Ken Wilber
The most influential integral thinker in the world today.
Ken Wilber is one of the greatest philosophers of this century and arguably the greatest theoretical psychologist of all time.
Ken Wilber, at age 54, is the first philosopher-psychologist to have his Collected Works published while still alive, and, with his 25 books translated into some 30 foreign languages, the most widely translated academic writer in America. Wilber is the internationally acknowledged leader of the integral revolution gathering momentum around the world. He is the founder of Integral Institute and one of the hosts of Integral Naked. Of the numerous websites touching on his work, wilber.shambhala.com and integralinstitute.org are two of the most popular.
"Wilber is without a doubt one of the most significant thinkers of our time and brings a fresh understanding tour cultural situation and the prospects for an integral world-view in the next century. He displays a staggering erudition... a profound intuitive understanding and a highly developed analytical capacity. The combination is breathtaking... Any thinker concerned with the big picture will find Wilber's work a gold-mine of insights which make compulsory reading for the 21 st century."— Network: The Scientific and Medical Network Review.
Ken Wilber is the author of over a dozen books, including Sex, Ecology, Spirituality; The Spectrum of Consciousness; Up from Eden; and Grace and Grit. The Spectrum of Consciousness, written when he was twenty-three years old, established him as perhaps the most comprehensive philosophical thinker of our times. Credited with developing a unified field theory of consciousness—a synthesis and interpretation of the world's great psychological, philosophical, and spiritual traditions—Ken Wilber is the most cogent and penetrating voice in the recent emergence of a uniquely American wisdom.
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Wilber is among the most widely read and influential American philosophers
of our time, credited with creating a genuine world philosophy. He is among the
most respected names in the field of transpersonal psychology, theology, and
philosophy. He is also in the forefront of the emerging field of Integral
Psychology. An author of numerous books, many of his works have been widely read
as well as adopted for course work by many universities and colleges. His
recently published Collected Works include seventeen of his books as well as
essays and other writings.
Born in 1949 in
Oklahoma City, Ken Wilber lived in many places during his school years, due to
his father being in the Air Force. He completed high school in Lincoln,
Nebraska, and started medicine at Duke University. However, during his first
year he lost all interest in pursuing a career in science, and started to read
in psychology and philosophy, both West and East. He went back to Nebraska to
study biochemistry, but after a few years dropped out of the academic world
(with a major in biochemistry) to devote all his time to studying his own
curriculum and writing books.
With sixteen books
on spirituality and science, and translations in twenty countries, Wilber is now
the most translated academic author in the United States. He is seen as an
important representative of transpersonal psychology, which emerged in the
sixties from humanistic psychology, and which concerns itself explicitly with
spirituality. For the fundamental and pioneering nature of his insights, he has
been called "the Einstein of consciousness".
His debut The
Spectrum of Consciousness (1977) established his reputation as an original
thinker, who seeks to integrate Western and Eastern psychology. No Boundary
(1979), which summarizes this work, is one of his most popular books. His core
works The Atman Project (1980) and Up from Eden (1981) cover the
territories of developmental psychology and cultural history respectively.
In his recent work,
especially the voluminous Sex, Ecology, Spirituality (1995), he has
criticized not only Western culture, but also counter-cultural movements such as
the New Age. In his opinion, none of these approach the depth and detailed
nature of the "perennial philosophy", the conception of reality that lies at the
heart of all major religions, and which forms the background of all his
writings. This fundamental work has been summarized too, in A Brief History
of Everything (1996).
In one of his
most personal books, Grace and Grit (1991), Wilber gives a moving account
of his relationship with his second wife, Treya, who died of cancer in 1989. In
another recent book One Taste, a personal journal of the year 1997, he
offers insights in his way of life and his spiritual experiences. He lives in
Boulder, Colorado.
To learn more about Ken Wilber and his
work visit his website forum at
http://wilber.shambhala.com/.
Or, visit these to these sites about Ken Wilber.
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Ken Wilber Forum
- a message board forum to discuss the ideas of Ken Wilber.
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Ken Wilber Online
- articles, interviews, book excerpts, Ken Wilber's E-mail newsletter and
online discussion board.
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Kosmos According to Ken Wilber - Some articles posted in Shamballa Sun
magazine.
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PL Ken Wilber
Site, The - includes bibliography, books reviews, quotes, and more.
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The World of Ken
Wilber - A comprehensive site with an overview of his core concepts, a
reading room, photos, and some sound clips of Ken's voice.
Our Featured Choices of Ken Wilber Books.
 The
Essential Ken Wilber: An Introductory Reader. by
Ken Wilber. Synopsis This introductory sampler of Ken
Wilber's thought, wisdom, and wit--excerpted from his most popular
books--ranges over a variety of topics, including meditation, mystical
experience, the new age, science, and spirituality.
Writings from the Essential Ken
Wilber series
 A
Theory of Everything : An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science, and
Spirituality by
Ken Wilber A Theory of Everything is a concise, comprehensive
overview of Ken Wilber's revolutionary thought and its application in today's
world. In clear, nontechnical language, Wilber presents leading-edge models
that integrate the realms of body, mind, soul, and spirit. Wilber then
demonstrates how these theories can be applied to real-world problems in the
fields of business, politics, medicine, and education. He also presents daily
practices that readers can take up in order to apply this integrative vision
to their own, everyday lives.
Topics include:
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a leading model of human
evolution called "spiral dynamics"
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Wilber's ground-breaking "all
quadrant, all level" approach for integrating the realms of science and
religion
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maps of the Kosmos that bring
together the most influential worldviews that have developed throughout the
ages
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a discussion of "integral
transformative practices" that combines meditation and sophisticated
psychological techniques to help readers develop this integral vision in
their own lives
Sex, Ecology, Spirituality : The Spirit of Evolution, Second Edition
by Ken Wilber. Synopsis
In this tour de force of scholarship and vision, Ken Wilber traces the
course of evolution from matter to life to mind and describes the common
patterns that evolution takes in all three of these domains. From the
emergence of mind, he traces the evolution of human consciousness through
its major stages of growth and development. He particularly focuses on
modernity and postmodernity: what they mean; how they impact gender issues,
psychotherapy, ecological concerns, and various liberation movements; and
how the modern and postmodern world conceive of Spirit. This second edition
features forty pages of new material, new diagrams, and extensively revised
notes.
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Boomerists
by Ken Wilber. Synopsis
Ken Wilber's latest book is a daring departure from his previous writings—a
highly original work of fiction that combines brilliant scholarship with
tongue-in-cheek storytelling to present the integral approach to human
development that he expounded in more conventional terms in his recent A
Theory of Everything.
The story of a naïve young grad student in computer science and his quest
for meaning in a fragmented world provides the setting in which Wilber
contrasts the alienated "flatland" of scientific materialism with the
integral vision, which embraces body, mind, soul, and spirit in self,
culture, and nature. The book especially targets one of the most stubborn
obstacles to realizing the integral vision: a disease of egocentrism and
narcissism that Wilber calls "boomeritis" because it seems to plague the
baby-boomer generation most of all.
Through a series of sparkling seminar-lectures skillfully interwoven with
the hero's misadventures in the realms of sex, drugs, and popular culture,
all of the major tenets of extreme postmodernism are criticized—and
exemplified—including the author's having a bad case of boomeritis himself.
Parody, intellectual slapstick, and a mind-twisting surprise ending unite to
produce a highly entertaining summary of the work of cutting-edge theorists
in human development from around the world.
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Grace
and Grit : Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber
by Ken Wilber. Synopsis
The compelling story of the five-year journey of Ken Wilber (author of The
Spectrum of Consciousness and Up from Eden) and his wife Treya through marriage,
illness, and, finally, Treya's death. Ken's brilliant and wide-ranging
commentary is combined with Treya's journals to create an inspiring portrait of
healing, suffering, wholeness and harmony.
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A
Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilber,
et al (Paperback - January 2001) Synopsis An altogether
friendly and accessible account of men and women's place in the universe of
sex, soul and spirit, this vivid summary of the new and emerging American
wisdom provides radical commentary on hot topics of the day, from political
correctness to spiritual enlightenment.
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 The
Marriage of Sense and Soul : Integrating Science and Religion by
Ken Wilber (Paperback - May 1999)
Book Description There is arguably
no more critical and pressing topic than the relation of science and religion in
the modern world. Science has given us
the methods for discovering truth, while religion remains the single greatest
force for generating meaning. Yet the two are seen as mutually exclusive, with
wrenching consequences for humanity. In The Marriage of Sense and Soul, one of
today's most important philosophers brilliantly articulates how we might begin
to think about science and religion in ways that allow for their reconciliation
and union, on terms that will be acceptable to both camps.
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One
Taste : The Journals of Ken Wilber by Ken
Wilber Synopsis This diary of a year in the life of Ken
Wilber offers an unprecedented entree into his private world--as well as a
further exploration into his essential thoughts on the perennial philosophy.
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Quantum
Questions : Mystical Writings of the World's Great Physicists by
Ken Wilber (Editor) (Paperback - April 2001)
Book Description
Brings together for the 1st time the mystical
writings of the world's great physicists - all of whom express a deep belief
that physics and mysticism are somehow fraternal twins. Written in
non-technical language.
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The
Eye of Spirit : An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad by
Ken Wilber
Synopsis Wilber's widely acknowledged "spectrum of
consciousness" model integrates numerous different and important fields, from
art and literary theology to cultural studies, from anthropology to
philosophy. Using the spectrum approach, he shows exactly how the essentials
of these various fields can be brought together in a coherent, comprehensive,
and compelling fashion, thus providing an "integrative vision" for the modern
and postmodern world .
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The
Atman Project : A Transpersonal View of Human Development by
Ken Wilber. Soul to Spirit One of the
first books by Ken Wilber outlining his basic theory of the psycho-spiritual
development of the human being. The book also includes comparisons of
different traditions -- psychological, spiritual, and esoteric in an attempt
to create a model of synthesis. Though Wilber has since expanded upon and
refined this model in later works, this book is an excellent introduction into
his general approach.
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No
Boundary : Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth by
Ken Wilber Book Description A
new, easy-to-grasp map of human consciousness against which the various
therapies from both Western and Eastern sources are introduced. Designed to
help individuals understand the practice of each therapy.
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Up
from Eden : A Transpersonal View of Human Evolution by
Ken Wilber (Paperback - April 1996) Soul
to Spirit One of Wilber's earlier books tracing the evolution of human
consciousness throughout history. The book gives an historical and cultural
context for the various stages of conscious evolution that have become so
foundational to Wilber's theory, especially in the early stages of its
formation.
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Ken
Wilber in Dialogue : Conversations With Leading Transpersonal Thinkers
by Donald Jay Rothberg (Editor), et al. Synopsis A
passionate conversation among the best minds in transpersonal studies about
the ideas of Ken Wilber, prominent contemporary thinker and author of "The
Spectrum of Consciousness", this book includes contributions from Jack
Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Michael Murphy, Stanislav Grof, and Jeanne
Achterberg. 16 photos .
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The
Spectrum of Consciousness (Quest Books)
by Ken Wilber
Book Description A synthesis of religion, philosophy, physics, and
psychology that started a revolution in transpersonal psychology.
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Integral
Psychology : Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy by
Ken Wilber Soul to Spirit From the noted Transpersonal
Psychologist and philosopher attempting to create an "integral psychology."
Drawing upon his extensive as a progressive theorist in the field, Wilber
attempts to show the practical applications of theory for seekers today.
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