AUGUST 2026

L'ardeur, l'initiation de Marie-Madeleine et de Jésus

BOOKS - New French publication

It is with great pleasure that we announce that, starting August 27, 2026, "L'ardeur, l'initiation de Marie-Madeleine et de Jésus" - (Almora publishing - french version) will be available in bookstores.

What if Jesus had been initiated in India?
What if Mary Magdalene had been much more than a disciple?
What if the crucifixion had not been the end of his story?
In L’Ardeur, Daniel Odier brings the figure of Jesus to life in the light of the apocryphal gospels, Kashmiri Tantra and the non-dual wisdom of India.
He imagines a travelling Jesus, trained by the sages of the East, bearing a teaching of love, freedom and union with the divine. He also restores Mary Magdalene to her rightful place: an initiated woman, a spiritual and physical companion, and the guardian of a living, ardent, non-dogmatic Christianity.
A spiritual novel, a coming-of-age tale, a meditation on the body and the sacred, *L’Ardeur* blazes a bold new trail: that of an early Christianity reconciled with the feminine, desire, wisdom and joy.
A surprising, inspiring and profoundly liberating work.