Interview with Marianne Williamson

Fierce and Powerful Love

August 27, 2010

Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed lecturer, a leading thinker in social change and spiritual development, and the author of nine published books, including the New York Times bestsellers A Return to Love, Everyday Grace, and her latest, The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife. She also edited Imagine: What America Could Be in the 21st Century, a remarkable collection of essays by a diverse array of respected luminaries (Deepak Chopra and Paul Hawken among them) about humankind’s pressing issues and visionary solutions to them. Ms. Williamson is also a prominent force in charitable service, including founding Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program serving over a thousand people a day in Los Angeles, and the Peace Alliance, a nonprofit grassroots organization fostering peace.

On October 13 Ms. Williamson will be in the Hudson Valley, joining Robert Thurman, Therese Schroeder-Sheker, Frank Osteseski, and other presenters for “The Art of Dying” conference at the Menla Mountain Retreat Center in Phoenicia. The conference, in its fourth year, is open to the public and explores spiritual, scientific, and practical approaches to living and dying. (Information at www.artofdying.org; 845-688-6897.)
I spoke with Marianne Williamson by telephone last month.