Michael Talbot (Author)

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Michael Coleman Talbot (born September 29, 1953 in Grand Rapids , Michigan , USA ; † May 27, 1992 ) was an American writer of parapsychological works that represent the theory of a holographic reality.

Life

At the beginning of his career, Talbot dealt with the science fiction genre; he wrote for The Village Voice, among others . Talbot claimed to have had out-of-body experiences as a child . In the course of time he devoted himself to the idea of wanting to harmonize spiritism with religion and science . His subsequent non-fiction books have since dealt with mysticism in connection with quantum mechanics , such as the interpretation of many worlds . Michael Talbot gained a lot of attention through his book The Holographic Universe - The World in a New Dimension . The writer frequently referred to the psychiatrist and founder of transpersonal psychology - Stanislav Grof , whose work greatly influenced him.

Michael Talbot openly acknowledged his homosexuality . In 1992 he died of chronic lymphocytic leukemia .

Publications

  • Mysticism and New Physics - The Development of Cosmic Consciousness. Heyne, 1992.
    • Original edition: Mysticism and the New Physics. 1981.
  • Beyond the quanta. Heyne, 1993.
    • Original edition: Beyond the Quantum. 1986.
  • Soul paths - reincarnation from a new perspective. Heyne, 1992.
    • Original edition: Your Past Lives. A Reincarnation Handbook. 1987.
  • The holographic universe. Droemer Knaur, 1992.
    • Original edition: The Holographic Universe. 1991.

reception

According to the biologist and esoteric author Lyall Watson , The Holographic Universe would bridge the artificial gap between “spirit and matter”, between “us and the rest of the cosmos”. According to the quantum physicist Fred Alan Wolf , the book should answer the question 'What is reality?' Answer "once and for all".

According to the esoteric researcher Wouter J. Hanegraaff , the worldview conveyed by Talbot is similar to the views of the physicist F. David Peat . Talbot's work is symptomatic of a trend in New Age science to overwhelm the reader with an abundance of facts, theories, claims and speculations.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituaries: Michael Talbot, Writer, 38th The New York Times , June 2, 1992, accessed September 18, 2016 .
  2. ^ A b Wouter J. Hanegraaff : New Age Religion and Western Culture. Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought . State University of New York (SUNY Press), Albany, New York 1998, ISBN 0-7914-3854-6 , pp.  72 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ Quotations according to the spine of the book. Online: [1] .
personal data
SURNAME Talbot, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Talbot, Michael Coleman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Grand Rapids , Michigan , United States
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1992