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A Course in Miracles-Original Edition (also referred to as ACIM OE, the Original Edition, and initially as "Jesus' Course In Miracles"), was produced from the 1972 manuscript of A Course In Miracles and was first published in 2006 by Course in Miracles Society [CIMS],.[1] CIMS is a non-profit organization, located in Omaha, Nebraska, which was established in 2000 for the sole purpose of publishing the Original Edition. The Original Edition presents "A Course In Miracles" as originally intended and edited by Helen Schucman and William Thetford, the originators who are described more fully below.
| Course in Miracles – Original Edition 1972 manuscript Published 2006 by Course in Miracles Society | |
| Author | Anonymous (Jesus) |
|---|---|
| Genre | See Spirituality |
| Published | 2006 (Course in Miracles Society, 1st printing); 2009 (Course in Miracles Society, 2ndprinting); 2012 (Course in Miracles Society, 3rd printing) |
| Media type | Softcover, Hardcover, Pocketsize, Large Print / Kindle, ePub |
| ISBN | 978-097642000-7-1 {{isbn}}: Check isbn value: length (help) |
| OCLC | 756484685 |
Further editing
In contrast, A Course in Miracles – Original Edition is the manuscript that was given to Hugh Lynn Cayce and the A.R.E. by Helen and Bill before meeting Ken Wapnick and before further editing occurred. The existence of this manuscript was only discovered 24 years later, after the initial publication of the edited manuscript by FIP. The discovery of this earlier manuscript came to light inadvertently due to a 1996 copyright infringement court case brought by Foundation for Inner Peace, the copyright holder and Penguin Books, against a spiritual community. One of the litigants in the court case mentioned having seen this manuscript in the A.R.E. library. The manuscript was located, copied, digitized and placed by anonymous parties onto the internet. It is often referred to as the HLC, for Hugh Lynn Cayce. [NOTE: This referral was also used by Helen, Bill and Ken, in the early years, referring to the manuscript given to Cayce and before this document was discovered in 1999.]
This digitized document of the 1972 manuscript found in the A.R.E. library is known today as A Course in Miracles-Original Edition. The discovered manuscript, which only contained the Text, was published briefly by CIMS in 2000 before receiving a ‘Temporary Restraining Order”. It would take several years before the copyright infringement case were settled in 2004 and the copyright on all prior renditions of A Course in Miracles deemed null and void.[2] After that time, CIMS was free to continue to publish A Course in Miracles – Original Edition.
References
- ^ Course in Miracles Society [CIMS] a non-profit organization
- ^ Final Court Order Final Court Order 12/3/2003