Absence from Felicity: The Story of Helen Schucman and Her Scribing of A Course in Miracles

Dedication
NOTE TO SECOND EDITION
PREFACE
Introduction—“A Middle-Aged Lawyer”
Part I—The Early Years
Introduction to Part I
Chapter 1—Heaven and Helen: Introduction
Chapter 2—Heaven and Helen: The Early Years
Part II—The Scribing of A Course in Miracles
Introduction to Part II
Chapter 3—Leading to A Course in Miracles—A (from ca. 1938)
Preparing for Graduate School
The Subway Experience
Dreams
Chapter 4—Leading to A Course in Miracles—B (ca. 1950–1964)
Psychology—Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Chapter 5—Leading to A Course in Miracles—C (1965)
“There Must Be Another Way”
Chapter 6—Helen’s Letters to Bill (Summer, 1965)
Chapter 7—The Beginning of A Course in Miracles (1965)
Chapter 8—The Scribing of A Course in Miracles—A (1965)
The Early Weeks: The Miracle Principles
Chapter 9—THE SCRIBING OF A COURSE IN MIRACLES—B (1965)
Specific Teachings
Bill’s Class
More Specific Teachings
Chapter 10—THE SCRIBING OF A COURSE IN MIRACLES—C (1965–1972)
Special Messages
Bill’s Journal
Continuation and Conclusion of the Course
Part III—The Years Following A Course in Miracles
Introduction to Part III
Chapter 11—Summer, 1973: The Cave
Chapter 12—The Editing (1973–1975)
Chapter 13—Helen and Bill: The Special and Holy Relationship, and Their Later Life with A Course in Miracles
Helen, Bill, and I
Judith Skutch and the Post-Publication Years
Helen’s Relationship with A Course in Miracles
Chapter 14—Other Scribings—A: “Notes on Sound”; Psychotherapy; “Clarification of Terms”; The Song of Prayer; Special Messages
“Notes on Sound” (1972, 1977)
Psychotherapy: Purpose, Process and Practice (1973, 1975)
“Clarification of Terms” (1975)
The Song of Prayer (1977)
Special Messages (1975–1978)
Chapter 15—Other Scribings—B: The Gifts of God: Helen’s Poetry
The Writing of the Poems
The Poems
“The Gifts of God”
Chapter 16—Jesus: the Way, the Truth, and the Life
Catholicism—Mary
Helen’s Ambivalence Towards Jesus
1. The Journey Home to Jesus
2. Resistance and Shame
3. Doubt and Inconsistency
4. Shopping
Defenses Against Jesus and Against Love: Special Hate (Judgment) and Special Love
The Jesus Poems
Chapter 17—The Reality of Jesus: Into Christ’s Presence
The Song of Prayer: Special Message
The Song of Prayer: The Pamphlet
Helen and Jesus: The Illusion and the Reality
The Unconscious Priestess
Chapter 18—Helen’s Final Months and Requiem
Epilogue—Beyond Heaven and Helen: The Priestess
APPENDIX—A Course in Miracles – What It Says
Index of References to A Course in Miracles
Text
Workbook for students
Manual for teachers
Clarification of terms
Psychotherapy: Purpose, Process and Practice
The Song of Prayer
The Gifts of God
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