For the millions of listeners fascinated by Dan Brown's revelations
about Mary Magdalen in The Da Vinci Code, here, at last, is their
chance to meet the Gospel's most provocative woman face to face--on her
own terms. Make way for a new Magdalen. Born on a Celtic isle to eight
warrior-witch mothers, Maeve is raised to be as brave as any hero. In
her stubborn, enchanting voice, she recounts her perilous quest for the
young man, Esus, whose life she once saved from druid sacrifice.
Captured and sold to a Roman Madam, Maeve is sustained by a fierce sense
of identity, compassion for her sister whores, and her unquenchable
love. When she wins her freedom and finds her lost lover, a stormy life
begins for both as we follow the Passion story through the eyes of
Jesus' partner--disciple to no man. Not even the one she loves. By turns
feisty and funny, outrageous and tender, this Celtic Mary Magdalen
challenges all stereotypes, both old and new age, and brings us to a
transforming encounter with the divine feminine made flesh. Elizabeth
Cunningham is the author of the novels The Return of the Goddess and
The Wild Mother. She comes from nine generations of Episcopal priests.
Though she managed to avoid becoming an Episcopal priest, she was
ordained as an interfaith minister of spiritual counsel in the Cathedral
of St. John the Divine. She balances writing with a counseling practice.
