Sex, Ecology, Spirituality · the Spirit of Evolution · 2nd Edition

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.

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. This second edition features forty pages of new material, new diagrams, and extensively revised notes.

"A timely and bold wake-up call for humanity."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Hugely

informed, outspoken, and deeply illumined, Ken Wilber's penetrating

insights uplevel the whole game of understanding human beings and human

history."--Branches of Light

"The scope of the

work is extraordinary. Only a handful of thinkers, such as Aurobindo in

the East and Hegel in the West, have assembled such vast evolutionary

visions. Yet Wilber's view is unique not only in providing a

far-reaching vision but also in grounding that vision in contemporary

research in fields such as cosmology, biology, anthropology, sociology,

psychology, and ecology."--Roger Walsh, Resurgence

"Wilber

possesses the rare combination of a deep, advanced spiritual practice

with a sharp wit, brain power and scholarship to rival the finest

Princeton Ph.D. . . . Sex, Ecology, Spirituality rewards the reader with a comprehensive, nondualistic, and sophisticated analysis of our world and consciousness."--Green Living

"Wilber's

book is essential reading as a transplanetary survey of our problems

and our possibilities. This is a book to live with for the next five

years, and carry with you long into the next century."--David Boadella, Journal of Family Life

"Wilber

is without a doubt one of the most significant thinkers of our time and

brings a fresh understanding to our cultural situation and the

prospects for an integral worldview in the next century. He displays a

staggering erudition . . . a profound intuitive understanding and a

highly developed analytical capacity. The combination is breathtaking. .

. . Any thinker concerned with the big picture will find Wilber's work a

gold-mine of insights which make compulsory reading for the 21st

century."--Network: The Scientific and Medical Network Review

"Exhaustive exploration of the history of consciousness."--Parabola

"I

think the most significant recent development in the field [of

Transpersonal Psychology] is the publication of Ken Wilber's book, Sex, Ecology, Spirituality . I would encourage anyone interested in exploring the field in depth to read this volume."--Gnosis Magazine

"The

twenty-first century literally has three choices: Aristotle, Nietzsche,

or Ken Wilber. This book, written with remarkable scholarly breadth and

depth, is exactly the medicine we need for the new century and the new

millennium: not because it will make us feel good, which it surely

might, but because it can jolt us awake."--Jack Crittenden, Ph.D.,

author of Beyond Individualism

Ken Wilber is the author of over twenty books. He is the founder of

Integral Institute, a think-tank for studying integral theory and

practice, with outreach through local and online communities such as

Integral Education Network, Integral Training, and Integral Spiritual

Center.