Works by
Ken Wilber
(Writer)

Fiction

• Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free (2002)
  Ken Wilber's latest book is a daring departure from his previous writings—a highly original work of fiction that combines brilliant scholarship with tongue-in-cheek storytelling to present the integral approach to human development that he expounded in more conventional terms in his recent A Theory of Everything. The story of a naïve young grad student in computer science and his quest for meaning in a fragmented world provides the setting in which Wilber contrasts the alienated "flatland" of scientific materialism with the integral vision, which embraces body, mind, soul, and spirit in self, culture, and nature. The book especially targets one of the most stubborn obstacles to realizing the integral vision: a disease of egocentrism and narcissism that Wilber calls "boomeritis" because it seems to plague the baby-boomer generation most of all. Through a series of sparkling seminar-lectures skillfully interwoven with the hero's misadventures in the realms of sex, drugs, and popular culture, all of the major tenets of extreme postmodernism are criticized—and exemplified—including the author's having a bad case of boomeritis himself. Parody, intellectual slapstick, and a mind-twisting surprise ending unite to produce a highly entertaining summary of the work of cutting-edge theorists in human development from around the world.

Non-fiction

• The Atman Project: A Transpersonal View of Human Development (1980)
  Wilber chronicles individual psychospiritual development.

• No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth (1981, 2001)
  A simple yet comprehensive guide to the types of psychologies and therapies available from Eastern and Western sources. Each chapter includes a specific exercise designed to help the reader understand the nature and practice of the specific therapies. Wilber presents an easy-to-use map of human consciousness against which the various therapies are introduced and explained.

• Up from Eden: A Transpersonal View of Human Evolution (1981, 1996)
  Wilber traces humanity's cultural and spiritual evolution.

• A Sociable God (1982)
  In one of the first attempts to bring an integral dimension to sociology, Ken Wilber introduces a system of reliable methods by which to make testable judgments of the authenticity of any religious movement. A Sociable God is a concise work based on Wilber's "spectrum of consciousness" theory, which views individual and cultural development as an evolutionary continuum. Here he focuses primarily on worldviews (archaic, magic, mythic, mental, psychic, subtle, causal, nondual) and evaluates various cultural and religious movements on a scale ranging from egocentric to ethnocentric to worldcentric to Kosmic. By using this integral view, Wilber hopes, society would be able to discriminate between dangerous cults and authentic spiritual paths. In addition, he points out why these distinctions are crucial in understanding spiritual experiences and altered states of consciousness. In a lengthy new introduction, the author brings the reader up to date on his latest integral thinking and concludes that, for the succinct and elegant way it argues for a sociology of depth, A Sociable God remains a clarion call for a greater sociology.

• The Holographic Paradigm and Other Paradoxes (1982)
  Exploring the leading edge of science.

• Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World's Great Physicists (1984, 2001)
  Here is collection of writings that bridges the gap between science and religion. Quantum Questions collects the mystical writings of each of the major physicists involved in the discovery of quantum physics and relativity, including Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, and Max Planck. The selections are written in nontechnical language and will be of interest to scientists and nonscientists alike.

• Spiritual Choices: The Problems of Recognizing Authentic Paths to Inner Transformation (1986), Edited by Bruce Ecker, Dick Anthony, and Ken Wilber

• Transformation of Consciousness (1986)
  Conventional and contemplative perspectives on development

• Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber (1991)
  Here is a deeply moving account of a couple's struggle with cancer and their journey to spiritual healing. Grace and Grit is the compelling story of the five-year journey of Ken Wilber and his wife Treya Killam Wilber through Treya's illness, treatment, and, finally, death.

• The Spectrum of Consciousness (1993, 2001)
  A synthesis of religion, philosophy, physics, and psychology that started a revolution in transpersonal psychology.

• Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution (1995)
  In this tour de force of scholarship and vision, Ken Wilber traces the course of evolution from matter to life to mind and describes the common patterns that evolution takes in all three of these domains. From the emergence of mind, he traces the evolution of human consciousness through its major stages of growth and development. He particularly focuses on modernity and postmodernity: what they mean; how they impact gender issues, psychotherapy, ecological concerns, and various liberation movements; and how the modern and postmodern world conceive of Spirit.

• A Brief History of Everything (1996)
  A Brief History of Everything presents Ken Wilber's accessible and entertaining account of men and women's place in a universe of sex, soul, and spirit. He examines the course of evolution as the unfolding manifestation of Spirit, from matter of life to mind, including the higher stages of spiritual development where Spirit becomes conscious of itself. Wilber offers striking and original views on many topics of continuing interest and controversy: gender wars, multiculturalism, ecology and environmental ethics among them.

• Eye to Eye: The Quest for the New Paridigm (1996)

• Eye of Spirit: An Integral Vision For a Would Gone Slightly Mad (1997)

• The Essential Ken Wilber: An Introductory Reader (1998)
  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, including 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.

• The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion (1998)
  There is arguably no more critical and pressing topic than the relation of science and religion in the modern world. Science has given us the methods for discovering truth, while religion remains the single greatest force for generating meaning. Yet the two are seen as mutually exclusive, with wrenching consequences for humanity. In The Marriage of Sense and Soul, one of today's most important philosophers brilliantly articulates how we might begin to think about science and religion in ways that allow for their reconciliation and union, on terms that will be acceptable to both camps.
  
  Ken Wilber is widely acclaimed as the foremost thinker in integrating Western psychology and the Eastern spiritual traditions. His many books have reached across disciplines and synthesized the teachings of religion, psychology, physics, mysticism, sociology, and anthropology, earning him a devoted international following. The Marriage of Sense and Soul is his most accessible work yet, aimed at guiding a general audience to the mutual accord between the spiritual, subjective world of ancient wisdom and the objective, empirical world of modern knowledge.
  
  Wilber clearly and succinctly explores the schism between science and religion, and the impact of this "philosophical Cold War" on the fate of humanity. He systematically reviews previous attempts at integration, explaining why romantic, idealistic, and postmodern theories failed. And he demonstrates how science is compatible with certain deep features common to all of the world's major religious traditions. In pointing the way to a union between truth and meaning, Ken Wilber has created an elegant and accessible book that is breathtaking in its scope.

• One Taste (1999)
  As one who has written extensively about the interior life, meditation, and psychotherapy, Ken Wilber—the leading theorist in the field of integral psychology—naturally arouses the curiosity of his numerous readers. In response to this curiosity, this one-year diary not only offers an unprecedented entrée into his private world, but offers an introduction to his essential thought. "If there is a theme to this journal," Wilber writes, "it is that body, mind, and the luminosities of the soul—all are perfect expressions of the Radiant Spirit that alone inhabits the universe, sublime gestures of that Great Perfection that alone outshines the world." Wilber's personal writings include: Details of his own spiritual practice Advice to spiritual seekers Reflections on his work and that of other prominent theorists in the field of integral psychology His day-to-day personal experiences Dozens of his short theoretical essays on topics from art to feminism to spirituality to psychotherapy

• The Collected Works of Ken Wilber (1999)
  The Spectrum of Consciousness (1977)—one of the founding texts of transpersonal psychology—introduces the full-spectrum model, showing how the psychological systems of the West can be integrated with the contemplative traditions of the East. No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth (1979) is a simple yet comprehensive guide to psychologies and therapies available from both Western and Eastern sources. Several important early articles: "The Psychologia Perennis," "Are the Chakras Real?" and "Where It Was, I Shall Become."

• A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality (2000)
  Here is a concise, comprehensive overview of Wilber's revolutionary thought and its application in today's world. In A Theory of Everything, Wilber uses clear, nontechnical language to present complex, cutting-edge theories that integrate the realms of body, mind, soul, and spirit. He then demonstrates how these theories and models can be applied to real-world problems in areas such as politics, medicine, business, education, and the environment. Wilber also discusses daily practices that readers take up in order to apply this integrative vision to their own everyday lives.

• Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy (2000)
  The goal of an "integral psychology" is to honor and embrace every legitimate aspect of human consciousness under one roof. This book presents one of the first truly integrative models of consciousness, psychology, and therapy. Drawing on hundreds of sources—Eastern and Western, ancient and modern—Wilber creates a psychological model that includes waves of development, streams of development, states of consciousness, and the self, and follows the course of each from subconscious to self-conscious to superconscious. Included in the book are charts correlating over a hundred psychological and spiritual schools from around the world, including Kabbalah, Vedanta, Plotinus, Teresa of Ávila, Aurobindo, Theosophy, and modern theorists such as Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, Jane Loevinger, Lawrence Kohlberg, Carol Gilligan, Erich Neumann, and Jean Gebser. Integral Psychology is Wilber's most ambitious psychological system to date and is already being called a landmark study in human development.

• The Simple Feeling of Being: Embracing Your True Nature (2004)
  Collection of inspirational, mystical, and instructional passages drawn from Ken Wilber's publications. These heartfelt writings, born of Ken's own meditation practice and inner experiences, include: Poetic passages of contemplative insights and reflections Inspired descriptions of Spirit, Nondual Awareness, the Witness, One Taste, and other topics Commentary on the spiritual contributions of figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Saint Teresa of Ávila, Meister Eckhart, and Ramana Maharshi Anecdotes of personal experience and glimpses into Wilber's inner world Practical spiritual instructions and guided meditations

• The Integral Operating System: Version 1.0 (2005)
  For many thousands of readers, Ken Wilber has provided a model that actually makes sense of life and the universe. After spending decades streamlining this model into a concise, accessible form, Ken has finally created the ideal tool for sparking an immediate revolution of mind and spirit—The Integral Operating System. With this multi-modal "platform for the soul," users will learn how to see the world with a whole new level of understanding and philosophical sophistication. The Integral Operating System includes: • Ken Wilber teaching in person on DVD, covering every component of his model in detail
   

  • A 40-page primer for becoming fluent in AQAL (All Quadrants, All Levels) and learning to adapt any question into the framework of the Integral Map

  • Two CDs of Ken Wilber addressing the most frequently asked questions about his Integral vision, including how to put these ideas into practice and "live the model"

  • The Integral Road Map: an accordion fold chart of Ken Wilber’s legendary all-quadrant model, and much more

  As one of the most influential figures of human spiritual evolution, Ken Wilber has been called "the Einstein of consciousness." For devoted fans and interested seekers alike, here is an unprecedented chance for you to "upload" Wilber’s teachings as he illuminates the intricacies of The Integral Operating System.

• Integral Life Practice Starter Kit (2006)

• Integral Spirituality: A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World (2006)
  Integral Spirituality is being widely called the most important book on spirituality in our time. Applying his highly acclaimed integral approach, Ken Wilber formulates a theory of spirituality that honors the truths of modernity and postmodernity—including the revolutions in science and culture—while incorporating the essential insights of the great religions. He shows how spirituality today combines the enlightenment of the East, which excels at cultivating higher states of consciousness, with the enlightenment of the West, which offers developmental and psychodynamic psychology. Each contributes key components to a more integral spirituality.On the basis of this integral framework, a radically new role for the world’s religions is proposed. Because these religions have such a tremendous influence on the worldview of the majority of the earth’s population, they are in a privileged position to address some of the biggest conflicts we face. By adopting a more integral view, the great religions can act as facilitators of human development: from magic to mythic to rational to pluralistic to integral—and to a global society that honors and includes all the stations of life along the way.

Audio

• Kosmic Consciousness (2003)
  "Just who is Ken Wilber?" For more than 30 years, a rising tide of readers enthralled by this visionary philosopher’s map of human potential have asked this question about the famously "low profile" author. Finally, early this year, Wilber—the author of A Brief History of Everything and Grace and Grit—agreed to create a series of in-depth dialogues on audio for the first time ever. The result is Kosmic Consciousness: a landmark recording that invites us to experience a full-length audio learning course with this celebrated thinker.
  
  Listeners will be surprised and delighted to discover the Ken Wilber behind the writer’s pen—spontaneous, irreverent, and incredibly passionate about how each of us can participate in the unfolding of human consciousness. Through over 12 hours of revelatory insights, Kosmic Consciousness explores: The integral map of the Kosmos (the universe that includes the physical cosmos as well as the realms of consciousness and Spirit), the pursuit of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, discovering your "multiple intelligences", using altered states, male and female sexuality, how meditation accelerates personal growth, prayer, does it work?, integral perspectives on individuals spanning Jung to Piaget, Baryshnikov to Nietzsche, Jesus to the Buddha, and much more.
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• The One Two Three of God (2006)
  Is it possible to develop an all-inclusive embrace of God, one that can satisfy scientists, philosophers, and priests at the same time? It is, teaches best-selling author Ken Wilber, if you are able to understand The 1-2-3 of God. According to this premier modern philosopher, the seemingly innumerable ways humans conceptualize God can actually be broken down into three basic perspectives. Now, Ken Wilber invites listeners to learn more about:
   

  • The "I, We, and It" views of God: how different religions and spiritual paths tend to focus on only one of these three fundamental ways of relating to the divine

  • Using an integrated 1-2-3 approach to God to open communication between people of different faiths and beliefs

  • Guided sessions by Ken Wilber for deeply experiencing each of the three aspects of God—mystical, devotional, and objective

Through his best-selling books and his work as founder and president of the Integral Institute, Ken Wilber has become one of the world’s most recognized and respected pioneers of modern spirituality. With The 1-2-3 of God, he now brings his unique gift for lucid insight to the most essential question asked by spiritual seekers throughout history: what is the true nature of God?
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See also:

• Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey (1990) by Alex Grey, Carlo McCormick, and Ken Wilber
  This unique series of paintings takes the viewer on a graphic, visionary journey through the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual anatomy of the self. From anatomically correct rendering of the body systems, Grey moves to the spiritual/energetic systems with such images as "Universal Mind Lattice," envisioning the sacred and esoteric symbolism of the body and the forces that define its living field of energy.
  
  Includes essays on the significance of Grey's work by Ken Wilber, the eminent transpersonal psychologist, and by the noted New York art critic, Carlo McCormick.

• Paths beyond Ego: The Transpersonal Vision (1993), Frances Vaughan and Roger Walsh, eds.
  Aldous Huxley, Bill Devall, Charles Tart, Christina Groff, the Dalai Lama, Daniel Goleman, Fritjof Capra, Georg Feuerstein, Huston Smith, Jack Kornfield, Jayne Gackenbach, John Welwood, Ken Wilber, Kenneth Ring, Michael Murphy, Ram Dass, Sri Aurobindo, Stanislav Grof, Stephen LaBerge, William James and many, many more.

• Ken Wilber in Dialogue: Conversations with Leading Transpersonal Thinkers (1998) by Donald Rothberg
  A passionate conversation about the ideas of Ken Wilber, the prominent contemporary thinker who launched the transpersonal psychology movement.

• The Mission of Art (1998) by Alex Grey

• Ken Wilber: Thought As Passion (2003) by Frank Visser
  Guide to the life and work of Ken Wilber, widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive and passionate philosophers of our times. Outlines his theories and uncovers his personal life, showing how his experiences influenced and shaped his writing.

• Embracing Reality: The Integral Vision of Ken Wilber (2004) by Brad Reynolds
  The first complete guide to the full range of work by Ken Wilber, arguably today's most popular living philosopher.

• Introducing Ken Wilber: Concepts for An Evolving World (2005) by Lew Howard

• Where's Wilber At?:  Ken Wilber's Integral Vision in the New Millennium (2006) by Brad Reynolds