The Way of the Rose is the way of the Marys - the Divine Sacred Feminine ways of the water goddesses from ancient temple lineages. Mer, or Mary, is a title relating to the priestesses from these water lineages and the rose is their symbol. This book was given to Ishtara Ammuna Rose by Mary Magdalene, sharing some of Her life in France some two thousand years ago, whilst introducing women and men to the rose teachings.
On “official witnesses," see above pp. 212, 216, 227—28; Junia is listed as an apostle in Romans 16:7. But Brown's reasons may have been held by some first—century Christians. 113. T. K. Beal, “Glossary,” Reading Between Texts, 24. 114.
This work is an extended meditation on the life of Saint Mary Magdalene, known as the "Apostle to the Apostles" because the Risen Christ appeared to her first and then sent her to announce the Resurrection to the apostles.
12 The resurrection body as a “pure and ideal image” is explained best of all by Rudolf Steiner in The Fifth Gospel (New York: Anthroposophic Press, 1974). 13 For example, from the Pistis Sophia, 193: “Where I shall be, there will be ...
By revealing both the benign and the pernicious misrepresentations of Mary Magdalene, this thought-provoking essay reaffirms the central role played by women in the origins of Christianity and their essential contribution to one of the ...
91–93; Jonathan L. Reed, Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus: A Re-examination of the Evidence (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2000); Chilton, “Review Essay: Archaeology and Rabbi Jesus,” Bulletin for Biblical Research 12, ...
The shaman taught me how to have a vision . Or , she taught me how to become aware of ... The shaman taught me how to find the world tree , a spiritual motif in almost all religions . ... with my eyes closed . 64 MARY MAGDALENE REVEALED.
How did she become such a compelling saint in the face of such paltry evidence? In her effort to answer that question, Cynthia Bourgeault examines the Bible, church tradition, art, legend, and newly discovered texts to see what’s there.
... the brother of Jesus, is portrayed as a beloved disciple, and in the Gospel of Thomas and the Book of Thomas, ... He addresses his mother as “woman” (in Greek, gynai) and says to her, “Woman, look, your son,” but he never addresses ...
The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.
Mary was never a martyr, but tradition has her exiled to a solitary cave, where she was not a threat to the established church until she emerged after the rediscovery of the heretical Gnostic texts.