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The Essential Ken Wilber
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Essential Ken Wilber
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ken Wilber
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:208 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 153 |
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Category/Genre | Mind, Body, Spirit - thought and practice Mysticism, magic and ritual |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781570623790
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Classifications | Dewey:133 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Shambhala Publications Inc
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Imprint |
Shambhala Publications Inc
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Publication Date |
14 September 1998 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
An introduction to the work of an esteemed American philosopher, whose integral approach to human consciousness blends Western psychology with Eastern spirituality Ever since the publication of his first book, The Spectrum of Consciousness,written when he was twenty-three, Ken Wilber has been identified as the most comprehensive philosophical thinker of our times. This introductory sampler, designed to acquaint newcomers with his work, contains brief passages from his most popular books. Ranging over a variety of topics, concepts include levels of consciousness, mystical experience, meditation practice, death, the perennial philosophy, and Wilber's integral approach to reality, integrating matter, body, mind, soul, and spirit. Here is Wilber's writing at its most reader-friendly, discussing essential ideas of the world's great psychological, philosophical, and spiritual traditions in language that is lucid, engaging, and inspirational.
Author Biography
KEN WILBER is the founder of Integral Institute and the cofounder of Integral Life. He is an internationally acknowledged leader and the preeminent scholar of the Integral stage of human development. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Integral Meditation, A Theory of Everything, Integral Spirituality, No Boundary,Grace and Grit, and Sex, Ecology, Spirituality.
Reviews"Ken Wilber's work in the psychology of human consciousness is unparalleled."- Choice
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