Mysteries: An Investigation Into The Occult, Th... May 2026

: This is Wilson’s term for the latent human ability to grasp the "reality" of other times and places, breaking the "blinkered" nature of everyday consciousness. Investigated Phenomena

The book serves as a sequel to his earlier work, The Occult , and provides a wide-ranging survey of historical and personal case studies. Mysteries: An Investigation Into the Occult, th...

In , Colin Wilson argues that human beings possess a "ladder of selves" —a hierarchy of consciousness where our everyday awareness is merely the "basement" of a much larger mental mansion. The Central Theory: The Ladder of Selves : This is Wilson’s term for the latent