The Mind Parasites

The Supernatural, Metaphysical Cult Thriller

By: Colin Wilson

Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill

Wilson has blended H. P. Lovecraft's dark vision with his own revolutionary philosophy and unique narrative powers to produce a stunning, high-tension story of vaulting imagination. A professor makes a horrifying discovery while excavating a sinister archaeological site. For over 200 years, mind parasites have been lurking in the deepest layers of human consciousness, feeding on human life force and steadily gaining a foothold on the planet. Now they threaten humanity's extinction. They can be fought with one weapon only: the mind, pushed to - and beyond - its limits. Pushed so far that humans can read each other's thoughts, that the moon can be shifted from its orbit by thought alone. Pushed so that man can at last join battle with the loathsome parasites on equal terms.

©1967 Colin Wilson (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

A great mind breaker

I'm a huge fan of the three books in this series The Mind Parasites, Space Vampires and my favorite The Philosophers Stone. All three have links to archaic style of horror story that grew from the fertile, disturbing mind of H.P. Lovecraft. We can thank Robert E Howard and August Derlith for this change to the author's normally academic normal fair.

Mr Wilson's take on this style brings a meeting of logic and science to these books. For me this places it a step above many other Cthulhu Mythos stories that were popular during this time period. It is this mix that really makes this enjoyable to me, making it easier to dispel my logical interpretation of the story.

The voice actor was a great choice for this story.

Really hope we see an audio version of The Philosophers Stone!

Remarkable story

The power of imagination and truth found in this story is mind blowing. Highly recommended.

Some interesting ideas, but poor over all

The headline has been said before. I repeated it because its true. Some interesting ideas aren't presented in a compelling way. The narration is very...adolescent (not in the good way) - self-centered and over-wraught. Mr. Corkhill, on the contrary is awesome.

Still love it after all these years.

I first read this book when it first came out. This is my fourth reading of it and I still marvel at the story, the imagination, and (in my opinion) the truth and wisdom that permeates this book. Highly recommend reading and listening - at least once!

Worth reading

Some interesting ide as especially about consciousness and the inner workings of the human mind. There were quite a few holes in the plot but the concept of a mind virus is spot on. Author made some amazing predictions as this was written in the 60’s