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Summary: A thought-provoking look at a well-known subject.
Review: After reading this story of Mari Magdalene and Jesus for the second time and discussing it in our book club, I enjoyed it just as much as the first time. It was well-written and thought-provoking for those of us who have been brought up with different views of this important time.
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Summary: I loaned my copy out, & now I have to get another!!
Review: Be careful to whom you loan this book: You might not get it back! :-) I was always unsettled by the inconsistencies in the story of the Magdalen that I was taught while growing up in the Southern Baptists church. This book brings it all together in a way that is much more clear to me. Ms. Kinstler shows women in a much more active & believable role than some would give them. As a Wiccan & amateur history buff, I appreciate this very much. If you're looking for a version of the early Christianity/Magdalen story that doesn't demean women OR history, READ THIS BOOK!!
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Summary: Bringing Mary Back to Life
Review: Clysta Kinstler's classic, Moon Under Her Feet, is a must for all those who have wondered who Mary Magdelene really was, who have noticed correspondences between some elements of the bible and what we know of the pre-Christian Goddess Religions. It is for those, like me, who have studied some religious history, but could not put together the missing pieces. Although the book is classified as fiction, Kinstler is a scholar who has footnoted carefully all information in the book, showing her version of the Christ & Mary story is not just fancy, but strongly possible, perhaps even probable. I am a Christian, but have long felt the missing female side of it, have long wanted a better balance of male and female in my biblical understanding. I wanted to bring the Virgin Mary to life. Clysta Kinstler has done that for me, Dr. Helen Bonner, author of the Laid Daughter, Amazon.com.
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Summary: a great fairy-tale with no regard for central facts
Review: Creative & perhaps insightful but alas, based on pseudo-scholarship & modern feminist fantasy- especially in supposing there was a thriving Goddess-cult in 1st century AD Palestine *G*
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Summary: Interesting, yes. But very odd.
Review: First of all, let me admit up front that I haven't finished this book. I couldn't. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood at the time, but all the mysticism really got to me in the first six chapters and it totally turned me off. I don't know if this is my personal bias or what: I'm somewhat pagan and I have a mystical side, but I'm also a hardcore skeptic and very picky about historical correctness. Beyond that complaint, THE MOON UNDER HER FEET seems to be well written. Time moves very quickly, though, and it's hard to get a good sense of any of the characters, at least so far as I have read. I hope at some point in the near future I will be feeling 'mystical' and able to finish the novel. I'm curious.
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Summary: Interesting, yes. But very odd.
Review: First of all, let me admit up front that I haven't finished this book. I couldn't. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood at the time, but all the mysticism really got to me in the first six chapters and it totally turned me off. I don't know if this is my personal bias or what: I'm somewhat pagan and I have a mystical side, but I'm also a hardcore skeptic and very picky about historical correctness. Beyond that complaint, THE MOON UNDER HER FEET seems to be well written. Time moves very quickly, though, and it's hard to get a good sense of any of the characters, at least so far as I have read. I hope at some point in the near future I will be feeling 'mystical' and able to finish the novel. I'm curious.
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Summary: Gobbling It Up
Review: I am truly enjoying The Moon at Her Feet. I feel almost as if I have finally found the book I have been looking for, one that actually reflects many of the things that I believe. I do not agree with everything it presents, but with so much of it that it is very satisfying to the soul. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a way to find faith without binding themselves to any one religion, as it represents a mixture of so many while still being grounded in the myths that the modern world knows best.
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Summary: Essential book to have in your spiritual library!
Review: I can't even begin to sing this book's praises. As a former Catholic the book battered down my points of view which stem from years of Mass. While it is fiction, its beauty and logic shocked my senses free of traditional explanations and immersed them in such an experience, that I could not help but adore it and read it again and again. I encourage everyone to read this powerful story. It comforts us who live somewhere between those two religious worlds. But regardless of your belief system, this book is a necessity. Brightest Blessings and Bravo to Clysta Kinstler for this eye-opening treasure.
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Summary: A different telling of the Magdalene and Jesus
Review: I cannot begin to express the impact this book has had on me. I was struggling with my Christian upbringing and wanting to embrace the Goddess, when a wonderfu Witch, author Silver RavenWolf suggested this book to me. Thank you Raven. I didn't want to give up "Jesus," but through this book I came to see that Yeshua/Jesus is as much a part of the Goddess/God myths of so many religions. The story of birth, death and rebirth, so much a part of my Wiccan religion, was played out in this book on multiple levels. Witches and Pagans need not turn from Jesus, as he is a much a Messiah for us as for the entire world, past, present and future. I truely believe that the author has tapped into the Cosmic Consciousness and come up with a "true" version of what happened so long ago. If you would but look at the extensive research done, the books of the effort listed, I think you will find that this book explains the importance of the Goddess in life, as well as the God. Mari and Jesus represent both, as they are the Goddess and God, reincarnated from Isis and Osiris, Inanna and Dumuzi. There is such beauty and passion in this book, and such incredible love. A woman's point of view. A world view to embrace for today and forever!!
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Summary: Sneak this book in to your next gift for a girlfriend!
Review: I have a girlfriend who is Christian and is religious but not overly so. I bought her this book and gave it to her along with other presents for Christmas. I know she's always been curious about all the Goddess 'stuff' I keep talking about. I tried lending her "When God was A Woman" but it was too academic(dry) for her. She said she couldn't read it because it bored her. This book was perfect for introducing her to some of the ideas of the Goddess in a way that was somewhat familiar to her (the story of Jesus&Mary). Plus the story was so much a story that she enjoyed it without even thinking of the philosophical side of it. The only thing I wish for now is that the author come out with this book in Spanish! I told my mami a little about the book and she (Catholic) wants to read it! *sigh* But I've yet to hear about a Spanish version.
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