This reformist take on the much-maligned Mary Magdalene is sometimes fascinating, but conjectural and prone to hasty theorizing. . Revisionist history, though, takes a turn for the improbable with Mary Magdalene: Christianity's Hidden Goddess, Lynn Picknett's overly speculative account of Mary as the "secret" goddess of the New Testament and early church. Drawing on sever
This reformist take on the much-maligned Mary Magdalene is sometimes fascinating, but conjectural and prone to hasty theorizing. . Revisionist history, though, takes a turn for the improbable with Mary Magdalene: Christianity's Hidden Goddess, Lynn Picknett's overly speculative account of Mary as the "secret" goddess of the New Testament and early church. Drawing on several Gnostic texts, Picknett offers both well-worn and new arguments about Mary, who Picknett claims Jesus designated as his true successor. From Publishers Weekly While conventional wisdom sees Mary Magdalene as a trollop-turned-saint, recent scholars and popular biographers (including evangelical funny lady Liz Curtis Higgs) have quite convincingly argued that there's no credible evidence that
. She is the author of Turin Shroud: In Whose Image? and The Templar Revelation and lives in NW London. Lynn Picknett is a lecturer and consultant on UFOs and the paranormal (Meridien/Anglia TV, Talk Radio, LBC, Museum of Photography, Film and Television, British UFO Research Association)Picknett's revelations rarely fail to provoke at least a reconsideration of long-accepted church doctrine.. Tracing Mary's name to Magdala in Egypt, Picknett learns that the term Magdal-eder means "tower of the flock," or Good Shepherd, a title also given to Jesus Christ. Based on her explorations into new scholarship on recently discovered Gnostic texts, Picknett finds a vital partnership between Jesus and Mary that synthesized Eastern and Egyptian mysticism and that promulgated gender equality, anointing rites, and sexual rituals. Tradition and history have made of her "the other Mary." Even in the New Testament Mary Magdalene stands among women second only to Mary the Mother, albeit she has been reduced by the biblical Gospels to little more than a fallen woman redeemed by Jesus. In that relationship, she discovers an alliance that Christ's Apostles and, later, the Catholic Church strove ardently to suppress. In the GnIn a fit of boredom, I picked up the book that was left at my house. Great large-scale images. Small changes in behaviour will change the culture.There are 15 chapters over 387 pages. I checked my library and I have "Half Wolf"! OMG! Yes! BONUS!!! I NEED to know more about Hunter! He has such a dominant side that he puts people on their knees with barely a rumble or growl!"Wolf Adrift" was a totally awesome read! It's a series starter that ROCKS!!. I did not see original publications of Zaikov on fundamental problems of organic and inroganic chemistry. Katie Ryan author of: Horse Wisdom Alchemy. The Trauma Resiliency Model informs my work with all of my clients.When I see the sad stories of police brutality in the news, my heart aches for both the victims and the agressors. In over five hundred pages, art critic and storyteller John Berger takes us through thousands of years of art history, closely examining such diverse talents as ancient cave painters, classic greats, and modern masters. I loved the fact that it showed the NORMAL stuff as well as the crazy stuff. I asked myself, "WHY am I doing this to myself?" I wished- Title : Mary Magdalene
- Author : Lynn Picknett
- Rating : 4.91 (102 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-8-21
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 288 Pages
- Asin : 0786713119
- Language : English
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