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Channeling the Spirit of
David HenryThoreau
Intro
Henry David Thoreau was a 19th century
American writer and philosopher. He
wrote several books and essays during would understand who that spirit was and
his lifetime but is best known for his why it was that she had always felt so drawn
book, Walden and for his essay known as to the Boston area and to Concord in
Civil Disobedience. Thoreau’s philosophy particular. So, why would Thoreau return?
of civil disobedience influenced the What more could he have to say?
political thoughts and actions of such
notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma On a Sunday in November of 2006,
Gandhi, and Martin McIntyre’s connection with Thoreau
Luther King Jr. His began with the words,
simple manner of living
that he wrote about in “I am born, David Henry Thoreau, in
Walden and his plea in this American town, in this place called
defense of the rights of Concord.”
man have influenced
millions of people. Cathryn McIntyre shares her story and
the words she received from the spirit
In 1984, Cathryn McIntyre moved to of Thoreau in a most beautiful and
Massachusetts. She settled in the hometown inspiring way in her book, The Thoreau
of David Henry Thoreau, Concord, when Whisperer: Channeling the Spirit of Henry
she first encountered a spirit during a David Thoreau.
psychic reading at a home near Walden
Pond. The sprit said he wanted to work Excerpt from the book The Thoreau
with her. It would be decades before she Whisperer by Cathryn McIntyre
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