Jesus "lost years" Brought to Vivid Life in New Novel!

Sept. 23, 2009 - PRLog -- These and other challenging “what if’s” are the essential questions posed—and answered!-- in Lois Drake’s new novel, “ISSA.  The Greatest Story Never Told” from Snow Mountain Press.

    “ISSA” literally shakes the foundations of Christianity.

    In this powerful re-imagining of Jesus “lost years”, we come face-to-face with the teenager destined to become the savior of the world.  And we see his early life in a new and authentic way, as his path compels him to seek deeper and more profound spiritual substance.

    The hunger of his spirit to “know” takes Jesus from the comfortable surroundings of his home with Joseph and Mary in Nazareth to the distant and mysterious East.

    Lois Drake says, “I think, as a Christian, that I’ve always wondered what the real life of Jesus was like.  What did he do every day?  How did he live?  He was special certainly, with a high degree of spiritual attainment, but he was also a real living, breathing young man, too.  Researching and writing this novel has allowed me to put flesh and bone on a story that I’ve always wanted to know….and I suspect others do, too.”

   Drake also gives special praise for the book by renowned author and lecturer, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, that she used for source material and inspiration “The Lost Years of Jesus:  Documentary Evidence of Jesus’ 17-Year Journey to the East” published in 1984.

    Much of Drake’s “ISSA” flies in the face of the conventional Christian understanding of Jesus’ life and role.

    Here we discover that Jesus knew he was not unique regarding his potential to be the Christ.  He came to understand that we all have this same potential; that the one Son is the same Christ in all of us.

    As he finds and studies with teachers in the East, Tibet in particular, he also finds deeper understanding of the true nature and origins of man.

    He gains a deeper awareness of the power to choose—free will—that will inspire, inform and direct his every act.

    Having these lost years of Jesus come to vibrant life is a remarkable experience, one that some will find inspiring, some comforting and some challenging.

    The miracle is that “ISSA” takes nothing away from Jesus’ divinity.  Rather, the book adds to his aura and mystique as a world teacher…and savior.

   “ISSA.  The Greatest Story Never Told” is available now in bookstores everywhere and at Amazon bit.ly/ISSAPR0910.  (Be sure to add http:// when placing in address bar>)

    More information about this remarkable book can also be found at www.ISSA-TheGreatestSToryNeverTold.com

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