Abraxas Unbound presents a veritable magic theatre of talent, with powerful, leading contributions from Colin Wilson on William Blake, T.E. Lawrence, Edmund Husserl, Phenenomenology and the Big Idea – a Molotov cocktail of consciousness raising, visionary madness and existential analysis. Furthermore there are three important essays by Adam Daly on the Italian novelist, Gadda, on the lost genius of the 1930s, Lionel Britton, and on ‘Walking Stewart’, friend of Thomas de Quincey, keeper of the keys and walker extraordinaire. Two outstanding musical contributions, from Gary Lachman on ‘Plato and the Musicians’, and Euan Tait on his friendship with the composer, Howard Ferguson. Antoni Diller provides an arresting summation of the career of Stuart Holroyd, critic and scholar, and the philosopher, John Shand, supplies a supple, precise appraisal of Colin Wilson’s philosophy. Author, biographer and editor of Wormwood, Mark Valentine, outlines the career and fiction of Lewis Grassic Gibbon, a languishing giant if ever there was. For fiction, we have an outstanding story by prizewinning author, Roger Morris, conjuring a strange, compelling city of the imagination, and an extract from Tony Lamb’s new novel ‘Secession’ possibly the most significant contribution to ‘fungal utopianism’ ever. Poetry features the talents of Alan Kent, David Parry, Bill Mycock and Ann Alexander. Numerous reviews of fascinating new biographies by the editor, Paul Newman, keep one abreast of recent developments.

CONTENTS –

Editorial, 2

Colin Wilson: The Big Idea, 4

Adam Daly: Gadda the Untranslatable, 7

Antoni Diller: Stuart Holroyd in London, 23

Phil Clarke: A Note on Stuart Holroyd, 32

Mike Hayes: The Hermetic Code, 35

John Shand: Thought Against Defeat, 42

Colin Wilson & Humphrey Carpenter, 45

Euan Tait: Howard Ferguson, 47

Colin Wilson: Phenomenology as a Mystical Discipline, 52

The Witch: David Powers, 61

Lewis Grassic Gibbon: Mark Valentine, 64

Peter Davies: Collected Poems of Martin Seymour Smith, 72

Dee Rimbaud: Pick of the Blogs, 78

Adam Daly: Lionel Erskine Britton, 80

The Tregerthen Horror (notice), 98

David Powers: Tales Before Tolkien, 101

Alchemist of Lamorna, 103

Colin Wilson: Why Mrs Blake Cried, 106

A Pauper’s Banquet, 109

Lives and Hard Times, 114

What Lies Beneath the Paint, 125

Vaughan Robertson: Shadows Over Shadowland, 127

Colin Stanley: New Light on the Dark Ages, 130

Brad Sturgeon: Interviewing CW, 131

Adam Daly: Walking Stewart, 133

Paul Newman: Benighted, 143

Steve Taylor: The Birth of the Fall, 148

A.R. Lamb: ‘Before the Fall’, 153

Gary Lachman: Plato & the Musicians, 154

Poems: Vince Climente, Ann Alexander, David Parry, Alan M. Kent,

Pamela Smith-Rawnsley, Les Merton, Sappho,

Donald R. Rawe, 160

Loving and Loathing in Cornwall, 169

Mark Thomas: The Psychic Detectives, 171

John Shand: Existentialism, 172

Mogg Morgan: Aleister Crowley, 175

Matthew Coniam: Stephen Jay Gould, 182

Colin Wilson on T.E. Lawrence, 186

Coil of Life, 195

Poetry Reviews, 196

‘Brimstone Chic’ (Savoy), 205

FEEDBACK (Readers’ Letters), 206

Vaughan Robertson: Postmodern

Mysticism, 211

Postmodernist Punch-Up, 214

Bibliographic Blockbuster, 216

No Stranger to Paradise, 218

Maria C. Cignatta: Federigo Tozzi, 219

The Pagan Resurrection, PN, 255

Colin Wilson: Prophecy and the Millenium, 257

Dead Man Speaks by Federigo Tozzi, 221

Katie May by Colin Stanley, 224

Crying in the Garden: Paul Newman, 226

Stockshot City by Roger Morris, 230

Secession by A.R. Lamb, 237

Coalwoman by Daithid MacEochaidh, 243

260 Crown Quarto Pages £12

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