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Described by the publisher as "an Internet specialist who studied the psychology of religion," Visser more than adequately acquits himself in expounding the thinking of Ken Wilber-the popular "guru of transpersonal psychology." This relatively new field of study considers the whole gamut of human endeavors that can lead to self-actualization, including consciousness studies, mind-body relationships, and spiritual inquiries, among others. Wilber's especial concern in this field is spiritual; his many published works are all oriented to showing how contemporary thinking (especially the scientific) is materialistic and also mistaken in devaluing the ultimately more important subjective, spiritual elements of human existence. He has developed an elaborate system based on Eastern mystical experiences (he meditates regularly, we are told) and ideas that Visser clearly finds compelling. It is clear that Wilber considers himself a pioneering "philosopher," but contemporary academic philosophy would insist that mystical revelations must, in the final analysis, be judged on the truth claims they make, and here it would find that Wilber had not adequately dealt with that aspect of his system. Public libraries would be the most logical and natural place for this book.-Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Lib., Washington, DC Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.Product Details
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Frank Visser is an internet specialist who studied the psychology of religion at the Catholic University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and is the author of Seven Spheres.
Table of Contents
Ken Wilber
INTRODUCTION
Ken Wilber: The person and his work
The structure of this book
1. WHO IS KEN WILBUR? "I'M A PANDIT, NOT A GURU"
Top of the class
"An entirely new world"
"Life for me was sour"
"The Einstein of consciousness research"
"The lonely pursuit of the writer"
The Kosmos trilogy
"A fundamental pattern"
So, yet another Grand Theory?
"I'm a pandit, not a guru"
The seven faces of Ken Wilber
2. A FLYING START: "CONSCIOUSNESS IS LIKE A SPECTRUM"
What is transpersonal psychology?
The perennial philosophy as a guiding concept
A "perennial psychology"
The spectrum of consciousness
Consciousness without boundaries
"And yet, something was definitely wrong . . ."
3. CRISIS AND REORIENTATION: IN SEARCH OF A NEW FOOTING
"Instantly the entire scheme became clear"
A forgotten truth
The search for the Self
A fall from Paradise?
"No longer lost in thoughts"
To sum up . . .
4. FURTHER REFINEMENTS: SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Towards a New Paradigm?
Physics and mysticism: An unhappy marriage?
Transpersonal sociology
The stage model is complete
5. LOVE, DEATH, AND REBIRTH: YEARS OF TEST AND TRIAL
"Love at first touch"
"I went into a profound depression"
"My path has been Buddhist"
"I do not condemn the entire New Age movement"
"And that is what Treya had done for me"
Death and rebirth in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition
6. AN EVEN BROADER HORIZON: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL VIEW OF SPIRIT
The Kosmos trilogy
An interview . . . with himself
The eye of spirit
The integration of science and religion
The taste of Oneness
The Collected Works
Integral Psychology
Boomeritis
A theory of everything
The Integral Institute
"By far the most productive years of my entire life"
Towards a post-metaphysical spirituality
7. KEN WILBER IN PERSPECTIVE: THE BACKBONE OF WILBER'S MODEL
Materialist science: the domain of matter
Orthodox psychology: the domain of the personality
Transpersonal psychology: the domain of the soul
Metaphysical religion: the domain of Spirit
Epilogue: The map and the territory
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books by Ken Wilber
Complete bibliography of Ken Wilber
INDEX