COLIN WILSON LINKS

Abraxas. This is the official site for Abraxas, a journal published by Paul Newman in Cornwall dealing with issues of philosophy and literature, and Colin Wilson in particular. The site also includes on-line versions of articles which Colin has contributed in past issues.

Maurice Bassett. Maurice specializes in the selling of rare Wilsonia. At the moment, he is selling electronic versions of Colin’s works at http://www.colinwilson.com/. Available so far: Frankenstein’s Castle and Access to Inner Worlds. Maurice has also made Wilson’s otherwise unpublished short story, “The Tomb of the Old Ones,” available free of charge.

Pauper’s Press. Owned and operated by Colin Stanley, Colin Wilson’s hard-working bibliographer and author of The Work of Colin Wilson: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide. At this site you will find many books by and about Colin Wilson for sale.

Howard Dossor. The author of Colin Wilson: The Man and His Mind encourages readers to correspond with him.

Faculty X. Hosam Soloh’s Colin Wilson site.

Colinwilson.org. Sean Rasmussen’s nascent Wilson site. He’s looking for feedback on it.

International Fortean Organization. A society devoted to the works of the great paranormal investigator Charles Fort, and paranormal phenomena in general. Colin Wilson is a frequent lecturer at their gatherings.

Feral House Publishing. Adam Parfrey’s Feral House is on the fringe of the fringe, specializing in such warped and twisted classics as Apocalypse Culture. Colin has contributed to several of their publications.

Hampton Roads Publishing. The publisher of Colin’s The Books in My Life, and the future publisher of the new Spider World novel.

From Atlantis to the Sphinx. An article on Colin’s Atlantis theories from the Atlantis Rising magazine Web site. Be sure to search their archives for other articles concerning Colin, as he is frequently referenced in their pages.

The High and the Low. Transcript of an interview with Colin conducted on the TV series Thinking Allowed, available on the Intuition Network Web site.

CBC Radio Interview with Colin Wilson. An audio recording of an interview conducted with Colin.

Outside the Outsider. An interview excerpted from the book Mavericks of the Mind, in which Wilson talks about consciousness and psychedelics. Highly recommended…this is one of the better Wilson interviews I’ve come across.

Colin Wilson: Beyond the Outsider. An interview conducted with Wilson for the journal Rain Taxi. This version of the interview is even more complete than the version which appeared in the magazine itself!

Chat with Colin Wilson. Transcription of an on-line chat which Colin held in November 1998, available at the Religions and Spiritualities Forum site.

Anatomy of a Poet. Wilson has made several recordings with the musical group In the Nursery, including this one.

Rats in the Walls. A rather unfavorable review of The Mind Parasites by a Lovecraft aficionado.

Rudolf Steiner and the Akashic Records. A brief description and excerpt from Colin’s Rudolf Steiner: The Man and His Vision.

Colin Wilson: The Outsider. A brief biographical sketch of Colin and some quotes, from The Biography Project.

Reply to Gantenbrink from Colin Wilson. Copy of a short letter which Colin wrote defending Robert Bauval’s theories on ancient Egyptian civilization, from the Planetary Mysteries Web site.

WILSON-RELATED LINKS

When the Sky Fell. The Web site of Rand and Rose Flem-Ath, the authors of the book by this name which postulates that Antarctica was Atlantis. Rand is also the co-author with Colin of The Atlantis Blueprint. This site outlines their theories in detail.

Northern Exposure Finale: Metacomedy vs. Tragedy. An article by Professor John Cody, who has himself been strongly influenced by Wilson’s theories of an existential criticism, which deals with the last episode of the TV series Northern Exposure, and which makes reference to Wilson.

The Quality Event. An essay by Bodvar Skutvik, himself a Wilson reader, on thought of Robert Pirsig and with reference to Wilson.

Systematic Ideology. A site detailing a particular school of social theory. Trevor Blake has written to me and informed me that he believes that the ideas of Harold Walsby are highly compatible with Wilson’s own, as detailed in this essay, available at the site.

The Quixotic Dialectical Metaphysical Manifesto: Morning of the Magicians. An essay on the famous occult-conspiracy book of the 1960s which makes reference to Colin.

Early Mormon Visions and Near Death Experiences. Transcript of a lecture which claims that recent investigations into Near Death Experiences, including Colin’s, can shed light on the visions of Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism.

Joyce Carol Oates on Doris Lessing. A 1973 article by Oates which touches briefly on the difficulties encountered by Colin in receiving a favorable critical response when writing on the subject of mysticism.

The Once and Future Religion. An essay advocating pantheism which includes a supporting quote from Colin.

Spontaneous Human Combustion. An article that takes issue with a BBC documentary that attempted to refute the reality of this phenomenon which makes brief reference to Colin.

Call No Man Master. Complete on-line edition of the book by Joyce Collin-Smith about her spiritual adventures which Colin has hailed as “a minor classic.” Available on the Isle of Avalon Web site.

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