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The Holy Book of Mary Magdalene: The Path of the Grail Steward

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I just finished reading her book and it *is* truly awesome and refreshingly different from other books that I have read on the subject of Mary Magdalene. It's also
> helped me a lot in some areas.
> I love the alternative Garden of Eden Creation myth. I have been
leaning
> towards Adonai/Asherah as the Divine Mother and Father.

The theology is great, the prayers,
> inspiring, the rituals deeply meaningful and beautiful and the
teachings of
> Mary Magdalene not only read like mystical prose, but in my mind.. can
more
> than compare with any parables of the great teachers of the past. The
book
> just seems to cut through all past dogmas and doctrines, rhetoric and
high
> and mighty philosophy to the simple core of truth, beauty and joy.
> Very, very well-done and most appreciated.
Pamela Lanides

An intelligently written informative and useful guide book for those who want to incorporate the divine feminine into their daily lives. For those of you who are familiar with Christian prayer books, this is just that, but it incorporates into its beautiful poetic prayers and rituals the idea that Christians should be including the feminine part of the Jesus story in their worship. For those of you who loved The DaVinci Code, this will suit you.

It's wonderful to see the community of Sacred Union writers grow and grow as more people respond positively to the full humanity of Jesus and the story of his "bride in exile". Jennifer Reif is the author of four books about the goddess traditions and philosophies which preceeded the Christian era, and which continue to nourish women today. I think that makes her uniquely qualified to express the consciousness of the Sacred Union's inherent Wholeness.....it's a pattern of equality and mutual love between Sacred Feminine and Sacred Masculine. Margaret Starbird describes Sacred Union as having "wings of healing".
"From the day that Jesus and Mary met, they were drawn to each other as silent memory recalled their days in the Garden. For it was the plan of the Eternal that they should find each other, that she might anoint him into his mission, first with fragrance and then with holy fire." This is from Chapter III, "Discourses in Bethany and Jerusalem". The chapter goes on to discribe their beautiful personal love story and their knowledge of their own spiritual destiny for the world.
In Chapter 5 , "Songs and Prayers For Stewards of the Grail", you will find prayers to use in daily spiritual practice to bring you closer to union with the Divine within, and to honor the Sacred Marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. The chapter begins with this poem...
"They stirred within me songs and prayers,
Wound 'round with gilded ribbon and fragrant roses,
Wound 'round with vine, and crownded with the holy dove,
Building for me the tent of the Betrothed."
Other prayers include "Prayer To The Holy Dove", "Invocation of the Chalice", "To The Verdent Magdalene", "Magdalene Prayer of Healing",and "Song of the Bridal Chamber"...plus many more.
There are also guidelines for clerics who are creating ritual and ceremony for others, something many will be inspired to do when they read this book. The feeling and form of many of the blessings and ritual prayers are familiar as part of church liturgy, but here they are expressed in terms of Sacred Union. For example, in her Feast Day for Jesus the Anointed (Christmastime), the opening lines are,
"Welcome to the Feast Day for Jesus the Anointed.
We come together to honor the Sacred Bridegroom,
Who brought the world the message of love,
And the way of a compassionate life.
His message was clear;
We are the daughters and sons of the Most High,
Equal in kinship and sacred ancestry.

This gives you but a small flavor of this beautifully written book.
Joan Norton
www.blog.MaryMagdaleneWithin.com

I am excited about this book. I bought it a couple of months ago, and I use the prayers regularly. They are beautiful, evocative prayers that connect me with the inner Mary Magdalene, giving me my own connection with the Divine Feminine.

This book also has really good guidance on how to work with rituals for spiritual empowerment and deep personal connection to the divine, and ultimately to the inner Sacred Union, as embodied in the Christian story on the earth plane by the marriage of Mary Magdalene to Jesus.

I also love the language of the prayers, which is beautiful and full of poetic grace, inspiring imagery, and profound mystery.