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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 psychotherapyAmazon.com ReviewOkay, Ken Wilber fans, you’ve waited long enough. The intensely private potentate of the integral path has broken his silence and published a year’s worth of journal notes. Pull up a chair. You’ve entered the living room of one of the most intriguing spiritual theorists on the planet. He’ll tell you a little about his work schedule, friendships with publishers, artists, and intellectuals, and you’ll talk late into the night about bringing together the best parts of all the world’s wisdom traditions. Hold on tight, though, because the conversational pace can be dizzying, bouncing from Nagarjuna to Plotinus, Derrida to Nagel, feminism to Zen, psychotherapy to vipassana. And this isn’t just superficial soul-babble. Give it a while to sink in. Take a sip of wine. Move on to more expansive talk of higher states of being. Wilber will describe his own meditative experiences and how they relate to his revision of the Great Chain of Being. As daylight breaks, you’ll gaze into the early twilight, wondering how you failed to notice all those hidden dimensions within and beyond an otherwise two-dimensional world. –Brian Bruya –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library JournalSomething of an iconoclast, Wilber (The Marriage of Sense and Soul, LJ 2/1/98) has created a unique spot for himself in contemporary thinking on spirituality. Guided to some degree by notions such as the “perennial philosophy” expounded by Aldous Huxley and by thinkers such as Huston Smith, Wilber’s work draws on a wide array of religious, philosophical, and psychological systems while simultaneously disparaging what he considers to be the superficial eclecticism of various New Age movements. Wilber devotees will, no doubt, find this record of a year in his life essential reading. For most readers, however, distracting and largely uninteresting details of Wilber’s life (he’s dating a swell girl), cliched passages describing various states of spiritual awe, often opaque theoretical discussions, and a thinly veiled general tone of self-aggrandizement will tend to obscure the many highly original and thought-provoking passages scattered throughout. A frustrating book by a controversial thinker; only for collections with a demonstrated interest in this author.? Mark Woodhouse, Elmira Coll. Lib., NYCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.From the Inside FlapKen Wilber-the leading theorist in the field of transpersonal psychology-has written extensively about meditation, psychotherapy, and the interior life. But what of his own life? What is his own meditation practice like? What does he read? What are his work habits? What thinkers and artists inspire the man who has inspired so many? This diary of a year in the life of Ken Wilber offers an unprecedented entrée into his private world-as well as a further exploration into his essential thought on the perennial philosophy. These intimate writings include: his day-to-day personal experiencesdetails of his own spiritual practice, plus his recommendations for othersreflections on his work and that of other prominent theorists in the field of transpersonal psychologynever-before-published material from his Naropa seminarscritical observations on popular spiritual movements, from ecopsychology to Jungian to new agecorrespondence with leading spiritual and transpersonal theoristsshort theoretical essays on topics from art to feminism to spirituality to psychotherapya full account of his writing and publishing of The Marriage of Sense and Soul