This experience inspired him to apply this insight to all paranormal phenomena, from precognition to Uri Geller's spoon bending.

Through a personal mystical experience, Wilson discovered that human beings consist of a ladder-or hierarchy-of selves, whose upper members may be called upon at will for personal transformation and deep knowledge. The result is “an extraordinary tour de force” of scholarship ( New Science). In The Mysteries, Wilson continues his the investigation into magic, the paranormal, and the supernatural through extensive research as well as his own extraordinary first-hand experiences. His works, both fiction and nonfiction, covered a wide range of subjects, such as the supernatural, philosophy and criminology, and includes his famous The Outsider and The Occult.The acclaimed author of The Occult presents a groundbreaking theory of unexplained phenomena from ghosts and magic to the power of the unconscious.Ī renowned expert on the subject of occultism, Colin Wilson’s sequel to his masterwork, The Occult, is “a major work” in its own right. DetailsĬolin Wilson (1931-2013) was the highly respected and erudite author of more than 100 books. His works, both fiction and nonfiction, covered a wide range of subjects, such as the supernatural, philosophy and criminology, and includes his famous The Outsider and The Occult. He offers an optimistic message to counteract our tendency toward pessimism and nihilism: while our lower, childish selves are linked to depression and anxiety, purposeful activity will alwways allow us to call on our higher selves and bring concentration, control and a sense of meaning into life.Ĭolin Wilson (1931-2013) was the highly respected and erudite author of more than 100 books.

Wilson's analysis of the work of all the big names in 20th-century supra-rational research, from Margaret Murray to Carl Jung, is interspersed with hundreds of entertaining paranormal anecdotes and case studies from throughout history, indlusing his own experiences of visions, of lucid dreaming and dowsing at the Merry Maidens stone circle. In Mysteries, he uses the concept of the ladder of selves to explain a wide range of supernatural phenomena, from dowsing and denomic possession to precognition and spoon-bending. Through his own cathartic experiences, Wilson came to realise that all of us are in fact manifold personalities - not a single self but rather a ladder or hierarchy of selves. First published in 1978, Mysteries is the groung-breaking sequel to The Occult, continuing Colin Wilson's investigations into the supernatural.

Mysteries by Colin Wilson