Michael Talbot (author)

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Michael Talbot (author) : biography

29 September 1953 – 27 May 1992

Michael Coleman Talbot (September 29, 1953 – May 27, 1992)"Michael Talbot". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale, 2003. Retrieved on December 1, 2008. was an American author of several books highlighting parallels between ancient mysticism and quantum mechanics, and espousing a theoretical model of reality that suggests the physical universe is akin to a giant hologram. According to Talbot ESP, telepathy, and other paranormal phenomena are real and are a product of this holographic model of reality.

The Holographic Universe

Talbot’s book The Holographic Universe, which has become his most popular,See, for instance, the sales rank on Amazon.com compared with his other books. explores the metaphysical implications that underline quantum mechanics and suggests that the universe is a hologram . After examining the work of physicist David Bohm and neurophysiologist Karl Pribram, each of whom independently arrived at holographic theories or models of the universe, the book argues that a holographic model could possibly explain supersymmetry and also various paranormal and anomalous phenomena and is the basis for mystical experience.

Biography

Talbot was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 29, 1953. He was originally a fiction/science fiction author. He also contributed articles to The Village Voice and other publications.

Talbot attempted to incorporate spirituality, religion and science to shed light on profound questions. His non-fiction books include Mysticism And The New Physics, Beyond The Quantum, and The Holographic Universe. Talbot often referenced Stanislav Grof, whose work on Holotropic Breathwork was also of obvious influence.

Although Talbot is not known to have made it much of a political issue, he was openly gay, living with a boyfriend, and has become a role model for gay intellectuals.http://www.tobyjohnson.com/michaeltalbot.html In 1992, Talbot died of lymphocytic leukemia at age 38. With his disease occurring in the midst of the tragic AIDS crisis, Talbot is credited with the ironic comment that he suffered from "an unfashionable disease" since he did not suffer from AIDS but rather from a form of leukemia which also killed him at this young age.