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The Damned and Other Stories (World Cultural Heritage Library)
The Damned and Other Stories - World Cultural Heritage Library Author:Algernon Blackwood Algernon Henry Blackwood, was an English writer of fiction dealing with the supernatural, who was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. Blackwood wrote, my fundamental interest, I suppose, is signs and proofs of other powers that lie hidden in us all; the extension, in other words, of human faculty. So many of ... more »my stories, therefore, deal with extension of consciousness; speculative and imaginative treatment of possibilities outside our normal range of consciousness. ... Also, all that happens in our universe is natural; under Law; but an extension of our so limited normal consciousness can reveal new, extra-ordinary powers etc., and the word "supernatural" seems the best word for treating these in fiction. I believe it possible for our consciousness to change and grow, and that with this change we may become aware of a new universe. A "change" in consciousness, in its type, I mean, is something more than a mere extension of what we already possess and know.« less