Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution

I bought another copy of this book recently for my dad. Of all the books I've read in my life, this had one of the biggest impacts on my way of thinking about the world.The drawback is Wilber's writing style, which is kinda painful. But you can get used to it.

A multi-multfaceted, amazingly researched overview explanation of God’s Spirit driven evolution of humankind.

I believe Ken Wilber spent five years researching the material for this book, and it shows. I read the 2nd edition eighteen years ago in paperback, and came back for the 1st edition in hardcover. Still many things to learn, even on a second reading.

As usual, Wilber presents a logically-unfolding argument and ties the threads of development together in a weave that illustrates a coherent picture of the human and our place in the interconnected web. I think he is the most important developmental philosopher of the century as, due largely to him, we now have good maps of human psychology-- and the places where its development can go wrong--that are badly needed by the therapeutic psychological arts.On the other hand, Ken's books remain difficult to read because he is so concerned that his points get instilled, that he repeats/recapitulates his arguments in 10 different ways for each one! I'd give him 5 stars but for this.

Mind blowing. Ken Wilbur is funny. He is academically accurate and discusses complex philosophical issues with great clarity and without watering down the subject. He builds a case for everything he suggests and bashes various points of view, without bashing the values behind the views. Feminists, ecology advocates, and in fact, the entire western civilization and devastated by Wilbur with pointed criticisms of where they veered off course.

Have not read it yet, but I have been wanting to read it for ten years. One book by Ken Wilber is like taking a doctoral level course in college. I read the introduction and found it interesting, as is everything he writes. I have no doubt that I will enjoy the book immensely. I was glad to see other books by Ken Wilber that I have not read as well and will probably order them in the future. I have almost everything he has ever written.

This important work deals with deep abstractions in clear, easy-to-follow language, while adding scholarly depth through extensive end notes.

This is Wilber's magnum opus with extraordinary depth and scope, covering many topics, from evolution, the Four Quardrants to the four stages of Spiritual development. ...The next step: getting a direct dialogue going with KW and the other great genius of our time: Peter Baofu.

Molt interessant..diferent.

Que dire ?Ce livre est juste le résumé le plus magistral et le plus clair possible de l'aventure de l'humanité, d'un point de vue non seulement philosophique, mais aussi scientifique, rationnel, spirituel.C'est tout simplement époustouflant.Le titre de "Einstein de la conscience " souvent donné à Wilber est plus que mérité.Et, 20 ans après parution, ce livre n'existe toujours pas en français...Nos pauvres philosophes français, enfermés dans leur carcan terriblement étroit, vont se réveiller un jour et réaliser combien de décennies de retard ils ont accumulé par rapport à où se développe aujourd'hui la philo de demain.Génial : ce livre est tout simplement génial.

I was told it was the best of Wilber and I agree!

This is Ken Wilber's magnum opus, a great behemoth of a book, tremendous in energy and ambition. It might help if before attempting it you have read one or other of his simpler introductions to Integral thought, or perhaps the Ken Wilber Reader. But (being basically on his side) I found this an exhilarating read...brilliant from beginning to end, opinionated, argumentative, and hope-giving. The footnotes alone are worth the price of the book. Wonderful, though not for the faint-hearted.

Just as described, thanks