Show I lelen Kellers Keller's Faith I 1 cannot imagine myself without religion I f could as easily fancy a living body without a heart This statement by Helen Keller a legend in her own awn time occurs In 1 her fascinating rd book My Reli glon gion For nea nearly six fI years she wrote I had t f no concepts concepts Miss Keller whatever of nature or mind or death or God I literally thought with my body I Iwas Iwas was like an unconscious clod of earth Slowly md and painfully she learned the names of the things she could touch she learned to talk and with her hands She learned to read to write and typewrite and was eventually ally graduated from Red Red- Redcliffe cliffe College with honors No woman of any age has been more justly celebrated Little is known however about Miss Kelleys Kelley's spiritual beginnings her personal religious creed Although she studied the writings of Plato Socrates and many others she was most Influenced by Emanuel Sweden borg century scientist theologian and philosopher It was from reading Sweden Sweden- burgs burg's works that Helen Keller learned of the spin teal world The courage and faith from this knowledge enabled her to provide leadership and encourage encourage- encouragement ment to countless thou thou- thousands sands My Religion is now a newly designed paperback with an introduction by Dr Norman Vincent Peale This Inspirational volume is avail avail- available available able for only in pa pa- pa paperback large print at the Foundation tion Dept MR E Street New York NY |