“The Untold Story of a History’s Most Misunderstood Woman!’ Well, certainly there is nothing in the New Testament to suggest that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute, so how did this malign story develop, and who was the real Mary Magdalene and what do we know about her?
Many specialists and experts in this field of study have been brought together to provide this compilation, including Merlin Stone, Margaret Starbird, Diane Apostolis-Cappadona, Ann Graham Brock, Mary Rose D'Angelo, Maxine Hanks, Katherine Ludwig Jansen, Karen L King, Jane Schaberg, and many others who provide interviews, articles and extracts. It is refreshing to read a book that achieves covering this enigmatic topic with the traditional, legendary, historical, apochryphal, Gnostic, artistic, personal and popular cultural aspects.
The introduction is written by Professor Elaine Pagels, and the information covers the discovery of the gospel written in the name of Mary Magdalene, her roles, the folk lore about her life, including those of Southern France, the church’s attitudes, the connection with Mormonism, paganism and the Goddess culture. Dan Brown style controversies and the Priory of Sion are debunked. New interpretations and possibilities are included, spiritual quests, and Mary Magdalene in the Gnostic Gospel, and in artwork across the millennia. A modern book cannot be written without the controversial dimension of whether she was the wife of Jesus! It is all here! After 2000 years of a mysterious storyline, Mary Magdalene is in her hey day! "Secrets" is joy to read, to consider and wonder, and make up your mind about what you believe about this extraordinary woman who was, alongside his mother, the most important female in the New Testament!
Dan Bernstein and Arne de Keijzer are exponents of Dan Brown’s books.
Review by Wendy Stokes www.wendystokes.co.uk
Dan Bernstein and Arne de Keijzer are exponents of Dan Brown’s books.
Review by Wendy Stokes www.wendystokes.co.uk
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