Religion and the Rebel, Colin Wilson’s second book in his famous Outsider Cycle, is like a guidebook for anyone who has a hard time “falling in line” with conventional society— spiritual rebels who harbor “an infinite appetite for life” beyond the humdrum of daily life.
With a blend of wisdom and clear, engaging writing, Wilson argues that religion, and our connection with the sacred and the mystery of existence, is about expanding our consciousness and feeling more alive.
He believes that we have the power to create meaning through our own mental and spiritual discipline.
Wilson explores life's big existential questions by examining the lives and works of thinkers like Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Rilke, Shaw, Pascal, Swedenborg, Rimbaud, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. He shows how these fascinating minds confronted their need for something beyond the ordinary, much like many of us do.
They weren’t satisfied with being ordinary and were striving to become something far more significant.