From New Dawn 188 (Sept-Oct 2021) In 1959, while staying at the farmhouse of an old friend, the British existentialist Colin Wilson came across a book seemingly designed to attract his attention; the fact that it was the only one […]
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The Outsider in the Twenty-First Century
From New Dawn 189 (Nov-Dec 2021) In his debut book, The Outsider, the twenty-four-year-old British existentialist Colin Wilson (1931–2013) made his first attempt at analysing a character he felt was peculiar to our age, or at least to that of […]
Destiny Calling: Experiments with Dreaming, Time & Synchronicity
From New Dawn 181 (Jul-Aug 2020) This article about synchronicities and precognitive dreams was originally published in Quest magazine in 1997. At the time I wrote it, I didn’t have access to the dream journals I mention in it, and […]
The Philosopher Tsar: Vladimir Putin’s Favourite Thinkers
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 15 No 3 (June 2021) In 2014, at the annual meeting of United Russia, the Russian Federation’s dominant political party, amidst the standard rhetoric of party politics, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his regional […]
Getting Beyond the Robot: Some Reflections on Paradoxical Freedom
From New Dawn 182 (Sept-Oct 2020) Some weeks ago I had an odd experience. Like many other people, I have spent the past few months under a voluntary “house arrest,” following the rules the government has set out in order […]