The Origins and Evolution of A Course in Miracles

Timeline

  • 1957: Bill assumes role of Assistant Professor at Columbia University.
  • 1958: Bill hires Helen.
  • 1965: ‘There must be another way speech’ by Bill. Helen starts having increased visions, dreams, hearing the Voice, and commences dictation of the Text.
  • 1968: Helen finishes dictation of Text.
  • 1969: Helen starts dictation of Workbook.
  • 1971: Helen finishes dictation of Workbook.
  • 1972: Helen dictates Manual for Teachers.
  • 1972: Helen finishes dictation of Manual for Teachers. Helen and Bill meet Ken Wapnick.
  • 1973: Ken and Helen edit the manuscript for clarity and presentation.
  • 1975: Ken and Helen finish the final edit. Ken, Helen and Bill meet Judith Skutch. Judy recognises the significance of ACIM and starts making copies.
  • 1976: It is decided that publishing of the Course should be done by ‘those who have only the Course as their focus, and nothing else’. Judith and Bob Skutch rename their non-profit organisation, Foundation for Parasensory Investigation, to the Foundation for Inner Peace. ACIM 1st Ed. published.
  • 1977: Helen retires from Columbia-Presbyterian at 68.
  • 1978: Bill takes early retirement and moves to California along with Bob and Judy Skutch and the Foundation for Inner Peace.
  • 1979: ‘Love is Letting Go of Fear’ by Gerald G. “Jerry” Jampolsky published.
  • 1981: Helen dies of pancreatic cancer.
  • 1982: Kenneth and Gloria Wapnick start the Foundation for ‘A Course in Miracles’.
  • 1983: Copyright is transferred from the Foundation for Inner Peace to the Foundation for ‘A Course in Miracles’.
  • 1988: Bill dies of a heart attack.
  • 1992: ACIM 2nd Ed. published. Marianne Williamson’s ‘A Return to Love’ published.
  • 2003: ‘Disappearance of the Universe’ by Gary Renard published.
  • 2004: ACIM Combined Ed. published.

Part 1 – Before A Course in Miracles: 1957 – 1965
Part 2 – Scribing of A Course in Miracles: 1965 – 1972
Part 3 – Final editing of A Course in Miracles: 1972 – 1975
Part 4 – Distribution and Publishing of A Course in Miracles: 1975 onwards
Part 5 – Post-publishing of A Course in Miracles: 1976 onwards

 

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