From: Integral World [newsletter@integralworld.net]
Sent: zondag 15 februari 2009 23:09
To: f.visser3@chello.nl
Subject: [personal] Ken Wilber's Mysterianism

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Newsletter Nr. 267
Amsterdam, February 15th, 2009


KEN WILBER'S MYSTERIANISM - Frank Visser

So what exactly is the "novelty" that evolutionary theory supposedly fails 
to account for? Telling enough, this is never specified in Wilber's talks 
and writing. An eye? A wing? A horse? A dinosaur? Fish getting onto land? 
Where exactly does science fail and is it in need of a spiritual hypothesis? 
If this isn't specified, everything becomes meaningless. The pathos is misplaced, 
as is the casualness of Wilber's pronouncements on evolutionary theory throughout 
his entire writing career. 

Read more:
http://www.integralworld.net/visser31.html


REPREIVE FROM DEATH - Hugh & Kaye Martin

Hugh Martin remembers his early years at Esalen:  

“I first discovered Esalen in the Spring of 1965, just three years after its founding.  
I had been diagnosed with advanced-stage Hodgkin’s Disease lymphatic cancer, and given 
just two years to live.  To make the best of my last days on earth, I had dropped the 
intensive stress of grad school, and traveled via Berkeley to California’s rugged Big 
Sur coast in search of a new life.  With my young wife (a ‘Joan Baez with curves’) and 
baby daughter, I settled in a little cabin in the Redwoods, only accessible in mid-winter 
by an undulating suspension footbridge over a raging stream.  From there, my family and 
I commuted to Esalen Institute, for volunteer work developing the grounds of the new 
Growth Center.  While there, we meshed with the Esalen community, and plunged into the 
Esalen experience – brutal hotseats with the the infamous Fritz Perls, soul-stripping 
encounter groups with the tough-but-caring Will Schutz, graceful Tai Chi ballets with 
Yoda-like Gia Fu Feng, exuberant dance, throbbing drums, soothing sensory awareness by 
the baths, searing acid mind-trips on windy ridge-tops, free sex, savage fist fights, and 
group hugs.  Eventually, as my health and stability recovered, I was offered the position 
of Esalen general manager (by Esalen co-founder Dick Price) -- and later, of Perls’ video 
cameraman – both of which I declined in favor of a life back in the ‘real world.’  Through 
the influence of Esalen, of Gestalt Therapy (Gene Sagan), of Reichian Therapy (Gerald Frank), 
of my third wife Kaye, and of a generous and forgiving God, my cancer completely vanished, 
and I went on to lead a happy and successful life.  For the magic of Esalen, I’m forever 
grateful – and living proof that it works.”

Read more:
http://www.integralworld.net/martin07.html



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