Best Ken Wilber Books

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Transpersonal perspectives

Books by Ken Wilber who writes on psychology, philosophy, mysticism, ecology, and spiritual evolution. He has been described as New Age, although his writings are critical of much of the New Age Movement. His work formulates what he calls an "integral theory of consciousness". He is a leading proponent of the integral movement and founded the Integral Institute in 1998.

The Essential Ken Wilber: An Introductory Reader 

Introduction to transpersonal psychology

A great place to start to get introduced to the work of Ken Wilber.

The Essential Ken Wilber: An Introductory Reader.

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The Integral Vision:  

A Very Short Introduction to the Revolutionary Integral Approach to Life, God, the Universe, and Everything

Ken Wilber's own summary of his work.

The Integral Vision: A Very Short Introduction to the Revolutionary Integral Approach to Life, God, the Universe, and Everything

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The Pocket Ken Wilber 

Excerpts from Ken Wilber's writings that lovers of his work just love. In other words: want to take Ken Wilber's insights wherever you go? This is the book for you.

The excerpts are chosen from the theme practical wisdom, so this book is great for anyone interested in personal and spiritual growth.

The Pocket Ken Wilber (Shambhala Pocket Classics)

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A Brief History of Everything 

Another summary of Ken Wilber's cosmology - this time of his book 'Sex Ecology, Spirituality'. The Question and Answer format makes it a relatively easy read, but since the subject is difficult, that will not make it a book for everyone.

A Brief History of Everything

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Get to know the four quadrants - and everything else in life - from the perspective of Ken Wilber's system.

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Integral Spirituality 

A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World

Integrates postmodern philosophy in the insights of 'Sex Ecology, Spirituality'.

Integral Spirituality: A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World

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Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution (Second Edition) 

THE book by Wilber everyone keeps coming back to. Many of his books after this one have been described as summaries, introductions or even rewrites of this one. It's not an easy book, but if you're smart enough - it's a great read.

I read this myself and feel he makes many important points.

Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution, Second Edition

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No Boundary: spiritual growth explored 

Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth

Personal development is one of the main underlying themes in Ken Wilber's work. In this book he takes the subject head on uniting insights from East and West - Buddhism, Yoga and current insights from Psychology combined.

No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth

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Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy 

A reviewer on Amazon gives the following summary of this book:

The history of psychology, the perennial philosophy, the nature of holons and holarchies, the types of mysticism (psychic, subtle, causal, nondual), the types of spirituality (translative and transformative), the types of spiritual experience (peak, plateau, and permanent adaptation), the meme scheme of _Spiral Dynamics_ and ample discussions of other research, the pathologies that can be encountered on each level of development, a brief history of sociocultural evolution, the relation of transitory states of consciousness and stable structures of consciousness, the distinction between cultural-specific surface structures and universal deep structures, the fallacies of scientific materialism, the relations of the ego, the soul, and the Witness (or Spirit), and plenty of charts and figures to help make sense of it all.

And concludes: Surprisingly, this book holds together extremely well, and it isn't nearly as complicated as the above summary might lead one to suspect.

Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy

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The Simple Feeling of Being: Embracing Your True Nature 

Compiled by four of his students from 19 of Wilber's previous works, this book goes into the subject that most of his readers are interested in: the mystical - the spiritual path.

The subjects covered are: The Witness; Memoirs; Spirit-in-Action; Immediate Awareness; Passionate Philosophy; Always Already; Being-in-the-World; One without a Second; The Brilliant Clarity of Ever-Present Awareness.

The Simple Feeling of Being: Embracing Your True Nature

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Grace and Grit: Ken Wilber's diary in loosing his wife to cancer 

Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber

Very moving book which will help you deal with sorrow and loss in your own life. Ken Wilber's thoughts and feelings intertwined with his late wife's diary entries.

As one reviewer says:
This book woke me up. It reminded me about Love. (Saying that, the words seem so inadequate) The truth is, I can't come close to conveying the Love which comes through in this book. It's personal love directed toward a wife, a husband, a family. It's universal Love which calls to you to find your way home. It beckons "Promise you will find me again."

I just finished reading the last chapter, and I cried and cried. I remembered what it was like when my mom died. Dannion Brinkley said that when someone dies, the doors to Heaven open up, and energy flows in both directions. I'll second that. My mothers death was one of the most sacred experiences of my life.

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Ken Wilber's Collected Works 

The books by Ken Wilber I've personally read, were published in this series. They each have an introduction by the author (the advantage of having a Collected Works series published during the life of the author) and a great index.

The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 7

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The Collected Works of Ken Wilber

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The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 5

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Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 4

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Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free! 

A spiritual novel with very mixed reviews. Some find it inspiring, others say it is flat. Don't buy this if you want to read some nice fantasy fiction. The book is meant to rub you the wrong way - so that you may learn something about yourself.

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Kosmic Consciousness 

Unabridged audiobook

A full-length audio learning course with this celebrated thinker. Tami Simon interviews Ken Wilber. The result is a set of cd's that will help those who struggled to understand Wilber's thoughts to finally get it.

Kosmic Consciousness

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The Marriage of Sense and Soul 

Integrating Science and Religion

Uniting science and religion is the ultimate quest of our time, I think. Ken Wilber has made it his life's work to try and integrate the two. Truth is ultimately One, so it ought to be possible to unite all ways to the truth...

Most reviewers on Amazon say this book is a reader friendly version of 'Sex, Ecology, and Spirituality'.

The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion

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Up from Eden (New Edition) 

A Transpersonal View of Human Evolution

A history of mankind that includes spiritual and cultural growth and evolution.

Despite the controversy around Ken Wilber, this book has NO negative reviews...

Up from Eden, New Edition: A Transpersonal View of Human Evolution

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    FreeSpiritSoars FreeSpiritSoars Apr 5, 2009 @ 7:21 pm
    In No Boundary, Ken Wilber states,"In unity consciousness, in no boundary awareness, the sense of self expands to totally include everything once thought to be not self." Ken Wilber does a wonderful job of bringing together eastern and western understandings of life. I wouldn't say he writes for the beginner spiritual explorer but when you get to the point of appreciating the similarities and differences of eastern and western thought, you will enjoy this deep exploration.

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