Mary Magdalene, Beloved Wife, Beloved Disciple
Throughout history Mary Magdalene has always been a controversial figure. She has been
conflated with numerous other Marys in the New Testament. She has been thought of as a prostitute, as perpetuated by Pope Gregory
in the year 591 CE. She was a follower of Jesus and thought to be a woman of means who financed Jesus’s ministry.
Who was Mary Magdalene
and what was her actual relationship to Jesus the Christ? What evidence do we have? With no marriage certificates to track down it
is like looking for a needle in a haystack. There is not one source where a definitive answer, lock, stock, and barrel is to be attained,
but we can look to the biblical records, sacred texts, historical records, sociology, and customs of the times to assemble what can
be the most probable conclusion which takes into account all the pieces of information.
Wisdom, Asherah, & The Tree of Life
We
have been led to believe that for the past 5000 years that the feminine has not been an active agent in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
But many feminists will rightfully assert that we have been led astray. Just as the feminine was an active agent in the Near Eastern
Traditions, the Egyptian, Greek and Hindu traditions she was also present in the Hebrew Tradition. It is through the lens of the feminist
theologian employing feminist criticism and the hermeneutics of suspicion that I am going to explore the issue of the consort of Yahweh.
I propose that Wisdom/Sophia as evidenced in the Hebrew Bible was the consort of Yahweh. In addition to this there is also a link
from Wisdom/Sophia to Asherah as the consort of Yahweh in the Hebrew Bible. I further intend to demonstrate that the Tree of Knowledge
in the Garden of Eden myth is in actuality symbolic of the divine feminine consort of Yahweh. In order to be able to construct a viable
picture of the consort of Yahweh I will be exploring who is Yahweh? ; who is Wisdom?; who is Asherah and the symbolism of sacred trees
in her cult?, and finally how does the symbolism of the sacred trees of Asherah connect to the Tree of Knowledge in the Adam &
Eve Myth.
The Ilusionist: My Love Affair With a Sociopath
When her long ago love from 30 years ago came back into her life Ivonne
felt as if she was living in a Hollywood fairytale. That fairytale soon became a nightmare as she discovered the love of her life
was a narcissistic sociopath. He was a master illusionist whose greatest deception was making her believe that he loved her. Soulmates
who found each other through time and space. The Illusionist is her story, but it is also the story of anyone who has ever been involved
with a narcissistic sociopath.
This book is about what she has learned about sociopaths and the women who love them.
In this book
you will learn: • About narcissists, sociopaths & psychopaths • How Hollywood romanticizes the sociopath • Resources for victims
of sociopathic abuse
If you have survived a relationship with a sociopath or believe you are currently in one this is the book for
you.