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Colin Wilson

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As young man, Wilson was lionized by the British press in the 1950s when The Outsider was published but he rather rapidly fell into disrepute shortly after and is considered now to be a bogus talent. But is this Wilson's fault or ours? Wilson tended to stress the positive side of human consciousness as a counterweight to the morbid existentialism of writers like Beckett, Sartre etc, and I think he is to be commended for that. You always feels more enthusiasm for life when you read anything by Wilson as he endeavours to show that the popular trend for pessimism is really a failure to look at all the facts. With his positivist stance he introduces concepts like 'holiday consciousness' and writes often about mystical states to demonstrate that most people are barely aware of what a fully human, expanded consciousness could be. His novels include Ritual in the Dark, The Mind Parasites. See also, Beyond the Outsider, Poetry and Mysticism.

>>By colleen (Thursday, 27 Jan 2005 14:11)

I saw that there is an interview with Colin Wilson in the current issue of Philosophy Now.

>>By Bob from Apollo (Thursday, 3 Feb 2005 14:53)

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