Introducing the Occult: selected introductions, prefaces, forewords and afterwords of Colin Wilson - Softcover

Colin Wilson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780994753 ISBN 13: 9781780994758

Publisher: Axis Mundi Books, 2022

Synopsis

'An essential collection of some of his lesser known writings, all of which display his remarkable gifts as a writer and thinker.'Steve Taylor PhD, author of 'The Leap' and 'Spiritual Science',

The late Colin Wilson wrote a staggering 180 introductions, forewords, prefaces and afterwords to other authors’ books. Soon after his now classic study The Occult appeared in 1971, he was constantly sought out by writers and publishers to endorse their work. He rarely refused. And, as this volume reveals, these were not hurriedly written paragraphs, relying largely on his name as an endorsement, but often significant and substantial essays. Introducing the Occult brings together 17 of his best published introductions chosen by his bibliographer Colin Stanley. Within these covers you can read Colin Wilson on magic, witchcraft, exorcism, ghosts, poltergeists, the Loch Ness Monster, the afterlife, dowsing and much more.

About this title

About the Author

Colin Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English writer, philosopher and novelist. He also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal, eventually writing more than a hundred books. Wilson called his philosophy "new existentialism" or "phenomenological existentialism", and maintained his life work was "that of a philosopher, and (his) purpose to create a new and optimistic existentialism".

Edition details

• Publisher: Axis Mundi Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780994753
• ISBN 13: 9781780994758
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Colin Stanley