Love Dance: Awakening the Divine Daughter

Deborah Maragopoulos
American Book Publishing (2007)
ISBN 9781589824119
Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (2/08)


The author, Deborah Maragopoulos, spent many years honing her skills as a nurse practitioner, but through a personal health crisis with her own child has become an expert in holistic-neuro-immune endocrinology.  She decided to share what she had learned by writing a book about healing.  Early in the writing process she began having very vivid dreams and decided that she needed to chronicle the dreams instead.  Her dreams turned out to be an incredible love story about Yeshua (Jesus) and Mary Magdalene.

 “Love Dance: Awakening the Divine Daughter” begins when fourteen-year-old Mary Magdalene finds out that she is betrothed to Yeshua, son of Joseph and Mary.  Mary is from a very wealthy family, and Yeshua is not, but the fathers agree on the marriage because Yeshua is next in line to be the Davidic King who reunites Yisreal.  Though Yeshua and Mary have many gifts which they use to heal and do many other great things they are still having a human experience and suffer the trials that come from having a body.  She loves Yeshua, but also loves his cousin, Teoma.  She resists this love and Yeshua continually tells her that the time is not yet; she will be with Teoma after he is gone.  It breaks Mary s heart to think that there will be a time when Yeshua is not there anymore.  
  
 As Yeshua and Mary progress in their spiritual lives, the gifts that unfold for them are truly amazing.  Mary becomes a healer and teaches women about the gift of conscious conception so they will not have unwanted pregnancies.  She also masters levitation and communication without speaking, to name a few of her gifts.  Yeshua studies with many of the great masters and learns many gifts, but becomes the embodiment of love for all people in this journey.  He faces condemnation among his own people as they see his mission as one of a political battle against the Roman regime.

“Love Dance: Awakening the Divine Daughter” touched me on so many levels as a woman trying to awaken myself and find that perfect life partner, as a spiritual truth seeker and as a history buff.  It is a wonderfully written book whose description of Yeshua and Mary has a strong ring of truth to it.  I am looking forward to the sequel, “Love Dance: Realization of the Magdalene.”

Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (11/07)


“Love Dance: Awakening the Divine Daughter” is the first book in the Love Dance series which chronicles the author’s version of Mary Magdalene’s story.  It begins with her finding out that she is betrothed to Yeshua, her childhood friend, whom she has always loved.  She is surprised that her wealthy parents agreed to an alliance with him because he is just a carpenter’s son.  After their union, Yeshua is committed to keeping her at his side as an equal.  She helps him to stay grounded and connected. 

This is a beautifully told story.  It begins with their engagement and takes them through the trials that Yeshua experienced early on in his life.  His goal is to unify the tribes of Yisrael.  He feels this is his calling. But in doing so, he has to deal with opposing factions.  Along the way, the couple also has their own issues in their relationship.  They have the births of their children and Mary’s attraction to Yeshua’s best friend and another woman.  Yeshua deals with this the best that he can.  
                               
Unlike the stories commonly told of Mary Magdalene being a whore, in this story she comes from a respected family and plays a critical role in Yeshua’s life.  She carries a tremendous amount of sensuality which seems to draw others to her.  She has to find a place for these feelings so that they do not hurt her marriage.  She is honest with Yeshua about them.   Her sensuality and feminine energy unite with Yeshua’s male energy to make them whole as one.  Readers with open minds will love this story.  Traditional fundamental Christians will probably not be comfortable with it. 

“Love Dance” takes the story of Mary Magdalene and Christ to another level.  Instead of it seeming like a dryly-written story, it is rich with description that goes beyond the mundane.  Everything that the characters are experiencing is described so that the reader can feel it, see it, and smell it.  This also works on the spiritual level.  Colors of auras are described.  Mary and Yeshua are able to leave their bodies to have experiences on purely spiritual levels.  Mary also learns about the power of manifesting from thoughts.  Being that Christ had so many special gifts, it seems to me like this might be more like how his life really was.  Read “Love Dance” and decide for yourself. 

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