Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: a Review Essay of Ken Wilber's the Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion
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We have been invited to a wedding by Ken Wilber. This ceremony is not to be an inconsequential affair, but rather resembles a Royal Wedding with all its pomp and circumstance. The marriage, it has been announced, will result in the unification of two previously combative kingdoms into one domain, a cause for much rejoicing. Yet as the guests assemble and the ceremony begins, I find myselffilled with doubts. Will this marriage fulfill the deepest passions of these eminent consorts or is it doomed to divorce? Will the vows to be taken allow the full expression of their nature or rather augur its distortion and oppression? Will the fruits of this union bring harmony or further discord and dissociation? In this essay, I would like to explore the merits of Ken Wilber's nuptial arrangement before the vows have been taken. But let us begin by having a look at the identity of the consorts, the motives for their marriage, and the nature of their vows.
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