Includes bibliographical references pages (231-234).
Contents:
Introduction: The eye of the heart -- The first power: Darkness. What we have forgotten -- The second power: Craving. The girl who baptized herself -- The third power: Ignorance. What happens in the wilderness -- The fourth power: Craving for death. A ship without sails -- The fifth power: Enslavement to the physical body. The princess of mercy -- The sixth power: The false peace of the flesh. The whole point is that it never ends -- The seventh power: The compulsion of rage. What we have remembered -- Afterword: I believe Mary.
Summary:
A gospel, as ancient and authentic as any of the gospels that the Christian bible contains, 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 were wise enough to refuse-and thanks to their disobedience and spiritual bravery, we have several manuscripts of the only gospel that was written in the name of a woman: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene.
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