The Mystical Life of Jesus

The book discusses the work of John the Baptist and the immersion in water of Jesus and what that meant. The author says that Christianity has a mystical soul. He also points out that Palestine at the time was not a single entity, it did not consist of united people. (It establishes that the present-day problems of Israel and Palestine are far older than most people would think, going back thousands of years.)

He holds that the Jews of the time actually hated the gentiles and they did not consider women to be equal to men. He says that the Jewish rulers of the time required everyone in the area to convert to Judaism and that Joseph and Mary were actually gentiles that had to convert to Judaism.

He also holds that Jesus was not actually part of the House of David. The virgin birth of Jesus is compared with stories of virgin births of others considered to be holy (Krishna, Buddha, etc.) He holds that Jesus was not born in a manger or a cave but that he was born in an Essene grotto and that Mary and Joseph were Essenes.

Jesus supposedly was given a top-notch education at the Mount Carmel school and that he also studied in India, Persia, Greece and Egypt. Jesus attained the mastership level of the Great White Brotherhood in a ceremony in the great pyramid.

Rome was afraid of a Jewish uprising and that Tiberius had actually ruled that there was to be no crucifixion of Jesus without a full investigation. His ruling was either too late or ignored.

The book holds that the legs of Jesus were not broken and that he was alive when he was taken down from the cross. He was taken to the tomb and there he was able to heal. He appeared to his disciples by the use of psychic projection (hence the 'don't touch me' statement he made.)

He felt he had prepared his disciples go to out and preach correctly and then he basically retired to a life of contemplation (something which the author says similar 'advanced' people tended to do.) He died at the Mount Carmel school when he was about seventy or so.

There is no reference made to his being married or having children.

This all is quite interesting but the problem remains that there is no proof at all of what actually happened. The material in the Bible was written well after his death/ascension. There was no news service like there is today and there are no writings (as far as is known) from that exact time of the crucifixion. So the book is speculation as would be any other book on the same subject.