MacDermot, Violet, The Fall of Sophia – A Gnostic Text on the Redemption of Universal Consciousness, Lindisfarne Books, 2001. Leloup, Jean-Yves, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary – The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition, Inner Traditions, 2005. Leloup, Jean-Yves, The Gospel of Thomas, Inner Traditions, 2005. Leloup, Jean-Yves, The Gospel of Philip, Inner Traditions, 2003. Leloup, Jean-Yves, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Inner Traditions, 2002. Leloup, Jean-Yves, Judas and Jesus – Two Faces of a Single Revelation, Inner Traditions, 2006. King, Karen, L., The Gospel of Mary of Magdala – Jesus and the First Woman Apostle, Polebridge Press, 2003. Hoeller, Stephan, Gnosticism – New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing, Quest Books, 2002. Haskins, Susan, Mary Magdalene – Myth and Metaphor, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993.
Harvey, Andrew, Son of Man – The Mystical Path to Christ, Jeremy P. Setting a Trap for God: The Aramaic Prayer of Jesus, Unity Books, 1997. If your favorite Mary Magdalene book isn’t listed here, please include it in the comments section below! Thanks!īegg, Ean, The Cult of the Black Virgin, Chiron Publications, 2006.īourgeault, Cynthia, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene – Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity, Shambhala Publications, 2010.ĭouglas-Klotz, Neil, The Hidden Gospel: Decoding the Spiritual Message of the Aramaic Jesus, Quest Books, 1999.ĭouglas-Klotz, Neil, Prayers of the Cosmos, Harper One 1993.Įisler, Riane, The Chalice and the Blade, Harper Collins, 1987.Įisler, Riane, Sacred Pleasure, Harper Collins, 1995.Įricco, Rocco A. Mary Magdalene reading list (besides my own books of course) and the foundational literature which has supported the development of my work. The skull, now complete with a jaw thanks to Pope Boniface VIII, is shown behind glass in a reliquary of loose golden locks.The following is my St. Now known as the cave, or La Baume de Maria Magdalena, Christians have been making pilgrimages to the site since the fifth century.Īfter the discovery of the tomb, Charles II built a large basilica, Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, in place of the old church. Mary finally retreated to an isolated cave in the mountains, where she lived in penance until she died. They continued to spread the gospel and Lazarus performed baptisms. Miraculously, they landed on the shores of Gaul in a place now called Saintes Maries de la Mer. Provencal tradition holds that Mary Magdalene, along with Lazarus and Martha, fled to the south of France to avoid persecution in a small boat without sails or oars. It was estimated to have been made between the first and fourth centuries. There was also a wooden tablet covered with wax, with the Latin inscription “Hic requiescit corpus beatae Mariae Magdalenae” which means: This is the body of the Holy Mary. Mary Magdalene was, for fear of that treacherous nation, moved from her alabaster tomb to a marble tomb, after having removed the body of Sidonus, because it was hidden. The body of the beloved and venerable St. The text reads: “The year of the birth of the Lord 710, December 6, at night and very secretly, under the reign of the very merciful Eudes, king of the Franks, during the time of the ravages of the treacherous nation of the Saracens. The skeletal remains, of which the bones of the jaw and lower leg were missing, were accompanied by a papyrus note. When the sarcophagus was opened, all those present noticed a “wonderful and very sweet smell” coming from the interior, which they believed symbolized the perfume that Mary Magdalene poured at the feet of Jesus before his death. Charles II, the Count of Provence who led the excavation, claims that he was prompted to do so by a dream in which St.
Maximin in France, uncovered 1st-century tombs along with a surprising discovery: a sarcophagus made of marble. In 1279, excavations in the crypt under a small church in St. For centuries, people have come to the Basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume in France to look at the bones of Mary Magdalene.
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