Colin Wilson | The High and the Low, Part II | 1990 (Classic)

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This video is a special release from the original Thinking Allowed series that ran on public television from 1986 until 2002. It was recorded in about 1990.

Colin Wilson was one of the most prolific writers in the English language. His novels include The Mind Parasites, The Philosopher's Stone and Sex Diary of a Metaphysician. Other major works include A Criminal History of Mankind, The Occult, Mysteries, Religion and the Rebel, The New Existentialism, New Pathways in Psychology and The Outsider--his first and most famous book.

Here he elaborates on his "Laurel and Hardy" theory of consciousness as a model for attaining optimal mental functioning. Crisis situations often thrust us into higher states of consciousness by forcing us to gain a psychological grip on ourselves. 

Imagination, he says, can lead us to states of alienation and depression. He presents his model of seven levels of consciousness ranging from extreme depression to the transcendence of space and time.

Gary Lachman | Beyond The Robot: The Life and Work of Colin Wilson | Legalise Freedom Radio | Part 1 | Oct. 8, 2017

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Gary Lachman discusses his book Beyond the Robot – The Life and Work of Colin Wilson. Colin Wilson was a literary and cultural rebel, and one of the most adventurous, hopeful, and least understood visionary intellects of the past century. Author of over a hundred books including the 1956 classic The Outsider, Wilson purveyed a philosophy of mind power and human potential that made him arguably the only optimistic existentialist.

In part one, we outline Wilson’s core philosophy and worldview which saw the purpose, meaning, and destiny of humanity – and indeed all life – in the evolution of consciousness toward ever more expansive states of complexity and awareness.

Although Wilson felt that in many ways Western civilization has hit a dead end, he ultimately rejected responses rooted in nihilism and negativity. For Wilson, consciousness does not passively reflect the world, rather it reaches out and grabs it.

Perception, he believed, is participatory, and we are active agents in shaping reality. However, our inculcated fear of responsibility, of freedom, and of our own creative capacity for greatness, keeps most of us mired in a meaningless, mechanistic view of the Universe drifting between hedonism and despair. Many of us ask if there is more to life than this, and the answer is a resounding ‘Yes!’ As Wilson himself wrote “My life’s task is to light a fire with damp sticks. The drizzle falls incessantly. Yet I feel that if only I could really get the blaze started, it would become so large and fierce that nothing could stop it.” -Legalise-Freedom.com

Colin Wilson | The Outsider, The Robot, Magic & the Occult

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Legend Colin Wilson spends an hour with us to talk about his books and work. Colin's written over 100 books on subjects like the occult, mysticism, consciousness, psychology, religion and more, both in fiction and non-fiction format.

He's probably best known for his book "The Outsider" but he's done so much more. His recent book is called: "Super Consciousness: The Quest for the Peak Experience".

We will talk about his and other areas such as magic, the occult, the esoteric, Aleister Crowly, consciousness, psychology and religion. Topics Discussed: The Robot, 1960s, Mechanical Part of Humans, Psychological Change, Positivity, The Occult Forces Today, Shock, Death Wish, Bhagavad Gita, The Outsider, Problem, Magic and the Occult, Entrainment, Forces Outside Human Beings, Will, How Though Creates Reality, Focus & Concentration, Faculty X, Reality, Truth, Crime, Aleister Crowley, G. I. Gurdjieff, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Dark Side of Human Nature, Evil Side of Humanity, Optimism, Synchronicity, Cult of Melchizedek, "You are Sentence to Life", schizophrenia, inspiration, creativity, Mega Brain and Michael Hutchison. ~Red Ice Creations

Colin Wilson | The Outsider, The Robot, Magic & the Occult

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11 July 2010—Colin Wilson has written over 100 books on subjects like the occult, mysticism, consciousness, psychology, religion and more, both in fiction and non-fiction format.His recent book is Super Consciousness: The Quest for the Peak Experience. In this Red Ice interview, he talks about magic, the occult, the esoteric, Aleister Crowly, consciousness, psychology and religion

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