Ken Wilber is one of the greatest philosophers of this century and arguably one of the greatest theoretical psychologists of all time. Roger Walsh M.D. Ph.D.

Wilber is an American integral thinker and author. Working outside the academic mainstream, he has drawn on a variety of disciplines including psychology, sociology, philosophy, mysticism, post modernism, science and systems theory to formulate what he characterises as an Integral Theory of Consciousness. He is a leading proponent of the Integral thought movement, and founded the Integral Institute in 1998.

While Wilber has practiced Buddhist meditation methods, and the beliefs of Madhyamika Buddhism, particularly as articulated in the philosophy of Nagarjuna, Wilber does not identify himself as a Buddhist.

I first came across Wilber’s writing while in Thailand attending to my father who was injured in a high-speed car accident. Wilber is a prolific writer, and it was indirectly through his books that this site came to be. Some of my preferred titles are listed below.

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All of life is a process, a continual process.

We all start equally at Square One. Progress along the Continuum of Life is determined by, among others:

• Social Environment
• Personal Aptitude and Hunger for Knowledge
• Family Background
• Religious Involvement…

The Development of Consciousness can be described as progression from:

1. Materialism to Spirituality, or
2. Egocentric to Globalcentric

Many theorists have named the different stages in human development. One of the simplest and easiest conception of the stages can be found in Scott Peck’s book, The Different Drum, in which he describes the progression from selfish child to self-giving sage. Peck’s stages are these:

1. Chaotic, antisocial
2. Formal, institutional
3. Skeptic, individual
4. Mystic, communal

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