The Essential Ken Wilber: An Introductory Reader

Eversince the publication of his first book, TheSpectrum of Consciousness,written when he was twenty-three, Ken Wilber has been identified as the mostcomprehensive philosophical thinker of our times. This introductory sampler,designed to acquaint newcomers with his work, contains brief passages from hismost popular books, ranging over a variety of topics, including levels ofconsciousness, mystical experience, meditation practice, death, the perennialphilosophy, and Wilber's integral approach to reality, integrating matter,body, mind, soul, and spirit. Here is Wilber's writing at its mostreader-friendly, discussing essential ideas of the world's great psychological,philosophical, and spiritual traditions in language that is lucid, engaging,and inspirational.