Category Archives: The Gossamer Thread

How do you define the word soul?

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dr. Jenni

Webster’s dictionary defines soul in the following ways: 1 : the immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating cause of an individual life 2 : the spiritual principle embodied in human beings, all rational and spiritual beings, or the universe 3 … Continue reading →

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Life flashes before our eyes

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Dr. Jenni

Recently, a client of mine had a scare that she could possibly have cancer. Her diagnosis turned out to be benign however the moments of not knowing whether or not she would be diagnosed with the disease shifted her whole … Continue reading →

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You cannot imagine how time can be so still.

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Dr. Jenni

In truth, it is like this: You cannot imagine… how time can be so still. It hangs. It weighs. And yet there is so little of it. It goes so slowly. And yet it is so scarce. (From the play … Continue reading →

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In what way do you need to be renewed?

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Dr. Jenni

12/18/10 In my novel, The Gossamer Thread the character Feather feels incredibly sad and despondent about what is happening on planet Earth. Initially, she lands in Auschwitz into the hands of a rabbi that is about to be executed. After … Continue reading →

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Feather does not judge, she listens…

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Dr. Jenni

The character Feather in my novel The Gossamer Thread materializes for those who desperately need her.  She does not judge based on religion.  If a person is in need she hears their prayers and appears to help them. Her mother, … Continue reading →

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Dr. Jenni’s novel “The Gossamer Thread” Links the Earthly Realm to the Spiritual.

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Dr. Jenni

In my novel, The Gossamer Thread, the anthropomorphic character Feather becomes the magical element, the divine component, the depth psychologist linking the earthly realm to the spiritual, the secular to the godly. Through her journey and poetic voice, I am … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the novel The Gossamer Thread’s first blog!

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Dr. Jenni

Ever since I was a little girl, I have always been drawn to the fantastical, the magical, the divine, the inexplicable — “the depths.” Staring at the pollen in a flower’s center, I never just saw pollen — I beheld … Continue reading →

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