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[[Image:Wapnick-blue-frame.jpg|thumb|104px|right|Dr. Kenneth Wapnick, one of the three primary transcriber-editors of [[A Course In Miracles]], director of the [[Foundation for A Course In Miracles]].]]

'''Kenneth Wapnick, Ph.D.''' was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, NY.  He is one of the three primary transcriber-editors of the work known as [[A Course In Miracles]].  Educated as a psychologist, he currently heads the [[Foundation for A Course In Miracles]] (or FACIM).  FACIM is the copyright holder to ''A Course In Miracles''.  

== Childhood ==

Kenneth was Bborn to a culturally Jewish family that was only semi-observant inof Jewish religious practice. His upbringing continued in Brooklyn during which he attended a traditional Jewish elementary school, or ''Yeshiva'', for the first eight grades of his education. 

After his completion of the Yeshiva training, much to his relief, Kenneth was permitted to attend public schools. By this point, Kenneth considered himself to be an agnostic, sensing numerous points of personal incompatibility between his own temperament and the overall temperament of the Jewish religion of his heritageleaving the Yeshiva, Kenneth attended public schools. 

While in public schools, Kenneth discovered his first professional interest: psychology, and especially the works of [[Sigmund Freud|Freudian]] [[psychology]].   ⏎
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Soon after becomingAround this time, Kenneth became an avowed [[agnostic, he]]. 

Kenneth soon developed a deepn appreciation for classical music, particularly of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] and [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]].   As his appreciation for the compositions of these classical masters grew, he began to also discovered that both of these classical masters were known to have strong spiritual leanings, which they were known towere often expressed in many of their musical compositions.   ⏎
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During theis period of his life which was so strongly focused on music, which lasted well into his adult life, he would, Kenneth often described his personal religious belief system as simply ''the religion of music''.

== Higher education and early career ==
Continuing with his strong interest in Beethoven and Mozart, and also with new interests developing in various religious literatures, Wapnick enrolled in college in 1960 and majored in psychology.  He received his bachelor's degree in 1965, and continued on in a Ph.D. program in clinical psychology.  For his doctoral thesis, Wapnick chose the topic of St. Teresa of Avi(contracted; show full)
== External links ==
* [http://www.facim.org Foundation for A Course In Miracles- website]
* [http://www.miraclestudies.net/KenWapnick.html Biographical source material for Kenneth Waphick- website]
* [http://www.facim.org/cgi-bin/facimcart.cgi?a=prod&p=b-11 Absence from Felicity, by Kenneth Wapnick, Ph.D.]

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