A Novel inspired by Edgar Cayce, the late American prophet, who claimed that Jesus had visited “Persia, India, Syria and Egypt to complete His education.” The book is also listed in the Vision/Metaphysical category.
Yeshûa’s character is further derived from information gleaned from Gnostic Gospels discovered in Nag Hammadi, Upper Egypt in 1945.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. Luke 2:52
The author has thoroughly researched early Indian and Middle-Eastern history. He illustrates conditions in which such an education might have taken place to prepare Jesus for His ministry. As the story unfolds, Satia, the son of a wealthy caravan owner, meets the twelve-year-old Yeshua (Jesus) as the latter flees in rebellion from his Essene teachers. The two become fast friends and stay that way for the eighteen years not covered in the Bible – the years between the finding of Jesus in the Temple and the beginning of His short ministry. In addition to several novels, Law has written other books under his own name, Stanislaw Kapuscinski, which cover esoteric topics such as the Key to Immortality, Visualization, and The Dictionary of Biblical Symbolism. (Gleaned from Montreal Review of Books)
Excerpt
(Excerpt, chapter 2, The Desert)
"What is your name for Yahweh?" he asked me without turning his head. He must have sensed that I followed him out of the tent we shared. I was surprised he used the name Yahweh. The orthodox Jews were not allowed to use the name of their god. I could have sworn Yeshûa had been raised as an orthodox Jew. My father had said as much.
"Brahma," I replied. "We have many gods in India. We have Brahma who created the universe, Vishnu who sustains it, and Shiva is the Destroyer. But they are all aspects of the same deity."
He didn’t say anything. I too had been swept off my feet by the magic of the desert night. I felt the need to share my wonder with him. "This is where Brahma says to you ‘I OWN YOU’," I said quietly.
He remained silent. For a time I thought he hadn’t heard me. Then, as though emerging from an ocean as deep as the desert was wide, he turned his eyes toward me. They shone like the stars above. "No," he said. "This is where Brahma says ‘YOU AND I ARE ONE’."
|
