<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A Course in Miracles (also referred to as ACIM or the Course) is a 1333 page book containing a self - study curriculum which claims to assist its readers in achieving spiritual transformation . The underlying premise of the work is the teaching that the greatest "miracle" that one may achieve in one's life, is the act of simply gaining a full "awareness of love's presence" in one's own life . The book was written by Helen Schucman who claimed that it had been dictated to her via "inner dictation" which came to her from Jesus . Portions of the book were transcribed and edited by William Thetford . The book contains a curriculum to bring about what it calls a "spiritual transformation". The book consists of three sections entitled "Text", "Workbook" and "Manual for Teachers". Written from 1965 to 1972, some distribution occurred via photocopies before a hardcover edition was published in 1976 by the Foundation for Inner Peace . The copyright and trademarks, which had been held by two foundations, were revoked in 2004 after lengthy litigation because the earliest versions had been circulated without a copyright notice . </P> <P> Throughout the 1980s annual sales of the book steadily increased each year; however the largest growth in sales occurred in 1992 after Marianne Williamson discussed the book on The Oprah Winfrey Show, with more than 2.5 million volumes sold . The book has been called everything from "New Age psychobabble" to "a Satanic seduction" to "The New Age Bible". </P>

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