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Steve McIntosh, founder of the Project for Integral World Federation and integral activist speaks with WIE's Carter Phipps about the evolutionary nature and real-time social applications of integral philosophy. This is the first in a series of conversations with Steve about integral philosophy, evolution, and the future of human culture.

Steve McIntosh, integral activist and founder of the Project for Integral World Federation returns to Unbound to speak with WIE's Carter Phipps about the first five stages of his integral spiral of development.

WIE Unbound is pleased to present the third in our series of conversations with Steve McIntosh, integral thinker, historian, and author of the forthcoming book Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution. In this dialogue with WIE's Carter Phipps, McIntosh discusses the contributing factors and founding fathers of modern integral thought.

Unbound presents the fourth and final offering in our series of conversations with Steve McIntosh, integral thinker, historian, and author of the forthcoming book Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution. In this dialogue with WIE’s Carter Phipps, McIntosh speaks about the real-time application of integral views and values as powerful problem-solving tools to meet the challenges of our complex world.

The fifth in our series of conversations featuring WIE editor Carter Phipps and integral wunderkind Steve McIntosh explores the concept of global governance—with an integral twist.

Integral ecologist Michael Zimmerman speaks with WIE editor Ross Robertson about the “bright green” movement, a transformative approach to environmentalism that offers a fuller and more hopeful way to respond to the global ecological challenges we face.

Integral philosopher Steve McIntosh and WIE editor Carter Phipps explore the patterns and mechanisms through which human consciousness and culture develop. 

Integral philosopher Steve McIntosh gives some unorthodox advice to the next U.S. President on how to approach the most pressing challenges of the next four years.

Integral Institute CEO Robb Smith speaks to WIE’s Joel Pitney about what it will take to bring the integral perspective to a broader audience.

Editor in chief Andrew Cohen and integral philosopher Ken Wilber—the Guru and the Pandit—explore the “fascinating, complex, and infinitely subtle” relationship between evolution and enlightenment.

EnlightenNext’s Jeff Carreira and Carter Phipps give a fascinating history of the magazine and how its ongoing inquiry has both informed and been informed by their collective spiritual practice.

Professor Frank Poletti describes the vision behind the Esalen Center for Theory and Research, a mystical think tank that is redefining evolution and spirituality and transcending the outdated polarity between science and God.

Author and journalist Robert Wright speaks to EnlightenNext's Elizabeth Debold about his new book, The Evolution of God.

EnlightenNext's Elizabeth Debold and author Robert Wright continue their exploration into The Evolution of God.

EnlightenNext’s Carter Phipps explores the 250-year lineage of sages, scientists, and philosophers who laid the philosophical foundations for a new evolutionary cosmology.

Cohen and Wilber take to the stage in Denver, Colorado, and explore the future of enlightenment—they also field a wide assortment of questions and articulate commentary from the audience—in their first-ever public dialogue.

In this, their 11th exchange, Cohen and Wilber explore how transformation is sustained in people. This leads to a discussion about the value of both spiritual experience and the framework in which experience is interpreted, and how each can lead to enlightenment.

What does a second-tier, or integral, perspective signify? What does it look like, and how do we acquire it? These are questions that Cohen and Wilber address in this dialogue, which advocates a commitment to the very biggest perspective.

The importance of how the spiritual experience is interpreted is the focus of this conversation between Cohen and Wilber. They examine the impact of evolution on both culture and spirituality and delve into the nature of enlightenment in a world of evolving form.

Cohen and Wilber turn their attention to how large-scale change actually takes place. They find that both including and excluding previous levels of development are part of the process of transcendence as they investigate how higher expressions of consciousness emerge.

The guru and the pandit discuss the relationship between belief systems, views of reality, and political orientation in this thought-provoking dialogue. In so doing, they describe the nature of the creative process and its role in the process of transcending old structures.

Wilber and Cohen exchange their understandings of how the developmental trajectory unfolds. They discuss the evolutionary impulse, what it is and why it’s significant, and differentiate between stages and states of consciousness.

What would “spirituality appropriate” to our rapidly evolving times look like? Ken Wilber and Andrew Cohen consider new religious structures and the potential they have for bringing people together in a context that transcends the individual.

The West's foremost cartographer of consciousness joins the founder of WIE to discuss the anatomy of modern spiritual transformation. Together, they confront the prevailing cultural disposition that must be challenged if humans are to take the next evolutionary step.

One of the new breed of evolutionary philosophers, Twilight Club Director Yasuhiko Kimura rails against the conspiracy of mediocrity plaguing the postmodern world, and shares his vision of the future human: homo universalis and beyond.

In this, the inaugural dialogue of a new serialized feature of WIE, integral philosopher Ken Wilber and WIE founder Andrew Cohen talk together about the implications of enlightenment in an evolving universe.

One of the most insightful philosophers of our times—the man who had the audacity to write a book entitled A Brief History of Everything—raises some intriguing questions about the relationship between relative spiritual practices and the direct realization of the nondual.

What is the result when enlightened master Ramana Maharshi is merged with champion bodybuilder Frank Zane? The cofounder of Esalen Institute describes his all-embracing “integral approach” to the realization of our human evolutionary potential.

America's foremost transpersonal theorist points beyond conventional religious pursuit to the revolutionary possibility of authentic spiritual transformation.

Innovative organizational change makers—and their corporate counterparts—are tackling one of the most complex problems facing humanity: the urgent need for big business to evolve from being a profit–driven machine to a living system working for the future of the planet.

This master of spiritual bodybuilding describes his extraordinary experience of physical transformation as a path to higher consciousness.

The importance of a moral context for spiritual experience occupies the attention of Wilber and Cohen in this riveting exchange. They confront the ethical ambiguities of our time and re-insert morality into the discussion of postmodern spirituality.

WIE calls on some of today's most pioneering evolutionary minds in geopolitics, cosmology, organizational development, and spirituality to help us understand how humanity can move forward amidst the multifaceted challenges of our moment in history.

Change-wizard Don Beck guides us on a monumental and mind-bending journey through spiraling stages and “colors” of consciousness. Editor Jessica Roemischer explains why, when it comes to spiritual transformation, it ain't easy being “green.”