Joseph Benner Encyclopedia 8 x1 This collection includes eight classics by author Joseph Sieber Benner: The Impersonal Life, The Way Out, The Way Beyond, Wealth, The Teacher, The Way to the Kingdom, Brotherhood, The Sun Papers (15 Papers).Benner, an American Spiritual writer, and Representative of the Brotherhood of Christ, was the first to introduce the Knowledge and Teachings of the Impersonal Life (also known as the "I AM" Teaching) to the world in his first book, "The Impersonal Life" published in 1914, a book which inspired Elvis Presley, who gave away hundreds of copies of the book.