“The crucifixion of Jesus was a curious event. ...a case can be made that he was not meant to
die on the cross. It was customary in Roman times to break the legs and arms of persons who had
died on the cross (usually by starvation or by suffocation from the ribcage pressing down on the
lungs). It was also customary for all prisoners to be taken down from their crosses just prior to the
Sabbath, which starts on Friday at dusk. Jesus was nailed to the cross in the early afternoon of a
Friday and taken down just before dusk, having been crucified for as little as 4 or 5 hours, during
which time he ‘gave up the ghost.’
“It is rather remarkable that a person with the vitality and yogic powers as Jesus would die
within a few hours on a cross when most criminals took several days to die. Persons are crucified
every year in such diverse places as the Philippines and Mexico in commemoration of the event,
all of them coming through quite safely. Crucifixion does not kill a person in four hours.
“It seems more possible that Jesus, who had undoubtedly studied certain forms of yoga, was
able to go into an altered state of consciousness, a deep mental state, where he would appear dead
to any person, including a doctor.
“Such states are not uncommon and are generally known as catalepsy and even today, yogi’s,
in the Himalayas and elsewhere, are still performing such feats.
“The crucifixion of Jesus is a remarkable affair and fraught with interesting contradictions and
interpretations. It is worth noting that when Jesus said on the cross ‘My God, my God, what hast
thou forsaken me?” he was drawing attention to the 22nd psalm. At that time, it was common for
scholars to refer to a whole verse by quoting the first line, as everyone knew the Old Testament
by heart. The 22nd psalm, written by King David goes on to say in the 16th verse:
“ ‘a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and
feet – I can count all my bones – they stare and gloat over me; they divide
my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots. But thou,
Lord, be not far off...’“Therefore it would appear that Jesus was not in despair, but was instead drawing attention to
the 22nd psalm as a prophecy of the terrible wrong that was being committed against him. Taken
down from the cross at dusk, Jesus appeared to be dead. His mother Mary and Joseph of
Arimathea, stood by to claim the body which was ‘not pulverized’ (i.e. Had its bones broken) as
was the Roman tradition. Instead, they wrapped the body in a shroud after they had covered it
with aloe sap, known for its natural healing qualities. Jesus had been pierced in the side by a
spear, and was bleeding, which is rather suspicious, since a dead person does not bleed after his
heart has stopped.
“The possibility that Jesus survived the crucifixion seems a credible one. In fact, what is
incredible, is that someone with the vitality and personal power of Jesus would have died on the
cross in such a short time. More likely, he could have lasted many days, probably outliving
common criminals.”
So with all this being the case, what actually did happen to Jesus after the crucifixion? Many
claim there is evidence to suggest that Quetzalcoatl may well have been Jesus. Others have
speculated that it may also have been the Irish saint, St. Brendan or that possibly the two were
traveling together as Quetzalcoatl did not travel alone but did in fact have an ‘entourage’ of sorts.
There are also rock carvings and stele that exists depicting a South American man wearing an
earring sporting a Christian ‘Star of David’ symbol (fig.132).Could this be a coincidence or could
it be something more?.
In a further deepening of the mystery there is still other evidence to suggest that Quetzalcoatl
may well have had an Egyptian connection.
In ‘The Fingerprints of the Gods’ the author Graham Hancock suggested the figure was the
Egyptian deity Osiris, who was also reported to have made many peregrinations in order to impart
what wisdom he could on other less fortunate races. This is quite interesting because there have