Nine Faces of Christ: A Narrative of Nine Great Mystic Initiations of Joseph-Bar-Joseph In...

This is a fascinating book for anyone who is an earnest seeker of enlightenment and has a fascination with Jesus Christ but is not into fundamentalist christian ideas and instead views Christ as a great spiritual master whose true teachings only come to us in fragments through the New Testament. Although this book is not directly a book about uncovering the real Jesus, one can certainly make a lot of sense out of the gospels with this interesting book. The main character of our story is one Jeshua Joseph-bar-Joseph. The author takes us through a story that pretty much unfolds exactly the way it does in the New Testament gospels, however in this version the author has put a lot of emphasis on the back story of how Jeshua has become a Christ. It isn't just a man born a "divine perfected being", Jeshua has to earn his Christhood through much training and many, many challenges. We get to see HOW he came upon all this great wisdom and ability. We get to see all the great trials Jeshua went through before he went out to deliver his message to the masses. Basically, we get to see a kind of Christ training process. One great thing is we see Jeshua challenged all along the way. Even after he has achieved great heights of exalted consciousness, he still continues to grow and be challenged. It has a very human quality to it that we can all identify with. It's not just "one day while praying he saw the Light and from then on he was the perfected Christ". No, this book has Jeshua really challenged at times while in the process. His core is always very strong and resiliant, but in this story we are shown some "growing pains". Enough to make this story quite inspirational because of how we all can identify with Jeshua trials and tribulations, how we all need to stay focused on staying strong during those challenging times that bring us those break-throughs,it is a story that resonates with our own process of growth. It makes one realize that Enlightenment is more than just having blissful meditations. Christ consciousness only comes from really pushing past your comfort zones spiritually! So many things in the New Testament make so much more sense after reading this or at least can be viewed in a new light.......One of the most interesting books I've ever read of the "New Age" Christ works.

I have read this book 3 times and will now purchase it again for a 4th reading, since I loaned it and well, you know. But, this book I believe carries so much truth with it that the soul cannot deny it and continues to seek it out, read after, read after, read. I find it to be an amazing amount of wisdom and spiritual teaching, more than I ever got from the New Testament. For me, it is more of the bible, or what I believe they would never print, or allow to be written in the bible then I have seen before. It feels like a channeled piece of work though I do not believe it claims to be so. But, it feels like Christ is speaking to you and telling you his story, how it really happened, and what he really meant when he said and did the things he did.

I read the Nine Faces of Christ many years ago before Dr. Whitworth ever thought of publishing it on the open market. It was and still is considered very controversial. I've read it over and over many times and always find something different. It is an insight into what the "missing" years of Christ were like, and makes one think of what "Jesus, the man" may have been like. It is said that this book may offend Christians. If you are a Christian with an open mind, it is not offensive at all, and makes one think more about our Savior. Many times after reading the book, I've looked in the Bible for various things. Yes, it contradicts the Bible, but you must put it in prospective, it's a fiction book and a "what if..." I feel the book can open a lot of minds to what may have been. The book is an interesting read and can take you places you've never been.

I found this to be an exciting and different prospective on what the life of Christ could have like. Dr. Whitworth has always been an excellent author, but this is best by far. He writes the way he thinks. I've read other books by Dr. Whitworth, this is the first one I had ever read, and continues to be my favorite. Another individual mentioned that it may be offensive to Christians, this is true, but if they keep an open mind, they can gain a lot of insight by reading this book.

This has been one of the most inspirational and challenging books on spiritual philosophy I have ever read. With brilliant insight, Eugene Whitworth uses drama to explore his academic analysis of 9 major world mystical traditions and proposes a convincing unified theory of Truth and the soul's journey to Self-realization. WARNING: Christians may find this book offensive.