I came to understand that the reason why I had been on such a long journey into Hinduism and Buddhism and Sufism was to be able now to see Mary's silent and unvoiced majesty, to realize the highest mystical truths hidden in her that for so many Christians was nearly completely obscured by the Church, to recognize her in fact as the full Divine Mother with all her powers, her righteous anger as well as her tenderness, her passion as well as her peace.

— Andrew Harvey, The Return of the Mother