"In an accessible and entertaining question-and-answer format, Wilber examines the course of evolution as the unfolding manifestation of Spirit, from matter to life to mind to the higher stages where Spirit becomes conscious of itself. Wilber offers striking and original views on many topics, including gender relations, modern liberation movements, environmental ethics, the conflict between this-worldly and other-worldly approaches to spirituality, and much more. ""A clarion call for seeing the world as a whole."" - San Francisco Chronicle. Now in mass market paperback. 544 pp."