Colin Wilsons great classic work is a comprehensive history of mystery and ``magic.`` His genius lies in producing a skilful synthesis of the available material; clarifying without simplifying, seeing the occult in the light of reason and reason in the light of the mystical and paranormal. It is a journey of enlightenment - a wide-ranging survey of the whole subject and an insightful exploration of Mans latent powers. Republished two years after the authors death and with a new foreword by bibliographer Colin Stanley, Wilson brings his own refreshingly optimistic and stimulating interpretation to the worlds of the paranormal, the occult and the supernatural. ``The Occult is the most interesting, informative and thought-provoking book on the subject I have read`` --Sunday Telegraph