Cathryn McIntyre is an independent scholar of the life and work of transcendentalist writer, Henry David Thoreau and of the literary history of 19th century Concord,
Cathryn has spent years investigating such topics as astrology, clairvoyance, mediumship, the near death experience, the notion of both past and parallel lives, as well as the alien abduction phenomenon. This has given her an advantage over more traditional scholars when it comes to understanding transcendentalism in general, and in relating to the transcendentalist writers of 19th century Concord.
Cathryn remembers a habit she had during childhood of isolating certain cards from a deck called “Authors”. Those cards held the images of
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Publications
Honor in Concord: Seeking Spirit in Literary Concord (Memoir & Ficiton ) 2008
The Politics of Thoreau: A Spiritual Intent (essay) 2008
Transcendentalism: A Belief in Spirit (essay) 2006
Works in Progress
Thoreau's Wise Silence
(to be published 2010)