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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It’s impossible to describe how I’m feeling about the tsunami that hit SE Asia on December 26, 2004.  I was there not two weeks ago.  Ceri left KL on the morning of the disaster.  Thai children of the dive masters are missing.  The live aboard dive boat on which we visited the Similan Islands fortunately survived.

Here is an excellent account of a Swede’s attempt to find a friend of his, with numerous links, images and satellite pictures.  His research and investigation resulted in a fantastic map of Khao Lak, something which didn’t exist at the time of the disaster.

It is the contention of Epperson that the major events of the past, the wars, the depressions and the revolutions, have been planned years in advance by an international conspiracy. This view is called the Conspiratorial View of History, and is definitely not the view held by the majority of historians today. The more traditional view is called The Accidental View of History, and it holds that no one really knows why events happen - they just do.

While there are many of Epperson’s claims which can’t be believed, this is an excellent basis to start research into the concept of Conspiratorial History. I’ve purchased many copies over the years as gifts for people in search of truth.

The following books are by Ralph Epperson.

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