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 notice affixed. Freeperson completed three printings, each of 100 copies.

According to an article (the "December 1992 Article") in the December 1992 issue of "The Lighthouse," the newsletter of FACIM, allegedly authored by Wapnick, his wife Gloria Wapnick, Skutch-Whitson, and Skutch:

"When A Course in Miracles was originally published in June of 1976, we made a firm commitment to seek out and listen to the Voice of the Holy Spirit before making any decisions related to the Course. None of us was prepared, however, for one particular instruction from Jesus to Helen Schucman, scribe of the Course. He wanted A Course in Miracles copyrighted and, she stated emphatically, he was quite adamant about this. Although Helen and William Thetford, her partner in scribing the Course, had known from the beginning that the Course was not intended for them alone, they could not imagine that it would ever become popular enough to require copyright protection. Also, the idea of a copyright struck all of us as somewhat out of character when applied to a spiritual teaching such as A Course in Miracles. Nevertheless, even though we could not envision a need for the Course to be copyrighted, we of course listened to Jesus and proceeded to contact the [U.S.] Copyright Office. …

We were informed that a copyright could not be granted to a non-physical author such as Jesus, nor to "Anonymous." On the other hand, Helen's name could not appear on the Course's copyright page because Jesus had cautioned her against publicly associating her name with it, lest people confuse her role with his and the Holy Spirit's. Therefore, our guidance was that the copyright registration should be filed with the author listed as "Anonymous," followed by Helen's name in parentheses, while the copyright itself was officially assigned by Helen to [FIP]."