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Gary Renard is the author of the books The Disappearance of the Universe (2004), Your Immortal Reality (2006), and Love Has Forgotten No One (2013), which books' stated purpose is to reawaken interest in and clarify the core purpose of the 1976 classic spiritual text, A Course In Miracles (ACIM).

In The Disappearance of the Universe, Renard recounts, in dialogue and commentary, a series of 17 claimed appearances by two ascended masters over the course of nine years, from 1992 until just after the World Trade Center disaster of 2001. The two alleged ascended masters call themselves Pursah and Arten (not their real names), and claim to have once been two disciples of Jesus: Thomas and Thaddeus. Renard says the encounters with Arten and Pursah were his first introduction to A Course in Miracles. The material in the two books is consistent with the teachings of A Course in Miracles as taught by ACIM authority Kenneth Wapnick, though it stirred some controversy within some more conservative parts of the ACIM community including an allegation by Bruce McDonald, not an ACIM adherent, and treated in the ACIM context primarily by Robert Perry, of plagiarism in the second book's "Pursah text" of the Gospel of Thomas, a claim Renard rejected. The third was originally expected in mid-2008 and after repeated postponements appeared in October 2012. The final book count was described at one point as open; in a 2012 list email described the third, Love Has Forgotten No One, as completing a trilogy, but in his Episode 39 podcast, Renard said he was already embarking upon the editing of a fourth book, title undisclosed. The works were not channeled in the conventional sense of the word, since they derive from in-person appearances by the sources, but the core content is represented as the authorship of Arten and Pursah, and Renard says he was told they would in fact not appear to others than him as a protection to the messages against prospective claimant spokespersons in future.

Renard currently travels and teaches in numerous locations as described on his website, appears in a podcast hosted and produced by Gene Bogart of Boca Raton, Florida, and has hosted several ACOM-themed ship cruises.

Life after 1992

After these reported encounters, Gary Renard significantly redirected his focus from being a musician and an investor into being primarily a spokesperson and teacher for his understanding of the teachings of ACIM, as well as the promotion of his books.

In 2006, Gary Renard published a sequel to DU called Your Immortal Reality: How to Break the Cycle of Birth and Death with Hay House Publishing. In 2007 Renard divorced his first wife, Karen Renard. In 2009 he remarried to musician and therapist, Cindy Lora-Renard, who is the Arten/Thaddeus individual in his books. He moved from Maine, the site of the first visits, to southern California. Due to the significant changes in his personal life, the publication of his third book, "Love Has Forgotten No One" was delayed since April 2008, but was tentatively scheduled for distribution by Hay House in early 2011 (then finally for fall of 2012). .

Renard has appeared in the films, 3 Magic Words (documentary) 2010, A Course in Miracles: The Movie (documentary) 2010, Leap! the Movie (2008), The Serious Business of Happiness (documentary) 2007, and Living Luminaries (2006).

Books

• The Disappearance of the Universe (published December 31, 2004) ISBN 978-1-4019-0566-8
• Your Immortal Reality: How to Break the Cycle of Birth and Death (published July 31, 2006) ISBN 978-1-4019-0698-6
• Love Has Forgotten No One: The Answer to Life (published October 8, 2013) ISBN 978-1401917234

Notes

1. http://www.thomastwin.com/24%20A%20Renard%27s%20Stolen%20Gospel.html
2. http://www.circleofa.org/library/acim-history-issues/course-world/what-kind-of-acim-community-do-you-want/
3. http://www.garyrenard.com/FraudAccusations.html
4. "Arten Revealed". 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-22. Renard's introduction of his new wife to his readership.
5. "Gary Renard Podcast 39". 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-22.

External links

• garyrenard.com Main website
• forgiveness.tv Podcast home

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