The Eye of Spirit An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad

by WILBER, KEN

• ISBN13: 9781570628719
• ISBN10: 1570628718
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-11
• Publisher: Shambhala

Summary

In this groundbreaking book, Ken Wilber uses his widely acknowledged "spectrum of consciousness" model to completely rewrite our approach to such important fields as psychology, spirituality, anthropology, cultural studies, art and literary theory, ecology, feminism, and planetary transformation. What would each of those fields look like if we wholeheartedly accepted the existence of not just body and mind but also soul and spirit? In a stunning display of integrative embrace, Wilber weaves these various fragments together into a coherent and compelling vision for the modern and postmodern world.

Author Biography

Ken Wilber is the developer of an integral "theory of everything" that embraces the truths of all the world's great psychological, scientific, philosophical, and spiritual traditions. He founded the Integral Institute, a think-tank for studying issues of science and society, in 2000. Wilber is the author of twenty books.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition	vii
Foreword
Jack Crittenden
What Is the Meaning of ``Integral''?	xi
A Note to the Reader
On God and Politics	xvii
Introduction: An Integral Vision: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful	1	(32)
The Spectrum of Consciousness: Integral Psychology and the Perennial Philosophy	33	(19)
In a Modern Light: Integral Anthropology and the Evolution of Cultures	52	(20)
Eye to Eye: Integral Philosophy and the Quest for the Real	72	(15)
Integral Art and Literary Theory: Part 1	87	(17)
Integral Art and Literary Theory: Part 2	104	(23)
The Recaptured God: The Retro-Romantic Agenda and Its Liabilities	127	(24)
Born Again: Stan Grof and the Holotropic Mind	151	(18)
Integral Feminism: Sex and Gender on the Moral and Spiritual Path	169	(15)
How Straight Is the Spiritual Path? The Relation of Psychological and Spiritual Growth	184	(23)
The Effects of Meditation: Speeding Up the Ascent to God and the Descent of the Goddess	207	(28)
Heading toward Omega? Where Exactly Is the Ground of Being?	235	(19)
Waves, Steams, States, and Self: A Summary of My Psychological Model (Or, Outline of an Integral Psychology)	254	(36)
Always Already: The Brilliant Clarity of Ever-Present Awareness	290	(19)
Notes	309	(92)
Bibliography	401	(12)
Index	413