Teen Jesus: Drew Heriot to Direct 'The Aquarian Gospel'
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Get ready for the next religious flick to potentially stir up some controversy -- Variety reports that Drew Heriot has been tapped to helm his feature debut, The Aquarian Gospel, which just happens to be a story about the missing years of Jesus, from ages 13 to 30. (Hey, is that where they get the idea for 13 Going on 30?) You might not recognize Heriot by name, but you've definitely heard of his work. He directed the documentary The Secret, which is, yes, THAT secret. In case you've been living under a rock -- it's the self-help movement about positive thinking that has taken North America by storm.As for the film, which was written by John F. Sullivan and William Keenan, it is inspired by two books about this missing bit of time -- Levi Dowling's The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ, and Nicholas Notovich's The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ. The film will follow the religious icon as he travels through India, Tibet, Greece, Egypt, and other locales, as he encounters historical and religious figures. The plan is to use actors from these areas along with cameos by current spiritual leaders.
What sort of claims does the Aquarian Gospel make? Well, it says Jesus was conceived by a human father, that he wasn't Christ until he made himself a "fit vessel," and that reincarnation is real -- souls are settling past life debts until they become perfect and end the cycle. Hmm... I wonder how the ever-growing population fits into that. Maybe Jesse was right and we are just fractions of people.
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11-23-2007 @ 1:52PM
Coe Reed said...
Besides the Aquarian Gospel, I strongly recommend two books to be read before this movie is released. The first is Jesus Lived in India by Holger Kersten (http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Lived-India-Before-Crucifixion/dp/0143028294/). The second is The Rozabal Line by Shawn Haigins (http://www.amazon.com/Rozabal-Line-Shawn-Haigins/dp/1430327545/). Both books explore the connections that Jesus had with India in very different ways. The main difference between the two is that the first is non-fiction while the second is a historical mystery novel. Both are highly recommended so that one can appreciate the nuances which the film will try very hard to cover.
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11-23-2007 @ 1:56PM
Coe Reed said...
Besides the Aquarian Gospel, I strongly recommend two books to be
read before this movie is released. The first is Jesus Lived in India
by Holger Kersten
(http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Lived-India-Before-Crucifixion/dp/0143028294/).
The second is The Rozabal Line by Shawn Haigins
(http://www.amazon.com/Rozabal-Line-Shawn-Haigins/dp/1430327545/).
Both books explore the connections that Jesus had with India in very
different ways. The main difference between the two is that the first
is non-fiction while the second is a historical mystery novel. Both
are highly recommended so that one can appreciate the nuances which
the film will try very hard to cover.
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12-22-2007 @ 2:10PM
malcolm tearle said...
At long last people are waking up to the truth. I read the Aquarian gospel over twenty years ago. Jesus has always to me looked like a hindu yogi, and I have heard that he spent 3 years with the buiddists, and 9 years with the nath yogi's, who taught him most of what he could later do. Jesus followed the teachings of Lord Shiva. He did not die on the cross that's a blind by the church to get you under their thumb, jesus or Issa, was removed from his tomb by one of his teachers, who later took him to kashmir, where he lived with a woman and had at least three children, he said we are all gods and goddess. For many years now I have been thinking of starting, the 'Avatar church of Jesus the Yogi.' and teaching the texts that jesus would himself have read and learned, ie, the Gita, the Spandakarika, the Darmapada etc.
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