The Last Essene is a story of historical and personal enlightenment. It details the author's experience in past-life regression, uncovering details of a little-understood period of history (1st-2nd centuries, CE, and their growing Jewish-Christian split), correlating this with his progress as an adoptee and ex-Catholic seminarian, who discovers he is Jewish. These streams illumine his role as an interfaith chaplain.

Dr. Sylvia Hammerman, the regression facilitator whose commentary intersperses the narrative, writes:

As this narrative unfolds you will see that this is a story with many facets.

It is a story with an engaging storyline, full of drama, intensity, emotion and action.

It is story with a fascinating context and historical breadth and depth.

It is a story that functions as a therapeutic vehicle, being the source of trauma, and untapped personal resource.

Finally, it is a story that holds meaning beyond itself, with universal lessons particularly relevant to our current world.