Jesus Christ - Jesus: the explosive story of the thirty lost years and the ancient mystery religions

Copyright 2010

by Tricia McCannon

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Cover photograph: Corbis / Fine Art / The Gallery Collection

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Unless otherwise noted, all figures are illustrated or photographed by the author.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McCannon, Tricia.

Jesus : the explosive story of the thirty lost years and the ancient mystery religions / Tricia McCannon.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: An account of Jesus' life during his many missing years, where he was and what he learned before beginning his public ministry in PalestineProvided by publisher.

ISBN 978-1-57174-607-8 (6 9 tc : alk. paper)

1. Jesus ChristBiographyApocryphal and legendary literature. 2. Jesus Christ Miscellanea. I. Title.

BT520.M33 2009

232.9dc22

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Printed in Canada

TCP

To the great spiritual Masters and Initiates throughout all the centuries who have kept the torch of the Mysteries alight. May the Spirit of the Christ and the Spirit of Ma'at (Cosmic Truth) inspire each generation to remember and embrace our own divine natures in their search for the Way.

Figure 1. Jesus' life and travelsa timeline.

There lives a Master in the hearts of men, maketh their deeds, by subtle pulling strings, dance to what tune He will.

With all thy soul trust Him, and take Him for thy succor, Prince!

The Bhagavad-Gita

I never intended to write this book.

I have long been a teacher of the spiritual path, an international speaker, and a mystic trained in the Mysteries of many ancient streams of wisdom. I have researched and written books about world prophecy and the profound events facing our world today, and about the secret teachings of the ancients. I included a discussion of Jesus in my second book because I saw in him a key example of how beautiful teachings can negatively impact the world when perverted by the power elites. In the course of my inquiries, my own beliefs transitioned from a simple Christian perspective to a far broader knowledge of the Mysteriesthe secret teachings of the ancients. And this led me to a deeper investigation of the true history of Jesus.

Yet I never intended to write this book.

I was raised in the Deep South in a fundamentalist Christian family, but my own spiritual path was always different from theirs. As a child, I experienced many clairvoyant episodes that involved everything from communicating with animals to seeing fairies and devas in the woods. I was visited by angels and spirit guides, and accessed information about other people's past and future lives clairvoyantly. Neither my family nor the Christian church we attended could explain my experiences. And many of the Christian doctrines I was taught didn't make any sense to meespecially the idea that we only have one short life in which to become enlightened, and the mystifying notion that a noble, loving Creator could condemn us to eternal suffering if we didn't get it right.

Rather than struggle to find logic in Christian teachings, I began to study spiritual beliefs that seemed more coherent, more loving, and more uplifting than the religion of my youth. I studied Jesus' hidden teachings from the lost books of the Bible and learned the history of his travels to other lands. I became a student of Buddhism, Theosophy, Hinduism, shamanism, Celtic mysticism, Native American spirituality, and the Egyptian Mysteries. For over three decades, I worked with many different spiritual masters and became an initiate in several profound paths. As the years passed, I gained control of my strong spiritual gifts through meditation and prayer, and started helping others connect with their own divine essence. I began to do readings for people to help them heal their wounds and re-empower themselves.

Ultimately, I became a headliner at conferences around the world. I took groups of like-minded pilgrims on sacred journeys to Egypt, England, Peru, Italy, Mount Shasta, the Four Corners, and Greece. I began to investigate the Earth's energetic history. I traveled the Nile, spent time in the temples, and slept inside the Great Pyramid. I spent years in Magical England and visited the gardens of Chalice Well, where Joseph of Arimathea set up the first Christian church a few years after the Crucifixion. I followed the journey of Mary Magdalene through southern France, tracking the path of the refugees from Israel as they fled from the tyranny of Jerusalem. And with each new discovery, I drew nearer to unraveling the Mysteries of the ages. My clairvoyant readings deepened. I began tracking souls back to their place of origin, discovering the higher worlds of countless angels and spirit guides, and learning how we are connected to these realms. I was visited by masters who taught me about the celestial origins of us all.

Of course, not everyone shared my expanded views. When I visited my fundamentalist family, they kept me apart from my young nieces and nephews lest they become contaminated by a desire for a broader base of knowledge. After twenty years of this painful dynamic, I finally turned to Jesus for answers.

Yet I never intended to write this book.

Christmas 2006. I was deep in the throes of writing. I had been hard at work on the computer all day and had just decided to take a break. I stretched out in my office, surrounded by sacred images of the masters and angels I had worked with for decades. The incense from my prayer altar wafted through the room. My eyes were closed, yet I slowly became aware that Jesus was standing over me. I could see his gold-white aura through my eyelids as clearly as if my eyes were open. His radiance seemed to penetrate my forehead.

I want you to write a book about my lost years and secret teachings, he said telepathically. There has been enough struggleenough war and bloodshed in my name.

Stunned as I was by the radiance of his joyful, brilliant presence, it took me a moment to respond. Well, I thought, I'm in the middle of writing some other books right now. Maybe when I finish these

Jesus' light grew stronger and, somehow, this radiance made the idea of writing another book seem effortless and easy. He was smiling down upon me. He waved his hand as if to say that what he required of me would only take a moment. I realized that I could write this book for him, and then go back to my other projects. Right?

An image of my dysfunctional family flashed through my head. I groaned as I thought of the effect this book would have on my relationship with them. And there were millions of people like my family out therethose more committed to the letter of Christianity than to the Spirit behind it. If I wrote this book, what might the consequences be?