Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet - Hardcover

Meggan Watterson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401954901 ISBN 13: 9781401954901

Publisher: Hay House Inc, 2019

Synopsis

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 maste rpiece. I haven't been this excite d or awakened by a book for a decade.' - Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior and founder of Together Rising

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Review:

I am completely obsessed with Mary Magdalene Revealed - and being this moved by this book has come as quite a shock (as a Jewish woman with seemingly no interest in this topic but a deep appreciation for Meggan's writing) yet I am underlining and weeping like crazy! Give yourself the gift of immersing yourself in the profound love accessible to all that Meggan magnificently illuminates [in this book]. --Nancy Levin, author of 'Jump... and Your Life Will Appear' and 'Worthy'

About the Author:

Meggan Watterson is the author of REVEAL: A Sacred Manual For Getting Spiritually Naked & co-author of How To Love Yourself (And Sometimes Other People). She is a feminist theologian with a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard and a Master of Divinity from Columbia University. Meggan facilitates the REDLADIES - a community of radical love that lets her preach about female saints, mystics, gurus, and poets who inspire and teach us to live in service of love. www.megganwatterson.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Hay House Inc
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1401954901
• ISBN 13: 9781401954901
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264