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Colin Wilson's 'Occult Trilogy': A Guide for Students Kindle Edition

by Colin Stanley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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The 'Occult Trilogy' is the collective label applied to Colin Wilson's three major works on the occult: The Occult (1971); Mysteries: an Investigation into the Occult, the Paranormal and the Supernatural (1978) and Beyond the Occult (1988). They amounted to a monumental 1600 pages and have spawned many other lesser works.

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'Jung the Mystic', and a contributor to 'Around the Outsider' - Colin Wilson's 'occult trilogy' offers not only an encyclopaedic account of the mysterious 'hidden' powers of nature and the human mind, as well as a history of our pursuit of them, it also provides a clear guide to how mankind can actualize its inner resources and fulfil its evolutionary destiny. Colin Stanley's thorough and fascinating overview gives the reader a firm grounding in this enormously important subject, and lays a solid foundation for its future development.
--Gary Lachman, author of 'A Secret History of Consciousness'

About the Author

Colin Stanley is a freelance writer and Managing Editor of Paupers' Press. He edits the series, Colin Wilson Studies, which features extended essays on Wilson's work by scholars worldwide. He lives in the UK.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CPL2MZS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Axis Mundi Books; Student edition (May 31, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 31, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2983 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 98 pages

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Colin Stanley was born at Topsham, Devon, UK in 1952 and educated at Exmouth School.

Beginning in 1970, he worked for Devon Library Services, studying for two years in London, before moving to Bovey Tracey with his wife, Gail, and thence to Nottingham where he worked for the University of Nottingham until July 2005.

One of the founders and Managing Editor of Paupers' Press, he now devotes his time to writing, editing, reading and watching cricket.

He is the author of two experimental novels, a slim volume of nonsense verse and several books and booklets about Colin Wilson and his work. He edits and contributes to the 'Colin Wilson Studies' series which features extended essays from Wilson scholars worldwide. His vast collection of the author's work has been acquired by the University of Nottingham and, along with Wilson's manuscripts, letters and journals forms the Colin Wilson Collection and Archive.

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Reconron1951

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2017

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I had these books paperback and now they are on my Kindle.

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Berkshire Bodger

Misleading description by Amazon, its not Colin Wilson's book

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2013

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The book's description on Amazon is very misleading. It reads as if it is a volume of the collected work of Colin Wilson with a forward by Colin Stanley. The review also adds to this impression. Regardless of how amazing the book is, its not what I wanted.

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Gsorme

An outstanding overview

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2014

It's a pity all these one star reviews don't really discuss the content of this fine little book (clearly subtitled "A Guide for Students") and instead reflect the buyers' disappointment that this is not all three of Colin Wilson's books: The Occult, Mysteries, and Beyond the Occult (probably around a thousand pages of material). What Stanley's book does is provide concise and insightful summaries of Wilson's mammoth tomes, including critical response and bibliographical material. This makes the book perfect as an introduction to Wilson's occult writings or as a refresher for those already familiar with his penetrating and compulsively-readable books.

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booshmoose27

Not worth the money spent

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2014

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Not only is this not colin wilson's actual works, it isnt that great in my opinion. wanted the real thing but cant find it anywhere

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Mercury Ace Jones

Not Colin Wilson's books!

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2013

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Just bought this thinking it was Colin Wilson's occult trilogy. It is not, it's someone's summary of his trilogy. Amazon needs to change the description.

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Simon B

Essential for Wilson fans.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 5, 2013

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A great overview of the background to Colin Wilson's `occult' books. Colin Stanley has studied Wilson extensively and founded the Wilson archive at Nottingham University. This short book is evidence of his depth of his knowledge. If you are interested in Colin Wilson's books, particularly the `second phase' addressed in this study, then this book is essential.

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peter

Colin Wilson's 'Ocult Triology.'

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2014

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I didn't realise that this book is aimed at students mainly as a reference book so, didn't get out of it what I was looking for. I rate Wilson as one of my top five authors and have ready many books of his over the years.

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alan r

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2016

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fine