Wilber's account of humankind's place in a universe of sex, soul, and spirit. He examines the course of evolution as the unfolding manifestation of Spirit, from matter to life to mind, including the higher stages of spiritual development where Spirit becomes conscious of itself. Original views on many topics of continuing interest and controversy are explored: from gender roles, to multiculturalism, to environmental ethics and even the meaning of the Internet.

Spirit-in-action --The pattern that connects -- The secret impulse -- All too human -- The great postmodern revolution -- The four corners of the kosmos -- The two hands of God -- Attuned to the kosmos -- The good, the true, and the beautiful -- The further reaches of spirit-in-action -- The evolution of consciousness -- On the way to global : part 1 -- On the way to global : part 2 -- Realms of the superconscious : part 1 -- Realms of the superconscious : part 2 -- Beyond flatland -- Ascending and descending -- The collapse of the kosmos -- The ego and the eco -- The dominance of the descenders -- An integral vision -- Afterword / Lana Wachowski and Ken WIlber -- Appendix : the twenty tenets.