{ "item_title" : "The Pagan Gospel", "item_author" : [" Faye Barrett "], "item_description" : "Before the Gospel was written, the ancient world was already filled with sacred stories of divine birth, dying gods, solar kings, underworld descents, holy mothers, ritual meals, prophecy, sacrifice, and resurrection.The Pagan Gospel explores the deep symbolic world that surrounded the rise of Christianity, tracing the older myths, mystery religions, seasonal rites, and sacred images that shaped the spiritual imagination of the Mediterranean and Near East.From Osiris, Isis, Horus, Dionysus, Mithras, Attis, Adonis, Demeter, Persephone, Sol Invictus, Inanna, Dumuzi, and the mystery cults of Rome, this book uncovers the powerful religious patterns that echoed across temples, empires, shrines, sacred calendars, and devotional life.This is a bold and carefully written study of ancient faith, showing how the language of gods, saviors, mothers, light, blood, bread, wine, death, rebirth, and cosmic renewal existed long before later religious traditions gave those symbols new forms.Inside you will discover: The ancient dying god motif and its link to grief, fertility, sacrifice, and renewalSolar saviors, sacred light, divine kingship, and the religious power of the sunVirgin mothers, miraculous births, holy children, and sacred feminine symbolismMystery religions and initiation rites that promised transformation and salvationThe sacred meal before Christianity, from grain and wine to blood and divine communionUnderworld descents, resurrection patterns, and ancient visions of life beyond deathThe pagan memory that survived through saints, festivals, sacred places, folk customs, and seasonal ritesWritten for readers of comparative religion, pagan history, ancient mythology, mystery traditions, Christian origins, goddess spirituality, and forbidden religious history, The Pagan Gospel offers a rich and fascinating look at the hidden roots of ancient faith.A powerful book for anyone who has ever wondered how much of the sacred West was shaped by the myths, gods, rites, and symbols that came before it.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/819/528/9798195281663_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "14.99", "online_price" : "14.99", "our_price" : "14.99", "club_price" : "14.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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