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The Magdalene Within
by Joan Norton
Early one morning in April 1996, author Joan Norton
took up her writing instruments and asked her Cosmic
Intelligence (as she calls her inner guidance) what
“they” wanted her to write about. She was told that Mary
Magdalene wanted to speak through her. The result of
this intense emotional experience is The Mary
Magdalene Within.
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Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding Intimacy With God in the Busyness of Life
by Joanna Weaver
With her fresh approach to the familiar Bible story and its creative, practical strategies, Joanna shows how all of
us--Marys and Marthas alike--can draw closer to our Lord, deepening our devotion, strengthening our service, and doing both with less stress and greater joy.
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Mary, Called Magdalene
by Margaret George
Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute, a female divinity figure, a church leader, or all of those? Today, Mary continues to spark controversy, curiosity, and veneration. In a vivid re-creation of Mary Magdalene's life story,
George convincingly captures this renowned woman's voice as she moves from girlhood to womanhood, becomes part of the circle of disciples, and comes to grips with the divine. Grounded in biblical scholarship and secular research, this fascinating historical novel is also, ultimately, "the diary of a soul."
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The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion in the Later Middle Ages.
by Katherine Ludwig Jansen
Best known during the Middle Ages as the prostitute who became a faithful follower of Christ, Mary Magdalen was the most beloved female saint after the Virgin Mary. Why the Magdalen became so popular, what meanings she conveyed, and how her story evolved over the centuries are the focus of this compelling exploration of late medieval religious culture.
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Mary Magdalene: Christianity's Hidden Goddess
by Lynn Picknett
What is the truth about the "other Mary"-one of the most important female figures of the New Testament, second only to Mary the Mother?
Undoing centuries of confusion and cover-up, Mary Magdalene: Christianity's Hidden Goddess will startle even contemporary Christians who have used her example to argue for the ordination of women and New Age believers who hail her as a feminine archetype of the "goddess."
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The Gospel of Mary Magdalene
by Jean-Yves Leloup (Editor), Joseph Rowe (Translator), Jacob Needleman (Preface)
Perhaps no figure in biblical scholarship has been the subject of more controversy and debate than Mary Magdalene.
Today's reader can ponder her role in the gospels of Philip, Thomas, Peter, and Bartholomew--the collection of what have come to be known as the Gnostic gospels rejected by the early Christian church. Mary's own gospel is among these, but until now it has remained unknown to the public at large.
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Mary and Martha: Women in the World of Jesus
by Satoko Yamaguchi
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Mary Magdalene: The Image of a Woman Through the Centuries
by Ingrid Maisch, Linda M. Maloney (Translator)
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Holy Blood, Holy Grail
by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln
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The Direct Path: Creating a Journey to the Divine Through the World's Mystical Traditions
by Andrew Harvey
Harvey chronicles his own spiritual journey, revealing the events that led to his own disillusionment with the guru system, and the hierarchy and hypocrisy of many contemporary religious movements. He then provides us with the tools we need to cultivate a personal relationship with the divine.
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The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene: Legends, Apocrypha, and the Christian Testament
by Jane Schaberg
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The Goddess in the Gospels: Reclaiming the Sacred Feminine
by Margaret Starbird
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The Woman With the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail
by Margaret Starbird
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Magdalene's Lost Legacy: Symbolic Numbers and the Sacred Union in Christianity
by Margaret Starbird
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Martha, Mary, and Jesus: Weaving Action and Contemplation in Daily Life
by Nancy Corson Carter
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Our Turn, Our Time: Women Truly Coming of Age
by Cynthia Black (Editor), Christina Baldwin
An anthology celebrating the
many ways in which women are creating and taking their
places in the world. Read Dana's essay, Visual Prayers,
where Dana introduces spiritual midwives who are
birthing themselves into their creative and artistic
fullness of being.
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The Seven Whispers: Listening to the Voice of Spirit
by Christina Baldwin
The connection with our spirit is like a phone line, explains Christina Baldwin in The Seven Whispers. "Sometimes I turn the ringer off. Sometimes I ignore the ringing. Sometimes I pick up the phone with suspicion. Sometimes I get impatient with the interruption." The irony, of course, is that "unlike a lot of other calls, the one from Spirit is the one we are hoping to receive."
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Circle of Stones: Woman's Journey To Herself
(Tenth Anniversary Edition)
by Judith Duerk
In tribute to the thousands of women who have been drawn to the evocative reflections, images, and meditations of Judith
Duerk, this beautiful 10th anniversary hardcover celebrates women's sacred connections.
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Principles of Spiritual Activism
by Avraham Weiss
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Radical Spirit: Spiritual Writings from the Voices of Tomorrow
by Stephen Dinan (Editor), John Robbins (Foreword)
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Spiritual Politics:
Changing the World from the Inside Out
by Corinne McLaughlin
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Awakening The Buddhist Heart:
Integrating Love, Meaning, and Connection into Every Part of Your Life
by Lama Surya Das
By applying the precepts of Tibetan Buddhism into our Western lives, we can learn how to take our spiritual practice out into the world, and into our family and community life. Surya Das teaches how to learn from those we love, as well as those we don't love, and how to let go of negative emotions while developing and expanding a spiritual intelligence.
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Healing the Soul of America:
Reclaiming Our Voices as Spiritual Citizens
by Marianne Williamson
Calling on Americans to turn the compassion in our hearts into a powerful force for social good,
Marianne Williamson shows us how to transform spiritual activism into a social activism that will in turn transform America into a nation seriously invested in the hope of every child and in the potential of every adult.
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