Ken Wilber stands as a globally recognized thinker, renowned for his extensive translations and contributions to the Integral stage of human development. His work delves into the complex interplay of spirituality, psychology, and ecology, offering profound insights into consciousness and personal growth. Wilber's distinctive approach synthesizes diverse philosophical and psychological traditions, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding human potential. He is celebrated for his rigorous scholarship and his ability to articulate intricate ideas in an accessible manner.
Coming soon as a Major Motion Picture Here is a deeply moving account of a couple's struggle with cancer and their journey to spiritual healing. Grace and Grit is the compelling story of the five-year journey of Ken Wilber and his wife Treya Killam Wilber through Treya's illness, treatment, and, finally, death.
Ken Wilber explores the evolution of consciousness, tracing its progression from matter to life and mind. He examines key stages of human consciousness, particularly in the contexts of modernity and postmodernity, addressing their implications for gender issues, psychotherapy, ecological concerns, and liberation movements. The book delves into how these eras shape the understanding of Spirit. This second edition includes forty pages of new content, updated diagrams, and revised notes, enhancing its scholarly depth and accessibility.
The Marriage of Sense and Soul sets forth an original approach to the problem of the relationship of science and religion. One Taste is the private journals of Ken Wilber. Included is an essay: The Spirit of Gen-X.
Wilber's groundbreaking synthesis of religion, philosophy, physics, and psychology started a revolution in transpersonal psychology. He was the first to suggest in a systematic way that the great psychological systems of the West could be integrated with the noble contemplative traditions of the East. Spectrum of Consciousness, first released by Quest in 1977, has been the prominent reference point for all subsequent attempts at integrating psychology and spirituality.
A straightforward and accessible study of personal development and human consciousness, as seen through the lens of Eastern and Western therapeutic traditions A simple yet comprehensive guide to the types of psychologies and therapies available from Eastern and Western sources. Each chapter includes a specific exercise designed to help the reader understand the nature and practice of the specific therapies. Wilber presents an easy-to-use map of human consciousness against which the various therapies are introduced and explained. This edition includes a new preface.
Drawing on modern psychology and psychiatry, as well as the world's great meditative traditions, this book presents the first 'full-spectrum' model of human development--one that includes both the conventional stages of psychological growth and the 'higher' levels of spiritual development.
A provocative examination of how the great religious traditions can remain relevant in modern times by incorporating scientific truths learned about human nature over the last century - using Buddhism as an example
"The author of nineteen books of philosophy and psychology, Ken Wilber is a pioneering thinker who has developed an integral theory of everything that embraces the truths of both Eastern spirituality and Western science. Yet while he is best known for his scholarly research into the world's contemplative traditions. Wilber is also an accomplished spiritual practitioner and mystic in his own right. In order to highlight the personal wisdom of this popular author the editors of The Simple Feeling of Being have assembled a collection of inspiration, mystical, and instructural passages drawn from his publications."--Jacket
Wilber traces human development from infancy into adulthood & beyond, into those states described by mystics & spiritual adepts. The spiritual evolution of such extraordinary individuals as the Buddha & Jesus hints at the direction human beings will take in their continuing growth toward transcendence.
