In Growing Up Without the Goddess: A Journey through Sexual Abuse to the Sacred Embrace of Mary Magdalene, Sandra Pope chronicles her spiritual journey to recover from lifelong punishing patterns caused by a secret abuser when she was a child. When the past reveals startling, wounding events but does not disclose her hidden abuser, no one believes she was abused. Sandra receives healing visions from Mary Magdalene that reveal her abuser's identity and expose deeply disturbing truths for all who grow up without the goddess.