The Secret Magdalene: A Novel
by Ki Longfellow
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Author: Ki LongfellowEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-12-31
ISBN: 0307346676
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Book Review: Other than Being
Summary: 5 Stars
As always, around this time of year I start searching through The Donkey Sanctuary in Devon's gift sight "Donkey World" cards for Christmas. I am always stunned by the beauty, and gentle cleverness of the artists. I was particularly struck by "The Journey". There are two versions of the image, one with a foal, one without. The new version with the foal brought to mind this book, "The Secret Magdalene" by Ki Longfellow. Though this is the story of Mary Magdalene, it is also very much the story of her relationship with one very special Donkey named Eio. Eio being the ancient egyptian word for Donkey. The book follows the life of this foal, her friendship with Jesus and Mary Magdalene and her important role she played throughout their lives. A remarkable account! The most poignant quote from the book is one those who love Donkeys can relate to: " Leading Eio, I am content to be doing anything". This book will make you "re-think" the Donkey you see in the Flight to Egypt, the Entry into Jerusalem and the Crucifixion images. I wrote the poem "Enter Into O, Jerusalem...Donkey" after reading this book. Eio also being the impetus for the title of that poem! My book is entitled "Opening Doors:An equilog of poetry about Donkeys". This book, "The Secret Magdalene" I shall read again and again and I recommend it as a gift to give for any occasion. It will help you to realize, as Mary Magdalene did, to continue unceasingly to introduce into all our actions, even the most banal and everyday, just a little more consciousness and love.
Summary of The Secret Magdalene: A Novel
Raised like sisters, Mariamne and Salome are indulged with riches, position, and learning-a rare thing for females in Jerusalem. But Mariamne has a further gift: an illness has left her with visions; she has the power of prophecy. It is her prophesying that drives the two girls to flee to Egypt, where they study philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy in the Great Library of Alexandria.After seven years they return to a Judaea where many now believe John the Baptizer is the messiah. Salome too begins to believe, but Mariamne, now called Magdalene, is drawn to his cousin, Yeshu?a, a man touched by the divine in the same way she was during her days of illness. Together they speak of sharing their direct experience of God; but Yeshu?a unexpectedly gains a reputation as a healer, and as the ill and the troubled flock to him, he and Magdalene are forced to make a terrible decision.
This radical retelling of the greatest story ever told brings Mary Magdalene to life-not as a prostitute or demon-possessed-but as an educated woman who was truly the ?apostle to the apostles.?
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