Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
I discovered The Outsider in 1986 through Jim Morrison of The Doors…. It was one of Morrisons favourites. It gave me a fascination for books, reading and searching for more books. Was astounded when I discovered he was from the same city as me. Later In life my father in law told me he went to school with Wilson. About 8 years ago read The Occult. Which has led me down a long and winding soul searching path. Wilson has been a great influence on my life. This is the first time I have heard Colin’s voice. Thankyou🙏
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Thank you for this beautiful interview. I discovered Colin's work in a second hand bookstore only couple fo weeks ago. I picked up his book 'The Outsider'. Talk about synchronicity.
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Im reading the outsider at the moment and loving it. Because of this book i now have doctor faustus and war and peace on my must read list. Exciting times ahead 😀👍
@@BradSpurgeonVideos ok cool. Ill research that one. Also i know colin Wilson made a name for himself through fiction about paranormal activity and murder mystery. Have you any recommendations from these categories in his bibliography??
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Thanks for the wonderful interview. I heave only read one of Wilson’s book and quite enjoyed it. Also appreciate very much his optimistic existentialism. Seems like he lived a most interesting and creative life. Thanks for keeping his memory and ideas alive. Don’t quite understand the negative reviews or relative indifference by reviewers or the public, at least in general.
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Thank you so much for sharing this, Colin is my favourite philosopher of all time! I hope you release the full interview I would LOVE to see it. Also, where can I buy your book on him? Haven't been able to find a copy but I'd love love love to read it! Thank you
Great to hear this, thanks! As for getting a copy of the book, I think the best thing to do is to go directly through the publisher, since you get all sorts of crazy prices on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, etc. So you can order here: michael-butterworth.co.uk/product/colin-wilson-philosopher-of-optimism-by-brad-spurgeon/ Thanks again, and, yes, I hope we can get the full film up somewhere at some point!!!!
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
My thanks also for this. I have enjoyed several books he has written, and since access to some videos has become available interviews such as this are enjoyed.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
A very fine interview with intelligent, thoughtful questions. I first discovered Wilson in 1980, when I bought a paperback copy of NECESSARY DOUBT. It so thrilled me with ideas that I read it till dawn. And since then I tried to track down everything that he wrote and every interview. Thanks so much!
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Brad, what is your response about inaccuracies found in Colin's books? For example Historical ones. This is important. I've just found Colin since I'm currently undergoing an Initiatory journey and his take on Phenomenology has come up in my searches and lighted up my world. I find his words comforting and wise beyond measure.
For me you have answered your own question in your last sentence and the end of the sentence before that. Yes, there are inaccuracies, and sometimes things that I personally find hard to accept he could accept - for instance, in The Occult, the passages about certain paranormal phenomena that seem absurd go unquestioned (I did a story about this on my blog: bradspurgeon.com/writing-on-writers-and-writing/colin-wilsons-book-the-occult-revisited/ ). But in the end, for me, it is the full thrust of his point of view and the things I can learn from him that count, not the occasional inaccuracies - perhaps missed due to deadlines forcing quick writing!. If there are inaccuracies that bother us in reading, there is far more stuff that lights up our world and comfort us! That's my take, anyway....
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Thank you for your thoughtful response, Brad. I admit I did not consider the deadlines he had even though I know he wrote so much and often under external pressure. It's true I had my answer in my own question, but thank you for pointing to that fact... If you don't mind Brad, I have one more question: where would you say Colin's best content on Phenomenology, and its application to Esotericism is located? So far I've been reading The Occult and The Outsider, as well as some writings of him online in pieces.
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Haha, yes, that is exactly why I asked you. I don't mean to be a burden, I will wait patiently. Again, thank you so much, you're very kind.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Thanks very much for that. Unfortunately, there are no updates. But I will soon see if I can return to "pushing buttons".... It makes no sense to keep this film locked up in a safe, as it were.
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Well I happened upon the excerpt fragment finding it reaffirming of his fascinating insights from other interviews. So hope youre well can and reason it worth your time. Thanks again.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
I LOVED this. The Outsider changed my life...in 2020(!!)...and I have three books left in the Outsider Cycle. Where can I find Philosopher of Optimism, though? The one copy I saw extant was on sale for $1,002 haha. Worth it, but I mean...
Great to hear that! I can't believe how certain vendors put the prices log books into the stratosphere like that!!! Do they sell to anyone at such prices!?! Anyway, best you go directly to the publisher's site and you can buy it there for 11,99.pounds. Here is the link: michael-butterworth.co.uk/product/colin-wilson-philosopher-of-optimism-by-brad-spurgeon/
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Just bought it, sight unseen! Thanks very much for the link! I'm backed up with book reviews and videos, but I'll definitely let you know when I review it for my UA-cam channel and send it out to my email list!
@@MattKaramazov oh, that's cool! I hope you like it! But if you've loved what you have been reading of Colin Wilson's, you should like it. And it's a great way to have an overview of all his work.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Wonderful interview with a very much missed one-off. I felt like I was sitting in his cozy sitting room with him watching that. Are there still plans to bring out a full-length version of the interview?
Thanks for the feedback, and I am delighted with how it worked for you. Unfortunately I do not own the rights to the full film. I would love to see the producer do something with it too. If that should ever happen, I will make it known here (and elsewhere). Thanks again.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
"The Mind Parasites" inspired me to study phenomenology. I will always be thankful. Question for you: Why did you choose the opening music from "The Rite of Spring" to parenthesize this video?
That's interesting! I loved "The Mind Parasites." I cannot remember if I had more than the following three reasons for using "The Rite of Spring," but I think there might have been more than three! The three I remember is that I wanted music no longer covered by copyright, I wanted a good "mood music," not too obstrusive, but above all it was the link to Nijinsky, who choreographed the original show in Paris of The Right of Spring - and Nijinsky, of course, was one of the subjects of "The Outsider." That was the main thing. Thanks for asking.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Great to hear from you. I wish I could help you on watching the full film, but unfortunately it is not actually available. It has been shown in a couple festivals but the producers have not released it on any accessible platforms. I'll announce that if that happens! In the meantime, if you liked this then you will like the book, which is still available on Amazon or directly with the publisher here: michael-butterworth.co.uk/product/colin-wilson-philosopher-of-optimism-by-brad-spurgeon/
@@BradSpurgeonVideos that's a shame, thank you for taking the time to respond. I have just purchased a copy of the Outsider. As soon as I've finished it, I will check out your book. Thanks again.
@@user-vt5hx1kz7l Yeah, a drag. Great you are starting with The Outsider. The good thing about the interview book I did with him is that you get a real overview of his work and it is a great way to then select the books of his you want to read. A guide, in a way. Since he published so many books, it can otherwise be more difficult to decide where to start.
@@BradSpurgeonVideos started The Outsider last night and it is just what I needed in my life right now. Funny how some things pop up just at the right times. Will be checking your book out next ✌🏼
Colin Wilson was a writer who had that rare gift of imparting sometimes complicated subjects in a pleasant conversational manner which was accessible to everyone. But if 'dabbling in the occult' is supposed to be dangerous, for Wilson as a writer it was a near total disaster. Like many a talented man before him such as Nandor Fodor and Laurence LeShan who unlike Wilson, possessed impressive educational achievements, Wilson's objectivity became quickly eroded once writing on the Occult became his main source of income. He wrote on paranormal events with his natural flair and enthusiasm, but he lacked the ability to exercise any meaningful level of discretion and so accepted without question virtually everything he read about paranormal events, no matter how outrageous. I have always admired Colin Wilson's ability as a writer, but I often wish he had never become involved in that tangled mess known as the the Occult. Having been interested in the paranormal on a personal level for fifty years, I have no hesitation in stating without any fear of being proved wrong, that 99 percent of what is regarded as the paranormal is either fake, imagined or faulty observation. The remaining one percent consists of such things as precognitive dreams, minor poltergeist activity and other 'stuff' which make us stop and wonder for a minute or two and then we just get on with our lives.Was Colin Wilson a talented writer who wasted his career? or had he been exceptionally lucky with his first book 'The Outsider' which consisted greatly of research done by other pre-Wilson writers and collated by Wilson himself. This was the cause of some concern at the time (1956) but the literary world was changing explosively at the time and the matter was let rest Now of course it matters not at all..
Objectively speaking, I don't think it was a disaster for him at all. Here is my own view of his book, The Occult: bradspurgeon.com/writing-on-writers-and-writing/colin-wilsons-book-the-occult-revisited/
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Hi, thanks for your interest. The full film is not yet fully edited. I am working on it right now, and there will be a screening in Nottingham, England at the Colin Wilson Conference in July - but I understand that is already fully booked. I'll keep putting any relevant updates here to let you know if it is soon available in its entirety. Thanks again for your interest!
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
He states that the Romantics of the 19th century inevitably succumbed to the inexorable real world with its unbending harsh realities. But look at a figure like Earnest Hemingway, he was very much alive while exposed to real world with all its horrors, privations , injustices, wars, conflicts ,etc. When he finally settled into an idyllic American lifestyle in Ketchum, Idaho he lost his mind.
For some reason I only saw this comment now. I think it is a very interesting point. But I think it is one that can actually be used - also - to confirm what Wilson says. Although, yes, Hemingway was "in the real world" when being involved in the wars, etc, as you point out, for me there is a similar situation to that which Wilson is talking about: Those extreme moments that Hemingway so loved to take part in and witness were just that: An extreme stimulation of the senses, adrenaline, emotion, etc., like that which the Romantics expressed through their writings, but which were in fact inspired also by their contact with the natural world - the Lake Poets' relationship with the countryside, etc. As soon as Hemingway found himself in the mundane world of Ketchum, far from the stimulus of the battlefield or the bullfight ring, he imploded with a "hard landing." That's the way I see it.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
I think that has to do with the treaties done and promises perhaps not kept, after the First World War. If you look up the history of T.E. Lawrence, and the treaties after WWI, I am sure you will see something that falls in line with what he is talking about - although I wouldn't want to speak for him on this.
Britain promised Sharif Hussein of Mecca with a semi independent Arab state if he helped them in fighting against the ottomans, and he did , they captured him after winning the war and shipped him to exile until his death . Search Macmahon - Hussein letters.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
This man changed my life and the way I think ..first when I start reading his books .. when I was 16 years old
No better comment possible!
@@BradSpurgeonVideos thanks for sweet and respectful reply
I'm 16 years old currently and have just discovered Colin Wilson. His writing is fantastic!
Colin WIlson is to me a great inspiration, so thank you for sharing this.
Thanks for your comment! Happy to see this reaching people.
@@BradSpurgeonVideos watching this again reminds of all humanity lost with his death. Forever in his debt. Thank you Mr Spurgeon.
Yeah, well said.
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Thank you, I will check it out!
I discovered The Outsider in 1986 through Jim Morrison of The Doors…. It was one of Morrisons favourites.
It gave me a fascination for books, reading and searching for more books.
Was astounded when I discovered he was from the same city as me.
Later In life my father in law told me he went to school with Wilson.
About 8 years ago read The Occult. Which has led me down a long and winding soul searching path.
Wilson has been a great influence on my life.
This is the first time I have heard Colin’s voice. Thankyou🙏
I didn't know that about Jim Morrison! He could definitely relate to the "Outsider" aspect of Wilson's writings, I'm sure!
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Thankyou Brad will check out your podcast. Hope all is well .🙏
As a Spaniard and outsider myself , Colin Wilson is one of the biggests presents the Uk made me.
Thank you Colin for you work.
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Great!!! Thanks for the info, i didn´t know, i´ll take a look.
love you Colin Wilson
I could sit and listen to him for hours!!
As I HAVE!! :-)
Thanks for that. Hopefully the full film will be able to be made public soon.
That's good!!
So could I.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Thank you for this. I love this man.
Brian Delaney thank you!
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Thank you for this beautiful interview. I discovered Colin's work in a second hand bookstore only couple fo weeks ago. I picked up his book 'The Outsider'. Talk about synchronicity.
Cool! Thanks for the comment.
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Thanks for posting: the way the world is going, people could do with more exposure to Colin Wilson and his ideas.
Thank you! I agree fully.
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
I meet the guy in 2012. Huge fan of his work.
Under which circumstances did you meet him?
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Thank you for this interview .. its make me go back in memories
Thank you for this moving upload, all the best.
You're welcome. Thanks for the response.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Thank you. So delicately and powerfully inspirational man, writer and teacher🙏🏻
Yes, well put!
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
The Mind Parasites is the best book I've ever read! Thank you Colin Wilson.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Im reading the outsider at the moment and loving it. Because of this book i now have doctor faustus and war and peace on my must read list. Exciting times ahead 😀👍
Lots of Colin Wilson's books do help that way! One of my favorite books discovered through him is "Flow," by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
@@BradSpurgeonVideos ok cool. Ill research that one. Also i know colin Wilson made a name for himself through fiction about paranormal activity and murder mystery. Have you any recommendations from these categories in his bibliography??
@@Wheresnorth4romhere The Mind Parasites is one you must read!
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Awesome! Thats on my list now too. Cheers buddy. Keep stretching that noggin 📚🧐👍
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Absolutely beautiful, i had never heard of him until now. I will get the book the Outsider!
Excellent! Thanks for the comment. Great to see the video leading to this.
Worth reading?
Thanks for the wonderful interview. I heave only read one of Wilson’s book and quite enjoyed it. Also appreciate very much his optimistic existentialism. Seems like he lived a most interesting and creative life. Thanks for keeping his memory and ideas alive. Don’t quite understand the negative reviews or relative indifference by reviewers or the public, at least in general.
Thanks very much! My guess is that those reviews are by people who don't know how to think for themselves.
Also, for your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Thank you so much for sharing this, Colin is my favourite philosopher of all time! I hope you release the full interview I would LOVE to see it. Also, where can I buy your book on him? Haven't been able to find a copy but I'd love love love to read it! Thank you
Great to hear this, thanks! As for getting a copy of the book, I think the best thing to do is to go directly through the publisher, since you get all sorts of crazy prices on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, etc. So you can order here: michael-butterworth.co.uk/product/colin-wilson-philosopher-of-optimism-by-brad-spurgeon/
Thanks again, and, yes, I hope we can get the full film up somewhere at some point!!!!
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
My thanks also for this. I have enjoyed several books he has written, and since access to some videos has become available interviews such as this are enjoyed.
I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your comment!!!
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
@@BradSpurgeonVideos I'll check it out. Thanks once again.
He had 30,000 books in his home library. Wow 😱. No wonder he was so well thought out.
A very fine interview with intelligent, thoughtful questions. I first discovered Wilson in 1980, when I bought a paperback copy of NECESSARY DOUBT. It so thrilled me with ideas that I read it till dawn. And since then I tried to track down everything that he wrote and every interview. Thanks so much!
Thank you! I hope I can get the full version out eventually!
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Thank you so much.
I look forward to the full edit.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
@@BradSpurgeonVideos thanks so much :)
@@schinaro You are welcome. And it was thanks to a few responses like yours here that I decided to do this podcast idea - so thanks again!
Brad, what is your response about inaccuracies found in Colin's books? For example Historical ones. This is important. I've just found Colin since I'm currently undergoing an Initiatory journey and his take on Phenomenology has come up in my searches and lighted up my world. I find his words comforting and wise beyond measure.
For me you have answered your own question in your last sentence and the end of the sentence before that. Yes, there are inaccuracies, and sometimes things that I personally find hard to accept he could accept - for instance, in The Occult, the passages about certain paranormal phenomena that seem absurd go unquestioned (I did a story about this on my blog: bradspurgeon.com/writing-on-writers-and-writing/colin-wilsons-book-the-occult-revisited/ ). But in the end, for me, it is the full thrust of his point of view and the things I can learn from him that count, not the occasional inaccuracies - perhaps missed due to deadlines forcing quick writing!. If there are inaccuracies that bother us in reading, there is far more stuff that lights up our world and comfort us! That's my take, anyway....
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Thank you for your thoughtful response, Brad. I admit I did not consider the deadlines he had even though I know he wrote so much and often under external pressure. It's true I had my answer in my own question, but thank you for pointing to that fact... If you don't mind Brad, I have one more question: where would you say Colin's best content on Phenomenology, and its application to Esotericism is located? So far I've been reading The Occult and The Outsider, as well as some writings of him online in pieces.
@@1995yuda Let me think about that question for a moment! I'll see if I can answer. There is such a vast body of writing to choose from!
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Haha, yes, that is exactly why I asked you. I don't mean to be a burden, I will wait patiently. Again, thank you so much, you're very kind.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Hope that the full length interview makes its way to fruition. Any updates thereon? Many thanks 🎉
Thanks very much for that. Unfortunately, there are no updates. But I will soon see if I can return to "pushing buttons".... It makes no sense to keep this film locked up in a safe, as it were.
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Well I happened upon the excerpt fragment finding it reaffirming of his fascinating insights from other interviews. So hope youre well can and reason it worth your time. Thanks again.
@@culturehorse Thanks, and I agree. If it was only up to me, it would be available today.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
@@BradSpurgeonVideos hello ..thats marvelous I will hasten over there .. hope yr well & many kinds thanks to you 💯
Thank you, wonderful, balanced interview.
Thanks!
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
I LOVED this. The Outsider changed my life...in 2020(!!)...and I have three books left in the Outsider Cycle. Where can I find Philosopher of Optimism, though? The one copy I saw extant was on sale for $1,002 haha. Worth it, but I mean...
Great to hear that! I can't believe how certain vendors put the prices log books into the stratosphere like that!!! Do they sell to anyone at such prices!?! Anyway, best you go directly to the publisher's site and you can buy it there for 11,99.pounds. Here is the link: michael-butterworth.co.uk/product/colin-wilson-philosopher-of-optimism-by-brad-spurgeon/
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Just bought it, sight unseen! Thanks very much for the link! I'm backed up with book reviews and videos, but I'll definitely let you know when I review it for my UA-cam channel and send it out to my email list!
@@MattKaramazov oh, that's cool! I hope you like it! But if you've loved what you have been reading of Colin Wilson's, you should like it. And it's a great way to have an overview of all his work.
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Excellent, thanks again! You have yourself a great night!
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Nice, I stlll have some letters from Colin, circa 1990.
Cool. As have I! And back to 84. I can imagine what they look like.
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Always exciting to receive letters with that address, "Gorran Haven," rubber stamped on the outside!
@@tonymostromable yeah! Exactly!
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Ty
Wonderful interview with a very much missed one-off. I felt like I was sitting in his cozy sitting room with him watching that. Are there still plans to bring out a full-length version of the interview?
Thanks for the feedback, and I am delighted with how it worked for you. Unfortunately I do not own the rights to the full film. I would love to see the producer do something with it too. If that should ever happen, I will make it known here (and elsewhere). Thanks again.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
"The Mind Parasites" inspired me to study phenomenology. I will always be thankful. Question for you: Why did you choose the opening music from "The Rite of Spring" to parenthesize this video?
That's interesting! I loved "The Mind Parasites." I cannot remember if I had more than the following three reasons for using "The Rite of Spring," but I think there might have been more than three! The three I remember is that I wanted music no longer covered by copyright, I wanted a good "mood music," not too obstrusive, but above all it was the link to Nijinsky, who choreographed the original show in Paris of The Right of Spring - and Nijinsky, of course, was one of the subjects of "The Outsider." That was the main thing. Thanks for asking.
@@BradSpurgeonVideos Looks like I am going to have to re-read "The Outsider". It's probably over 40 years since I read it. Thanks
@@gordonsheets9817 Cool! Hope you enjoy it now!
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Reading his "The Occult"
Happy reading!
@@BradSpurgeonVideos thank you. Have you ever read “People of the Secret” by Ernest Scott with the forward by Wilson? Really good.
@@Chanelson2010 No, I haven’t. Thanks, I’ll look it up.
I have recently stumbled across Colin Wilson and his works by chance. Where can I watch the full length interview?
Great to hear from you. I wish I could help you on watching the full film, but unfortunately it is not actually available. It has been shown in a couple festivals but the producers have not released it on any accessible platforms. I'll announce that if that happens! In the meantime, if you liked this then you will like the book, which is still available on Amazon or directly with the publisher here: michael-butterworth.co.uk/product/colin-wilson-philosopher-of-optimism-by-brad-spurgeon/
@@BradSpurgeonVideos that's a shame, thank you for taking the time to respond. I have just purchased a copy of the Outsider. As soon as I've finished it, I will check out your book. Thanks again.
@@user-vt5hx1kz7l Yeah, a drag. Great you are starting with The Outsider. The good thing about the interview book I did with him is that you get a real overview of his work and it is a great way to then select the books of his you want to read. A guide, in a way. Since he published so many books, it can otherwise be more difficult to decide where to start.
@@BradSpurgeonVideos started The Outsider last night and it is just what I needed in my life right now. Funny how some things pop up just at the right times. Will be checking your book out next ✌🏼
@@user-vt5hx1kz7l Treasures lie ahead!
will the full film be released any time soon? :)
Colin Wilson was a writer who had that rare gift of imparting sometimes complicated subjects in a pleasant conversational manner which was accessible to everyone. But if 'dabbling in the occult' is supposed to be dangerous, for Wilson as a writer it was a near total disaster. Like many a talented man before him such as Nandor Fodor and Laurence LeShan who unlike Wilson, possessed impressive educational achievements, Wilson's objectivity became quickly eroded once writing on the Occult became his main source of income. He wrote on paranormal events with his natural flair and enthusiasm, but he lacked the ability to exercise any meaningful level of discretion and so accepted without question virtually everything he read about paranormal events, no matter how outrageous. I have always admired Colin Wilson's ability as a writer, but I often wish he had never become involved in that tangled mess known as the the Occult. Having been interested in the paranormal on a personal level for fifty years, I have no hesitation in stating without any fear of being proved wrong, that 99 percent of what is regarded as the paranormal is either fake, imagined or faulty observation. The remaining one percent consists of such things as precognitive dreams, minor poltergeist activity and other 'stuff' which make us stop and wonder for a minute or two and then we just get on with our lives.Was Colin Wilson a talented writer who wasted his career? or had he been exceptionally lucky with his first book 'The Outsider' which consisted greatly of research done by other pre-Wilson writers and collated by Wilson himself. This was the cause of some concern at the time (1956) but the literary world was changing explosively at the time and the matter was let rest Now of course it matters not at all..
Objectively speaking, I don't think it was a disaster for him at all. Here is my own view of his book, The Occult: bradspurgeon.com/writing-on-writers-and-writing/colin-wilsons-book-the-occult-revisited/
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
Hi, where can i possibly watch full film of the interview? Thank you.
Hi, thanks for your interest. The full film is not yet fully edited. I am working on it right now, and there will be a screening in Nottingham, England at the Colin Wilson Conference in July - but I understand that is already fully booked. I'll keep putting any relevant updates here to let you know if it is soon available in its entirety. Thanks again for your interest!
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
He was an opti"mystic" :)
Not bad!
when All Know:
You are an "out Sider"
you are then their “in Sider...”
Why they didn't ask him if the story of "The Man from Taured" was a fiction or not in his book “ The directory of possibilities” ?
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
He states that the Romantics of the 19th century inevitably succumbed to the inexorable real world with its unbending harsh realities.
But look at a figure like Earnest Hemingway, he was very much alive while exposed to real world with all its horrors, privations , injustices, wars, conflicts ,etc. When he finally settled into an idyllic American lifestyle in Ketchum, Idaho he lost his mind.
For some reason I only saw this comment now. I think it is a very interesting point. But I think it is one that can actually be used - also - to confirm what Wilson says. Although, yes, Hemingway was "in the real world" when being involved in the wars, etc, as you point out, for me there is a similar situation to that which Wilson is talking about: Those extreme moments that Hemingway so loved to take part in and witness were just that: An extreme stimulation of the senses, adrenaline, emotion, etc., like that which the Romantics expressed through their writings, but which were in fact inspired also by their contact with the natural world - the Lake Poets' relationship with the countryside, etc. As soon as Hemingway found himself in the mundane world of Ketchum, far from the stimulus of the battlefield or the bullfight ring, he imploded with a "hard landing." That's the way I see it.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740
what is he referring to here relating the arabs? 4:42 in what sense we betrayed them?
I think that has to do with the treaties done and promises perhaps not kept, after the First World War. If you look up the history of T.E. Lawrence, and the treaties after WWI, I am sure you will see something that falls in line with what he is talking about - although I wouldn't want to speak for him on this.
Britain promised Sharif Hussein of Mecca with a semi independent Arab state if he helped them in fighting against the ottomans, and he did , they captured him after winning the war and shipped him to exile until his death . Search Macmahon - Hussein letters.
For your information, I have just started a podcast in which the first series of interviews are with Colin Wilson. It is the original interview that I did with him in 2005, the interview that led to the book and this subsequent film excerpt you watched on UA-cam. The podcast interview took place at his home, just like this filmed one. Here is a link to the podcast on Apple podcasts, but you can find it on Spotify, and google podcasts and elsewhere, including its home base on my blog: bradspurgeon.com Here is the Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/brad-spurgeons-meetings-with-remarkable-people/id1642080203?i=1000578549740