Kenneth Wapnick

Kenneth Wapnick taught and wrote about "A Course in Miracles" for more than 35 years. He was widely regarded as the world's foremost teacher of the Course, which he had said is the most important spiritual document for our age. He was an associate of Dr. Helen Schucman, scribe of the Course, and Dr. William Thetford, close friend, colleague, and collaborator in the scribing. He worked with Helen for over a year preparing the Course for publication. Drawing upon his close relationship with her that spanned the last eight years of her life, Kenneth wrote Helen's biography, "Absence from Felicity: The Story of Helen Schucman and Her Scribing of A Course in Miracles." Of this relationship he writes in his preface, "Helen and I shared a deep love for one another, and for Jesus in whose love we knew we were joined, and on behalf of whose Course we had come together." Kenneth wrote more than 30 books and produced over 225 audio and video recordings of his classes and lectures, some works authored with his wife, Gloria. He held a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Adelphi University in New York, and during his years as a therapist integrated the Course's principles with his practice of psychotherapy. The Course's psychotherapeutic framework had been the subject of his presentations at conferences of psychotherapists and of articles in professional journals. Kenneth and Gloria founded the Foundation for "A Course in Miracles," in 1983 and it is currently located in Henderson, NV. After Kenneth’s death in 2013, the Foundation's principal purpose became the preservation and dissemination of his teachings on “A Course in Miracles” through written, audio, video, and digital publications. These teaching materials are designed to help students of the Course deepen their understanding of its thought system, conceptually and experientially, so that they may be more effect instruments of Jesus’ teaching in their own particular lives. The depth of Kenneth's understanding of the Course's thought system, his clarity and humor, and his constant demonstration of the Course's gentle message of forgiveness and oneness continue to attract large numbers of people to his writings and recordings. Website: www.facim.org.