The Woman With the Alabaster Jar

Roman Catholic scholar Margaret Starbird's extensive study of history, symbolism, medieval art, mythology, psychology, and the Bible uncovers new and compelling evidence that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalen. Starbird's investigation of this suppressed history calls for a restoration of the feminine principle to its intended place in the canon of Christianity.

<p>Margaret Starbird’s theological beliefs were profoundly shaken when she read <em>Holy Blood, Holy Grail</em>, a book that dared to suggest that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalen and that their descendants carried on his holy bloodline in Western Europe. Shocked by such heresy, this Roman Catholic scholar set out to refute it, but instead found new and compelling evidence for the existence of the bride of Jesus--the same enigmatic woman who anointed him with precious unguent from her “alabaster jar.” <br /><br />In this provocative book, Starbird draws her conclusions from an extensive study of history, heraldry, symbolism, medieval art, mythology, psychology, and the Bible itself. <em>The Woman with the Alabaster Jar</em> is a quest for the forgotten feminine--in the hope that its return will help restore a healthy balance to planet Earth. <br /></p>

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Acknowledgments

Foreword by Rev. Terrance Sweeney, Ph.D.

Preface

PROLOGUE: Miriam of the Garden

CHAPTER I: The Lost Bride

CHAPTER II: The Bridegroom

CHAPTER III: The Blood Royal and the Vine

CHAPTER IV: The Twelth-Century Awakening

CHAPTER V: Relics of the Hidden Church

CHAPTER VI: Heretical Artists anf Their Symbols

CHAPTER VII: The Unicorn and the Lady

CHAPTER VIII: The Bride in Folklore and Legend

CHAPTER IX: The Desert Shall Bloom

EPILOGUE: The Sacred Reunion

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author