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

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Mary Magdalene's gospel says that we are not sinful, but that humans too, are made of the divine - and that divinity is not something you can receive through confession or absolution, but by turning inward and tuning in to the radical presence of love within.

Her thesis, as I understand it is largely that a lot of pertinent stuff was left out of the Bible as it stands, because all of it tends to undermine the patriarchy, because the early Christians were very equal, and that didn't work for a hierarchical church in the service of an Emperor. I did like and learn from the author, though, so four stars even though the quality of writing might otherwise be a three.

Add study sociology and criminology at university, so knew that they were cultural norms and values that get passed down, but it’s only since getting older and saying things like this you realise how many untruths have been in circulation for so long. Such a metaphysical message is all too familiar in the ancient Hindu scriptures of Upanishads and the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. There are aspects that I have always believed, some that are new, but feel true, and others that don’t fit into my belief system.

If you ever wondered if the feminine is dormant in our spiritual traditions, Mary Magdalene Revealedmakes it clear that our past, present, and future lies within her. But overall, the teaching she finds and interprets from this ancient manuscript is thrilling and liberating…surprisingly contemporary with today’s fight for justice on so many fronts. By 1/3 of the way through I counted 35 post it notes stuck to pages I needed to come back to and journal on, or jot down for further inspiration. I suspect she was aiming at something along the lines of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love but it is nowhere close to that book.Meggan Watterson' s "Mary Magdalene Revealed ", is an initiate, loving and lyrical exploration of the feminine side of spirituality - a spiritual tradition that doesn't oppose the masculine spiritual traditions, but instead, completes them. At one point I put the book down in frustration and turned to the almighty Google, where I learned much more interesting things like the fact that scholars can’t even agree on which Biblical Mary is the supposed author of this gospel. This book is written to re-emphasize the teachings of Mary who was the closest female follower of Jesus. Joan of Arc – “She listened to the voice of love inside her, and she believed it enough to let it guide her. It's about acquiring a vision that allows us to see what has always been here, within us, about being present, expanding awareness, rather than getting caught up in the endless stories the ego tells, it's about 'waking up to the fact that our system of understanding the world is no longer serving us.

And while I truly believe that Mary had a much bigger role than what's depicted in the Bible, I don't know that I can agree with the authors MANY liberties and suppositions.There are so many gems of original writing, themes and insights that makes it a book of great importance if we are to fully integrate our history and reclaim our sense of worth in a culture that is misguided by the insatiable quest to acquire material worth, power over others, and supremacy. Mary Magdalene Revealed is one of the most beautiful, powerful, exciting, and sorely needed books of our time. Not everyone is going to love this book, because not everyone agrees that orthodoxy was made by elite dudes on top of the political and socio-economic food chain. A shocking lack of references, very little content from the actual gospel of Mary Magdalene, and too much blog-post type memoir/sermon-like writing.

I was very confused about this book, I thought I was getting information and stories on Mary Magdalene. A couple years ago a priest on Easter Sunday actually built a full size cross at each mass as his homily, skill saw hammer, nails and all. 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.Now it seems especially timely as a renewed debate rages over the role women should play in the Church. The gospel here is about the soul coming alive to love, and God is not a gendered person but rather always referenced as “The Good.