A New Meaning of Mary Magdalene

Guest: Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault

Author of: The Meaning of Mary Magdalene

The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault is the principal Teacher and Advisor to the Contemplative Society. She is also a retreat and conference leader, teacher of prayer, writer on the spiritual life, and Episcopal priest. Cynthia is passionately committed to the recovery of the Christian contemplative path and has worked closely with Fr. Thomas Keating as a teacher of Centering Prayer, Fr. Bruno Barnhart, and other Christian contemplative masters, as well as in Sufism and the Christian inner traditions. She is the author of Mystical Hope, The Wisdom Way of Knowing, and Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, and many articles on the contemplative life.  Her newest book, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, gives a breathtaking new insight to the roots of the Christian tradition and how Mary Magdalene plays a pivotal role for Christianity today.