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Mary Magdalene: Hidden Illumined One: The Journey, the Legends, the Teachings
Mary Magdalene has been portrayed down through the ages as a repentant prostitute. The secret Traditions and new discoveries have revealed her to be the "Apostles to the Apostles." The Gospel of Mary presents her as leader among the disciples. She experiences a vision of Jesus and receives advanced teachings about the fate of the soul and the meaning of salvation. She is known to have landed on the shores of southern France where extraordinary legends are passed on to this day and present a truly enlightened spiritual giant whom history and the politics of religion have slandered and sought to bury for all time. But her wisdom and knowledge of the Christ's teachings have surfaced two thousand years later.
84 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 17, 2014
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February 11, 2018
The author admits that there is little absolute factual knowledge about Mary Magdalene. There are still questions about where she came from, whether she was rich or not and especially what happened to her after the crucifixion.
One of the legends about her is that she later traveled to France, preached there and lived there for the rest of her life. One thing I found particularly interesting (for those who think she never went to France) is that there is a church there with a painting of her and some others arriving in a boat. The man who later became Pope John XXIII consecrated the church. He must have gone into the church at some point and seen the painting.
If he thought the entire story was bogus then why did he agree to consecrate the church? Wouldn't he have at least asked that the painting be taken down?
The author goes on to discuss the Black Madonnas, a 'grove of Isis,' Gnostic teachings, the attack on the Cathars, the Merovingian rulers who were supposedly in her bloodline, her final years and other things. He also notes that the vast majority of early Christian writings have been lost. Some were ordered destroyed by the Church and some were probably hidden like the Nag Hammadi scrolls and are yet to be found.
The book also includes the Gospel of Mary, or at least what is actually left of that book. The book has Mary herself speaking to the apostles and how at least two of them were basically pretty hostile to her (because she was a woman, mainly.)
Definitely a good read.
One of the legends about her is that she later traveled to France, preached there and lived there for the rest of her life. One thing I found particularly interesting (for those who think she never went to France) is that there is a church there with a painting of her and some others arriving in a boat. The man who later became Pope John XXIII consecrated the church. He must have gone into the church at some point and seen the painting.
If he thought the entire story was bogus then why did he agree to consecrate the church? Wouldn't he have at least asked that the painting be taken down?
The author goes on to discuss the Black Madonnas, a 'grove of Isis,' Gnostic teachings, the attack on the Cathars, the Merovingian rulers who were supposedly in her bloodline, her final years and other things. He also notes that the vast majority of early Christian writings have been lost. Some were ordered destroyed by the Church and some were probably hidden like the Nag Hammadi scrolls and are yet to be found.
The book also includes the Gospel of Mary, or at least what is actually left of that book. The book has Mary herself speaking to the apostles and how at least two of them were basically pretty hostile to her (because she was a woman, mainly.)
Definitely a good read.
February 8, 2015
I enjoyed reading this book and felt inspired to learn more about this woman. Not having known much about her before I was intrigued to discover that she was the head disciple and that she was able to also preform miracles. It is interesting to read her Gospel, it is a pity that we do not have the whole thing.
February 8, 2015
I enjoyed this book very much. It succinctly told the story of Mary Magdalene from her days with Jesus to her death in southern France. I did not know much about her before so I felt inspired to learn more about this great woman.
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