MAGDALENE'S LOST LEGACY

Sub-titled 'Symbolic Numbers and The Sacred Union In Christianity', this is a welcome reprint of the 2003 classic book on creation and spirituality. Author Margaret Starbird decodes the symbolic numbers embedded in the original Greek phrases of the New Testament, revealing the powerful presence of the feminine divine. The New Testament contains wide use of gematria, a literary device that allows the sums of certain phrases to produce sacred numbers. Exploring the hidden meanings behind these numbers, Starbird reveals that the union between Jesus and his bride Mary Magdalene formed a sacred partnership that was the cornerstone of the earliest Christian community. She demonstrates how the crucial teaching of the sacred marriage that unites masculine and feminine principals, the Heiros Gamos, is the partnership model for life of our planet and the ultimate blueprint for civilisation. Her research challenges the concept that Christ was celibate, and establishes Mary Magdalene as the human incarnation of the sacred bride. She also reveals the true meaning of the '666' prophesied in the Book of Revelation. Chapters include The Blueprint of the Cosmic Temple, Architects of the Christian Faith, the Apocalypse Agenda and The Holy Name of Mary among them. With useful glossary. 170pp in large paperback.