Arthur Koestler (1905-1983) was a scientifically educated writer, born in Budapest. He studied science and psychology at the University of Vienna. As a correspondent for a British newspaper, he covered the Spanish Civil War, during which he was imprisoned and sentenced to death. However, he was later freed as part of a prisoner exchange and returned to Great Britain. He wrote about science, including research on the paranormal, on the creative process, mysticism, and synchronicity. This essay is an excerpt from Arthur Koestler’s autobiography, The Invisible Writing, in which he relates his own mystical awakening under the severe conditions of imprisonment during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. Koestler was an early Member of the Scientific and Medical Network and endowed the Chair of Parapsychology in the University of Edinburgh.
Books by Arthur Koestler: https://uk.bookshop.org/books?keywords=Arthur+Koestler
The Koestler Parapsychology unit, Edinburgh University: https://koestlerunit.wordpress.com/research-overview/The Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences https://www.aapsglobal.com/
The book: https://spiritual-awakenings.net/
The Scientific and Medical Network https://scientificandmedical.net/
The Galileo Commission https://galileocommission.org/
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