Absence from Felicity

The Story of Helen Schucman and Her Scribing

of A Course In Miracles

by Kenneth Wapnick

Reviewed by Suzann Kale

This biography of Helen Schucman, the scribe for A Course in Miracles, is absolutely riveting. Such a detailed accounting of Ms. Schucman's experience could only be written by someone who was there. Dr. Kenneth Wapnick was deeply embedded in the late Ms. Schucman's life, and his chronicling of the Course is, for me, an important addition to the Course itself.

Despite its 511 pages of small type, filled with letters, conversations, important dates, notes, and pieces of Schucman's own unpublished autobiography, the book reads smoothly, because Dr. Wapnick is awesomely organized. I can't imagine putting together a book like this!

Absence from Felicity is packed with fascinating information - both about the Course and about Schucman's personal issues she faced while scribing this important work.

I'm so glad I "went for it." It deepened my understanding of the Course immensely.