High Stakes

Dearest Lord, look past the blindness of our eyes.

And help us see truth as the eons of time flies.

The values you taught reside in our soul.

Let the lessons of life, to love God be our goal.

Walk with us, Lord, through the harshness of life.

And smooth over all the innumerable strife.

I ask your blessing from God for everyone.

Especially since He in greatness sent His beloved son.

 

To my readers…bless you everyone.

A B
LESSING

P
REFACE

1. Birth and Childhood

2. The Lost Years of Jesus

3. His Baptism and Gathering of Disciples

4. His Early Ministry and Miracles

5. Mary Magdalene, The Beatitudes of Christ

6. The Real Passion Story of Christ

7. The Resurrection—A Plan for Christ's Survival

8. The True Apocalypse

9. The Mystical Traveler

A N
OTE FROM
S
YLVIA

I
T IS VERY HARD
sometimes to describe oneself, but as many of you know, I am what the world calls a psychic. I was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1936 and inherited my psychic gifts from my beloved grandmother and a long list of ancestors who had psychic abilities that go back more than three hundred years. In my youth I was tested many times by doctors and scientists, and they all came to the conclusion that I had very distinct paranormal abilities. They would throw terms at me such as clairvoyant, precognitive, clairaudient, prophet, sensitive and trance medium. While I more or less knew the definitions of these words, as a young woman I really didn't understand them that well, especially as they pertained to me. I just thought that maybe I was nuts or mentally ill.

As a young girl I would sense things, see things, and hear things and sometimes they were very frightening to me. If it had not been for my grandmother Ada, I just think that I would have gone into a shell and locked myself out from the world. As it turned out, with my grandmother's loving counsel (and much, I'm sure, to the chagrin of my parents)…I didn't. I was nothing if not a handful—very precocious, outgoing, loud, energetic and incessantly asking questions and talking. My constant talking got me into trouble more times than not, as I would sense things and just blurt them out to family or even complete strangers. I really couldn't understand why my father would bury his face in his hands or why my mother would turn and yell at my father to do something with me. I'm sure it was hard on my family to raise me, for I would consistently do things that would embarrass them. Some may have seen my behavior as “cute” or “charming,” but I am sure others would have just seen me as a little “brat.”

I was eight years old when my spirit guide, Francine, first made contact with me. To hear the words “I come from God and you have nothing to fear” when no one was there was quite terrifying, and I immediately ran to my grandmother screaming. From that time on my gift of clairaudience has never left, and Francine would give counsel and solace to me many times over the years. She said to me in the beginning that she would not help me with my own abilities, as they needed to develop on their own, and to this day she does not help me with my private readings or in answering questions from audiences or groups when I do lectures.

I first became aware of my trance mediumship ability while taking a class on hypnosis in my late teens. Thankfully, I was with a few close friends whom I had grown up with and already had talked to them about Francine. The teacher started a group hypnosis exercise on the class, and I went under easily. Then, for the first time, Francine came into my body. She quickly introduced herself to my astonished friends and gave them a few tidbits of information so they would be convinced it was not me. When I came back to consciousness, my friends quickly informed me of what had happened and I instantly became infuriated. I was confused, angry and frightened. Francine immediately began talking to me to calm me down. She logically explained that she had to do this to show me my trance mediumship ability and that it was not harmful in any way. She knew I would never have allowed her to do it otherwise. The truth be told, she was probably right, as I was already in the mindset that I could possibly be crazy. We made a pact that day that she would never enter into my body in trance again without my permission…and she never has.

As most of you know, I have written many books on a variety of subjects dealing with spirituality and God and the paranormal. Much of the information in these books was heretofore unknown and comes from research trances with Francine. Over the years she has given me information that I have had transcribed into thousands of pages. Some of this information is very controversial and has caused me, as well as others, to research extensively for verification, as I have always been what I call an “open-minded skeptic.” Most of the time I have been able to verify in varying degrees the information she has given me. Sometimes I cannot due to a lack of substantial documentation. I have found that many times it is a crapshoot at best because the farther you go back in time or history, the more obscure documentation becomes. You find yourself dealing with legends, myths, corruption, lies, deceit and traditions. So it is not always easy to verify her information. Much of what we think of as truth (historical or otherwise) has so many potential holes for untruth, you sometimes scratch your head in wonder as to why it is considered truth in the first place. This is especially relevant when you are researching and trying to get confirmation on religious subject matter.

Religion is so subjective and so steeped in traditional and historical beliefs that it is hard to discern and separate truth from fiction in many cases. Add to that the fact that all the major religions have bloody histories of corruption and schisms and holy wars, with different sects and factions constantly rising and falling, and you have the proverbial confusing and bewildering murky mess. Thank God that numerous scholars and writers and historians are taking a new interest in various religions, especially Christianity. With new discoveries being made in archaeology and with books like
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown coming out, it has sparked a renaissance over the many controversies that have remained unanswered in Christianity and other religions.

With that in mind, when my publisher called me and asked me to write a book on Jesus Christ and his life, I was stunned into disbelief and silence. I am nothing if not controversial already and my publisher wants me to write a book on our Lord? Being a Gnostic Christian, I am already considered heretical by most, but this assignment would really bring out the critics and skeptics and would be a daunting and often frightening task.

I then thought about my life for a bit. I had dedicated my life to God and to bringing forth the truth about our Creator by trying to help others through my books, my counseling and my lectures. I most surely have my faults, but I have tried to live a good life by helping others as much as I could. Would doing this book jeopardize all that I have tried to do for them? With what I know and believe, I would have to tell the truth as I know it, and that truth will create an inevitable controversy…but then, isn't that why I am here?

I have given my life to teaching and nurturing others, to helping people in any way I can for God. To write about such a holy figure as Jesus Christ may be madness on my part, but it would be an even greater madness to not put forth the truth about him and his works for God so that people can better understand his teachings and from whence he came. To that end, this book contains verifiable truths and where verification is not possible, it contains logical and truthful information from my spirit guide, Francine. In the more than sixty years of knowing and working with her, I have never found her to be untruthful in any way, and she brings with her the wisdom and knowledge of the Other Side.

In this book you will find many things that will “rattle your cage,” “rock your boat” and “shake your tree”…in other words there are many things about Christ's life that I know to be true that fly in the face of the traditional teachings of Christianity. But truth is truth and you can feel it tangibly within your soul if you open yourself up to it. Close off from truth or don't acknowledge it and you will find yourself a slave to the powers of deception and lies and your soul will spiritually suffer. Christ said, “The truth will make you free” (John 8:31); but you have to
accept the truth
for it to make you free. I'm as free as a bird flying on the four winds…are you?