Here is a link to a video of a talk I gave at Watkins Bookshop here in London on Friday November 11. Watkins is the oldest and most well-known of London’s esoteric and occult bookshops, having catered to a clientele that included W. B. Yeats, Aleister Crowley, and Mick Jagger - Sir Mick, I mean. It’s a landmark spot, on Cecil Court, an atmospheric alley off Charring Cross Road in the West End, lined with rare book stores and memorabilia shops. I talk about my latest book, Beyond the Robot: The Life and Work of Colin Wilson, to an appreciative crowd. Watkins has a publishing wing and in recent years has released new editions of some of Wilson’s work, specifically The Occult and Beyond the Occult; they also published one of Wilson’s last works, Superconsciousness.
Here in the US listened to your Arts and Ideas interview. My husband and I were amazed and thrilled by your lucid and fascinating insights into Colin Wilson. I have never read him, but will do so immediately along with your book. How wonderful to have discovered your light in these very dark times.
Dear Meg, I can’t express how much your message touched me. I am an American living in London - have been here twenty years - and I have spent the last few months in a daze of unbelief. And after watching the inauguration I am even more dismayed. To hear from you that somethings I said on the radio have given you some hope - well, that is enough to dispel my dark thoughts and to give me a sense of renewal. Thank you for that. All the best, Gary
When I started G’s Tales of the Beez…gee, I was startled to see the great reverence he gave to parental/ancestrel veneration. I feel the same way…but we all have long stories….lol…that have to be written about. Steven Sahu