The Ultimate Colin Wilson, Colin Wilson
The Ultimate Colin Wilson, Colin Wilson
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The Ultimate Colin Wilson
Writings on Mysticism, Consciousness and Existentialism

Author: Colin Wilson, Colin Stanley

Narrator: Liam Gerrard

Unabridged: 15 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/14/2019


Synopsis

The best of Colin Wilson in one fantastic volume. Containing extracts from Wilson's work on existentialism, criminology, psychology, and the occult, this is an invaluable introduction to one of the late twentieth–century's most incisive thinkers.

This is a new edition of the classic Colin Wilson collection The Essential Colin Wilson (first published in 1985), updated and introduced by Wilson's bibliographer Colin Stanley. It is the only book to contain extracts from Colin Wilson's most important work in one volume, including The Outsider, A Criminal History of Mankind, The New Existentialism, The Occult, New Pathways in Psychology, and Mysteries, as well as three of his novels and many other texts. Subjects covered include existentialism, criminology, psychology, consciousness studies, the occult, and much more. This second edition includes all of the original volume plus six essential post–1985 essays and chapters chosen by Stanley and other Colin Wilson experts including Gary Lachman. This is an invaluable introduction for those approaching one of the late twentieth century's most incisive thinkers for the first time and also a timely reminder, to Colin Wilson's many fans and scholars worldwide, of a unique and challenging body of work.

About Colin Wilson

Colin Wilson is one of the late twentieth century's most incisive thinkers and the author of The Outsider, A Criminal History of Mankind, The New Existentialism, The Occult, New Pathways in Psychology, and Mysteries.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on November 17, 2019

I owe so much to Colin Wilson. He was the one who introduced a whole range of thinkers, ideas, and novels to the mid teen ‘outsider’ that I was back in the sixties. He made the likes of Sartre, Camus, Hesse, and Nietzsche accessible despite my having no background in philosophy. He got me interested......more

Goodreads review by John on December 23, 2022

Colin Wilson has written hundreds of books. This book offers a synopsis of his big ideas in a digestible format.......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on January 05, 2023

Colin Wilson is PKD + Alan Watts. With maybe slightly less poetic insight than either of them. He's a British empiricist who took the study of social outcasts, philosophy, and the realm of the spiritual and psychic. Wilson seems to believe in God, but never really gets around to talking to him. In t......more

Goodreads review by Mitch on December 20, 2022

As a compendium of Wilson's writing this is a great way to get an overview of his thinking. It might have been a little better edited cos the exact same examples and ideas get repeated too frequently. Could have been half the length with no loss of information. I first came across Wilson 25 - 30 year......more

Goodreads review by Aliaksei on October 09, 2020

In bad taste, I must start with 'what a shame'. What a shame Wilson ever got involved with 'the Mystic'. This drop of gobbledygook in a barrel of finest wine has obscured some of his most stellar thoughts from the wider public. Wilson has outstanding insight into the human condition, perfect for mod......more