Ken Wilber WAS Re: blame it on PoMo

[Doug Millison]

Dave, I suggest you read Wilber's 1995 book, Sex, Ecology, 
Spirituality, before you dismiss him as a "New Age mystic". Wilber 
offers one of the sharpest critiques of the weaknesses of "New Age" 
thinking you'll find anywhere; he also offers a convincing defense of 
mysticism (spiritual practices that lead to primary religious 
experience) against all of the criticisms that are commonly directed 
against mysticism. His critique of systems theory in particular can 
illuminate a reading of Pynchon, especially GR; his discussion of the 
evolution of religion also offers insight that can enrich a reading 
of Pynchon's novels.
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