THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD AS TOLD BY JESUS AND THOSE WHO KNEW HIM
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2023Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseA compelling read worth opening your mind and heart to the possibility of its truth filling its pages. As Issa reminds those who find their way to this story that it isn't about correcting history, it is about remembering what the original message has always been... LOVE and the way to the path is within each of us to find by going into our hearts. Rich does a fabulous job researching what is shared through past life regression hypnosis sessions and through mediums to find the treasured gems of validations pointing to a truth that has always been present to find. Thank you for being the storyteller needed in today's world to remind us!9 people found this helpfulReportHelpful
- Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2025Format: AudiobookVerified PurchaseI like the fact that this story filled in some of the holes that I saw in the Biblical narrative concerning the life of Jesus. It could provide answers if you've had your doubtsOne person found this helpfulReportHelpful
- Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2025Format: KindleVerified PurchaseBrings information from many sources into a logical, consistent narrative. Roman, Islamic, Hindu, Tibetan histories correlate and agree when assembled.ReportHelpful
- Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI was excited to buy this book. I’m familiar with the Newton Institute’s amazing work (had a fabulous regression done by a Newton-certified hypnotherapist), and how they’re opening up our understanding of how the afterlife works. Now here was another person going at it from a slightly different point of view.
Unfortunately, the informality of the investigation bothered me to great extent. Martini comes across as an egocentric, eager to push the idea that he’s BFF with the biggest stars around, earthly and spiritual. He seems to be more interested in showing off his superfamous bud, “Jay Zeus” (really? Are we in high school?), instead of thoroughly investigating what he can learn from him and the entities around him.
Problem #1 is: When the author is conducting the interview, now and then he'll ask leading questions. Several times he asks the subject if Jesus died on the cross. "Yes," comes the answer. In this case he'll ask again until they say "no," and then continue from there, in a direction that reinforces his hypothesis. (Like I said: only sometimes.)
Martini is a firm believer in the St. Issa stuff. I first ran into that about 25 years ago and thought it was interesting, but that I'd wait for some solid proof to roll in before making a decision about it. Martini visited a temple in Ladakh a while back, and a monk told him that Jesus had studied there for ten years. That’s hearsay, not the evidence he thinks it is.
It doesn’t seem to bother Martini that some subjects say that after the crucifixion Jesus left on a boat with Mary, while others say he took a separate boat and they didn’t get back together for a few years.
Anyway like I said, this book has some crazy interesting stuff in it that keeps coming up from medium to medium. However:
Problem #2: The book has LOUSY LOUSY LOUSY editing. It's like reading the subtitles during a live CNN interview. Words are misspelled when they aren't just the wrong words entirely (though close). "Went" becomes "want" or some other word that throws the sentence for a loop.
Punctuation? Whoever was responsible for proofing this book has never taken a class in English punctuation. Very often the entire meaning of a sentence, much less a paragraph, changes when you realize, "Hey, there's a comma missing; he's talking to someone instead of about someone," or "Why is that semi-colon there? Those are two entirely separate thoughts." There are zero brackets, though the text requires them to be used often. Pieces are scattered willy-nilly, with the text pointing to such-and-such being included after that portion of the text, when they were really chapters and chapters before, etc. Was the staff in such a hurry that they couldn’t do their basic work?
The complete lack of proofreading drove me crazy. If you’re purporting to set our culture on its ear, at least hire a proofreader so the message comes across clearly.
The interviewer/author will abruptly change subjects and interviewee without making a note. He'll go from, say, talking to Person X about subject Y to talking with Jesus about subject Z without a word that gives us a heads-up. You're saying, "Wha? Who?" and then "Oh, he's done it again." And you sigh.
We'll be checking out a spiritual council, and there will be Mary. Cool! You're waiting for her to be asked some questions, but he'll only say, "Can you bring Jay in?" He likes to call Jesus "Jay Zeus." [roll eyes] Well, that's fine for later. Right now I want to hear from Mary!
Jesus tells us at a couple (not all) points that his name was Issa. (In another session he gives a different name, something along the lines of "Elijah" but not quite that, and still close to "Issa.") His best friend calls him "Issie." After he recovered from the crucifixion he called himself "Joseph" after his stepfather. (And his bio dad was Panthera, a Roman soldier who ran out on Mary after she got pregnant. Where did Martini get this info? Did I miss that? I did see the ONE session where he asks, “Any your father was Panthera, right?” which is a leading question.)
There's a portion in here about the Mary who went by the name of Magda, Mary Magdalene. Also quite interesting, especially since we also talk to Magda's good friend who ministered to Jesus as he was recovering in a cave from his ordeal.
According to this, Magda was Jesus' wife (it was a love match), mother of his five kids, three of which survived into adulthood. One interview with Magda says the Gospel of Mary is something she wrote herself. In total, the interviews about her say she was quite the important spiritual speaker back then, with a huge following of her own. The marriage had to be kept secret to provide safety for her.
The upshot of this review is that I want to non-fatally throttle Martini and force him to hire a decent editor so he can republish these books in understandable form. Maybe in the future he can also not be so leading in his questions so the interviews become more professional– dare I say, scientific? If you’re going to present startling new information, do it clearly and without bias.
And perhaps when Jesus says he and some folks hid important books in a cave somewhere, a question might be posed as to WHERE that is, so investigators can check into it.
All in all, an interesting book with quite interesting premises, but done in an extremely sloppy way. If there’d been some kind of control in the questions and questioning, and if there’d been even a shred of proofreading involved, that would upgrade my opinion of this.29 people found this helpfulReportHelpful - Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2023Format: KindleVerified PurchaseAn incredible read that resonates with me more than any religion could.
Like anything else in life...if you want love...send it out to every one and everything and watch it come back to you!
Thank you Richard!10 people found this helpfulReportHelpful - Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2024Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseFills in whole segments of time in the life of Yeshua.ReportHelpful
- Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2025Format: AudiobookI was raised a Catholic by my parents and my teacher-nuns. All I got out of it was the importance of man made rules like going to church every Sunday and eating fish sticks on Fridays. For the last few decades of my life rather then following a religion I just go direct! This book connected the dots for me. At long last I have clarity of who Jesus is without all the BS dogma.ReportHelpful
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Mrs CresswellReviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 20245.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseHaving a partner already in soul afterlife I found this book very interesting as some things about the afterlife were revealed asbo had been shown, I also grew up in the same village as my partner hence memories Aberdeenshire in showing to me as time packets.
I have read quite a few things on people who channel Jesus in the last 15 years
This one breaks the social bounderies allowing it to be more natural and modern.
There are many things in this book that are what I felt as a child, surrounded by a few old would on the journey to get me and my partner together. But as a child I had more connection to the afterlife which I lost as i grew but I did make an unplanned visit to the afterlife at 13 and was sent back! So as an empath I do feel that there are quite a lot of truths in this. I have also studied different religions, I came to earth wanting to read bibles, to find things I have had to read so many versions of each and still have no idea of which religion I follow as items mixture of many and more.
So I think this book has a lot going for it, given I guess I understand quite a bit about would just recently.
The author takes an open mind to it all which rather than been bias it's light hearted, funny and a good read.
I know for many some follow strong religions and this would annoy them and be classed as evil. That's their view and that's fine. Same as my view and recent strange life!
I am one not to accept things without evidence-based facts and this book has that. I was too lazy to be a medium in this life but I guess I have the skills - fear of cold water on my head and of fire I think are my evidence of not wanting to be as I should. Though I know many times in my life I have prayed and had answers and help. So yes if none hypnosis can channel, I tried after all its how I talk to partner and his soul family. So I also got some interesting results.
One thing I have always said about this life is that it shouldn't be like this, not knowing why. Get I found this in this book, which was interesting. Maybe there are many of us who reincarnated here and wonder why it is as it is?!
I am just grateful I read this book on a subject I have studied for a while, and other things now part of my life the last 6 months. It was of great knowledge and confirmation.
Wrong colorReviewed in Canada on February 1, 20255.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseExcellent amalgamation of information from mediums and past life regressions regarding Jesus’s life on earth. Resonates as truth. I highly recommend this book.
LynnReviewed in the United Kingdom on April 10, 20235.0 out of 5 stars The Real Jesus
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseFascinating book. Richard Martini collates hypnotherapy sessions and encounters with mediums where Jesus appears. He tells his story across different sessions about who he really is and what actually happened to him all those years ago in Palestine. Amazing, challenging, hopeful. Also great as I am actually in it. Highly recommended.
