| This book is a collection of articles on a variety of | | | | existence or importance, she simply wants to set the |
| topics such as resurrection, astrological implications of | | | | record straight, to revise and complete the gospel |
| the Star of Bethlehem, the Templars, and Newton | | | | story of Jesus to include his wife. |
| and the Bible. Many of the articles discuss extreme | | | | I agree with Starbird on the inclusion of the feminine |
| views, but others reinforce current research. The one | | | | with the masculine. Remember the concept of |
| article I wish review is Spreading the Goddess Gospel: | | | | polarity in which everything has an opposite. We |
| Thanks to The DaVinci Code, Maragret Starbird Finds | | | | know from the Rosicrucians' Cosmic Principles that |
| Herself with a Worldwide Audience by Cynthis Logan. | | | | the power is in the balance of those opposites. I |
| Margaret Starbird's works, The Woman with the | | | | don't see this recognition in the traditional religions |
| Alabaster and The Goddess in the Gospels provided | | | | that exclude the female. I agree that to heal our |
| Dan Brown in The DaVinci Code with the idea of | | | | planet, we must remember the feminine principles. In |
| Jesus having married Mary Magdalen, an idea she got | | | | order to create a better future, we must incorporate |
| from Holy Grail, Holy Blood by Baigent, Leigh and | | | | the feminine into our lives in our spirituality. We need |
| Lincoln. One concept that Starbird discusses is the | | | | a combination of the masculine and feminine in order |
| myth of the Bridegroom/King, where the King is | | | | to create. Logan is reminding us of Starbird's work to |
| anointed by his bride. This ritual is found in the ancient | | | | help remedy this lack in our established religions and in |
| civilizations of Sumer, Babylonia and Canaan, among | | | | our lives. |
| others. Starbird feels that Mary Magdalen anointed | | | | There is often a tendency to go to one extreme or |
| Jesus as part of a marriage ceremony. "Jesus and | | | | the other in fixing a problem. We must be careful not |
| Mary Magdalen were representatives of a unified | | | | to exclude the masculine as we bring forth the |
| masculine and feminine principle as old as the cosmos | | | | feminine. Looking within to identify our own masculine |
| itself." | | | | and feminine traits is the best way to approach this |
| Starbird's main point is that with the lost feminine, the | | | | combining of the two sides. Honor the female within |
| unbalanced masculine principle warps the whole | | | | us and honor the male within us, despite our gender. |
| psychology of Western civilization. She comments | | | | That is the key we often neglect. Healing our planet |
| that the only way to heal our planet is to reclaim the | | | | is related to healing ourselves. Balance within is a first |
| feminine principles. While many want to dismiss Jesus' | | | | step. Starbird's work can help remind us to do this. |