Transformations of Consciousness: Conventional and Contemplative Perspectives On Development

by Ken Wilber, Jack Engler, Daniel P. Brown

Drawing on modern psychology and psychiatry, as well as the world's great meditative traditions, this book presents the first 'full-spectrum' model of human development--one that includes both the conventional stages of psychological growth and the 'higher' levels of spiritual development.

Genres: Psychology, Spirituality

358 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Kenneth Earl Wilber II is an American philosopher and writer on transpersonal psychology and his own integral theory, a systematic philosophy which suggests the synthesis of all human knowledge and experience.

Reviews

[Adam]

have not read in full - purchased this to read Daniel Brown's papers comparing developmental psychology with the stages of meditation in Patanjali's Yoga, Kagyu Mahamudra, and Vipassana. The two papers on this topic are worth pursuing for those interested in comparative practical mysticism. Particularly if you have engaged practice in more than one meditation tradition, I find Brown's overall map very useful.

There appears to also be a paper here correlating the above systems to stages of development in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, which I plan to come back and read.

[Dash Russell]

amazing