Lynn Picknett's Mary Magdalene

Among other things, this book claims that:

1) Mary Magdalene is an Egyptian - and therefore a black - priestess of great power.
2) Jesus is a magician from outside Jerusalem who dabbled in necromancy.
3) John Baptist is the true Christ.
4) The Virgin Mary may have been an adulteress.
5) The Holy Grail is none other than the severed head of John the Baptist.

Note: The list is by no means comprehensive.

There is no doubt that this is book is interesting. And there are some parts that are historically credible, such as the discussion of the several dying-and-rising gods from Egypt and also the parallels between the Bible and the Egyptian Book of the Dead. But the majority of this book is pure sensationalism.

1) Lynn Picknett indulges in her personal biases.

Ms. Picknett seems rather proud of the fact that she carries a grudge against the Roman Catholic Church (i.e. the Church that disillusioned her and still wounds her to this day). Her subjective tone undermines, if not completely obliterates, her academic treatment of this highly sensitive matter. This personal bias may very well be responsible for the flaws in reasoning that are evident all throughout the book.

2) The logical process she employs is highly questionable.

From among thousands of equally plausible possibilities, Ms. Picknett picks the most sensational one and passes it of as the Truth. This is done without explaining either why the other possibilities must be dismissed or why the possibility she picked is the most objectively compelling. The effects of this flawed process are magnified, as she uses the "Truth" as part of her foundation for establishing other "Truths."

Seen in this light, her conclusions remain to be merely entertaining or insulting possibilities instead of the Truth that she claims them to be.

CHAMELEON SOFIA

This book explains the radical Christian, Magdalenian, and Johannite theory of Lynn Picknett, enemy of the Church and friend of aliens.


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