Course in miracles original edition

About the Editors. The story of the Course began when Columbia University research psychologist Dr. William T. Thetford decided he had had enough of the intensely competitive and negative climate he was experiencing and declared to his colleague, Dr. Helen Schucman, "There must be another way, and I am determined to find it.

What ensued was a dramatic progression of waking dreams for Schucman, which culminated in October of with her experience of a voice which spoke clearly in her mind, saying, "This is a course in miracles. Please take notes. Details :. Just enter your email address below. We would love to have you join our growing group of students who are using the dail mreading to deepen their study of the Course.

For Email Marketing you can trust. Join Our Email List Email:. Bill did not take part in this subsequent editing. It was done solely by Helen and Ken. This is the version that early students were exposed to, and for many years it was the only version most students knew of.

In , a copyright law suit ensued. During this time the earlier "original edition" was discovered at the ARE library. Contrary to a popular belief, this version proved to be quite different from the version most people knew of. After the copyright lawsuit was settled in the Original Course In Miracles was again distributed. There is extensive material relating to Freud. There are 53 Miracles Principles instead of It's teaching on the world seems different.

The distinction between "make" and "create" is not so pronounced and consistent. There is more mention of "the soul. The Editing of the Original Edition. It seems clear that in pursuing a publisher, Schucman and Thetford originally intended the manuscript to be A Course in Miracles, which is known today as A Course in Miracles - Original Edition.

However, in Ken Wapnick, a clinical psychologist who had joined their small circle and had only recently received a copy of the manuscript, expressed his belief that additional editing was needed.

In the fall of Helen Schucman and Ken Wapnick began to edit the entire manuscript, line by line, word by word which took about one year. Thetford, who did not wish to be a part of this project, withdrew and moved to California.

Along with changes in paragraphing, punctuation, capitalization, and section titles, there was a great deal of line-by-line editing. In addition, about one-fifth of the material in the first five chapters was removed.