Colin Wilson Atlantis to the Sphinx

Colin Wilson speaks before a large audience assembled in Clayton Hall at the University of Delaware, September 27 - 29, 1996.
This lecture came on the heals of his best seller, "From Atlantis to the Sphinx."
Here's a link to my "Essential Colin Wilson" book list at Amazon, if you're interested in exploring Wilson's work.
www.amazon.com/Essential-Colin...

[@tstsullivan]

RIP Colin, your books have meant more to me than any other single writer. Thanks

[@mmorrell1]

Colin Wilson passed away December 5th 2013, after a long, fruitful life. May your work continue to inspire.

[@mmorrell1]

+yortzandat It's certainly possible, I guess. Colin could have potentially fit into the "organized, nonsocial" criminal profile, being bright, socially competent, with high IQ. What he lacked was criminal tendencies, i.e. defeatism, pessimism, low self esteem, and lack of creativity.

[@hanniffydinn6019]

+yortzandat how do you know this?

[@hanniffydinn6019]

yortzandat got any links?

[@Ubu987]

The prime suspect in the Genette Tate was serial child murderer, Robert Black. The police were just weeks from prosecuting him for her murder when he died in prison. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3402045/Child-killer-Robert-Black-died-prison-just-days-charged-1978-murder-schoolgirl-Genette-Tate.html

[@brianew]

You two gave me something to research.

[@stvbrsn]

Man, I was already hooked, but then around 26 minutes he brought up John Anthony West. I actually had shivers down my back. RIP West and Wilson. And for that matter, RA Wilson, Fuller, Watts, Leary, Lilly, Jung, Tolkien, Nietzsche...

[@nickkerssens5444]

Found in my collection: Poetry and mysticism after decades on dusted shelves, and enjoyed every line. Great mind. We'll remember you...writer, philosopher..

[@colinthomson5358]

Can you give a small description of the book and say which Wilson book is the best in your opinion?

[@SeekersofUnity]

I love you Colin. Long live the king

[@gnupf]

For all intents and purposes this video should have millions of views. Hmmm.....

[@buddhahoo1]

Thank you for wisdom shared.

[@silentvoice9168]

I have just discovered your work, thank you very much...R.I.P

[@rremkes]

Colin could have mentioned the noise on the background at 7.50 where someone doesn't have a peak expirience. I agree that a beautiful mind will be missed.

[@FreemanPresson]

I listened to this while driving, and I was looking all over for the emergency vehicle that was actually 20 years and 830 miles away!

[@Pezerinno]

😂😂​@@FreemanPresson

[@josephromic1624]

Great to find this.

[@TV-fu1ec]

Thanks so much. Its a great talk.

[@funnybot77]

Just discovered this gem. I bought 5 of his books... Looking forward.

[@SeekersofUnity]

What were those last two books he quoted at the very end?

[@RuggedSource]

I saw 'Mysteries' at my local book store and didn't buy it because I never heard of Colin Wilson before. I thought he was another hack author that added random crap into a book without doing research just to make money. Several months later I started to read 'Alien Dawn' and was so impressed by how the author was describing everything they had done and all the research materials they got their information from. I read 'Alien Dawn' almost over night because it got straight to the point without crazy nonsense which is what I like. Little did I remember that Colin Wilson was also the same author of the 'Mysteries' book I saw at the store and felt ashamed I judged the book without giving it a chance. Since then, I have bought literally every Colin WIlson book and read four of those books so far. It truly blows my mind that his name is not brought up more in current 'new age' or 'mystery' podcasts/tv shows/lectures/etc. because I feel like his books are more like textbooks to these subjects and laid the foundation going forward for a lot of people in those fields.

[@handyalley2350]

the imagination and articulation of the will is the 'technique' to achieve peak experience, or anything actually.

[@MrSOLOPIANIST]

A tremendous mind. Brilliant writer. A great loss to our world. Who is his peer nowadays???

[@Pezerinno]

Iain McGilchrist Graham Hancock Daniel Schmachtenberger

[@johnallen8327]

"Voyage To A Beginning" is the book to understand Wilson.

[@Tibs_Budapest]

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” ?

[@tracyashworth4367]

As above so below

[@Gorboduc]

Anybody catch the word he uses at 1:22:35-1:22:45?

[@ajs41]

Sounds like an extension of the word "Gaia" as used by James Lovelock. Therefore probably "Gaia-nising" or "Gaia-nizing".

[@josephromic1624]

Sheldrake's idea of morphic resonance probably was adopted from Wilson

[@adamloewen456]

This was an excellent lecture, and Colin Wilson is a treasure. It's disappointing that it isn't about Atlantis or the Sphinx at all. Just saying.

[@mindhack2878]

Obviously you didn’t listen to the whole thing . Maybe actually listen to something before you criticize

[@blackthai5023]

he would have appreciated morphic resonance,Rupert Sheldrake

[@Beautiful_Sacred_Land]

ping pong lecture

[@victorpearson1418]

regarding Jung..check out Alan Watts on gurus as charlatans, selling water by the river .

[@kaneaster4]

On record, Alan Watts appreciated Jung as authentic.

[@pretheeshgpresannan4172]

@@kaneaster4 but was Alan Watts?

[@dpk84]

This is where Wilson goes off the rails - believing first-hand accounts of paranormal experiences and extending an otherwise interesting worldview to cover it. Crazy, and a pity for his legacy.