CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT is a modern-day mystic, Episcopal priest, and theologian. She divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine and traveling globally to promote the rediscovery of the Christian contemplative path. She is a core faculty member at the Center for Action and Contemplation and founding director of an international network of Wisdom Schools. Cynthia's articles and essays have appeared in many journals and publications, and she is the author of numerous books, including The Wisdom Jesus, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three, and The Heart of Centering Prayer.
"A spiritual masterpiece, and by far the wisest and most profound
book ever written on Mary Magdalene."
—Andrew Harvey, author of Son of Man and Hope: A Guide to Sacred
Action
"A remarkable invitation into the origins and wisdom of
Christianity, through the apostolic witness of Mary Magdalene.
Expect a challenge, perhaps more than you ’re ready for. This book
should change something, as it invites you to deepen your capacity
for love, through the witness of Jesus ’s beloved disciple."
—The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schiori, Presiding Bishop of
the Episcopal Church
"It takes courage, intelligence, maturity, but mostly Christian
intuitive wisdom to write a book such as this. Cynthia Bourgeault
succeeds grandly!
—Richard Rohr, OFM, author of The Naked Now: Learning to See as the
Mystics See
"Pastor, scholar, mystic . . . Cynthia Bourgeault is all of these,
but never before has she combined them so compellingly and
persuasively, and—dare one say it?—so efficaciously as here in this
work that lives so close to the center of her own being."
—Phillis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is
Changing and Why
"Bourgeault masterfully takes the best of tradition, history, and
recent scholarship, sums it up with clarity, and then respectfully
and artfully flings open new doors of insight, wisdom, and
possibility. She offers completely unique and stirring
insights about Mary Magdalene."
—Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction
"This is not simply another book on Mary Magdalene along the lines
of Dan Brown or the Holy Blood/Holy Grail authors. Yes, Cynthia
Bourgeault, an Episcopal priest, is making an argument about the
relationship between Magdalene and Jesus, an argument that is
certainly controversial, and in lesser hands has been badly
distorted. However, Bourgeault does it in a way that is grounded
both spiritually and academically."
—Parabola
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