Mary Magdalene and the Divine Feminine:

Mary Magdalene and the Divine Feminine: Jesus' Lost Teachings on Woman is not only about women or for women. It is a book about your right to become who you really are, whether you are in a male or a female body. The leaders of the early Church did not accept this message. And so for more than 2,000 years, Jesus' teaching on Woman has been lost. His message on reverence for Woman and on the feminine potential of both man and woman was almost unknown until recently, when newly discovered texts have brought to light some of Jesus' lost teachings. Book jacket.

Introduction

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Foreword

15

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Jesus Prepares for His Mission

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The Lost Years of Jesus

Saint Issa

Jesus' Preparation for His Mission

A Chronology of Jesus' Life as We Know It

Jesus' Travels in the East

Was Jesus' Revolution for Woman Founded in the Concepts He Learned in the East?

God as Mother---Isis: The Universal Mother

Jesus Returns to Palestine

``Reverence Woman, Mother of the Universe''

The Meaning of ``Mother of the Universe''

Jesus Walked a Path That We Can Follow

The Beginning of Our Own Quest

Jesus' Revolution for Woman---The Women of the Church, Then and Now

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Jesus' Message for Woman

Jesus Broke with Tradition

The Female Apostles

Apostolic Succession: Can Women Convey the Holy Spirit?

Mary Magdalene Was First at the Tomb

Gender Has No Bearing on Spiritual Attainment

Paul Reinforces Jesus' Teaching on Woman

Misinterpretation of Paul's Statements

Omission from the Bible: When Women Were Priests

The Gnostics' Views on Apostolic Succession

Current Views on Women Priests

The Suppression of Jesus' True Teachings on Woman and the Soul

The Gnostics---Inheritors of Jesus' True Teachings

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A Treasure Chest in an Earthen Jar

What Were the Gnostics' Beliefs?

The Gnostics' Quest for an Individual Experience of God

The Gnostic Paul

Your Divine Self

Spiritual Centers in the Body

Gold in the Mud

The Name of God: I Am That I Am

The Call

The End of Opportunity

The Divine Feminine---East and West

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At the Dawn of History

Gnostic Views

Who Is the Divine Mother?

The Divine Couple: God as Father-Mother in the Vedas

The Hindu Mother of the Universe---Vac

God as Mother in the Role of Holy Spirit

The Divine Mother as Shekhinah

The Divine Mother as Wisdom

Wisdom as Sophia

The Word of Wisdom

Gnostic Teachings on Male and Female

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Is God Male?

There Is neither Male nor Female

The Gnostics' Understanding of the Soul

The Conflict between Peter and Mary Magdalene

A Champion of Woman

The Concept of Yin and Yang and Its Application to Male and Female

Male and Female as Spirit and Matter

The Descent of the Soul and Her Redemption

Reuniting the Elements of the Soul

Summary

Prayer to the World Mother

The Message Is Suppressed

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Jesus' Lost Teachings in the Upper Room

Teachings Lost or Missing from the New Testament

The Secret Gospel of Mark

Jesus' Teachings on Woman Are Suppressed

Result of the Failure of the Church to Include Jesus' Teachings on the Mother

The Worship of the Mother as Goddess

The Persecution of the Gnostics as Heretics and the Suppression of Their Teaching

The Cathars

The Knights Templar

Why Was Gnosticism Suppressed?

Clerical Celibacy and the Doctrine of Original Sin

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The Church's Insistence on Clerical Celibacy

The Doctrine of Original Sin

The Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception

Jesus Sanctifies Marriage

The Results of the Doctrines of Mandatory Celibacy and Original Sin

The Shortage of Priests

The Solution to the Lack of Priests: Ordain Women as Priests

The Forgiveness of Mary Magdalene

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Mary Magdalene: Personification of the Soul

The Need for Forgiveness

Christ, the Forgiver

Three Episodes in the Life of Mary Magdalene: The First Episode: Mary Magdalene Washes the Feet of Jesus

The Second Episode: ``Go and Sin No More''

The Third Episode: The Recognition of the Risen Christ

The Acceptance of Forgiveness

A Revolution of Theology in the Making

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Was Jesus Married?

A Flesh-and-Blood Concept of Christianity

Reports of Jesus' Second Journey to the East

Epilogue The Universal Divine Feminine

223

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Mary Magdalene's Memorial

229

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Questions and Answers

231

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Following the Grail---What Part Does Joseph of Arimathea Play in the Grail Legends and the Life of Mary Magdalene?

Did Jesus Go to School in Britain?

Was Jesus Really Born of a Virgin?

Are Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany the Same Woman, as So Many Authors Believe?

Who Was the Black Madonna? Was She Mary Magdalene?

Did Jesus Survive the Crucifixion and Continue His Teachings until Age 81?

Discussion Questions

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Notes

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Picture Credits

317

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