Van: "Integral World" Aan: Onderwerp: Boomeritis Blunders Datum: vrijdag 14 juni 2013 11:42 Newsletter Nr. 449 Amsterdam, June14th, 2013 I have reposted two essays by Jim Andrews as a good example of a close and critical reading of Wilber's works, which is all too rarely seen. (FV) TWENTY BOOMERITIS BLUNDERS - Shoddy Scholarship, Salacious Sex, and Sham Spirituality - JIM ANDREWS INITIALLY, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED with Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free by Ken Wilber (KW), especially KW's presentation of the Spiral Dynamics® model of psychological and cultural development, his vivisection of deconstructive postmodernism, and his intriguing integral vision. However, this alleged "heart-breaking work of staggering genius" (page 326) had some troubling aspects, notably the unrelenting lascivious sexuality and the fanciful spirituality, and over time, I became increasingly unsettled about Boomeritis. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/andrews2.html KEN WILBER ON MEDITATION - A Baffling Babbling of Unending Nonsense - JIM ANDREWS KEN WILBER (KW) REGULARLY CLAIMS that meditation accelerates the development of human consciousness. However, as this essay argues, his key claims are unsubstantiated. The purpose of this essay is to evaluate the quality and integrity of KW's advocacy of meditation, not to evaluate the efficacy of meditation. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/andrews1.html To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UNSUBSCRIBE, update your account by logging in. For explanation, see: http://www.integralworld.net/nl_faq.html