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By (author) Watterson, Meggan Description:

”This book is a masterpiece. I haven”t been this excited or awakened by a book for a decade. This is what it looks like when an artist follows her heart and her passion instead of the crowd.” – Glennon DoyleFrom the author of REVEAL and How to Love Yourself (and Sometimes Other People) comes a shocking new exploration of the long-lost Gospel of Mary Magdalene. A gospel, as old and authentic as any that now make up the Bible, 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 refused, and thanks to their disobedience we have several ancient manuscripts of the only gospel that was written in the name of a woman: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene.It speaks of a message quite different from the one that has been spread by Christian leaders for the past two millennia. 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.

Biographical note:MEGGAN WATTERSON is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel, And the Christianity We Haven”t Tried Yet. She is a feminist theologian with a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University. Her work has appeared in media outlets such as The New York Times, Forbes, The Huffington Post, and Marie Claire. She lives with her beloved son and his exuberant goldfish, Bob. www.megganwatterson.comReview quote: previous edition:This book is a masterpiece. I haven”t been this excited or awakened by a book for a decade. This is what it looks like when an artist follows her heart and her passion instead of the crowd.Review quote: previous edition:The evidence within these pages, both scholarly and lived experience, will change you on a cellular level as you remember what has been forgotten for thousands of years, but has never been untrue: that the feminine is sacred and holy. This book is a revolution.Review quote: previous edition:Mary Magdalene Revealed is one of the most beautiful, powerful, exciting, and sorely needed books of our time. Fiercely honest and courageous, Watterson rejects the lies and limitations of patriarchal bias and resurrects the heartbeat of genuine love and intimacy with God and one another through the teachings and life of Mary Magdalene. I couldn”t put it down!Review quote: previous edition: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].Review quote: previous edition:Like a feminist Indiana Jones, Meggan Watterson goes on a mystical adventure to uncover the hidden teachings of one of Christ”s closest companions and disciples, Mary Magdalene, and her discovery could change history. Now that I”ve finished her book, I”m so grateful to know the rest of the story . . .Review quote: previous edition:Mary Magdalene Revealed brings together the exquisite balance of personal experience and the uncovering of spiritual texts that quite simply rock and lovingly challenge the Christianity of the world today. Meggan Watterson is the spiritual teacher