Colin Wilson: Existentialism Meets the Occult with Gary Lachman

Gary Lachman is the author of twenty-one books on topics ranging from the evolution of consciousness to literary suicides, popular culture and the history of the occult. He has written a rock and roll memoir of the 1970s, biographies of Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, C. G. Jung, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Emanuel Swedenborg, P. D. Ouspensky, and Colin Wilson, histories of Hermeticism and the Western Inner Tradition, studies in existentialism and the philosophy of consciousness, and about the influence of esotericism on politics and society.

In this interview, rebooted from 2018, he shares his passion and personal interest in the life and work of Colin Wilson, who achieved worldwide fame at the age of 24 with the release of his first book, The Outsider. He was regarded as England's "homegrown existentialist". Subsequently, Wilson wrote over 100 books. His massive analysis, The Occult, received international acclaim and was followed by many other titles dealing with esoteric topics. This lengthy interview is peppered with descriptions of philosophical, literary, psychological and occult personalities. Lachman also shares several personal stories about his relationship with Colin Wilson.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in "parapsychology" ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He serves as Co-Director for Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science.

(Recorded on December 18, 2018)

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LINKS TO BOOKS BY GARY LACHMAN

Gary Lachman, The Return of Holy Russia: https://amzn.to/2IxQot7.

Gary Lachman, Beyond the Robot: The Life and Work of Colin Wilson – https://amzn.to/3daXSPT

Gary Lachman, Jung the Mystic – https://amzn.to/2L807Yx

Gary Lachman, Rudolf Steiner: An Introduction to His Life and Work – https://amzn.to/3fbCjRj

Gary Lachman, Lost Knowledge of the Imagination – https://amzn.to/3dfeoyz

Gary Lachman, The Quest for Hermes Trigmegistus – https://amzn.to/35q7kMG

Gary Lachman, Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World – https://amzn.to/2W001YQ

Gary Lachman, Madame Blavatsky: The Mother of Modern Spirituality – https://amzn.to/2Sx5jch

Gary Lachman, Swedenborg: An Introduction to His Life and Studies – https://amzn.to/3fi10LC

Gary Lachman, In Search of P. D. Ouspensky – https://amzn.to/2yn88WA

Gary Lachman, Dark Star Rising: Magicking and Power in the Age of Trump – https://amzn.to/3aZaDLV