Glossary of Terms

Glossary of Terms from A Course in Miracles 

This glossary of Course terms, written by Robert Perry, attempts to clarify the special meaning the Course gives familiar words like God, forgiveness, and miracle. Where applicable, it sets the Course’s meaning alongside the conventional definition and/or the traditional Christian usage. This glossary is keyed to the FIP edition of the Course. If you would like to see the definition of a term you do not find here, please submit your term to support@coursecompanions.com.

Introduction

A – B 

– accepting the Atonement for oneself

– adjustment

– altar

– angels

– anger

– appearances

– Atonement

– attack

– attack thoughts

– attraction of guilt

– authority problem

– being

– body

– bridge

– bringing darkness to light, illusions to truth

– brother

C – D

– call for love/help

– cause and effect

– charity

– choice

– Christ

– Christ’s vision

– clouds

– communication

– communion

– content

– course, the

– creation

– creations

– crucifixion

– curriculum

– death

– defense

– defenselessness

– delusional system

– denial

– devil

– dissociation

– dream

– dream figure

E – G

– ego

– error

– eternity

– extension

– eyes of Christ

– face of Christ

– faith

– fantasy

– fear

– fear of God

– final (or last) step

– forgiveness

– form/content

– freedom

– function

– gap, little gap

– gate of Heaven

– giving/receiving

– glory

– God

– “God’s Son is guiltless”

– grace

– gratitude

– Great Rays

– guilt

H

– happiness

– happy dream

– having/being

– he, him

– healing

– heart

– Heaven

– hell

– holiness, holy

– holy encounter

– holy instant

– holy relationship

– Holy Spirit

– humility

I-K

– “I am as God created me”

– idea

– “ideas leave not their source”

– idols

– illusion

– impossible situation

– “I need do nothing”

– insanity

– invulnerability

– Jesus

– judgment

– justice

– Kingdom of God

– knowledge

L-O

– lack

– Last (or Final) Judgment

– last step

– laws

– learning

– lesson

– level confusion

– life

– light

– lilies

– little willingness, a

– living things

– love

– magic

– magic thoughts

– making

– making error real

– meaning

– meaning of love

– memory of God

– mind

– “mind cannot attack”

– miracle

– miracle receiver

– miracle worker

– Name of God

– natural

– One-mindedness

P-R

– peace

– perception

– plan for salvation, plan for Atonement

– practice

– practice period

– prayer

– projection

– “projection makes perception”

– pupil

– real thoughts

– real world 

– reality

– reason

– receiving

– response to temptation

– resurrection

– revelation

– right mind

– right-mindedness

S

– sacrifice

– salvation

– savior

– script

– Second Coming

– self

– self-concept

– separation, the

– shadow figures

– sickness

– sin

– sleep

– something else

– song of Heaven

– Son of God

– Sonship

– soul

– spark

– special function

– specialness

– special relationships

– spirit

– split mind

– substitution

T-Z

– teacher of God

– teaching

– teaching-learning situation

– temptation

– things

– thought system

– Thoughts of God

– time

– treasure house

– true perception

– truth

– unhealed healer

– universe

– veil

– vigilance

– vision

– Voice of God, God’s Voice

– way

– will

– Will of God

– witness

– Word of God

– world

– wrong-mindedness

– you