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Jan 17, 2023

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Dreaming to some purpose

Essays in appreciation of the English philosopher, novelist and critic Colin Wilson (1931-2013).

Geoff Ward

A philosophical explorer of the occult tradition

Historically, the occult field seems to have been made up of three kinds of people: those with an impartial intellectual interest, those…

Jan 12, 2023

A philosophical explorer of the occult tradition

Jan 12, 2023

Geoff Ward

Reality check: the existentialist Colin Wilson and consciousness theory in the 21st century

The English philosopher Colin Wilson was a leading 20th-century thinker on the subject of consciousness. Here, for the first time, his…

May 23, 2019

Reality check: the existentialist Colin Wilson and consciousness theory in the 21st century

May 23, 2019

Geoff Ward

Learn how to achieve ‘super consciousness’ and help trigger a leap forward in human evolution

A central achievement of the English existential philosopher, critic and novelist Colin Wilson was to empower us to gain understanding of…

Dec 8, 2019

Learn how to achieve ‘super consciousness’ and help trigger a leap forward in human evolution

Dec 8, 2019

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A philosopher of optimism with a positive message for us all in a troubled world

When I reviewed the first edition of Colin Wilson: Philosopher of Optimism by Brad Spurgeon in 2006, then published to coincide with the…

Dec 4, 2017

A philosopher of optimism with a positive message for us all in a troubled world

Dec 4, 2017

Geoff Ward

The radical theory that could have changed the way we think about literature — and still ought

Existential criticism, formulated 60 years ago by the English philosopher and novelist Colin Wilson, remains valid today despite having…

Oct 11, 2018

The radical theory that could have changed the way we think about literature — and still ought

Oct 11, 2018

Geoff Ward

My encounters with the famous ‘sage of Tetherdown’

Friends give their personal recollections of the late philosopher-novelist Colin Wilson in a new book, The Sage of Tetherdown

Jul 25, 2020

My encounters with the famous ‘sage of Tetherdown’

Jul 25, 2020

Geoff Ward

Could the world’s history of violence be coming to an end?

The story of the human race over the last few thousand years is written in blood — one of unremitting violence: devastating wars, genocide…

Nov 28, 2015

Could the world’s history of violence be coming to an end?

Nov 28, 2015

Geoff Ward

The cult movie Vanishing Point and the existential odyssey of Kowalski, a defiant American hero

Existential criticism, as formulated by the English philosopher and novelist Colin Wilson (1931–2013), can be applied to performance texts…

Nov 26, 2018

The cult movie Vanishing Point and the existential odyssey of Kowalski, a defiant American hero

Nov 26, 2018

Geoff Ward

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Writer, journalist, book editor, poet, musician and tutor in literature and creative writing (MA and BA Hons degrees in English literature).

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