Thanks go first to Marsha Keith Schuchard for her book William Blake’s Sexual Path to Spiritual Vision, which started me on this path. My greatest gratitude goes to Rev. Dr. Craig Atwood, Charles D. Couch Associate Professor of Moravian Theology and Ministry and Director of the Center for Moravian Studies, who had already done all the research I thought I’d have to do and published it in books that amazed me. Thank you for saying a simple, “Yes, Zinzendorf did teach those things” to this amazed Moravian.
Of course, not everything in this novel really happened, but I did start on firm historical ground before I leapt off a cliff into my imaginary world. I’ll be blogging about what’s real and what’s imagined after the book is released at http://theresacrater.com.
Thank you to Dominick Carlucci for his help with sacred geometry, especially the Eye of God. Thanks to the Winston-Salem Writers manuscript group, and others who offered writing advice, including Thea Hutcheson, Lynda Hilburn, Jonna Turner, Cynthia Kuhn and John Jackman. Thanks to Dean Wesley Smith for his workshops, my editor Jenifer Butler and cover artist Su Kopil.
Thank you to my ancestors for persevering.
Last of all, great thanks go to Stephen Mehler for taking me to the event where I discovered Schuchard’s book, for going with me to Prague and Herrnhut, and for his enormous heart.