List of integral thinkers and supporters

This list of contemporary scholars, writers, academics, politicians, and pop culture figures who are known to have contributed to or been influenced specifically by Integral theory, the philosophy of Ken Wilber.

Academic faculty

Scholars with appointments at universities who have been influenced by or who use Integral Theory:

• Don Beck — a management consultant and co-author of Spiral Dynamics (1996) who has collaborated with Wilber and contributed to the development of integral theory. Hs is currently a Fellow at the George Gallup Institute at Princeton University and has previously taught at the University of North Texas.
• Jorge Ferrer — the author of Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality (2002) and a core faculty member in the East-West Psychology Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
• Stanislav Grof — transpersonal psychologist.
• Robert Kegan — a developmental psychologist and Professor in Adult Learning and Professional Development at Harvard University.He is a board member of the Integral Institute.^[1]
• Robert A. McDermott — a professor of philosophy and religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and has written books on the thought of Rudolph Steiner, Sri Aurobindo, William James.
• Michel Saloff Coste — artist and professor at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, co-founder of the Club of Budapest France, whose ideas have paralleled those of Ervin Lazslo and Ken Wilber. His influences include Teilhard de Chardin and Sri Aurobindo.^[2][3]
• Brian Swimme — a mathematical cosmologist and the director of the Center for the Story of the Universe at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is author of four books on cosmology, including (with Thomas Berry) The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era: A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos. (1994)
• Richard Tarnas — a cultural historian and professor of philosophy and psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and author of The Passion of the Western Mind (1991) and Cosmos and Psyche (2006)
• Michael E. Zimmerman — writer in various fields, including Martin Heidegger and Environmental philosophy, and faculty member at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Tulane University. He is a pioneer with Sean Esbjörn-Hargens of the field of Integral ecology.

Writers, spiritual teachers, and independent scholars

Writers, spiritual teachers, independent scholars, and others who are regarded as Integral thinkers:

• Andrew Cohen — an American guru, spiritual teacher, and proponent of Evolutionary Enlightenment. He is founder and editor in chief of the now-defunct quarterly magazine EnlightenNext (formerly called What is Enlightenment?), devoted to spirituality, culture, and the integral movement.
• David Deida — a spiritual teacher and best-selling author of books such as The Way of the Superior Man.^[4]
• Dan Millman — the best-selling author of The Way of the Peaceful Warrior (which also has a major motion-picture starring Nick Nolte, Scott Mechlowicz, and Amy Smart) and 12 other books, published in up to 29 languages.^[5]
• Michael Murphy — author of The Future of the Body, and with George Burr Leonard the co-founders of the Human Potential Movement and of Integral Transformative Practice, and co-authors of The Life We Are Given. Murphy also co-founded the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, with Richard Price.
• Steve McIntosh — an independent scholar and integral theorist. He is author of Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution (2007), and is a past member of the Integral Art branch and the Integral Business branch of Integral Institute.
• Caroline Myss — an American medical intuitive and mystic as well as the author of four New York Times Best Sellers: Anatomy of the Spirit (1996), Why People Don't Heal and How They Can (1998), Sacred Contracts (2002), Entering The Castle (2007), and Defy Gravity (20101).^[6]
• Joe Perez — a Seattle-based American writer in the field of spirituality. He is author of Soulfully Gay (2007), published by Integral Books/Shambhala, a memoir that traces the impact of integral philosophy in his spiritual development as a gay man.
• Rolf Sattler — a plant morphologist, holistic scientist, philosopher and meditator. He emphasizes perspectivism and complementarity, and has contributed to the development of theory in dialectics, holism, Yin-Yang, continuum and network views.^[7]
• Brother David Steindl-Rast — a founding member of the Spirituality branch of Integral Institute, personal friend of the Dalai Lama, author of books including Deeper Than Words: Living the Apostles' Creed (2010), winner of the Martin Buber Award and recognized leader in contemplative spirituality.^[8]
• Brother Wayne Teasdale — a consecrated layman for the Archdiocese of Chicago, one of the first Vatican-sanctioned participants in Buddhist-Christian dialogue, and author of books, including "A Monk in the World" (2002).^[9]
• Michael Crichton — an American best-selling author, and author of Jurassic Park (novel) and State of Fear (Crichton died in 2008 and no references of Ken from Crichton exist but Ken has mentioned^[10] being friends with Crichton).

Artists

Visual, musical, and other artists who have been influenced by Integral spirituality or have been associated with the Integral movement:

• Stuart Davis — an eclectic musician whose works include the concept album Bright Apocalypse. Mystical and integral themes feature prominently in his lyrics.
• Alex Grey — a psychedelic visual artist whose works have been admired by Wilber and others. He painted a famous illustration of Wilber as the bodhisattva Manjushri.
• Saul Williams — a hip-hop artist associated with the Integral Institute.

Pop culture figures

Well-known public figures and celebrities known to have been influenced by Integral thought:

• Darren Aronofsky — the writer/director of award-winning films such as The Fountain, Requiem For a Dream and Pi.^[11]
• Deepak Chopra — a spiritual teacher and best-selling author of books that have sold over 10 million copies in 30 languages, friend and advisor to numerous celebrities.^[12] He has called Wilber a "mentor".^[13]
• Alanis Morissette — the seven-time Grammy Award winning singer, has been influenced by integral principles to translate "jagged fragments" into a "playful entanglement with all of life".^[14]
• Sharon Stone — the Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner and Academy Award nominated actor, has cited an "integral impulse" that has shaped her life.^[15]
• Lana and Lilly Wachowski — the writers and directors of The Matrix films, have cited the philosophy of Ken Wilber as an important influence in their own screenwriting, and asked Wilber (and philosopher Cornel West) to do the director's commentary on the DVD edition of the films.^[16]

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