Helen Schucman
(A Course in Miracles)
This book and the worldview it promotes resulted from a
mutual decision between two Professors of Medical Psychology at Columbia
University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City: Helen
Schucman and William Thetford. They were professionals, working together in a
highly academic setting, but by their own admission, their relationship was
strained, full of anger and marred by aggressiveness. One day, William, the head
of the department, announced that there must be a better way. Around June of
1965, they proceeded to seek it out.
Though at one time a professed atheist, Helen began receiving
symbolic dreams and perceiving strange images. After several months, she felt
compelled to write down her impressions, sensing what she felt was the guidance
and inspiration of the Holy Spirit in her task. Over a course of seven years,
Helen Schucman dictated to William what she felt the "Voice' communicated to
her. She claimed her source of inspiration was Jesus Christ. William typed the
course, making it a collaborative effort. The book, A Course in Miracles,
was published in 1975 by the Foundation for Inner Peace. Helen Schucman died
February 9, 1981. William Thetford passed away seven years later, July 4, 1988.
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