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

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--WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER-- The Gospel of Mary Magdalene reveals a very different love story from the one weve come to refer to as Christianity. Harvard-trained theologian Meggan Watterson leads us verse by verse through Marys 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. Marys 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 whats 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 Marys gospel has allowed her to practice and to experience a love that never ends a love that transforms everything.