The Philosopher's Stone pdf

科林·亨利·威尔逊，英国作家、哲学家和小说家，在文学和哲学领域留下了不可磨灭的印记。 威尔逊于 1931 年 6 月 26 日出生于莱斯特，其多产的职业生涯跨越真实犯罪、神秘主义、超自然现象等不同主题，收藏了一百多本书。

威尔逊将他的哲学称为“新存在主义”或“现象学存在主义”，反映了他在一生的工作中致力于打造一种新的、乐观的存在主义观点的承诺。 他的哲学事业是他身份的核心，因为他主要将自己视为一名哲学家，其目的是塑造这种创新的存在主义。

他在莱斯特长大，是亚瑟·威尔逊 (Arthur Wilson) 和安妮塔·威尔逊 (Annetta Wilson) 的第一个孩子，十一岁时在盖特威中学技术学校 (Gateway secondary Technical School) 就读期间，他很早就对科学产生了兴趣。 十四岁时，他已经编写了一本综合性的科学著作，名为《普通科学手册》。 然而，当他十六岁离开学校时，他的热情转向了文学，受到萧伯纳颇具影响力的作品的激发，尤其是《人与超人》。

科林·亨利·威尔逊的一生和贡献概括了从早期的科学好奇心到对文学和哲学的深刻探索的旅程。 他作为作家、哲学家和未知探索者的遗产继续影响着那些深入研究真正犯罪、神秘主义和超自然现象领域的人们。

The Philosopher's Stone pdf 科林·威尔逊

Wilson probably has earned a reputation more as a scholar & biographer than as a novelist; but this novel, originally published in 1969, proves that he possesses significant skills in the area of fiction as well. He weaves a great deal of speculation into the meaning of existence & the future of the species into the plot; so much so that the book at times seems as much a work of philosophy as of fiction. The story centers on the experiences of Howard Lester, an enterprising young intellectual whose work with fellow researcher Henry Littleway leads to the discovery that implanting a minute bit of a metallic alloy into the prefrontal cortex can introduce a higher state of conciousness. (As in the case with Carlos Castaneda in his thematically-similar Don Juan chronicles, the researchers later discover that the artificial catalyst is unnecessary, but rather a convenient means to overcome years of conditioning). Lester & Littleway perform the operation upon themselves & proceed to refine their new skills until they are able to employ a sort of time vision that allows them to tap into racial memories. With this knowledge comes the realization that there are shadowy periods in our species' past that have been kept hidden from us by more powerful beings. Lester relates his moment of insight: "I knew with certainty that there is something in the world's prehistory that cannot be found in any of the books on the past. & it was obscurely connected with [a] sense of evil..." In the course of discovering how the Earth & humankind truly evolved, this tale touches upon everything from Mayan civilization to Abraham Maslow to H.P. Lovecraft's elder Gods.--From Independent Publisher (edited)