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MOON UNDER HER FEET REVIEW

The Moon Under Her Feet was a terrific book and I was very excited to have it revealed to
me. I have always loved reading the Bible and learning about the times of Jesus. This
book helped me to see if from a totally different point of view. In our church a play is
always put on at Easter showing Jesus resurrection and Mari Magdalene was always a
character they never told much about except that she was one of the three who discovered
the empty tomb. It was wonderful to be able to see just how she fit into the story and
what her relationship was with Almah Mari, previously known to me as "The Virgin Mary".
This book put into perspective the goddess side and helped me to understand more about
what was and what came to be of Almah Mari and Mari Anath. 
One thing that stood out for me in The Moon Under Her Feet was the traces that Almah Mari
and Mari Anath experienced. The first time I became aware of them was when Almah was
preparing for her marriage to Sharon. It was then that she discovered she was Isis and it
brought about many experiences that Isis went through during her life. Another trance
that had a huge effect on me was Mari's trance when she felt herself become Almah. It was
while she was in that trance that she was aware of what actually happened with Sharon's
death and the agony that Almah experienced on their wedding night. The last trance that
had an effect on me was when Mari made her descent into the Netherworld to escape the
marriage to Herod. Almah even warned her of the possibilities of danger she may
experience through this trance. How horrible it must have been for all of the goddesses
who were exposed to having dreams and visions such as these. They truly seem to be most
frightening and terrible when one goes into a trance. Even though these seemed to be
terrible experiences for them the goddesses welcomed them and accepted them as gifts from
the Goddess herself.
An experience that I had no trouble relating to was when Mari was given to the Goddess.
It was an image so clear that came through for me and reminded me of when I went off to
college. It was a little different for me because I was older and it was my choice but a
major part was same because I was leaving my family to become a part of a whole new
family. It was August of 1995 and I was entering Michigan State University as a freshman.
My parents and two of my closest friends drove me down with all of my belongings. It was
a sad day for me. I was leaving the life I knew so well and beginning a new one that I
didn't know at all. On that day I was introduced to the girls who would be my roommates
and soon two of my best friends. While reading this chapter in The Moon Under Her Feet it
seemed to me that while Ninshubur would always know what Mari was thinking I could almost
relate that to my best friend Amy. Many times we noticed it was as though we could read
each other's thoughts. We always seemed to know what the other one was thinking. Although
the major difference was that it only happened because we were together so much.
One thing that puzzled me in The Moon Under Her Feet was the many references to Isis and
Osiris. Throughout the entire book Almah referred to herself as a reincarnation of Isis.
When Almah was going through her initiation period it was then that she had the vision
that she was 'Isis, Queen of All the Worlds". Even though Almah discovered herself to be
Isis it was later that Yeshua was referred to as Osiris. I thought that Isis and Osiris
were husband and wife and but in The Moon Under Her Feet Almah and Yeshua were mother and
son. My only explanation would be that Almah is the reincarnation of Isis and Yeshua is
the reincarnation of Osiris. They don't need to be married in this life to be husband and
wife because it was the past life that they had that relationship. It's very confusing
for me to read one story with certain characters and then another with the same. I have a
tendency to apply the characteristics of those characters to the next story. In this case
I'm assuming that I should not do that but it is still confusing.