{"title":"Clive Prince","description":"\u003cp\u003eClive Prince is an acclaimed author known for his engaging works that sit at the intersection of history, spirituality, and personal development. With a knack for uncovering hidden truths and presenting them in an accessible manner, Prince takes his readers on enlightening journeys that challenge conventional beliefs and inspire new ways of thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong his most captivating works is \u003cem\u003eWhen God Had a Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, a fascinating exploration into the history of religious narratives and their impact on modern personal development. This book invites readers to delve deep into the often overlooked stories and gain a more profound understanding of their spiritual lineage and its influence on today's world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for those interested in self-help and personal growth, Clive Prince's books are a gateway to enhanced awareness and empowerment. His clear and thought-provoking writing style makes complex concepts approachable, encouraging readers to reflect and grow along their personal journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're a seeker of knowledge or simply curious about the unseen threads that weave through our history and spirituality, Clive Prince's works offer insightful perspectives that might just change the way you see the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"when-god-had-a-wife-by-lynn-picknett-9781591433705","title":"When God Had a Wife","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite what Jews and Christians—and indeed most people—believe, the ancient Israelites venerated several deities besides the Old Testament god Yahweh, including the goddess Asherah, Yahweh’s wife, who was worshipped openly in the Jerusalem Temple. After the reforms of King Josiah and Prophet Jeremiah, the religion recognised Yahweh alone, and history was rewritten to make it appear that it had always been that way. The worship of Asherah and other goddesses was now heresy, and so the status of women was downgraded, and they were blamed for God’s wrath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, as Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince reveal, the spiritual legacy of the Jewish goddesses and the Sacred Feminine lives on. Drawing on historical research, they examine how goddess worship thrived in early Judaism and included a pantheon of goddesses. They share new evidence for an earlier form of Hebrew worship that prayed to both male and female gods, including a 20th-century archaeological discovery of a Hebrew temple dedicated to both Yahweh and the goddess Anat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUncovering the Sacred Feminine in early Christianity, the authors show how, in the first century AD, both Jesus and his great rival, Simon Magus, were attempting to restore the goddess-worshipping religion of the Israelites. The authors reveal how both men accorded great honour to the women they adored and who travelled with them as priestesses, Jesus’s Mary Magdalene and Simon’s Helen. But, as had happened centuries before, the Church rewrote history to erase the feminine side of the faith, deliberately ignoring Jesus’s real message and again condemning women to marginalisation and worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProviding all the necessary evidence to restore the goddess to both Judaism and Christianity, Picknett and Prince expose the disastrous consequences of the suppression of the feminine from these two great religions and reveal how we have been collectively and instinctively craving the return of the Sacred Feminine for millennia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46869172519148,"sku":"9781591433705","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16871393482754.jpg?v=1759785719"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/clive-prince.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}