Book in progress

My book The Integral Paradigm (tentative title) (update - decided to name it Integral Evolution) is finally starting to come along.  My own views change also when I write, so who knows how the final version will turn out!  I've gone through some changes

The current plan of my book is

o Introduction - What is Integral, problems of definition

o Integral themes - recurring themes. Even though there is no teaching that includes all of these themes, there are still many common "integral" themes.  The following is only a tentative and partial list (in arbitrary alphabetical order)

Developmental/Evolutionary perspective
Divine Center
Divinisation (Omega Point/Supramentalisation)
Emerging Zeitgeist (beyond premodern, modern, and post-modern)
Enlightenment of the body / "Mind of the Cells"
Holism / Stystems view
Integral Morality (universal compassion, universal sentient rights)
Integral Spirituality
Integrative of different perspectives and methodologies
Pre-Tans, man is a transitional being (i.e., evolution doesn't end with the mental)
Social/collective reform and development, integral practice
Supermind as link
Transformation of the entire being 
Unity

o Biographies and teachings - a list of people both included and not included in the integral movement, and who have either influenced and inspired me in my understanding and development of this Integral paradigm, or who are worthy of inclusion, regardless of what I might think of them.  So if anyone here as any sufggestions, please let me know!

The list so far (in approximate chronological order, but i don;t have all the dates of birth yet) is

Hegel (a very complex figure and unfortunately I haven't studied him)
Darwin (he introduced evolution to the whole world.  And the Integral paradigm is based on evolution)
Blavatsky
Theon
Steiner
A. N. Whitehead
Vivekananda
Gurdjieff (Ouspensky can probably be included in this section unless he deserves a separate category)
Sri Ramana (not Integral but I like him)
Sri Aurobindo (Integral Yoga - one of the "Big Three" of Integral philosophy)
The Mother (some very original comments on the Divinisation of the body)
Teilhard de Chardin
Indra Sen (Aurobindo devotee and father of Integral Psychology and the Integral/Holistic as a worldview, but not an original thinker like Chadauri, so not sure if he should be included ina  distinct section)
Nicolai Hartmann (emergent evolution)
Jean Gebser (one of the "Big Three" of Integral philosophy)
Arthur M. Young
Edward Haskell
Haridas Chadauri (Integral psychology, founded CIIS)
Clare Graves (Spiral dynamics, can include Cowan and Beck here too, maybe a bit of drama on the schism)
Erich Jantsch (author of one of my favourite books - the Self-Organising Universe)
John Heron (participative philosophy.  Haven't read his stuff, but i'm interesting in the idea of participatory epistemology etc.   Not sure if I'll include him, we'll see)
Barbara Marx Hubbard (who i know very little about but she seems to fit the bill here)
Ervin László (ditto)
A. H. Almaas  (ditto)
Da Free John/Adi Da (Basket of Tolerance, source of Wilber's idea of psycho-spiritual evolution, sure he's an abusive guru but his ideas are intriguing)
Patricia Norelli-Bachelet (Aurobindonain breakaway guru who claims to be successor, brings in astrology, numeroilogy, galactoic alignment etc with Aurobindonian ideas on Supramentalisation.  Mental thinker, like Wilber)
William Irwin Thompson
David Spangler
Mantak Chia (practical Taoist alchemy - leads to the perefcetion of teh physical body.  Not an original thinker, but still an influential figure, his books are very readable)
Peter Singer (animal liberation.  No it'snot Integral theory, but imho it is an essential componment that should be included, as should sentient rights in general)
Ken Wilber (Integral Theory, the Integral Community, one of the "Big Three" of Integral philosophy)
Ray Kurzweil (Transhumanism)
Michel Bauwens (peer-to-peer)
Thomas J. McFarlane (integral science - integrates physics, mathematics, philosophy, and mysticism)
Matthew Dallman (Integral Art)
Integrative Spirituality website anonymous authors (some nice definitions there)
Zaadz community (why not?  ;-)

This is not a definitive list, so please give me your suggestions for improvement!

o Exoteric praxis (Wilberian and other, e.g. the Integral Institute quote above, and similar themes) - personal and social transformation; Integral lifestyle, Social transformation, sentient rights (Animal Liberation etc), Integral Art, "spiritual cross-training", etc etc

o Esoteric praxis - inward transformation, the Inner Being, the spiritual path leading to liberation, and a brief mention of dangers along the way, such as the Intermediate Zone; the culmination here is liberation such as is taught by Sri Ramana and others. Where all other yogas end, where Integral Yoga begins.

o Liberation and beyond (different forms of Enlightenment)

o The Integral/Supramental Transformation - the supramental transformation, omega point, tikkun olam, beyond even enlightenment

A lot of this material has already been covered tosome extent or will be covered in my material posted on Frank's Integral World website; so essentially I am elaborating upon that.