New Releases by Colin Wilson

"Despite research on the brain, the mystery of the mind remains, since modern science refuses to formally address the problem of consciousness. "The human brain has two halves that are almost identical and the question of why this should be remains unsolved." Colin Wilson likens these halves -- left and right hemispheres -- to a Laurel & Hardy relationship, a classic interaction in which one takes its cue from the other. But trouble arises when there is a failure of cooperation; then it seems as if the brain contains separate selves. What is important is not dominance or a comic assertion for independence but a new understanding of individual function: how conscious effort of control, or cooperation, based upon a change of attitude, can "bring about immediate changes in the quality of human consciousness.""--Page 4 of cover.

A-Z of murderers, terrorists, organizations and victims.

A survey of paranormal phenomena of all kinds, from psychic crime detection and telepathy to psychic archaeology and split-brain research.

Levensbeschrijving van de in Oostenrijk geboren Amerikaanse psychoanalyticus (1897-1957)

An alienated young man attempts to find himself through an examination of modern philosophy

" We consider that we are constantly aware of the passage of time, and yet we understand next to nothing of its nature. In an instinctive way, we accept time as invariant, immutable, and feel somehow that the foundations of our world are rocking when we are told that the passage of time does indeed vary, depending on the situation of the person measuring that passage. Our surprise is a result of thousands of years of conditioning, during which Man has measured time with ever greater accuracy and hence come increasingly to rely upon its inviolability. The book takes as its subject time and Man''s relationship with it. The scope includes many aspects of philosophy, hstory, anthropology, horology and physical science, and it is this multidisciplinary nature which is the source of The Book of Time''s unique fascination. Among the topics discussed are the measurements of time, from the earliest crude sundials to the most refined modern atomic clocks, the development of the calendar, the cycle of the seasons, biological clocks and ''bodytime'', the measurement of the timescales of the reote past over the thirteen billion years since the Universe was born, and the phenomena that defy all normal rules of common sense and yet are direct manifestations of the real nature of time. ''The Book of Time'' is, in addition, full of absorbing sidelights on subjects as diverse at the harmony of the spheres, the reasons why all human beings have approximately the same pulse-rate, the evolution of the clock escapement, and the possibilities of time travel and the paradoxes inherent therein. ''The Book of Time'' is by a panel of seven distinguished authors, each of whom has written that section of the book most closely allied to his own field." -- Book Jacket.

In these pages one of the most controversial of modern writers examines one of the most controversial phenomena of recent years - the young Israeli psychic Uri Geller. In previous books, most notably "The Occult, '' Colin Wilson has examined all aspects of so-called supernatural events. Here he brings his understanding of this field to bear on the baffling feats and intriguing personality of this mystic-cum-showman who can bend forks and duplicate drawings - among other accomplishments - apparently through the exercise of mental energy. ufeffOne of the most controversial of modern writers here examines one of the most controversial of modern phenomena - the young Israeli psychic Uri Geller. Writers and scientists are sharply divided over the seemingly miraculous feats Geller performs Now Colin Wilson weighs up the evidence and offers his own balanced interpretation.

Kriminalroman.

Reprint of the ed. published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston.