Joseph outlines the relationship amongst the Course and Gnostic thinking.[19] Daren Kemp also considers ACIM for being neo-Gnostic and agrees with Hammer that it is a channeled text.[16] The course has actually been considered as a method which "integrates a psychological world check out by using a common spiritual standpoint" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cBHAtTOxoI