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The Essential Ken Wilber

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Essential Ken Wilber
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ken Wilber
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 153
Category/GenreMind, Body, Spirit - thought and practice
Mysticism, magic and ritual
ISBN/Barcode 9781570623790
ClassificationsDewey:133
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Shambhala Publications Inc
Imprint Shambhala Publications Inc
Publication Date 14 September 1998
Publication Country United States

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