Hello... I don't understand what you mean by it varies from person to person... Just after posting that earlier email, i picked up the book called Afterlife by...
Ali, Kyle, Right now I'm rereading "The Mind Parasites" and wondering if this book doesn't offer a kind of monomyth for Colin Wilson's philosophy in general....
Hi Ali, My impression from reading CW's "The Afterlife" was that his conclusions about the nature of mind, soul and consciousness are just a set of loose...
Hi Eric, I've read most of Colin Wilson's works, and I've never been able to discover anything approaching a monomyth that ties all the dozens of mutually...
Kyle, Interesting comments and, while I agree there are contradictory elements, reversals and even epochs in Wilson (we might speak of the 'Outsider' Wilson,...
Eric, IMO, the example you gave of CW's core belief is too ancient and too general to have much meaning. Take another look at your excellent summation of it: ...
... short ... a ... the ... text ... you ... any ... Interesting. I was encouraged to read some A E van Vogt through reading Colin Wilson- back in '84 as I...
... short ... a ... the ... text ... you ... any ... Also worth checking out I think; http://www.friendsofmerril.org/sol25.html#Wilson Colin Wilson and SF In...
No-one else has mentioned it right now, "familiar" as this subject is, so I will. The problem with having van Vogt as an example of where Wilson may have got...
I feel the need to weigh in on this thread, which seems to be a variation of the existential Wilson vs. occult Wilson debate which has cropped up from time to...
Hi folx, I've read the last few messages here with interest, but I think my pervious comments on these same issues have already expressed my opinions on them...
Are you sure M.P. was influenced by a particular sci-fi story? I have my doubts. In Gurdjieff's cosmological system he has the earth 'feeding' the moon. In...
Sorry Kyle, but one surely has to marvel at the process of convoluted logic that would see Colin Wilson and/or others involved in some kind of cover up on the...
Well, I didn't say *I* got the impression that there were any conspiracies or cover-ups involved, only that several of the messages that have been posted in...
... messages ... of ... those ... In seeming agreement with the suggestion you put forward, then. All you've done is restated it. Are you familiar with the...
... always ... Yes, "The Embedding" by Ian Watson. I read it based on Colin's recommendation and I would agree that it's one of the best SF novels I've read....
clerk kent, I agree, I shouldn't have restated my question, and I'm not going to post anything more on this subject here unless I find the story on my own. I...
It was just a passing observation on AI on my part John. Perhaps you dislike the thought of your fave filmaker being associated with him in any sense. Put it...
... you ... him ... No, it's not that. I know that Kubrick personally respected Spielberg and that he was the one who originally passed "A.I." on to Spielberg,...
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Hi everybody, I'm quite puzzeled as to why this discussion has begun drifting in some ugly directions. I and a number of other people have made some mild...
Since the thread of discussion about the inspiration for "The Mind Parasites" has apparently lost interest for the group (myself included), no more posts on...
First off, I used people's names. It wasn't reciprocated. That says it all. Forget it now. The technicalities of splitting these messages into further ...
After some insulting remarks directed at both myself as well as the group in general that I received in two private e-mails, coupled with his posting history...
Hello, I just joined the group. My wife got me "Dreaming To Some Purpose" for Christmas.This is a really entertaining book and I'm enjoying reading CW again...
... Welcome, and happy new year to you as well! ... I would be curious to hear more about what you think of this book as you read it. It hasn't been published...
As many of you here already know, I established the first Colin Wilson Web site ever, back in the spring of 1996. In fact, it's still up at the same address,...
Hi John and all, Well, IMO, this Forum "has it all" in terms of providing the public access to information and opinions about Colin Wilson's works and the...
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