A new translation and analysis of one of the most controversial of the apocryphal gospels

- Emphasizes an initiatic marriage between the male and female principles as the heart of the Christian mystery

- Bears witness to the physical relationship shared by Jesus and Mary Magdalene

- Translated from the Coptic and analyzed by the author of the bestselling The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (over 90,000 sold)

The mainstream position of the Christian church on sexuality was perhaps best summed up by Pope Innocent III (1160-1216) when he stated that "the sexual act is so shameful...

A new translation and analysis of the gospel that records the actual words of Jesus

- Explores the gnostic significance of Jesus's teachings recorded in this gospel

- Explains the true nature of the new man whose coming Jesus envisioned

- Translated and interpreted by the author of the bestselling The Gospel of Mary Magdalene and The Gospel of Philip

One of the cache of codices and manuscripts discovered in Nag Hammadi, the Gospel of Thomas, unlike the canonical gospels, does not contain a narrative recording Christ's life and prophecies. Instead it is a...

Restores to the forefront of the Christian tradition the importance of the divine feminine

- The first complete English-language translation of the original Coptic Gospel of Mary, with line-by-line commentary

- Reveals the eminence of the divine feminine in Christian thought

- Offers a new perspective on the life of one of the most controversial figures in the Western spiritual tradition

Perhaps no figure in biblical scholarship has been the subject of more controversy and debate than Mary Magdalene. Also known as Miriam of Magdala, Mary Magdalene was considered by the apostle...