The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 5: Grace and Grit - Softcover

Wilber, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590303237 ISBN 13: 9781590303238

Publisher: Shambhala, 2000

Synopsis

Grace and Grit is the compelling story of the five-year journey of Ken Wilber and his wife, Treya Killam Wilber, through Treya's diagnosis of breast cancer, treatments, and finally, death. During this period, Ken put his own work on hold in order to offer full-time support to Treya. In fact, it would be nearly ten years before he published a new full-length theoretical study (Sex, Ecology, Spirituality, Volume Six of this series). Nonetheless, this personal narrative contains a wide-ranging commentary, including critiques of both conventional and New Age approaches to illness. Ken's account of the couple's struggle to integrate this catastrophic event into their spiritual practice, combined with excerpts from Treya's journals, produces an unforgettable portrait of health and healing, wholeness and harmony, suffering and surrender. The book contains a new introduction and index.

About this title

About the Author:

Ken Wilber is the author of over twenty books. He is the founder of Integral Institute, a think-tank for studying integral theory and practice, with outreach through local and online communities such as Integral Education Network, Integral Training, and Integral Spiritual Center.

Review:

"A rare book—a love story that brings the perennial wisdom of the ages to life in all the anguish and exaltation that comprise the human condition."—Joan Borysenko, author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1590303237
• ISBN 13: 9781590303238
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528