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    Six Doors to the Seventh Dimension
    Six Doors to the Seventh Dimension
    Six Doors to the Seventh Dimension
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    Six Doors to the Seventh Dimension

    By Timothy Carson, Genevieve Andrea Howard and Jenny Hodgson-McGee

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    Like a who-done-it of the spirit, Six Doors to the Seventh Dimension escorts travelers through the house of life, revealing at each threshold another critical aspect of the way to wholeness, harmony, and peace. Like a labyrinth of word and image, the pages of this metaphorical travelogue wind toward the mystical center that binds all things together. Those who make this pilgrimage will never again see themselves or the cosmos in the same light.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWipf and Stock
    Release dateJul 9, 2014
    ISBN9781630872779
    Six Doors to the Seventh Dimension
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    Timothy Carson

    Tim Carson is a pastor and writer who lives in Columbia, Missouri. He is the author of five books and many journal articles. His passion is the relationship between ancient traditions and relevant faith.

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      Six Doors to the Seventh Dimension - Timothy Carson

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      Six Doors to the Seventh Dimension

      Timothy Carson

      Genevieve A. Howard

      Jenny McGee

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      Six Doors to the Seventh Dimension

      Copyright © 2014 Timothy Carson, Genevieve A. Howard, and Jenny McGee. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401.

      Wipf and Stock

      An Imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers

      199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3

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      ISBN 13: 978-1-62564-532-6

      EISBN 13: 978-1-63087-277-9

      Manufactured in the U.S.A. 05/13/2014

      We dedicate this book to our families

      and to those who strive to create homes of peace and joy everywhere.

      Preface

      The creation of this book came about through the collaboration of three persons—Tim Carson, Jenny McGee, and Genevieve Howard. The end product is the result of walking together in creative freedom. From the beginning, we recognized that the book would be completed by you, the reader, as you imagine a world out in front of our words and images on the printed page. And so we would like to introduce ourselves and share some of the process that unfolded on the way to this moment.

      Tim

      In our community of Columbia, Missouri, the art league had just completed a creative exposition in which writers and visual artists were paired to interpret one another’s work. Many of these cross-interpretations were astounding, picking up on spoken and unspoken beauty, energy, and insights of the creative partners. This collaborative model was fresh in our minds as Jenny, Genevieve, and I became excited about the potential and promise of the Six Doors concept. The more we explored the possibilities, the more convinced we became that the flourishing of Six Doors would also depend on a creative collaboration. Though the search for partners had not been difficult, this would be the first time we had worked together on such a project. We all became enthused immediately.

      But how would we proceed? We devised a process that included both structure and maximum freedom. That kind of an approach required a high level of trust, something we already held for one another. For each section of the book we would follow the same steps: I would provide the narrative to Jenny, she would create an original work of art based on her response, Genevieve would receive my narrative and Jenny’s art at once, as a reader might, and then respond with a reflective work of prose-poetry. All this we did without explaining or interpreting our portion to the other partners in advance in order to safeguard the creative response of each. We moved through the house door by door, using this method as we went. It was an adventure of discovery and creativity.

      As for my portion, creating the narrative, I spent much time envisioning the house, its doors, and what existed behind them. I had some idea of what to bring to each conceptual dimension, but I also discovered new aspects and connections behind the doors as they opened in the imagination. Throughout the story I maintain the first-person voice of a narrator-guide, directly addressing the reader. To assist in my visualization, I constructed a simple schematic model of a six-sided house. It became very helpful in my contemplation, especially when I seemed to get stuck. As I composed the narrative, I attempted to follow a certain discipline, that of avoiding explicitly religious language. It is far too easy to rely on inherited insider code language when describing the deepest realities of life. Such language is often baffling to those who are not familiar with it and misunderstood by those who are. So instead we let the story tell the truths in its own way.

      Jenny

      One of the reasons I became so excited about this project is that none of us were interested in a collection of illustrations to amplify the printed words. I desired something far greater than that, a way for the original art to serve as a visual co-author throughout the book.  I wanted to tell my side of the story through my hands, black ink and emotions. Let me share some of how I did that.

      In the course of the process it was important for me not to judge the image or critique its visual form too harshly.  I trusted enough to leap and then trust that a net would appear. Leaping is what I did after reading each chapter: I sat and focused on the emotions and feelings Tim’s narrative evoked. Then I dipped a cotton string into ink and started exploring the movements of my hand in response to the emotions stirring inside me. I used three simple tools - ink, string, and paper. This seemed like the appropriate amount of material

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