Mary Magdalene Revealed
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Publisher Description
--WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER-- The Gospel of Mary Magdalene reveals a very different love story from the one we've come to refer to as Christianity. Harvard-trained theologian Meggan Watterson leads us verse by verse through Mary's gospel to illuminate the powerful teachings it contains.
A gospel, as ancient and authentic as any of the gospels that the Christian bible contains, was buried deep in the Egyptian desert after an edict was sent out in the 4th century to have all copies of it destroyed. Fortunately, some rebel monks were wise enough to refuse-and thanks to their disobedience and spiritual bravery, we have several manuscripts of the only gospel that was written in the name of a woman: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene.
Mary's gospel reveals a radical love that sits at the heart of the Christian story. Her gospel says that we are not sinful; we are not to feel ashamed or unworthy for being human. In fact, our purpose is to be fully human, to be a "true human being"-that is, a person who has remembered that, yes, we are a messy, limited ego, and we are also a limitless soul.
And all we need to do is to turn inward (again and again); to meditate, like Mary Magdalene, in the way her gospel directs us, so that we can see past the ego of our own little lives to what's more real, and lasting, and infinite, and already here, within.
With searing clarity, Watterson explains how and why Mary Magdalene came to be portrayed as the penitent prostitute and relates a more historically and theologically accurate depiction of who Mary was within the early Christ movement. And she shares how this discovery of Mary's gospel has allowed her to practice, and to experience, a love that never ends, a love that transforms everything.
"This book is a masterpiece. I haven't been this excited or awakened by a book for a decade."
- Glennon Doyle, New York Times best-selling author of Love Warrior and founder of Together Rising
Customer Reviews
The power within
Mary magdalene a woman of mystery who Christ often kissed on the mouth a power lady i wish hope and pray that women were like this today
Title fail.
This book did not deliver. The title did not reflect its content. The book no more revealed Mary Magdalene as the divine feminine that she was, than a fishing pole reveals the story of the birds and the bees. Emotionally immature and ego driven, the book is a disgrace. The author clearly has a lot to learn about the importance of ritual and value of sacrifice. She has disgraced the name of one of the most important historical female figures of all time by applying her name to this awful book. This book is an epic fail. The “Harvard trained” author has written a book that is 90% her wet behind the ears opinion and 10% Mary Magdalene. The book is disappointing on a grand scale. Horrible.