https://doi.org/10.31648/mkks.2989
During the 54 years of his life, Philip Kindred Dick (1928–1982) wrote more than 40 novels and 200 short stories, the bulk of them were science fiction stories – special, original and very different from the works of other SF writers. After the American writer experienced theophany in March of 1974, “Dick would write only about God”, as Lech Jęczmyk says. The last three books Dick published, entitled “The VALIS trilogy”, regard such theological, theosophical and philosophic themes. Dick was an erudite and a mystic, with his view of divinity, the Absolute and religion remaining unique to this day. This very article takes a closer look into the three novels mentioned and shows the Dick’s search for God, meaning and goodness, which lasted for his entire life. The three books: Valis, The Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer differ from one another, yet are all filled with genuine ideas, bright theories and brave visions – which the author of this article wants to prove in this particular analysis.
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