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The
Hugh Lynn Cayce Version
Manuscript Replica Transcript JCIM Sparkly Corrected HLC(2006) OE (2007) Annotated HLC Manuscript (2009)
The Hugh Lynn Cayce Version (HLC) is the fourth version of the Text
volume produced by the Scribes. It is a heavily edited abridgement of the Urtext Text volume. Approximately 40,000 words of the earlier Urtext manuscript on which it is based
have been removed, including almost the entire crucial discussions of sex and
possession and most of the discussion of distortions of miracle impulses.
Although
it was typed by Helen Schucman in 1972, and was the version which Schucman and
Kenneth Wapnick further edited into the 1975 Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP)
version, it remained almost entirely unknown until it became available in late
1999 as a manuscript photocopy.
It
first appeared in print in 2000 with the title “Jesus’ Course in Miracles” or “JCIM”
under the imprimatur of A Course in
Miracles Society. The HLC is
currently available in a variety of highly accurate forms from Miracles in Action Press, in
print and in free on-line e-books, audio books, as well as in manuscript
facsimiles, and an exhaustive concordance.
There
are other, older and less accurate editions which are at least largely based on
the HLC for their Text volumes also listed below.
On this page you will find brief descriptions
of a variety of editions of the HLC
which are available free on-line or in print or audio renditions. There may be others of which I am not
aware.
Detailed
reviews and analysis are also provided for some editions.
Where to find free
copies
Where to buy copies
Note: all PDF files that you can display in Acrobat Reader can be
“Downloaded” by pressing “Save” (or the floppy disk icon) and then giving it a
local filename. That way you can avoid
having to wait for these large files to download in the future.
The Original HLC Manuscript facsimile (photocopy of manuscript in PDF format)
This
document is a digital scan of a photocopy of the manuscript discovered at the Association
for Research and Enlightenment (ARE) library in 1999. While generally very legible, the 866 page
manuscript, typed single-sided and double-spaced, is a rather large physical
object to deal with. Being a “photograph
of text,” the text is not searchable on a computer, although it can be
displayed and printed.
(free on line in PDF format 60 Mb – which can take a few minutes )
The Original HLC “Replica” Transcript (precise
keystroke for keystroke transcript, errors and all in PDF format)
This
document was created by copy-typing the manuscript (above) into a word
processor. The result was meticulously
proofed by many people over several years. The goal was to create a keystroke
for keystroke precise replica of the manuscript for reference purposes. Its primary use is in proofreading subsequent
edited copies to ensure that every change made was in fact intended. It is probably not yet 100% accurate but it
is AWFULLY close now. This is the
“Original” HLC text. Any edition which differs from it without
explaining why isn’t. This copy is
paginated identically to the manuscript with full cross-referencing, serving as
a “look-up tool” to the manuscript. (free on line in PDF format 2.1 Mb)
The
Original 2000 Print Edition – Jesus’
Course in Miracles …A Course in Miracles Society’s first print edition (in
PDF format)
This is the original print edition of the HLC from 2000. Weeks after the HLC was discovered, it
was copy-typed and published on the net in January of 2000. By March of
that year it was printed by the newly minted Course in Miracles Society, and by April that edition was impounded
consequent to a lawsuit initiated by Kenneth Wapnick who sought to suppress the
material. In 2004 that original edition of the HLC, CIMS(1) or “JCIM” went on
sale again after Wapnick’s copyright claim failed in court. You will notice that the frontispiece states:
“The Original Dictation As It Emanated
from the Mind and Heart of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.” At the time (2000) there was a
misperception that this was the earliest and most “original” manuscript of the
Course. Some, apparently, still think
so. It’s not. (free on line in PDF format
1.4 Mb)
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View Comparison
with actual HLC Manuscript (2.8
Mb PDF)
Represented
here is a copy of the original 2002 Australian first printing. This is a high
quality print edition of the HLC Text
combined with the Urtext Workbook, Manual and Terms volumes. While it has
a few typos, it is generally a very accurate rendition of the HLC Text and the Urtext Workbook, Manual and
Use of Terms. While copies are
freely available in
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with actual HLC Manuscript (1.8 Mb PDF)
The Original (2006)
Edition of the Corrected HLC and the
Annotated
HLC
Manuscript in print (2nd Edition 2009)
ISBN:
978-0-9816984-1-0
This is a precisely accurate and thoroughly
documented print edition (also available on line as e-text) of the original Hugh Lynn Cayce Manuscript. The Corrected HLC has just been updated to
reflect the most recent research into the
Shorthand Notes. A few uncertain readings have
been clarified by recent research and the Preface
has been updated. It is essentially
identical to the First Edition. The JCIM edition of 2000 (above) had two
serious shortcomings. The typography was
poor and it had several hundred typos.
In the years following the first printing of the HLC, we proofed the JCIM
text against both the HLC manuscript
and the Urtext manuscript which had
become available late in the year 2000. The FIP version was also referenced
where “errors” were suspected to see how it was handled there. There were ten
proofing passes all told resulting in vastly enhanced accuracy.
Spelling
was standardized, as Helen’s spelling was sometimes inconsistent.
Capitalization was also standardized. Where we noticed words, phrases, and
sentences which had apparently been omitted inadvertently from the Urtext, that material was restored, and
of course all such changes to the manuscript were documented so the reader would have no doubt
which words on the page of this book were directly from the HLC manuscript, and which were
alterations which I introduced.
Making
it clear exactly what’s “original” to the manuscript and what’s “original
editorial modification” is crucial because no matter how sure any editor may be
that he’s correcting a “genuine mistake” it is possible, and in lived
experience inevitable, that editors will sometimes be mistaken. ONLY by indicating exactly what was altered
and why, and editing errors be easily corrected and editing corrections
properly accepted. Otherwise, all you’ve
really got is an “inaccurate edition.”
The
editorial policy was to change only those things for which there was
substantial evidence that they were indeed “genuine errors” and where we had
sound reasons to suppose Helen and Bill would themselves have made the exact
same changes were they to have noticed what we were noticing. It was more “proofreading” their work than it
was “copy editing.” And of course, since
any human might err, all changes were documented so the reader is never in any
doubt as to what is our work and what is the work of
the Scribes.
This
edition is for sale at Miracles
in Action Press as a printed book and on line in various formats (see
below)
READ REVIEW Changes from the HLC
Manuscript (257 Mb PDF)
Annotated HLC Manuscript E-book in PDF (with corrections)
This
PDF e-book is formatted for ease of reading and searching on a computer. Identical to the print version (above) it is
the Transcript
(above) with the correction of typos and material from the Urtext which was apparently omitted
inadvertently. Every deviation from the manuscript
is documented. All the powerful search
tools in Acrobat Reader are available, making this a flexible and powerful
research tool. (free on line in PDF format 8.5 Mb)
Annotated HLC Manuscript E-book in
HTML (with corrections)
This
is an HTML version of the above e-book.
It displays the HLC in your
browser with a full Table of Contents in a sidebar frame on the left. In HTML the text and frames can be resized to
your preferences and scrolling is entirely linear making it somewhat easier and
faster to navigate on a computer than the PDF.
It also loads faster than the PDF version. All the footnotes are preserved as hyperlinks
and are very easy to use. It can of
course be searched for words and character strings using your browser’s “SEARCH
BUTTON” (generally CTRL+F).
The
Original Synthesized Audio HLC
This
is not the best audio recording of the Text
of A Course in Miracles ever made,
but it is the least expensive. It was
produced by a voice synthesizer engine with pronunciation heavily edited to
remove the more extreme pronunciation oddities which are characteristic of
voice synthesizers.
Initially
I used the voice synthesizer as a proofreading aid but quickly realized in many
hours of listing to “Eddie the Robot” reading the Course aloud, that the
message of the Course often comes through more clearly “out loud” than “in
print.”
Since
it was cheap and easy to do so, I decided to make this version available on CD
for the price of one CD. “Eddie’s” voice
can take a bit of getting used to, but many have found this recording to be of
great value. (available from Miracles in Action Press for $20, portions on
line for free).
The
Original Exhaustive Concordance to the Hugh Lynn Cayce Version
While
any serious textual scholar knows that a concordance is indispensible,
newcomers to the tool will be pleasantly surprised at how quick and easy it is
to find almost any passage with this tool.
In
this exhaustive concordance, every occurrence of every word is indexed and
listed with five words of adjacent context.
Finding
any passage for which you can recall even just one word is thus made very fast
and easy. (Available from Miracles in Action
Press)
The First Edition of the HLC Concordance is available free on
line. The Second
Edition available on CD/DVD from Miracles in Action Press contains some error
corrections, has had more proofing, and has an enhanced user-interface. The old one is still quite useful however.
An Original Edition (2007) by Tom Whitmore and Peggy Howland
ISBN:
0-9764200-6-6
Because parts
of this version derive from the HLC, this
version is included here. This version
is also dealt with in the section on post-scribal
versions because a great deal of it fits that category better since, while
mostly based on the HLC, it often
reflects the Urtext reading more
closely and often is also something entirely “original.” For more details on
this rather unusual publication, see the REVIEW.
READ REVIEW View comparison with actual
HLC Manuscript” (3.2 Mb)
View Printable PDF of Text volume with universal references
added as bookmarks (4 Mb)