Stuart Wilde (24 September 1946 – 1 May 2013) was a British writer. Best known for his works on
New Age
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, self-empowerment, and spirituality, he was also a lecturer, teacher, humorist, essayist, scriptwriter, lyricist, and music producer. He was the author of twenty books including the popular series
[Hay, Veronica M]
"An Interview with Stuart Wilde: On Money, Energy and Empowerment"
. ''intouchmag.com'' (retrieved on 2009-01-28). ''The Taos Quintet'': ''Miracles'', ''The Force'', ''Affirmations'', ''The Quickening'', and ''The Trick to Money is Having Some''.
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WorldCat
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Catalog.
Early life
Wilde was born in
Farnham
Farnham is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a tributary of the ...
, England. He has a twin sister,
Dee Dee, who became well known in Britain for her weekly appearances on ''
Top of the Pops
''Top of the Pops'' (''TOTP'') is a British record chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show. For most of its histo ...
'' with the dance troupe
Pan's People
Pan's People were a British all-female dance troupe most commonly associated with the BBC TV music chart show ''Top of the Pops'', from 1968 to 1976. The group, founded and led by choreographer Felicity "Flick" Colby in December 1966, accompanie ...
. He was educated at
St. George's College, Weybridge, Surrey. After his schooling he joined the
English Stage Company in Sloane Square, London. A year later he opened a jeans business in
Carnaby Street
Carnaby Street is a Pedestrian zone, pedestrianised shopping street in Soho in the City of Westminster, Central London. Close to Oxford Street and Regent Street, it is home to fashion and lifestyle retailers, including many independent fashion ...
London, at the height of the Swinging Sixties where he enjoyed considerable commercial success.
Career
He studied alternative religions and
Taoist philosophy
Taoist philosophy () also known as Taology refers to the various philosophical currents of Taoism, a tradition of China, Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the ''Tao, Dào'' (, Daoism–Taoism romanization issue, also romaniz ...
for five years from the age of twenty-eight, and when he was thirty-three, he emigrated to the United States of America where he lived in
Laguna Beach, California
Laguna Beach (; ''Laguna'', Spanish language, Spanish for "Lagoon") is a city in Orange County, California, United States. Located in Southern California along the Pacific Ocean, this seaside resort city has a mild year-round climate, scenic c ...
with his first wife Cynthia. He wrote his first book, ''Miracles'', in 1983.
Shortly thereafter he began a career as a lecturer appearing mainly in
New Thought
The New Thought movement (also Higher Thought) is a new religious movement that coalesced in the United States in the early 19th century. New Thought was seen by its adherents as succeeding "ancient thought", accumulated wisdom and philosophy ...
Churches and at
New Age
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conferences. In the 1990s he toured regularly with
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra (; ; born October 22, 1946) is an Indian-American author, New Age, new age guru, and alternative medicine advocate. A prominent figure in the New Age movement, his books and videos have made him one of the best-known and wealthi ...
,
Dr. Wayne Dyer and
Louise Hay, appearing at venues such as the
Sydney Entertainment Centre
Sydney Entertainment Centre, later known as Qantas Credit Union Arena, was a multi-purpose arena located in Haymarket, Sydney, Australia. It opened in May 1983, to replace Sydney Stadium, which had been demolished in 1970 to make way for the ...
.
Wilde's London street slang and
comedic way
[Hemachandra, Ray]
"(Wayne Dyer) Interview with ''New Age Retailer''"
''New Age Retailer'', November 2005. of presenting self-empowerment and
spiritual ideas continue to attract a wide and diverse audience.
He's been called ahead of his time," 'the teacher's teacher' because of the influence he has had on other writers and lecturers in the field", provocative, poignant, controversial, funny, and his writing "timeless".
[Steel, Cameron and Lucia]
"Interview with Stuart Wilde"Contact Talk Radio
16 May 2005 (first broadcast 29 July 2003). (Audio interview).
He remains a figure for progressive thought in metaphysics and the field of human potential, and is often quoted with references to his work appearing across a wide swath of international cultural, business, and educational forums from the
Kennedy Center for the Arts', interviews with American hip-hop artists and
slam poets, international investment conferences, and the pages of international media such as CNET's "Top 10 List: Human Development Gurus"
[Taylor, Davi]
"The Director's Cut: David Taylor's guide to the top 10 human development gurus"
. ''silicon.com'' ( CNET, CBS Interactive
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), 27 June 2001 (retrieved 2009-02-03) and ''The Times of Indias "Sunday Life" section.
Death
On 1 May 2013, Wilde suffered a heart attack while driving through Ireland. He was 66 years old.
Principal claims
Early work
Wilde's principal claims are that, while many citizens may seem to be normal, acquiescing to the status quo, there exists a vast population of what he calls ''Fringe Dwellers'' whose mind and soul do not align to the constraints of life in regular society that Wilde called Tick-Tock.
Wilde believed through use of the
theta state of
meditation
Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking", achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not judging the meditat ...
(4–7
cycles per second
The cycle per second is a once-common English name for the unit of frequency now known as the ''hertz'' (Hz). Cycles per second may be denoted by c.p.s., c/s, or, ambiguously, just "cycles" (Cyc., Cy., C, or c). The term comes from repetitive ph ...
), humans can better control their
emotional
Emotions are physical and mental states brought on by neurophysiology, neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavior, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or suffering, displeasure. There is ...
life and their
bio-rhythms, and begin to see visions, and that those visions and
extrasensory feeling will lead to a greater balance and more
freedom
Freedom is the power or right to speak, act, and change as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving oneself one's own laws".
In one definition, something is "free" i ...
.
To that end, he emphasized the importance of going beyond the habit of struggling, and advocated the need for financial freedom,
themes stated in his books ''Life was Never Meant to be a Struggle'' (1987), ''The Trick to Money is Having Some'' (1989), and ''The Little Money Bible'' (1998).
In ''Affirmations'' (1986), Wilde laid out systems of self-talk that empower an individual to change their core
beliefs
A belief is a subjective Attitude (psychology), attitude that something is truth, true or a State of affairs (philosophy), state of affairs is the case. A subjective attitude is a mental state of having some Life stance, stance, take, or opinion ...
. His book ''Sixth Sense'' (2000) discusses practical techniques for developing
extrasensory perception
Extrasensory perception (ESP), also known as a sixth sense, or cryptaesthesia, is a claimed paranormal ability pertaining to reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses, but sensed with the mind. The term was ad ...
.
Later Work
He earned both praise and criticism for his later works which advanced controversial concepts such as other dimensions, dematerialization, and Morph worlds.
His most avant garde claims are based on the idea that
Paul Dirac
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac ( ; 8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English mathematician and Theoretical physics, theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics. Dirac laid the foundations for bot ...
's hypothesis of parallel
antiparticle
In particle physics, every type of particle of "ordinary" matter (as opposed to antimatter) is associated with an antiparticle with the same mass but with opposite physical charges (such as electric charge). For example, the antiparticle of the ...
worlds is, in fact, correct, and that humans adept at
trance
Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...
meditation can become aware of spiritual
dimensions placed at 90° from them left and right—dimensions, Wilde said, that follow
Hawking's theory of transverse waves of light. Wilde acknowledged there was no empirical data to support his claim, but anecdotal evidence, gathered from more than two-thousand people whom he taught, stated they had experienced such
transcendental 90°
perception
Perception () is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment. All perception involves signals that go through the nervous syste ...
which led him to conclude these worlds exist.
[Wilde, Stuart. Grace, Gaia and the End of Days. Hay House, 2009.](_blank)
''Grace, Gaia, and the End of Days'' (2009) maps out coordinates for these spiritual dimensions and offers "a twenty-first century understanding of grace and spiritual evolution"—and tools to activate it in one's life. In a 2009 interview Wilde said, "Grace is a golden light, pure love, a divine energy, seen coming from these inner spiritual worlds. It is data-driven and laced with trillions of bits of fractal information that will guide you and help you evolve. The human system is configured to read this fractal data through visions and extra sensory intuitive feelings."
Serenity and balance developed through regular trance meditation enable access to this "pure information", which he called stream of consciousness from a "Higher Knowing", "The Source", "God".
While Wilde believed humans are multi-dimensional beings who possess both the celestial light and the dark, he posited they gravitate to one or the other based on inner feelings, thoughts, and actions. The quality of these feelings, moreover, determine the spiritual dimension an aspect of oneself will reside in any moment.
Redemption (and a life of love and serenity) is possible for all by choosing the ways of the celestial. On the larger plane, he believed the light will eventually overcome the dark and advised aligning with the forces of light, the forces of God. He laid out techniques for doing so through cultivation of tenderness, generosity, respect, "the soft eye", mindfulness, meditation, time in nature and with animals, and avoidance of dark places, people, and media that sell specialness, fear, degradation, and greed. Move from the cold cerebral mind into the warmth of heart and feeling. "There is strength in softness. Remember, It's all backwards," he was oft quoted as saying.
Additional Themes
Wilde was a staunch supporter of
peace
Peace is a state of harmony in the absence of hostility and violence, and everything that discusses achieving human welfare through justice and peaceful conditions. In a societal sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (suc ...
in the world, the command to
live and let live,
animal rights
Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all Animal consciousness, sentient animals have Moral patienthood, moral worth independent of their Utilitarianism, utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as ...
and vegetarianism. Tom Lishman eulogised him this way—
We must remember that just because he has gone back to the non-physical realm he is still very much with us, we should not forget that his time here was set and agreed upon and he has completed his mission, that being said all fringe dwellers must now rise above the despair and confusion they feel and turn it into positive energy and by doing this they will honour his work in the best possible way. Stuart will be remembered for making a huge contribution towards the new golden age of peace and love that is fast approaching, his followers will indeed take up his torch and light up planet earth like never before. We must ponder this question...What if by him leaving his body at this time he can contribute even more to world peace ?, anyone that knows him will know that he will be doing just that."
Writings and music
Wilde was a prolific writer with 20 books appearing in more than 27 languages. A total of 95 unique titles (books, audio works, music) are in circulation,
[Stuart Wilde works, exclusive digital editions, downloads]
with several hundred essays and articles in syndication across digital media.
He was executive producer and lyricist on the music album
''Voice of the Feminine Spirit'', which sold several hundred-thousand copies.
[''"Voice of the Feminine Spirit"'']
(Audio). He later produced and was the lyricist on two albums of Celtic music, ''Voice of the Celtic Myth'' (1997), and ''Creation'' (1999),
at quietearth.org. ["Stuart Wilde"]
Last.fm
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. (Audio). and wrote the book and
libretto
A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to th ...
for Tim Wheater's
oratorio
An oratorio () is a musical composition with dramatic or narrative text for choir, soloists and orchestra or other ensemble.
Similar to opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguisha ...
''Heartland'' (1995).
[Wright, Carol. "Review: ''Heartland''" All Music.][ "Songs by Stuart Wilde" ]All Music
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. (Audio). In 2010, his collaboration with Richard Tyler produced the ambient release ''The Mystery of the Sacred O'', an homage "to the earth spirit Gaia and the masculine (Ka), and feminine (Om) creative energies of the Universe."
["Richard Tyler"]
''thesacredtearsofgaia.com''. (Audio 11:00 mins).
Works
Books
*''Miracles'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1983), , 1-56170-829-1 (PB Rev)
*''The Force'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1984), , 1-56170-166-1 (PB)
*''Affirmations'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1986), , 1-56170-167-X (PB), (HC)
*''Life Was Never Meant to Be a Struggle'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1987), (PB)
*''The Quickening'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1988), (PB)
*''The Trick to Money is Having Some'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1989), , 1-56170-168-8 (PB)
*''The Secrets of Life'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1990) , 1-4019-0736-9 (PB)
*''Whispering Winds of Change: Perceptions of a New World'', (Carlsbad: Hay House 1993), , 1-56170-537-3 (PB)
*''Weight Loss for the Mind'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1994), (PB)
*''Infinite Self: 33 Steps to Reclaiming Your Inner Power'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1995), , 1561703494 (PB)
*''Silent Power'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1996), , 1561705365 (PB), (HC)
*''The Little Money Bible: The Ten Laws of Abundance'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1998), , 1561708291 (PB)
*''Simply Wilde: Discover the Wisdom that Is'', (written with Leon Nacson), (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1999), (PB)
*''Sixth Sense: Including the Secrets of the Etheric Subtle Body'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 2000), (PB)
*''Wilde Unplugged: A Dictionary of Life'' (written with Brooke Claussen) (2002)(ebook)
*''God's Gladiators'', (Brookemark, 2003), (PB), (ebook)
*''The Three Keys to Self-Empowerment'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 2004),
*''The Art of Redemption'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 2007), (PB)
*''Grace, Gaia and the End of Days'' (with essay by Khris Krepcik),
"Khris Krepcik"
''thehoodedsage.com''. (Carlsbad: Hay House, 2009), (PB)
Audio works
Lectures, audiobooks, subliminal productions. (Partial list)
*''Attracting Money'' (Quiet Earth, 1986),
*''Silent Power'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1997),
*''Channeling and Your Spiritual Quest'', (Quiet Earth, 1988),
*''The Little Money Bible'', (Carlsbad: Hay House, 1998),
*''The Journey Beyond Enlightenment'', (Nightingale Conant, 2005)
*''The Fringe Dweller's Guide to Almost Everything'', (Tolemac Canada, 2012)
*''Trance States'', (Quiet Earth, 1990),
*''Meditation on the Edge'', (Quiet Earth, 1990),
*''The Art of Meditation'', (Quiet Earth, 1996),
*''Higher Self'', (Quiet Earth, 1989),
*''Where the Raven Lands'', (Quiet Earth, 1996),
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(Tyler/Wilde) (2010)
(Tyler/Wilde) (2010)
(Tyler/Wilde) (2010)
Music
(Partial list)
*''Voice of the Feminine Spirit'', (Preston/Wheater/Wilde featuring Cecilia (Norwegian singer), Cecelia) (1994)
''The Mystery of the Sacred O''
(Tyler/Wilde featuring Sarah Leonard) (2010)
Film
*''Five Walking'', (Tolemac Films Ltd) (2011)
*''Snowball'', (Constantin Film AG) (2011)
Video
Selected lectures, music and tone poems. (Partial list)
''The Hand'', (Tyler/Wilde) (2:10 mins)''Perception & Sensuality'', (Tyler/Wilde) (2:31 mins)''Gayatri Mantra Honouring the Gods'' (Tyler/Wilde) (3:00 min)''The Tears of Gaia'' (4:59 mins)''Spiritual Evolution of Dogs'' (1:53 mins)''The Love of Trees'' (3:17 mins)
*
Articles and teachings
Selected writings from collections of articles and essays at stuartwilde.com, thesacredtearsofgaia.com, thehoodedsage.com, and zenhaven.com:
See also
*Taoism
Taoism or Daoism (, ) is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao ( zh, p=dào, w=tao4). With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of Tao include 'way', 'road', ' ...
*Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle ( ; ; born Ulrich Leonard Tölle, 16 February 1948) is a German-born spiritual teacher and self-help author. His books include ''The Power of Now, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment'' (1997), ''A New Earth, A New ...
References
External links
Official website
Official YouTube Channel
Stuart Wilde at Hay House
;Press and interviews
With Patty Kovacs, wsradio.com, 08-09. (Part 1)(Part 2)(Part 3)
''The power of humility, how to lead a life of true meaning and peace.''
With Jeff Brady, "In Other News", Sky Watch Radio, 05-06-12
''On 'Silent Power'", fringe dwellers, the Tao.''
WIth Nicole Whitney on News for the Soul Radio Show, 09-19-122010
an
With the Kerry O'Connor Show, 08-12.Stuart Wilde on Radio Archive"Stuie Media Appearances" (playlist)
an
collected interviews
* ttp://www.thehoodedsage.com/2013/07/in-tribute-to-stuart-wilde/ Khris Krepcik, "In Tribute to Stuart Wilde", 07-22-13
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