Career
After growing up in northern Hungary, Doctor Hora received medical degrees from Royal Hungarian University in Budapest in 1942, and from Charles University in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1945. He performed his residency in psychiatry at Budapest General Hospital and Carlsbad City Hospital in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia. In 1952, Doctor Hora established private practices in New York City and in Bedford Village, New New York
Foreign the next fifteen years, he was active in professional psychiatric circles in the United States. and in Europe, and published several articles
However, at about this time, Doctor Hora was inspired to look for alternative solutions to psychological problems and life issues. Dissatisfied with orthodox treatments for mental illness, he investigated alternate cures and treatments, soon leading him to spiritual literature.
In addition to the literature of the world"s major religions, Doctor Hora also read from an extensive list of philosophers, both existentialist and classical. The teachings of Jesus became especially important to Doctor Hora"s formulation of metapsychiatry, and many of his books (such as Beyond the Dream: Discourses on Metapsychiatry and Spiritual Guidance ()) drew heavily from Jesus" teachings.
Doctor Hora continued to teach and provide mentorship until shortly before his death on October 30, 1995.