In Muriel Spark's 1965 novel The Mandelbaum Gate, a priest discusses the supernatural processes within all things, echoing Spark's belief in a deeper access to knowledge. Her friend Shirley Hazzard noted that odd occurrences often surrounded Spark, resembling events from her writing. This eerie connection led Spark to experience real-life events mirroring her fiction. She described herself as a transmitter of global happenings from a young age, with her foresight manifesting in her acclaimed storytelling, a quality that unsettled her despite joking about it.
Spark believed herself wired into a supernatural process happening within all things, sensing knowledge beyond normal channels and experiencing events she wrote about.
Her friend Shirley Hazzard recalled odd things happening around Muriel, suggesting a mysterious connection between her life and the narratives she created.
Spark described herself as a transmitter, tuned into global events, recalling how she received transmissions of significant occurrences from her earliest days.
Despite joking about her abilities to foresee events, Spark acknowledged it could be unnerving, as her novels often echoed realities she later encountered.
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