensed as the first analyst globally in April 1993. Ilse Sendler became a certified analyst in 1995. Genoa Bliven was appointed by Ra to lead Human Design America in 1993. Jürgen Saupe began publishing and teaching in 1992. The teachers Ra trained earliest — between 1991 and 1995 — form the foundation of what later became the IHDS professional class, and several of them predated the institutional structure that now certifies their successors.

The IHDS was not founded before these teachers were active. It was established to standardize and extend what they had already begun.

The Florence ruling of June 3, 2020 (see /record) established that the ideas and methods of the Human Design System are freely discussable and not subject to copyright protection. The lineage of teachers documented on this archive spans the full range of that history — those who work within the current IHDS structure and those who do not.

Section 4 — Further Reading