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Helen Schucman
1909 (July 14): Birth1921 (Summer): Experience at Lourdes, France
1922: Baptism as a Baptist
1931-1935: New York University (B.A.)
1932 (Fall): Meets Louis Schucman
1933 (May 26): Marries Louis Schucman
1938 ca.: Subway experience
1952-1957: New York University (Ph.D.)
1958 (Early): Meets William Thetford
1965 (June): "There must be another way" speech
1965 (June - October): Pre-Course visions and experiences
1965-1972: Scribing of A Course in Miracles
text: October 21, 1965 - October 10, 1968
workbook: May 26,1969 - February 18,1971
manual: April 12,1972 - September 71, 1972
1969,1971 (December 25, 1969, March 12, 1971 - November 11, 1971): Early poems
1972 (October), 1977 (April): "Notes on
Sound"
1972 (November 25): Meets Kenneth Wapnick
1973 (January), 1975 (January, March): Psychotherapy Pamphlet
1973 (December 24)-1978 (March 20): Later poems
1973 (late) - 1975 (early): Final editing of A Course in Miracles 1975 (May 29): Meets Judith Skutch
1975 (Summer, Fall): Distribution of 300 photo-offset copies of A Course in Miracles
1975 (September - December): "Clarification of Terms"
1976 (June): Publication of
A Course in Miracles
1977 (September - November):
"The Song of Prayer"1978 (February 8 - April 11):
"The Gifts of God"
1981 (February 9): Death
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet mother;
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest! (Hamlet V, ii)
1988 (July 4): Bill's death. . . Out, out brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more . . . (Macbeth V, v)
1This is the last date given in the urtext, but it almost certainly was not the final date
of the dictation, which probably came a week or so later.
Links to some of Helen's Poems from The Gifts of God
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