The outsider stands beyond the norms and values of his time. Such individuals are profoundly engaged in the process of seeking, often with nothing more to guide them than the drive for seeking itself.

Colin Wilson was himself an outsider, philosopher, novelist, and social critic. He traversed numerous regions of human experience including the occult.

Resources

Colin Wilson Reflections on an Outsider, by Gary Lachman

Gary Lachman is the author of more than a dozen books on the meeting ground between consciousness, culture, and the western inner tradition. In his tribute to Colin Wilson, Lachman points out the power that comes from embracing our feelings of estrangement from the readily available narratives of our culture.

The Outsider, by Colin Wilson

This book looks at the lives of artists, writers, and philosophers who have spent much of their lives seeking answers from beyond convention and accepted narratives. We can each identify with aspects of these journeys in our own time of feeling outside our familiar contexts.