Author Mary Starbird

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She has taught scripture </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>  and religious education </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>  to Roman Catholics for many years. </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>  As her interest in the feminine experience of God has </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>grown     she gives lectures and retreats centered in the </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>call to the restoration of the Sacred Feminine in Christianity.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>She has authored two previous books. </B></I><I><B>The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalene and the Holy Grail </B></I><I><B>and </B></I><I><B>The Goddess in the Gospels: Reclaiming the Sacred Feminine. </B></I><I><B>Both books are centered in the theme of the lost Bride in the Christian story and the medieval heresy of the Holy Grail. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Margaret is married and the mother of five children, all now grown. She and her husband, a retired army officer, live in </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>the Pacific Northwest</B></I></div> <bR> <div>                                         _______________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Author Mary Starbird"><B>about the author</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter Mary Starbird"><B>sample book chapter</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="catalog"><B>catalog</B></A></div> <div> <B>                  </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>                                         </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="how to order this book"><B>How to Order this Book </B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Tarot Trumps and the Holy Grail</B></div> <div> <I><B>Great Secrets of the Middle Ages</B></I></div> <div> <B>Margaret Starbird </B></div> <div> <B>73 pgs.  $15.00  paperback  ISBN: 0967842808</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>            </B></div> <div>                             </div> </td> </tr></table></body>