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

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that suggests the physical

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is akin to a

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based on the research and conclusions of

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and Karl H. Pribram. According to Talbot

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, telepathy, and other

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are a product of this holographic model of reality.

Early life

Talbot was born in

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, on September 29, 1953, and grew up in Lowell, a nearby small town. He attended Michigan State University from 1971 to 1974 where he pursued an eclectic education. While he did quite a bit of writing at the time, he was also engaged in many other efforts. He taught himself how to play the piano by locking himself in piano rooms for long periods. He was a great fan of Scriabin. He spent quite a bit of time painting, and made friends with faculty in Art History to discuss art and culture. As a young man he had a great interest in the occult, which allowed him to spend hours entertaining small groups of friends with tales of poltergeists, UFOs, etc.

Career

He was originally a fiction and science fiction author. He also contributed articles to ''

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'' 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''
freely available
at the

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Personal life and death

Talbot was openly

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and lived with his boyfriend. In 1992, Talbot died of

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at age 38.

Bibliography

Novels * '' The Delicate Dependency'', 1982 (reprinted in 2014 by

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), * ''The Bog'', 1986 (reprinted in 2015 by Valancourt Books) * ''Night Things'', 1988 (reprinted in 2015 by Valancourt Books) Non-fiction * ''Mysticism And The New Physics'', , 1980 (rev. 1992) * ''Beyond The Quantum'', , 1986 * ''Your Past Lives - A Reincarnation Handbook'', 1987, * ''The Holographic Universe'', , 1991

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