Absence from Felicity The Story of Helen Schucman and Her Scribing a Course for Miracles

The biography of Helen Schucman -- the scribe of A COURSE IN MIRACLES that was dictated by Jesus -- focuses on the lifetime conflict between her spiritual nature and her ego and the relationship of this conflict to her scribing of the Course. The book includes extensive excerpts from Helen's own recollections, the personal messages she received from Jesus and her dreams and letters -- all never before in print. Presented here as well is some of the personal instructional material from Jesus, an integral part of the original dictation of the Course but later removed as directed by Jesus. The book highlights the process of the Course's scribing, Helen's own experiences of Jesus and her relationship with William Thetford, close friend, colleague at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and collaborator in the scribing of the Course. Finally, the book contains reminiscences of Helen by Kenneth Wapnick, the author, which draw upon his intimate relationship with the scribe that spanned the last eight years of her life.Wapnick, Kenneth is the author of 'Absence from Felicity The Story of Helen Schucman and Her Scribing a Course for Miracles' with ISBN 9780933291089 and ISBN 0933291086.