![]() ![]() Jampolsky was among the most effective promoters of ACIM. According to Olav Hammer, the psychiatrist and author Gerald G. The book has been called everything from "New Age psychobabble" to "a Satanic seduction" to "The New Age Bible". 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 two million volumes sold. 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. ![]() Written from 1965 to 1972, some distribution occurred via photocopies before a hardcover edition was published in 1976 by the Foundation for Inner Peace. ![]() ĪCIM consists of three sections: "Text", "Workbook for Students", and "Manual for Teachers". The book is considered to have borrowed from New Age movement writings. Schucman said that the book had been dictated to her, word for word, via a process of "inner dictation" from Jesus Christ. The underlying premise is that the greatest " miracle" is the act of simply gaining a full "awareness of love's presence" in a person's life. ![]()
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