Mary Magdalene: Bride in Exile

The book includes a CD of the author's lecture on Mary Magdalene: Bride and Beloved. From the title it's pretty easy to guess what this book is about. Some of the points the book makes include:

The life of Mary Magdalene should be considered from a variety of viewpoints including historical, literal, symbolic and mythological.

Early Christian churches were much more open to allowing women to speak, etc.

The 'demons' that were cast out of Mary Magdalene were (or was) disease-oriented, perhaps epilepsy.

A woman named Salome was either an aunt of Jesus or his younger sister. (Jesus may have had 4 brothers and 2 sisters.)

There's also some very nice artwork in the book.

The town Mary is said to be from has been known by more than one name. Further, she might have been from a nearby town instead.

She believes the evidence for a marriage between Jesus and Mary is strong (although there is no 'official' document of marriage.)

In the Gnostic Gospels where it says Jesus would make a woman 'male' it really means he would make her 'a perfected human being.'

If Jesus had been married to Mary Magdalene and especially if they had a child then after his 'death' Mary Magdalene and any children would have been taken somewhere where it was felt they would be safe. The political situation at that time supported the extermination of anyone from the line of David.

Mary Magdalene may have ended up in France.

The author writes about the relationship between Isis and Mary Magdalene and the Black Madonna.

There's a lot more in the book but, in addition, there is a CD of a lecture the author gave. It's a little over 16 minutes long. The main points are:

The lily is associated with the Song of Songs.

It has been referred to as the 'holy of holies.'

We are seeking the sacred feminine in Christianity.

The Gospels are based on oral tradition.

There are no actual hard facts about what happened back then.

Judaism at the time of Jesus held that any man not married was very unusual.

One of the duties of a Jewish father was to find his son a daughter by the time the son was twenty.

Paul's letters pre-date the Gospels.

Paul refers to the 'brothers of Jesus.'

They traveled with their 'sister-wives.'

The phrase comes from the Song of Songs.

The Song of Songs is based on Osiris and Isis, gods of ancient Egypt.

A woman at that time was considered property.

A husband could divorce his wife at any time.

She talks about the woman with the alabaster jar.