Magdalene's Ascension

“Annine van der Meer has brought together strands of historical evidence with new channeled material. She has done this with all the genius and diligence of her quest for the truth about Mary Magdalene, has brilliantly succeeded in filling the gaps in her story, and has shown us the path to the ascension experience. This book is revelatory, powerful, and healing for the modern psyche lost in the babel of social media and the false ideology of scientific materialism. I regard it as the summit of all her work because it brings together the visible and invisible dimensions, the Above and the Below, in a wonderful synthesis. What an achievement!” * Anne Baring, Ph.D. (hons), author of The Dream of the Cosmos: A Quest for the Soul * “My earliest memory of an alternative vision of Christianity’s Mary Magdalene-as-prostitute was in the late 1960s when Jesus Christ Superstar was performed on Broadway; its radical drama and vibrant music were spellbinding and revolutionary. In the decades since, variations on the theme have been expressed through scores of biographical novels and works of creative nonfiction—joining classic biblical approaches to the subject but positing an actual marriage between Mary Magdalene and Jesus—books like The Woman with the Alabaster Jar, The DaVinci Code, and Holy Blood, Holy Grail. Annine’s book Magdalene’s Ascension goes a step further by digging seriously into the esotericism of the Essenes, the esoteric Western magical tradition, plus the disciplines of shamanism, women’s spirituality, and theosophical philosophy. A work well done!” * Vicki Noble, healer and teacher, author of Motherpeace, Shakti Woman, and The Double Goddess * “Using a multifaceted approach that includes canonical and apocryphal as well as Gnostic texts, historical documents, and alternative sources from channeling and hypnotic regression, Annine van der Meer offers readers a remarkable and convergent visionary synthesis of the spiritual significance of Mary Magdalene through seven complementary portals. Central to the book is the ascension process so vividly described in The Gospel of the Beloved Companion, but also the return of the Sacred Feminine, represented in the mystical Gnostic way as complementary to outer forms and structures. There are many rare gems of wise insight throughout this inspiring book that speak deeply to the inner needs of our time.” * David Lorimer, global ambassador and program director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Gali * “Of all the books on Mary Magdalene, this is by far the most erudite, comprehensive, and inspiring. After 2,000 years of suppression of this great figure who did so much to influence the life of Jesus and early Christianity, Mary Magdalene is resurfacing in our time. Annine van der Meer has provided the must-read book for all those who wish to understand the profound way in which Mary Magdalene has contributed to the spirituality that lies at the heart of the Western mystical tradition.” * Jim Garrison, founder and president of Ubiquity University and author of The Plutonium Culture *