Robert McDermott, Ph.D., is president emeritus and chair of the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). His publications include "Radhakrishnan" (1970); "The Essential Aurobindo" (1974, 1987); "The Essential Steiner" (1984); (with Rudolf Steiner) "The Bhagavad Gita and the West" (2009); and "The New Essential Steiner" (2009). He has also published on William James, Josiah Royce, M. K. Gandhi, the evolution of consciousness, and American thought. His administrative service includes president of the New York Center for Anthroposoph...