• Four Open Field Books - The first installment in this project, first published in 1993, consisting of four lectures by J. W. Kaiser, which had previously been published individually in book form in Dutch, as well as an introduction by Rogier Fentener van Vlissingen.
  
  
• The Gospel as a Spiritual Path - by Rogier Fentener van Vlissigen, 2003. The corner stone of the program, providing a more thorough introduction, and extensive vocabulary and explanation of Kaiser's idiosyncratic use of words and terms.
  
  
• Ascent to Life, by Jan Willem Kaiser. Originally published 1960. English edition planned 2008.
  
  
• Wisdom of Fairy-tales, by Jan Willem Kaiser. Originally published 1946. English edition planned 2009.
  
  
• Experiencing the Gospel, by Jan Willem Kaiser. Originally Published 1950. English edition planned 2009.
  
  
• The Mysteries of Jesus in our Lives, by Jan Willem Kaiser. Originally published in 1952. English edition planned 2010.
  
  
• The Zodiacal symbolism in the Gospel according to Mark. Originally published 1959. English edition planned 2010.
  
  
• Introduction to the Study and Interpretation of Drama, by Jan Willem Kaiser. Originally published in 1929. Prospectively this early work which is more a monograph which was published in book form, may be published as an appendix to my own upcoming book on the Gospel according to Mark, due in 2009.
  

It all started with the inspiration from my stepson Michael Ciardi in 1987, when he was curious about alternative ways of looking at Jesus, and came to me with his questions. During many late night conversations he asked me where I got some of my ideas from, and I began telling him about JWK, and started the translations that became Four Open Field Books.

Besides wanting to complete this book project, at some point I also wrote a treatment for a movie script about my relationship with Kaiser, and the project of translating his work. It focused on the experience of my choice as a teenager to keep seeking until I would find, starting with studying Greek and reading my Plato and NT in the original, always wondering about how Jesus taught before his Pauline reconstruction. No doubt my primary influence was Kaiser's work, but later this reached renewed intensity through A Course In Miracles.

The theme is thus very much on the presence of Jesus in our lives in whatever form he may take, appearing as various teachers at different times. The result is an experience of closing the circle, in which Jesus is no longer a historical voice we have to find at great effort, but a living presence, always present to us, if we should let him in. I am presently working on the Thomas Gospel, Closing the Circle, Pursah's Gospel of Thomas and A Course In Miracles, which touches on the same themes.