Colin Wilson
Colin Henry Wilson was a British author born in Leicester.
He left school at 16 and worked various jobs while reading extensively.
His breakthrough came with "The Outsider" (1956), which examined social alienation in literature and culture.
Initially praised, Wilson later faced criticism.
His subsequent works focused on positive aspects of human psychology, including peak experiences and consciousness expansion.
Wilson admired humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow and wrote about G.I. Gurdjieff's philosophy.
He argued against existentialist focus on negativity, believing that peak experiences of joy and meaningfulness are more representative of reality.
Wilson advocated cultivating these experiences through concentration, attention, and certain types of work.
