Texts & cultural history
Jim McCarty
Ra-session participant and recorder
Also known as James McCarty
Who they are
Jim McCarty participated with Don Elkins and Carla Rueckert in the sessions published as the Law of One material. His introductions describe recording, transcription and support work, and later commentary about the group’s experiences. These are participant records of a spiritual practice and its interpretation, rather than independently established communication from a non-human source.
He connects the sessions’ production history with the books through which readers encounter them.
Selected contributions
- Helped record and transcribe the sessions, according to participant introductions.Source ↗
- Provided personal recollections and commentary associated with publication of withheld material in Book V.Source ↗Source 2 ↗
Primary records
Book · 2018
The Ra Contact: Teaching the Law of One
This two-volume edition assembles all 106 recorded Ra sessions with light editing. It is a primary record of the group’s spiritual teaching and reported channeling, including sessions McCarty helped record.
2018 compilation of sessions dated 1981–1984; the original five-volume sequence has a different arrangement.
Reading scope & citation
Fresh edition-guide description plus reused participant introductions establishing McCarty’s role; no whole-edition comparison or original-audio audit.
In the timeline
- Jan 15, 1981 – Feb 17, 1981Ra sessions begin: the material later collected in Book I
- Feb 21, 1981 – May 6, 1981Book II sessions develop the creation framework
- May 13, 1981 – Oct 31, 1981Book III sessions explore spiritual practice and balancing
- Feb 3, 1982 – Jun 10, 1983Book IV sessions turn toward the archetypal mind
- Mar 15, 1984Session 106 is the final dated session in the Ra archive
- 1998Book V publishes withheld material with participant commentary
- 2018The Ra Contact reorganizes all 106 sessions into two volumes
Biography sources
- Introductions to The Law of One, Books I and V ↗L/L Research, reproduced at Lawofone.info
- The Law of One books: contents and editions ↗Lawofone.info