I sidestepped Castenada- but I've read a lot of similar things.
I've been looking at the site- which seems to be huge. There's a story about a woman who proves the existence of God through The Torah Codes (which I've seen convincingly debunked on TV) and then this guy who debated with her goes to India and gets drunk and meets a man on a donkey... and yes, it's getting to sound very much like a work of fiction.
But the Gospel of Mary Magdalene is a bona fide gnostic text (of the kind the orthodox church tried hard to suppress.) I don't suppose Mary Magdalene had anything to do with it, but that doesn't mean that it isn't interesting and valuable.
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Date: 2004-12-16 01:52 pm (UTC)I've been looking at the site- which seems to be huge. There's a story about a woman who proves the existence of God through The Torah Codes (which I've seen convincingly debunked on TV) and then this guy who debated with her goes to India and gets drunk and meets a man on a donkey... and yes, it's getting to sound very much like a work of fiction.
But the Gospel of Mary Magdalene is a bona fide gnostic text (of the kind the orthodox church tried hard to suppress.) I don't suppose Mary Magdalene had anything to do with it, but that doesn't mean that it isn't interesting and valuable.