type of person we can safely assume Jesus was. The whole situation seems to have been gradually developing in his own mind, scarred by the death of the father he could not spend most his time with – the Robin Hood of his constant alert for. Jesus was no stranger to the wilderness and harsh self inflicted conditions as can be seen today with respect to Indian Shamans or holy men. For these modern mystics, being buried alive for up to three days is an inconsequential exercise which has astonished modern science, but the investigations in Haiti with respect to what they call their living dead and their use of a cataleptic drug drawn from the Fugu fish, no longer questions the issue. Jesus may well therefore have decided that this was the way to go if he, as he made it quite clear, wanted to become a sacrificial lamb who would descend to hell and come back to life within three days. If he did say that, then playing a hand in his own death/rebirth situation would have been carefully planned with the help of others. He would have been able to decide where and when intervention was necessary to avoid absolute death. Roman implication appears to have been necessary and taking the ritual garb including the crown of thorns into account, the whole thing seems to have been geared to perform a living ceremony of one of the most treasured and feared of the Mithraic mysteries practiced by the Roman military and nobility. If so, it was one of the most adventurous and awesome acts anyone had ever dared to be involved in and Pilate´s involvement as one of the initiates of this Order may be taken for certain. The theatrical washing of hands, if indeed it took place, would be intended to be recorded as a sign of complete submission to the rite by the aspirant to