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Integral-related recommendations (A-L)
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Integral 'Top 20'
2 More Ken Wilber Books
3 Integral-related Recommendations (A-L)(most recommended
by Ken Wilber - *loads slowly*)
4 Integral-related
Recommendations (M-Z) (most recommended by Ken Wilber - *loads
slowly*)
5 Spirituality and Wisdom traditions (These other sections
coming soon!)
6 Transpersonal, Humanistic and Positive Psychology
7 Culture Shifts and Changing Values
8 Personal change, Creativity, Coaching, Therapy, Health,
Relationships, Personality Type
9 Learning Organisation, Education and Facilitation/Training
10 Knowledge Age/Digital society
11 Skilful Leadership
12 Organisational Change
13 Politics and Economics
14 Ecology
15 Overcoming the Postmodernist/Politically Correct Roadblock
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Almaas,
AH, Brilliancy: The Essence of Intelligence (Diamond Body)
(2006)
Almaas describes
how intelligence is not a product of brain function but is a quality
of consciousness.
The book includes in-depth dialogues with his ‘Diamond Approach’
students on the barriers to recognising and embodying the essential
quality of Brilliancy. He helps students work through their defences
and conflicts around this issue and then rediscover their own Brilliancy.
“A. H.
Almaas is one of the foremost spiritual teachers of our time. His
methodology for realising true nature is precise, teachable and
clear’ – Dr Joan Borysenko, founder member of the Integral
Institute. |
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Almaas,
AH, Diamond Heart Book 1: Elements of the Real in Man (2000)
Ken Wilber calls
Almaas’ Diamond Approach: “a superb therapeutic/transformative
discipline” and “a superb combination of some of the
best of modern Western psychology with ancient (and spiritual) wisdom.
It is one type of a more integral approach, uniting Ascending and
Descending, spiritual and psychological, into an effective form
of inner work.”
“[T]he
fact that such a therapeutic/growth system can gain a strong and
respected foothold in the culture – [is] a sign of the post-conventional
waves that are very slowly but very surely washing upon our collective
shores,” writes Wilber. |
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Almaas,
AH, Diamond Heart Book 2: The Freedom to Be (2000)
More from “the
finest metapsychologist writing today” (writes Ken Wilber)
– synthesizing Sufism, Zen, Vajrayana Buddhism, Gurdjieff
and depth psychology into the ‘Diamond Approach’.
Don Riso and
Russ Hudson, authors of The
Wisdom of the Enneagram, write: “We can think of
no more significant voice in the transpersonal field than A. H.
Almaas. His work is a seamless integration of cutting edge psychology
and profound spirituality that addresses the concerns and hopes
of contemporary people.” |
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Almaas,
AH, Diamond Heart Book 3: Being and the Meaning of Life
(2000)
More on Almaas’
‘Diamond Approach’ to self-transformation. |
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Almaas,
AH, Diamond Heart Book 4: Indestructible Innocence (2000)
Almaas’
‘Diamond Approach’ to self-transformation – includes
chapters on topics including ‘The Integrated Human Being’
and ‘Bare Bottoms on Ice’.
From the introduction:
“Many spiritual teachers describe their experience of realization
as if they suddenly became realized and the personality just died,
or fell away. So it is understandable that you might fantasize that
one day you will finish your meditation and there will be no personality
left. This idea of enlightenment or self-realisation is misguided,
although it is true that you can experience sudden revelations or
insights that can change the rest of your life. My perception of
what happens with people who claim to have lost their personality
totally and spontaneously is that there remains a split-off or suppressed
part which will manifest as a distortion or lack of integration”. |
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Almaas,
AH Essence with The Elixir of Enlightenment - The Diamond Approach
to Inner Realization (1998)
Two books in
one where Almaas describes his sophisticated blending of wisdom
traditions like Buddhism and Sufism with modern psychology. A good
introductory book. |
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Almaas,
AH, Facets of Unity - The Enneagram of Holy Ideas (2000)
Helen Palmer,
author of The
Enneagram - Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life,
writes: “Lucid, precise and infinitely helpful to seekers
everywhere. I heartily recommend Facets of Unity to Enneagram
enthusiasts, to my own students of inner knowing, and to followers
of every spiritual tradition.”
Almaas describes
‘the Holy Ideas’ that are the spiritual realities of
the nine personality types described in the Enneagram, along with
their accompanying fixations. And how to work oneself free of them...
Includes foreword
by the Enneagram pioneer Oscar Ichazo. |
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Almaas,
AH, Spacecruiser Inquiry: True Guidance for the Inner Journey
(Diamond Body Series, 1) (2002)
More of Almaas’
insights, drawn from Buddhism, Sufism, Gurdjieff, and other wisdom
traditions, along with modern psychology.
This book focuses
on a central practice of the Diamond Approach: Inquiry – “a
dynamic, exciting, open-ended exploration into the immediacy of
our experience.”
“The practice
of inquiry is based on a simple but profound principle: that Being
freely reveals itself to anyone who loves to know the truth of reality
and is willing to wholeheartedly surrender to not-knowing and remain
open and curious about that truth is,” writes Byron Brown,
in the editor’s preface.
“Almaas
is one of the most significant voices for a new and remarkably integrated
spiritual vision”, says Jack Kornfield, author of A Path
with Heart.
“His work
connects the personal, the universal, the psychological, and the
spiritual not as pieces to put together, but as the inseparable
mandala of the sacred that we are.”
The London Integral
Circle found some of the Diamond Approach’s deceptively simple
practices very powerful, when a US-based Diamond Approach teacher
gave us an introductory workshop. |
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Almaas,
AH, The Diamond Mind, Volume I: The Void: Inner Spaciousness
and Ego Structure (2000)
Review to come |
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Almaas,
AH, The Diamond Mind, Volume II: The Pearl Beyond Price - Integration
of Personality into Being: an Object Relations Approach (2000)
A favourite
book with Ken Wilber, who calls it: “One of the truly great
and pioneering books of the East/West dialogue”.
And in the same
vein adds: “One of the genuinely superb contributions to East/West
psychology and psychotherapy”.
Here Almaas
integrates a post-Freudian Object Relations approach with his spiritual
work on Essence/Being. |
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Almaas,
AH, The Diamond Mind, Volume III: The Point of Existence: Transformations
of Narcissism into Self-Realization (2000)
In this 600+page
work Almaas reformulates the definition of narcissism, describing
it as the major barrier to self-realisation.
Sherry Ruth
Anderson, author of The Feminine Face of God, writes: “The
sophistication of The Point of Existence is stunning and
the views stimulating to our sense of what human identity is and
what we can be”. |
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Almaas,
AH, The Inner Journey Home: Soul’s Realization of the
Unity of Reality (2004)
Ken Wilber writes:
“I myself can recommend the Diamond Approach as probably the
most balanced of the widely available spiritual psychologies/therapies.”
A comprehensive,
major work (640 pages) by Almaas on the Diamond Approach to self-realisation
– specifically the Soul’s journey home.
Includes appendices
where the author compares his developmental model to those of the
key transpersonalists Ken Wilber, Stanislav Grof and Michael Washburn. |
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Amodeo,
John and Wentworth, Kris, Being Intimate: A Guide to Successful
Relationships (1986)
Ken Wilber writes:
“This is a sane, sound, readable, and eminently useful book.
It is a carefully guided sequence of exercises, guidelines, explanations,
and case examples all thoughtfully geared to facilitate the two-fold
movement of befriending others, particularly intimates.”
Jack Kornfield
(A Path With Heart) writes: “John and Kris’
book is a fine blend of the tools of modern psychotherapy and spiritual
understanding. It will be helpful to those who wish to learn about
these paths of growth.” |
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Ardagh,
Arjuna Nick, Relaxing into Clear Seeing: Interactive Tools in
the Service of Self-Awakening (1998)
Ken Wilber writes:
“An excellent introduction to the brilliant clarity of ever-present
awareness, the nature of the already enlightened mind.”
Practical tools
and guidance from a journey that combines the teachings of non-duality
(eg Ramana, Papaji) with a path of personal healing. |
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Ardagh,
Arjuna, The Translucent Revolution: how people just like you
are waking up and changing the world (2005)
From the foreword
by Ken Wilber: a “book of wonder and relish, radiance and
release.”
Based on a survey
of 13,000 people and in-depth interviews with over 170 thought-leaders,
including: Integral Institute founder members Michael Murphy, Fred
Kofman and Frances Vaughn, and Paul Ray, Lama Surya Das, Ram Dass,
Neale Donald Walsch, David Deida, Christopher Titmuss, Peter Russell,
Jean Houston, Andrew Cohen, Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie, Duane Elgin
et al. |
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Armour,
Michael and Browning, Don, Systems-sensitive Leadership: empowering
diversity without polarising the Church (1995, 2000)
Though aimed
at leaders of Christian organisations where (just like almost everywhere
else) different value/thinking systems are often at loggerheads,
this book turns out to be a very clear text for everyone on how
to lead, to teach and to nourish the various value systems that
can exist in any organisation.
It also briefly
covers some suggestive research findings on how certain Myers-Briggs
personality types feel more at home in certain thinking systems/value
systems.
Overall, it’s
more or less the same approach as Spiral Dynamics, derived from
the values research of the late Professor Clare Graves – but,
for some at least, a clearer and more practical read than the book
Spiral Dynamics
itself. |
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Barrett,
Richard, Liberating the Corporate Soul: building a visionary
organisation (1998)
How to build
a better world by evolving to a new paradigm in business. Barrett
also outlines the use of Maslow-influenced values audit assessment
tools to determine personal and organisational values – what
they are now, and what we might like them to be. Also helps us to
spot any lack of balance in personal values sperad and the gaps
between personal and organisational values.
See Maslow’s
‘Hierarchy of Needs’ |
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Barrett,
Richard, Building a Values-Driven Organisation – A Whole
System Approach to Cultural Transformation (2006)
A very engaging
overview of Barrett’s system of organisational transformation
– inspired by Wilber’s ‘All Quadrants’ approach,
Spiral Dynamics, Abraham Maslow’s ‘hierarchy of needs’
etc and by now used in hundreds of organisations worldwide.
Barrett explains
the use of powerful assessments and tools to assist the shift to
‘full spectrum’ organisations and ‘full spectrum’
leaders.
Longer review
by me appears in Integral
Leadership Review
(October 2006).
See Maslow’s
‘Hierarchy of Needs’.
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Barnes,
Michael Horace, In the Presence of Mystery: An Introduction
to the Story of Human Religiousness (2003)
Barnes guides
us through archaic religion, animism etc up to modern religiousness
in this work, which is influenced by James Fowler’s developmental
Stages of Faith model (which
is regularly recommended by Ken Wilber).
“This
book is a stunning achievement and is must reading. Barnes knows
his stuff – analysis of religion by sociology, psychology,
anthropology, philosophy, and the history of religions. A clear
and helpful introducion for the non-technical reader.” Donald
G Luck, Trinity Seminary Review. |
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Barnes,
Michael Horace, Stages of Thought: The co-evolution of religious
thought and science (2000)
Fascinating,
scholarly and impressive historical examination of the evidence
that religion and science develop through the same sequence of cultural
stages, which are somewhat analogous to those that Jean Piaget’s
research found in individual development (includes up to the ‘late
formal operations’ level of the present day).
Barnes also
aims to answer the same big questions that Wilber must inevitably
face – over whether there can be parallels between individual
and cultural development, whether it’s all merely a ‘Western
hegemonic discourse’ etc. And Barnes, of course, soon experiences
the stony faces, the accusations of colonialism, even at one conference
the exclamation ‘For shame, Michael!” when he dares
to argue for the reality of cross-cultural development – in
the face of the disdain of today’s (almost) all-pervading
PC postmodern relativism.
Barnes also
coolly dissects some of the academic critics of Piaget who are more
inclined towards relativism (eg Richard Shweder). Though the postmodern
relativists’ motives in refusing to acknowledge similar developmental
stage in various cultural histories are good, Barnes seeks to show
that their conclusions were not.
This award-winning
book is reminiscent of Wilber’s enthralling and expansive
early work Up from
Eden - A Transpersonal View of Human Evolution.
Barnes’
approach was developed completely independently of Wilber’s
work – prompted by postmodern relativist academic culture
that saw his belief in 'development' as outmoded: “I got into
an argumentative mood that I didn’t get out of until 20 years
had passed”, he says. |
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Basseches,
Michael, Dialectial Thinking and Adult Development (1984)
A leading figure
in adult development research. Interestingly, his model is not (explicitly)
a stage sequence, as Wilber’s is. Basseches organises dialectical
thought into a total of 24 ‘cognitive schemas’ or ‘moves
of thought’. |
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Beck,
Don, Spiral Dynamics Integral – Learn to Master the Memetic
Codes of Human Behaviour (2006) 6 CDs
Review to come. |
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Beck,
Don and Linnscott, Graham, The Crucible – Forging South
Africa’s Future in Search of a Template for the World
(1991, 2006)
Ken Wilber writes:
“An excellent discussion of the role of evolutionary thinking
for defusing social tension.”
An application
of the Spiral Dynamics developmental model to troubled South Africa,
circa the last days of apartheid. For some, a more practical book
than the full Spiral
Dynamics: mastering values, leadership and change work
itself.
The book promises
to take readers “beyond the artificial ego-centric, ethno-centric
and world-centric categories to describe a universal values-centric
(or meme-centric) or spiral-centric perspective on human emergence.”
It also offers
“a transpartisan perspective on political problem-solving,
based on the natural design of decision-making structures and actual
field studies (South Africa) in the application of the technology.
This will provide an alternative to the current ‘Us vs Them’
in American and other societies.”
“This
new knowledge could be used by the United Nations, other global
entities, or regional alliances, to deal with tribes, empires, nation
states, multinational enterprises, and other such stakeholders.”
“A focus
on defusing the great global divides that threaten human existence
in the 21st century. This will include such matters as conflicts
over religion, economic models, sustainability concerns, and other
matters.”
Now available
in a new edition – after a team effort by ‘a cast of
thousands’ from the Spiral Dynamics-Integral milieu to bring
it back into print. |
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Belenky,
Mary Field, Clinchy, Blythe McVicker, Goldberger, Nancy Rule and
Tarule, Jill Mattuck, Women’s Ways of Knowing –
The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind (1986, 1996)
Integral Institute
founder member and leading Integral/transpersonal therapist John
Rowan, the author of The
Transpersonal: Spirituality in Psychotherapy and Counselling,
writes: “This is an extraordinarily good book”.
Carol Gilligan,
author of In a Different Voice
- Psychological Theory and Women’s Development, writes:
“This important book… encourages one to think in new
ways about what constitutes knowledge and therefore about the aims
of education for both women and men.
Evelyn Fox Keller
writes: “A wonderful book that succeeds in demystifying the
alienation and mistrust so many women feel in relation to the world
of words, abstract ideas, logic.”
An important
and influential book that looks at how women’s ‘neglected
and denigrated’ ‘ways of knowing’ move through
five stages – from ‘silence’ and ‘received
knowledge’ through ‘subjective knowledge’ to ‘procedural
knowledge’ and finally ‘constructed knowledge’.
The authors
themselves would probably reject the notion of stages, due to potential
inegalitarian overtones (they choose to call them ‘different
perspectives’) – but the reality of development is there
for all to see.
Indeed the
authors themselves state: “We leave it to future work to determine
whether these perspectives have stage-like qualities”! (Prof
Robert Kegan tells us that, from his conversations with the four
authors, he found that they do not even agree with eachother over
whether theirs is a developmental approach or not, perhaps unsurprising
given common concerns over judgmentalism, use of such a theory as
an 'ideology of a ruling group' et al).
Their research
was informed by the work of William Perry and Carol Gilligan. |
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Bennett,
Bija, Emotional Yoga: How the Body Can Heal the Mind (2002)
Ken Wilber writes:
“Emotional Yoga… helps you unlock your deepest
potential and takes you to higher states of health and well-being.”
A manual to
help you move past emotional blocks and reach higher states –
for beginners and advanced students. |
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Bourgeault,
Cynthia, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening (2004)
Ken Wilber writes:“Centering
Prayer and Inner Awakening is a superb book – a wonderfully
accessible introduction to Centering Prayer and the role it can
play in your own ‘salvation unto eternity’. Highly recommended
for all who are on a spiritual path of any sort”.
This book offers
a history of (and a psychology of) Centering – or Contemplative
– Prayer, with a focus on the contemporary Centering Prayer
movement of the last three decades, led by Fr. Thomas Keating (a
founder member of Wilber’s Integral
Spiritual Center). |
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Burroughs,
Kendra Crossen (annotation by) and Swami, Shri Purohit (translation),
Bhagavad Gita: Annotated & Explained (2001)
Ken Wilber writes:
“This simple, beautiful translation by Shri Purohit Swami
and the wonderful notations by Kendra Crossen Burroughs make this
the very best Gita for first-time readers as well as any
who want to absorb its extraordinary message: taste the divine waters
herein, and you might never thirst again.”
A ancient Hindu
classic, the Bhagavad Gita (‘Song of the Lord’)
was written in Sanskrit verse thousands of years ago. |
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Campbell,
Joseph, Creative Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume IV (2001)
Campbell’s
classic ‘Masks of God’ collection. |
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Campbell,
Joseph, Occidental Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume III (2001)
Review to come. |
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Campbell,
Joseph, Oriental Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume II
(2000)
Review to come. |
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Campbell,
Joseph, Primitive Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume I
(1959, 1991)
Review to come. |
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Campbell,
Joseph, Myths to Live By - How we re-create ancient legends
in our daily lives to release human potential (1972, 1993)
Essays and talks
by the great mythologist Prof. Joseph Campbell, 1961-1971. Campbell
explores the universal meanings within myths, and the hold they
have had over humanity throughout history.
Includes chapters
on: ‘The Separation of East and West’ and ‘Zen’.
Village
Voice: “There is no-one quite like Joseph Campbell. He
knows the vast sweep of man’s panoramic past as few men have
ever known it.” |
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Campbell,
Joseph, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1972)
A hugely influential
work, written in the 40s and mined for inspiration by George Lucas
for Star Wars’ myth-based plot. Campbell explores the mythology,
folklore and religions of the world – with a focus on the
‘Hero’s journey’. |
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Chalmers,
David (ed.), Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary
Readings (2002)
A “favourite
author” of the Integral Institute, says Ken Wilber, “who
is admirably (and absolutely brilliantly) fighting the widespread
attempts to reduce 1st-person consciousness/mind (Upper Left) to
3rd-person brain/body (Upper Right)”.
Chalmers is
a leading contemporary philosopher of mind – and selects a
range of important competing views for this Wilber-recommended collection. |
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Chippendale,
Paul and Collins, Clare, New Wisdom II – Values-based
Development (1991, 2002)
Leadership,
management, personal development – informed by Brian Hall’s
research and the 125 core values and 7 levels it uncovered (and
developed an assessment system for).
It also integrates
the Myers-Briggs-like personality/brain preferences model of Walter
Lowen, finding certain correlations between (horizontal) personality
development and vertical development – contra Wilber and Beck.
See Maslow’s
‘Hierarchy of Needs’. |
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Chopra,
Deepak, How to Know God: The Soul’s Journey into the Mystery
of Mysteries (2001)
Ken Wilber:
“This book, which unfolds the knowledge of God-consciousness,
is at once a map of Spirit and a map of your own deepest Self.”
In this synthesis
of Eastern and Western wisdom and science, Chopra draws on neuroscience
to argue that the brain is hard-wired to know God – with a
nervous system that has seven biological responses that correspond
to seven levels of divine experience.
Chopra assures
us: “You don’t have to believe in God in order to experience
God.” |
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Chopra,
Deepak, The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions
of Your Life (2004, 2005)
Ken Wilber:
“The Book of Secrets is the finest and most profound
of Deepak Chopra’s books to date. Want the answers to the
secrets of life? Let me recommend you start right here.”
To help transcend
one’s egocentric view, Chopra helps unlock secrets such as
‘the world is in you’, and ‘what you seek, you
already are’.
Every chapter
includes exercises to help apply the secrets towards personal change.
Chopra has been interviewed on Ken Wilber’s Integral
Naked website. |
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Combs,
Alan, The Radiance of Being - Understanding the Grand Integral
Vision; Living the Integral Life (1995, 2002)
Ken Wilber writes:
“The Radiance of Being is a very exciting book, reflecting
a very exciting time in the exploration of consciousness and evolution…
It is a wonderful guide to the very best of the integral approaches
that cover not just theory but also practice – not merely
ways to think about this vast potential, but ways to actualise it,
realise it, live it and breathe it as part of one’s own extraordinary
birthright, even here and now.”
An important
book dealing with the full spectrum of human consciousness. Includes
both a foreword by Ken Wilber as well as a conversation with him
(on ‘States, Structures and Lines’) as an appendix. |
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Commons,
Michael, Richards Francis and Armon, Cheryl, Beyond Formal Operations:
Vol 1 Late Adolescent and Adult Cognitive Development (1984)
A ground-breaking
and important collection by leading theorists/researchers –
taking adult development to higher stages, beyond those described
by the great pioneer Jean Piaget.
Includes chapters
by Kohlberg, Sternberg, Commons, Basseches, Labouvie-Vief et al,
covering topics such as the growth of empathy, stage models, ethical
reasoning, ‘The Emergence of a Sense of Purpose: A Cognitive
Case Study of Young Darwin’ etc. |
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Commons,
M, Armon, C, Kohlberg, L, Richards, F, Grotzer, T, and Sinnott,
J (eds.) Adult Development Vol. 2 Models and Methods in the
Study of Adolescent and Adult Thought (1990)
A major collection
from a wide range of distinguished scholars, which highlights the
major issues and controversies in the field of adult development.
Includes Integral
Institute founder member Susanne Cook-Greuter on “Maps for
Living: Ego-Development Stages from Symbiosis to Conscious Universal
Embeddedness”, and Koplowitz on “Unitary Consciousness
and the Highest Development of Mind: The Relation Between Spiritual
Development and Cognitive Development” along with topics such
as Kohlberg’s Stage 6, the Reflective Judgement Model etc. |
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Cook-Greuter,
Susanne and Miller, Melvin (eds.), Creativity, Spirituality,
and Transcendence: Paths to Integrity and Wisdom in the Mature Self
(2000)
Co-edited by
leading Integral Institute figure Dr Susanne Cook-Greuter, this
collection looks at creativity from theoretical, empirical and clinical
perspectives – and aims to counter the reductionistic approach
that prevails. |
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Crittenden,
Jack, Beyond Individualism - Reconstituting the Liberal Self
(1992)
This academic
work – dedicated to Ken Wilber – discusses the big issues
around communitarianism, liberalism, individualism and autonomy
in relation to the self. It also seeks to develop a ‘New Liberal
Psychology’, drawing on developmentalists including Lawrence
Kohlberg and William Perry.
Includes a chapter
on ‘The Theory of Compound Individuality’ drawing on
such theorists (plus Piaget, Kegan, Broughton). Also a section of
Kohlbergian analysis of the differing moral levels in soldiers involved
– or refusing to get involved! – in the My Lai massacre
in Vietnam.
Crittenden also
wrote the foreword (‘What Is the Meaning of “Integral”)
to Ken Wilber’s book The
Eye of Spirit - An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad. |
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Dalai,
Lama, HH the, Stages of Meditation - Training the Mind for Wisdom
(2003)
Ken Wilber writes:
“A wise, wonderful, and profound book.”
The hows and
whys of meditation, explained through a commentary on the classic
meditation handbook by Kamalashila, which the Dalai Lama calls “a
key that opens the door to all other major Buddhist scriptures.”
Covers compassion,
loving-kindness, calm-abiding, emptiness etc. |
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Dalal,
A.S. (ed), Sri Aurobindo A Greater Psychology - An Introduction
to Sri Aurobindo’s Psychological Thought (2001)
Ken Wilber writes
in the foreword: “Aurobindo… stands as one of the great
founders of integral spirituality and integral practice”.
“This
book is the finest overview of Aurobindo’s psychological thought
now available and it will likely remain a classic reference for
the foreseeable future.”
This book provides
a sampling of the work of the great Indian philosopher-sage Sri
Aurobindo (1872-1950). Wilber calls him “India’s greatest
modern philosopher-sage”.
Hard to miss
the parallels between Aurobindo’s ‘integral knowledge’
and Wilber’s approach: “The integral knowledge admits
the valid truths of all views of existence, valid in their own fields,
but it seeks to get rid of their limitations and negations and to
harmonise and reconcile these partial truths in a larger truth which
fulfils all the many sides of our being in the one omnipresent Existence”,
writes Aurobindo. |
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Davis,
John, The Diamond Approach - An Introduction to the Teachings
of A. H. Almaas (1999)
Jack Kornfield,
author of A Path With Heart - A Guide Through the Perils and
Promises of Spiritual Life writes: “The work of Hameed
Ali (aka A. H. Almaas) places him among the greatest psychologists
alive today. Ali’s brilliant vision of the human psyche embraces
our Being from early development to the highest realms of spirit.
From this he then offers a new language and direct approach for
awakening to this manifold nature.
"This excellent
book gives the first overall view of the major dimensions of the
Diamond Approach. In it John Davis does true credit to the importance
of this work.”
An easy-to-read
overview of the Diamond Approach, by a senior student. |
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Deida,
David, Dear Lover: A Woman’s Guide to Enjoying Love’s
Deepest Bliss (2005)
Deida helps
us re-own our lost healthy masculine/feminine identities.
Genpo Roshi
writes: “David Deida’s teachings on this central human
concern, sexuality, emanate from a deeply trustworthy source. He
has undergone his own rigorous training and practice. And like Zen,
the fruition of David’s work is openness, compassion, and
love.”
David Deida
is a founder Member of the Integral Institute and has been a guest
on Ken Wilber’s Integral
Naked. |
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Deida,
David, Finding God through Sex: Awakening the One of Spirit
through the Two of Flesh (2005)
From Ken Wilber’s
foreword: “Beyond post-modern irony is sex, ecstasy, and David
Deida. Trust me.”
Deida’s
guide to balanced, spiritual intimacy. |
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Deida,
David, Function, Flow, & Glow: the Art of Sexual Yoga
(2005) - DVD
Deida’s
first DVD – recorded live at Ken Wilber’s Integral Institute
in February 2005.
Includes: the
meaning of sexuality as a living art and practical yoga; the relation
of masculine and feminine (as David uses the terms) to Ken Wilber’s
Integral model; how to skilfully channel bodily pleasure, in yourself
and your partner; the yogic art of courtship – authentic relating
to a new romantic partner etc. |
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Deida,
David, Intimate Communion – Awakening Your Sexual Essence
(1995)
Ken Wilber:
“We all taste God, taste Goddess, taste pure Spirit in those
moments of sexual rapture, and wise men and women have always used
that rapture to reveal spirit’s innermost secrets. David Deida
is such a wise one.”
The three stages
of intimacy, the search for love and freedom, and more – from
this spiritual/relationships guru.
Includes Deida’s
Sexual Essence Quiz. Disentangle
the layers of mistrust, fear and denial and find your true sexual
essence. What must you risk in order to experience deep sexual union
and emotional communion?
Deida also guides
us beyond the stalemate of today’s typical modern 50/50 relationship
– by re-owning our uniquely masculine or feminine sexual essence.
“In a
well-intentioned effort to achieve inner balance and 50/50 Relationships,
we have inadvertently neutralised our intimacies,” writes
Deida. |
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Deida,
David, The Enlightened Sex Manual: Sexual Skills for the Superior
Lover (book and CD edition, 2004)
Ken Wilber describes
this as the only sex manual you will ever need.
“The secret
to enlightenment and great sex is revealed to be one and the same
in this groundbreaking manual for lovers” – which draws
on Deida’s work with hatha yoga, pranayama, Tai Chi and Tantra.
Includes CD
with guided exercises. |
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Deida,
David, The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering
the Challenges of Woman, Work, and Sexual Desire (2004)
Ken Wilber:
“The Way of the Superior Man is quite wonderful.
Finally, a guide for the non-castrated male. This book will offend
and infuriate some, inspire and test others, but challenge virtually
everybody. I found it wise, insightful, occasionally brilliant,
and always resourceful. To transcend the bodymind means to transcend
and include its sexuality, not transcend and evaporate it. Few are
the books that discuss strong sexuality within strong spirituality,
instead of tepid sexuality diluted by a mediocre spiritual stance.
This book steps straightforwardly into the challenge. Love it or
loathe it, it is a shout from the heart of one perspective of the
eternal masculine.”
Relationships
guru Deida encourages men to live a full, authentic life and follow
their passion and true purpose, so that they can give their deepest
gifts to the world – and combine spirituality and sexuality.
Stop apologising for who we are.
Chapters include
‘Stop Hoping for Your Woman to Get Easier’.
Includes foreword
by Ken Wilber. |
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Deida,
David, Wild Nights (2005)
Spiritual teacher
and Integral Institute founder member David Deida exhorts us to
stay “open as love, or close and suffer” via the crazy
wisdom of the teacher Mykonos.
Includes yogic
sexual techniques such as circular breathing and expanding feeling
beyond the self and into the heart of a lover. |
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Demick,
Jack and Andreoletti, Carrie (eds), Handbook of Adult Development
(2003)
A fantastic
collection which represents “the state-of-the-art theory,
research, and practice on adult development”.
Contributors
include Michael Lamport Commons (on ‘Four Postformal Stages’),
Michael Basseches (‘Adult Development and the Practice of
Psychotherapy’), Deirdre Kramer, Robert Sternberg, Jan Sinnott,
Cheryl Armon, Theo Linda Dawson, Otto Laske (‘Executive Development
as Adult Development’, drawing of the work of Kegan, Basseches
and others).
Other topics
include an integrative approach to the study of Wisdom, the stages
of reflective judgement etc. |
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Demick,
Jack and Miller, P, Development in the Workplace (1993)
Review to come. |
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Demmin,
Herbert, The Ghosts of Consciousness: Thought and the Spiritual
Path (2003)
Ken Wilber writes:
“A serious book that deserves a wide audience”.
Clinical psychologist
Demmin presents a new theory of the micro-dyamics of thinking and
self-awareness – how some thoughts engender the experience
of a separate self.
“Meticulously
detailed phenomenology of thinking”, writes Kaisa Puhakka. |
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Deol,
Surinder, The Summit: A Fable About Integral Transformation
(2006)
Inspired by
Ken Wilber’s approach, this book begins with an allegorical
story (of friendship between a monkey and a crocodile) about integral
transformation. It then moves into an explicit discussion of the
role of evolving consciousness in development – an ‘Integral
Transformation Practitioners Guide’.
Includes a chapter
on ‘Tools for Luminous Living - A Compendium of Daily Integral
Practices’ – maps, integral practices, practical exercises,
meditations, affirmations and other tools.
Claims to answer
the question ‘What integral practices are helpful in moving
us from one level to the next?’ and ‘What happens when
we reach the highest level of consciousness?’ |
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DiZerega,
Gus, Pagans and Christians: The Personal Spiritual Experience
(2001)
Ken Wilber writes:
“Pagans and Christians is a brilliant and provocative,
yet gentle and caring, defense of Paganism in the face of those
forces, principally Christian, that have historically misunderstood
and misinterpreted it, often with horrific and murderous consequences.
But more to the point, this wonderful book is a rich dialogue between
the Pagan and the Christian approaches to the Sacred, pointing out,
quite rightly I believe, that neither has the single correct approach
to the Divine, but that both can be, and are, legitimate expressions
of that ever-present Spirit which is the fountain of all genuine
devotion, release, harmony, and fufilment. Written in a popular
language for both Pagans and Christians, this book is highly recommended
for all spiritual seekers, or those who would find the Divine in
the very midst of the here and now, present as that Open Secret
to which the world has always aspired.” |
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Dossey,
Larry, Healing beyond the Body - Medicine and the Infinite Reach
of the Mind (2001)
Ken Wilber writes:
“The essays in Healing the Body are wide-ranging
and exciting – from dreams of creativity to prayer and immortality
– but they all explore the nature of consciousness and its
role in healing. Larry Dossey reminds us that ultimately healing
is about self-discovery, self-discovery is about spirit, and spirit
is about consciousness.”
Topics covered
include consciousness, prayer, love, job stress, laughter, war,
creativity, dreams and immortality. |
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