Share <Embed>

FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon or get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime

Arrives: Saturday, Jan 30 Details

Fastest delivery: Wednesday, Jan 27
Order within 8 hrs and 38 mins Details

Only 17 left in stock (more on the way).
As an alternative, the Kindle eBook is available now and can be read on any device with the free Kindle app.

Secure transaction

Ships from	Amazon.com
Sold by	Amazon.com

Details

Ships from

Amazon.com

Sold by

Amazon.com

Add a gift receipt for easy returns

FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon or get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime

Used: Acceptable | Details

Sold by David Jacobs24

Fulfilled by Amazon

Other Sellers on Amazon

$16.54
+ Free Shipping

Sold by: kozybooks85

$11.96
+ $4.59 shipping

Sold by: Stardust's Treasures

$12.99
+ $4.09 shipping

Sold by: RTE BOOKS

Have one to sell?

Sell on Amazon

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See all 2 images

Follow the Author

Ken Wilber

The Spectrum of Consciousness (Quest Books) Paperback – October 1, 1993

by Ken Wilber (Author)

63 ratings

Book 2 of 6: Quest Books

See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$14.49

—

Paperback

"Please retry"

$18.17

$11.96

$6.35

Wilber's groundbreaking synthesis of religion, philosophy, physics, and psychology started a revolution in transpersonal psychology. He was the first to suggest in a systematic way that the great psychological systems of the West could be integrated with the noble contemplative traditions of the East. Spectrum of Consciousness, first released by Quest in 1977, has been the prominent reference point for all subsequent attempts at integrating psychology and spirituality.

Frequently bought together

Total price: $56.11

One of these items ships sooner than the other. Show details

Buy the selected items together

This item:The Spectrum of Consciousness (Quest Books) by Ken Wilber Paperback $18.17
Only 17 left in stock (more on the way).
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00. Details
Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy by Ken Wilber Paperback $24.95
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00. Details
A Brief History of Everything (20th Anniversary Edition) by Ken Wilber Paperback $12.99
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00. Details

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Ken Wilber
272
Paperback
$12.99
Ken Wilber
100
Paperback
$24.95
Ken Wilber
126
Paperback
$16.95
Ken Wilber
83
Paperback
$31.44
Ken Wilber
98
Paperback
$27.49
Ken Wilber
107
Paperback
$16.95

Customers who bought this item also bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Special offers and product promotions

Amazon Business : For business-only pricing, quantity discounts and FREE Shipping. Register a free business account

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Like radiation and light, consciousness, suggests Wilber, establishes a multiplicity of aspects as it 'steps down' into time and space. Thus, as a spectrum, it can be studied legitimately on one or more of its 'wavelengths.' Viewing consciousness in this way, we can see that seemingly disparate disciplines each speak to a different wavelength of awareness.

About the Author

KEN WILBER is the founder of Integral Institute and the cofounder of Integral Life. He is an internationally acknowledged leader and the preeminent scholar of the Integral stage of human development. He is the author of more than twenty books, including A Brief History of Everything, A Theory of Everything, Integral Spirituality, No Boundary, Grace and Grit, and Sex, Ecology, Spirituality.

Product details

Publisher : Quest Books; 2nd edition (October 1, 1993)
Language : English
Paperback : 385 pages
ISBN-10 : 0835606953
ISBN-13 : 978-0835606950
Item Weight : 0.035 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.8 x 8.9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #216,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #38 in Transpersonal Psychology (Books)
- #731 in Medical Cognitive Psychology
- #1,182 in Cognitive Psychology (Books)

Customer Reviews:
63 ratings

Start reading The Spectrum of Consciousness (Quest Books) on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Customer reviews

5 star		80%
4 star		6%
3 star		7%
2 star		6%
1 star 0% (0%)		0%

How are ratings calculated?

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

ABA, Ph.D.

Good bu too dense by being exceedingly repetitive.

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2018

Verified Purchase

I like the comprehensive nature of the information given by the author, however it repeats itself ad nauseam with sometimes just clever thoughts that add length but nothing of extra substance. I believe it needs better editing.
The topic is fascinating and crucial to our lives, so you must arm yourself with patience to read this book.
Anyway, even though I got infuriated quite a bit by these issues that I hopscotched through the text sometimes, I would anyway read the book, it has some invaluable parts. I am just a bit grumpy that's all. :-)))

6 people found this helpful

Helpful

Sven Bremberg

Too repetitive and speculative

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2020

Verified Purchase

The subject is utterly important. I have read a number of the books that Wilber quote, e.g. Allan Watts, Teilhard de Chardin, Jung etc. However, I found this book by Wilber to be repetitive, speculative and without appropriate references to the literature. To give an example. Wilber discusses the idea of a dualism between the Mind and an objective word. He describes this idea as "Western". However, there is a long tradition in the "West" which denies this dualism. In this tradition, only the mind is accepted to exist while any objective reality is understood to be an illusion. This tradition is often named Solipsism. This concept is not mentioned in the book. One of the leading thinkers that belong to this tradition is George Berkeley but no direct reference is given to any of his publications. The handling of ESP (Extrasensory perception) is another example. Wilber describes the experiments that disprove the existence of ESP as "elaborate hoax" while only giving reference to his own conceptual framework.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Todd M Runyon

A Great synthesis

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2019

Verified Purchase

“Spectrum has intrinsically different characteristics—different needs, different symbols, different modes of awareness, different motivations, different compensations, and so on. When a particular level is rendered unconscious, so are the major features of the characteristics of that level. Thus, the unconscious is stratified, and for the very same reasons that the Spectrum itself is stratified.”

One person found this helpful

Helpful

lyonl

Deep

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2015

Verified Purchase

Very well detailed and equally as well sourced which adds a great deal of credibility. I can only speak for myself but I think reading this book should be preceded by reading other books that lead you into understanding the practicality what is being presented....such as possibly Immortal Diamond by Richard Rohr and The Grace in Dying by Kathleen Dowling Singh for example. One would think this subject would be easier to grasp just because it appeals to human instinctive values; however, my particular Western mind is constantly throwing up road blocks. Ken Wilber does an excellent job of addressing the blocks as well as describing the basic principles by approaching them from a universally accepted group of authorities. This book will be one of those few that I will read several times.

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

webbates

It’s a textbook

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018

Verified Purchase

Bend your consciousness in many directions, read and reread to familiarize yourself with the details. Give me the Void!

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Amazon Customer

A must foundation for KW's integrative teachings.

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017

Verified Purchase

This book found me when I was ready to understand . Everything we learn, we already know. Life is the process of unfolding truths. When you are ready the patterns will be revealed unto timeless spacelessness.

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Zappa

Brilliant!

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2017

Verified Purchase

WOW! Not an easy read but if you take it slowly, re-read and look up words you don't know.... It's eye opening!

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Mark A. Talbot

Ken Wilber: Plato meets Buddha in the post-modern age

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2015

Verified Purchase

I consider Ken Wilber the Plato of this strange post-modern age. This tome has forced the further deconstruction of all my be(lie)f systems. To lift one of my favorite phrases from the book - "...reality is not featureless, but it is seamless." For all Wilberian fans, I'd recommend giving this second edition a tumble.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Jonathan Appleby

The Truth, in a step by step logical process

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2017

Verified Purchase

This book was probably the hardest but most rewarding book I've ever read. As someone who brought up on science and not religion, this book helped to merge the two

2 people found this helpful

Autumn Fall

Wilber's books are highly recommended reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2016

Verified Purchase

Ken Wilber's extensive understanding and his ability to communicate this is remarkable.

M. Lawton

Absolutely Pointless

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 2012

Verified Purchase

What only two stars for Ken Wilber, intellectual titan and the greatest living philospher? Surely some mistake? Remember though, two stars simply means I didn't enjoy reading it; it doesn't make it a bad book. In fact it's not. Quite the opposite but I found it a real slog to read.

This book is about, inter alia, the nature of reality. Absolute Reality being a product of universal Mind. It cannot be seen,described or pointed at (hence it's pointless). It's function is whatever we choose to ascribe to it (pointless). Since it is beyond words it cannot be spoken of and to do so resembles medieval debates about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin (also pointless). As you might expect, none of this is lost on Wilber, who appreciates the irony of attempting to make any definitive statements on the matter. Nonetheless this book is about the journey not the destination and he has many wonderfully profound insights to make along the way. Fair dues, he really can be brilliant at times, though he's not infallible and for example, his understanding of Jungian matters was, at the time the book was written, a little superficial.

My only beef is that the book is overly intellectual and frequently totally impenetrable. I've read a fair number of the source works he draws upon and they're a breeze compared to this. I can't understand the logic behind writing a book that is incapable of being understood by 99% of the population. It's pointless. If some of the greatest minds in human history are able to communicate their ideas in an accessible manner, then Wilber should do no less.

7 people found this helpful

Kindle Customer: Padmanaban

Structure of consciousness- a clear view

Reviewed in India on August 10, 2020

Verified Purchase

I have read all his books. This is the last of my choice chronologically though the first for the author. In his foreword he had warned in advance how he interchanged the meaning for terms involution and evolution. So I could avoid confusion. The general scheme of his ideas is still valid though now greatly refined. I would choose the same rating to all his writing. His writing never leaves anything for guessing.

See all reviews

What other items do customers buy after viewing this item?

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Buy used: $12.84

Other Sellers on Amazon

Follow the Author

Similar authors to follow

The Spectrum of Consciousness (Quest Books) Paperback – October 1, 1993

Frequently bought together

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Customers who bought this item also bought

Special offers and product promotions

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

About the Author

Product details

Customer reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries

What other items do customers buy after viewing this item?

Buy used:

$12.84