Alexander Smyth (1765–1830)

". . . I make it an invariable rule to decline ever giving opinions on new publications in any case whatever, no man on earth has less taste or talent for criticism than myself, and least and last of all should I undertake to criticise works on the Apocalypse. it is between 50. and 60. years since I read it, & I then considered it as merely the ravings of a Maniac, no more worthy, nor capable of explanation than the incoherences of our own nightly dreams . . . I cannot so far respect them as to consider them as an allegorical narrative of events, past or subsequent. there is not coherence enough in them to countenance any suite of rational ideas. you will judge therefore from this how impossible I think it that either your exploration, or that of any man in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath, can be a correct one. what has no meaning admits no explanation. and pardon me if I say, with the candor of friendship, that I think your time too valuable, and your understanding of too high an order, to be wasted on these paralogisms. you will percieve, I hope, also that I do not consider them as revelations of [the?] supreme being, whom I would not so far blaspheme as to impute to him a pretension of revelation, couched at the same time in terms which, he would know, were never to be understood by those to whom they were addressed." — Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Smyth, 17 January 1825… (plus d'informations)

I have not read this edition and I will try to add the edition I did read, but this is a very special, psychically-received manuscript published originally in the late 1800s (1889?).

Alexander Smyth was contacted by the spirits who dictated their story to him, and he took it down longhand. Why believe them? They were none other than Saul of Tarsus/Paul and Judas, hoping to rectify some of the karma they'd incurred by the plot they contrived to use Jesus to immortalize themselves. Well, that was Saul/Paul's intent, according to the story, and Judas was his bondman who agreed to assist in the plot in order to secure his freedom -- - much to his later regret, as you might imagine. Indeed, much to both of their regret in the afterlife.

So, these two chose Smyth, followed him around (psychically) for many of his years, helped keep him alive until the time was right, and finally made psychic contact with him in order to convince him to take down their dictation and tell their story for the benefit of humanity, who had not known and never have known the truth about Jesus's life and career and how it was hampered by their efforts.

Each chapter in the book reads like a scene from a movie. One day, I hope it will be a movie. The story unfolds so seamlessly, you can't help but keep the pages turning rapidly. It makes total sense to me, as well, and rings with truth. I believe it completely. What a tragedy. Their story explains so many things, such as who Mary of Bethany truly was (Jesus' betrothed) and how things were magnified to become mythical when in fact, they were worthy of high esteem in and of themselves, and Paul's aggrandizing efforts only dimmed and distorted Jesus' true greatness.

The edition I read included a Letter from an Essene who further corroborated the story. It's called "The True Life of Jesus of Nazareth," published by Unarius Publications and is available online from used booksellers.… (plus d'informations)