WOW ... this book changed my life. I was raised Roman Catholic, now a Pagan. As a child I always felt like the Bible and the Church got it wrong about Jesus. This book opened up my eyes. And as I was reading I would often say "Wow that makes sense". I highly recommend everyone of all faiths to read the book.

Enjoyed the shit out of this book. The information buoyed me when I needed some balance in my search for information about Christianity. Not that I believe everything written within this tome, but a counter-thought is always important in seeking the middle ground, & Sylvia and her book are filled with counter-thoughts. Read it, I will, again.

Interesting.....

Well I am a recovering Catholic, this is an interesting perspective on Jesus' life. Kind of interesting if you have an open mind on religion.

Nothing to fear

This book is a reminder that we are not here to just accept whatever we are told. We are meant to ask questions and know when we hear the truth it will resonate in our whole being. Sylvia Browne was my first mentor into my truth. I am forever grateful to her & God for bringing her into my Life.

I know she's dead and all, but my advice for her would be to find an editor, please, god.

The beginning of the book is magical. A new, wonderful piece of information about her own personal beliefs is on every page. Highly entertaining.

The middle draaaaaaaaaaaags on forever, and it's just the cliff-notes version of Jesus' life. She adds in little quibbles about what Mark wrote that's contrasted by Luke or Matthew, or that John is just off in their own world doing whatever they want. And also includes tangents about demons and hygiene and feminism, but with regards to Jesus' ministry, there isn't really anything there that disputes what a majority of Christians believe (besides Jesus being married and super rich, lmao). If we could've gotten the cliff-cliff-notes version of this, I would've been so grateful.

Near the end around the crucifixion things pick up again, but not at the same wild twists and turns as the beginning. Alas. Still pretty entertaining.

I really enjoyed this book like I did Sylvia's Two Marys. I'm not sure about Jesus surviving the crucifixion, but I do believe in a loving and kind God like Sylvia describes and I believe that we have one rule like she says only I put it even more simply, we just need to be nice. It's refreshing to read something placing Jesus in a more human role because he's much easier to identify with this way. I also like seeing someone use other writings than just what the Catholic Church has proscribed. Now I just need to find some original translations of the gospels.

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Sylvia Browne will always be my favorite metaphysical authors, for lack of a better term. Everyone who worships the Bible word for word should read this. It makes you think instead of just assuming it’s not a work of fiction. It can help a great many people, but at the end of the day it’s mythology. Should we worship The Iliad too? Think for yourself. Jesus never wrote a single word in that book and researchers don’t even know who did or how many. Every version is different and inconsistent. Which is right? Maybe none because the ONLY thing we actually need to learn here is LOVE. All our judging and persecution of others in the name of this book takes away what Jesus’s true message was. Love each other. And if you never pick up a Bible in your life, guess what? It doesn’t mean you’ll go to hell! Imagine that.

This book has as many inconsistencies and inaccuracies as the Bible -- which it claims to refute. It also bases its claims that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and survived the crucifixion on flimsy or non-existent evidence. Although I like the idea of these things happening, and I really wanted to believe it, this book wasn't very convincing.

Here's a partial list of everything wrong with this book.

1/ Sylvia Brown claims that when Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding that he was the groom, because according to her, at ancient Jewish weddings the groom supplied the wine. Not so. The groom's family was responsible for this, so the groom was more likely one of his brothers.

2/ She also says anyone addressed as "rabbi" has to be married. In the time of Jesus this term just meant "teacher" or "master" and not someone who was trained in spiritual matters. This term was only later used to describe a formally trained Jewish spiritual leader.

3/ Brown writes that according to the Gnostic Gospel of Philip, some of the other apostles were jealous that Jesus showed Mary Magdalene favoritism by kissing her on the mouth. However, in the only surviving copy of this gospel, there is a hole in it where it was written what part of the body he kissed her on. According to the customs of the day, it could have been the "feet," which would have showed great respect, the "hand," or the "forehead." Maybe they were just annoyed because they were as misogynistic as most of the other men of the day.

4/ She claims that leprosy was common in the days of Jesus because of contaminated water. Leprosy isn't caused by this but by close physical contact to people who have it.

5/ On page 18 Brown says Jesus and Mary Magdalene were childhood sweethearts, and on page 20 she says he traveled to Asia at the age of 14/15. Yet, later in the book, on page 184, she shows that Jesus was supposedly 12 years older than Mary. How could they possibly have been childhood sweethearts Mary was only 2 or 3 years old when the teenaged supposedly left to go travelling?

If you enjoy researching/studying ancient history/biblical knowledge it might be fun to read this book to discover all of its inaccuracies. Otherwise, it's a total waste of time.

The book answers the questions whether Jesus is married or is there a Jesus lineage and many other conflicting accounts in the Bible. It's easy to read and very very interesting!!!

Great book! Highly recommend.

I am grateful to have discovered her work and this book. It has truly helped me to understand my own spirituality, which I have been so confused about for so many years. She has confirmed what I have always suspected about the real Jesus Christ. I hope to encourage my young adult children to read this to assist them in their spiritual journey. Thank you so much Sylvia Browne! Hope to meet you some day on the Other Side.

I found this book while browsing in a local thrift store…I was in the throws (and still am) of the deconstructing of my faith heritage (evangelical Christianity) and gave myself permission to read this where as just a year or so prior wouldn’t have even allowed it in my home let alone read it. I saw it as an exercise in trust in my own ability to think critically. It took me forever to get to the end. I don’t “believe” much of what she purports however I do find value in her easy to follow history of how religion has been a tool to invoke fear and shame and much of what my faith leaders have purported as undeniable truth is anything but.