Every great character that appears in human history becomes a nucleus or a center about which folk tales cluster, and most historical figures have a garden of myth growing up about them.
There are tales about the great pharaohs, Cleopatra, Alexander, Plato, Caesar, Ginga Khan, Buddha, Mohammed, Napoleon, the many popes and other controversial characters as Hitler, Stalin and Osama Ben Ladden. But no one has ever appealed to the imagination of the world and so played human feeling as has Jesus of Nazareth, who was believed to be the son of a virgin and immortal son of the only one, almighty God.
Notice that all we know about the Jesus, specially the gospel story on the bible, were variations from oral tradition written long after his death. They reflect various interpretations on what he appeared to be for the minds of his time, and many believers now see what they wanted to see in him; a Troublemaker or a Messiah, Son of a God.
What if we transcended the barrier of time and rediscover the personality of a great woman living at the very same time with Jesus?
Her name was Isadorah, and Jesus’ ideas, both as a man and as mythical hero had a definite influence on her contrasting character. After their first meeting, she ministered as a dissident prophet following some of Jesus’ ideas to confront the extreme views of the Romans and Jews from Jerusalem. But she wasn’t as peaceful as Jesus and when the time came, she bravely defended the oppressed. She provided financial support for Jesus’ ministry and helped him survive through the crucifixion.
She consecrated her life to social revolution and the mystical quest. Peace makers, merchants and rebellious zealots who came eagerly for her counsel, regarded her as spiritual guide, a warrior, and a teacher with great affection and admiration, but no one could conceive the idea to arouse her carnal desires, nor she theirs.
A beauty queen by all counts indeed, but she was beyond the realm of the flesh. She exhibits an aggressive personality which reveals the ancient women, not as weak and submissive but as physically strong, wise and truth worthy individuals.
The accounts of her saga are so close to reality that her time and place in history can be seen through these imaginary notes copied from an apocryphal scroll lost for ages of darkness dominated by male controlled literature.
What if I tell you that the scrolls containing this story, a testimonial writing of an unknown witness, were found somewhere in one of many caves by the Dead Sea in Palestine?
In the world of the believers, anything is possible; believe or not, this is her story.
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