Can mankind bear much knowledge? Only those who experience gnosis know.

In the summer of 1983 I found myself travelling to Cornwall, in the far west of England. For the past several years I had been reading the work of a writer whose ideas interested me deeply and I was on my way to meet him. His name was Colin Wilson.

What happened in the Axial Age? You can't imagine.

Existentialism, consciousness, and the occult seem strange bedfellows. Find out how they get along this summer.

It's odd writing about yourself in the third person, but the fierce competition for attention these days demands one make things as easy...