The human being and his hidden powers

Author's name: Colin Wilson Publisher: Dar Al-Adab for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2009 Literary classification: Intellectual study Brief about the book: The more a person's sense of wonder deepens, the more their curiosity and desire for knowledge and understanding expand, and their vitality and grip on their own existence strengthen. Man has reached a point in his ascent where he must elevate from the large to the precise, in other words, he must increasingly turn inward. This means he must pay attention to the hidden levels of his existence, to the "hidden," to the meanings and vibrations that until now have been too subtle to grasp with his hands or comprehend with his mind. The book we turn its pages in this context, where Colin Wilson explores the hidden forces of man through a study of the latent power humans possess to reach beyond the present. He divided his book into three parts. The first part came as an introductory chapter, in which he explained the relationship between the ability to create and psychological sensitivity. The author believes that the creative person is one who is concerned with addressing the abilities of the subconscious mind, which is accessible to consciousness. This reason is what prompted him to include in this section discussions about...