Mysteries Quotes

“No matter how honest scientists think they are, they are still influenced by various unconscious assumptions that prevent them from attaining true objectivity. Expressed in a sentence, Fort's principle goes something like this: People with a psychological need to believe in marvels are no more prejudiced and gullible than people with a psychological need not to believe in marvels.”
― Colin Wilson, Mysteries

“The evidence of paranormal research shows that there is a part of our being that knows far more than the conscious mind. And the evidence of mystics through the ages suggests that there is a part of our being that knows even greater secrets than this.”
― Colin Wilson, Mysteries

“Faculty X is the ability to grasp the reality not simply of other times and places, but of the present moment as well.”
― Colin Wilson, Mysteries

“There is a parable of two Zen monks who encounter a girl waiting at a ford; one of them picks her up and carries her across the river, then sets her down on the farther bank. Ten miles farther on, the other monk bursts out: ‘How could you do that? You know we’re not allowed to touch women.’ ‘Put her down,’ says his companion, ‘You’re still carrying her.’ Most human beings carry a dozen invisible burdens.”
― Colin Wilson, Mysteries: An Investigation into the Occult, the Paranormal, and the Supernatural

“Most human beings carry a dozen invisible burdens.”
― Colin Wilson, Mysteries