Hello John! Nice to know you still keep looking in, despite the unlively state of things here recently. <<What was worse was that, while he ... now "turned ......
Richard, Thanks for sharing this passage. It was very interesting. The glibness you mention certainly comes through. What I also noticed is how little the...
Since things tend to get a bit heavy and intense in this forum at times, I thought I'd invite people to take an imaginative trip to the Swiss mountains....
I note that the fourth vol. of Spider World has been published. Has anyone seen any reviews? I have just finished the second volume. It is an astonishing tour...
Well, a happy solstice to everyone - if there is anyone still out there (I hear nothing but a resounding echo). And to John Morgan especially, whom I hope is...
Richard (and others), at the risk of seeming negative, I would like to know more about your misgivings of Colin Wilson's writings. Do they relate more to the...
First, Season's Greetings. I would like to take the opportunity here to make some various remarks on the corpus of the writings of Colin Wilson. Wilson is a...
... Oh, yes, I'm still here. I haven't read a Wilson book cover-to-cover since last summer (I refer to them for reference all the time), but Maurice Bassett...
... Colin refers to Geller constantly in "Alien Dawn," which is only 4 years old, so it seems to me that his view of Geller is largely unchanged. ... for ... ...
... and ... Ah, yes, the old existential Wilson vs. mystical Wilson (otherwise known as the early Wilson vs. later Wilson) debate. I think it is a mistake to...
... And has already scored plenty of attacks. I gather that the most damning bit of evidence against Cornwell's theory that Walter Sickert was Jack is that...
Hi James - compliments of the season to you too. I believe your website has had a recent facelift? "And has already scored plenty of attacks". Including some...
Hello Bryan Once again I find that John M has seized upon all the salient points in your post (and Ronald's) and answered them in his usual succinct and...
Bryan, a PS to my last post. Wilson's book on Wilhelm Reich is certainly worth getting hold of. Gets the man right in perspective. ... Sphinx ... read ... ...
'an interesting novel called "Necessary Doubt". This is a good one to read at this time of the year in England, since it takes place around Christmas and...
Howard Lester, in his interesting reply to my post, asked if I have read Colin Wilson's books on Atlantis. To the best of my knowledge Colin Wilson wrote two...
Howard Lester, in his interesting reply to my post, asked if I have read Colin Wilson's books on Atlantis. To the best of my knowledge Colin Wilson wrote two...
Maybe it is just the season, but even though I agree with most of the negative criticisms concerning Colin Wilson's so-called 'occult' books, I want to defend...
... damning ... Jack is ... of most ... Interesting. I glanced at the book at the store and talked about it with a friend who has read it, but I haven't yet...
... When I read the book, I was struck by his discussion of Atlantis and clues about the fate of humanity found in ancient civilizations, which seemed to...
... points ... succinct ... Thanks once again for your praise, Richard! ... experiences ... indeed. ... others ... I think Wilson sees all of this as evidence...
Hi Ron, ... to ... Definitely. It wasn't until the late '80s that Colin discovered the works of R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz and Charles Hapgood, as well as the...
... Whereabout does he say this? And which parts of his theories does he include? I've not been following Hancock much lately (the sermonising in "The Mars...
Eric, I think this is a brilliant attempt to encapsulate the essence ... have a ... Very true, as long as one is looking at the esoteric core of religions and...
... he ... sermonising in ... where his ... Hancock's "fingerprints of the Gods" and "Heaven's Mirror" theories were examined by a BBC Horizon programme a few...