The Moon Under Her Feet by Clysta Kinstler

We meet Mary as a girl, when she enters into study as a priestess of the goddess Ashera, and follow her on an incredible spiritual journey that culminates in her service to the ministry of Yeshua, also called Christ. I don't know whether to call this fantasy or historical fiction it seems the perfect blend of both. Kinstler weaves history with imagination to create a vivid account of the life and times of Mary Magdalene. She provides notes and a bibliography to buttress much of her tale. First novelist Kinstler, a professor of philosophy, mines the literature of myth to make this lyrically written interpretation plausible. Mari Anath gives birth to Yeshua's daughter Anna after she and Judas (who is The Christos's twin brother and betrays him at his behest in order to fulfill the prophesy) flee to Gaul to make a new life. But days before the crucifixion, when Yeshua sacrifices himself, he and the Magdalene are united in Sacred Marriage in the Temple before the people. Mari Anath follows Yeshua in the years of his ministry, despite objections from some adherents who call her harlot because they oppose the double worship of the Goddess and Jehovah and the equality of sexes that relationship im plies.

Later Mari Anath becomes Magdalene, or High Priestess of the Goddess, and assumes co-rule with Jehovah, succeeding Almah Mari.

Yeshua (Christ) is born to Almah Mari (the Virgin Mary) after her union in Sacred Marriage at the Temple in Jerusalem with an unblemished man who kills himself as a sacrifice for his people. This feminist retelling of the conception, birth, life and death of Christ as narrated by Mary Magdalene may cause some uproar in Christian circles. Narrative weaving the biblical account of Mary and Jesus, the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris, and the Sumerian story of Inanna and Dumuzi to create an exotic tale of a strong, sensual woman.

The Moon Under Her Feet by Clysta Kinstler