Exploring The Life & Soul Of Mary Magdalene
(This is an excerpt from a University Of Metaphysical Sciences course at www.umsonline.org,
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Introduction
Review Of Literature
The Questions About Mary
Discussion
Conclusion
Written by Sheranda Tay
Introduction
Once upon a time, about 2000 years ago in a little town called Magdala in Palestine, a girl was born who would captivate the world. She was Mary Magdalene. We will explore her life and her soul in this metaphysical course of study to gain a deeper understanding of the woman that has been known to be everything from a common prostitute to a venerated saint of the Orthodox Catholic Church.
The quest has blossomed with The Da Vinci Code (1997), by Dan Brown, to discover the true Mary Magdalene. Eager New Age followers and Catholics alike are all asking: Who was Mary Magdalene, and was she really married to Jesus? The launch of this quest for knowledge about the Biblical figure Mary Magdalene, the belief that she was married to Jesus and they might have even had children, really started with the book Holy Blood, Holy Grail (1982) by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln. I myself was lured into its mystery and intrigue in 1984. The book states that a secret society of mystical, wealthy, warrior-like male figures, "The Knights Templar," lasted throughout the centuries. Supposedly, "The Knights Templar" kept the secret that there was a physical bloodline of Jesus Christ through his marriage to Mary Magdalene. I did not feel repulsed by this hypothesis and in fact I was excited to learn of this romantic mystery. This mystery, however, I have learned has many dark veils. Who was Mary Magdalene? What do you believe? Why is she such an enigma? How did the politics of religion play into her story?
The many faces of The Magdalene represent the journey of the soul. It is through the process of falling from grace, and then climbing back up, that we master the traps of the third dimensional reality. The Magdalene represents the repressed, degraded, once spiritual woman, driven into exile from a cruel, murderous world. Through centuries of sacrificial acts of lambs and brutal war, we have come to the end of the fight, and we must finally surrender, to the Mother, to the Father, to our divine callings. We long to go home and live in peace.
The "Magdalene Messengers," are singing about The Coming of The Bride and her Bridegroom Jesus. You may be a "Magdalene Messenger," feeling drawn to step up and say: Mary Magdalene is important to our times and we ask her for spiritual direction. Sounds like romantic fancy? Yes it is and yet, it is possibly true. The Heaven on Earth plans didn't get cancelled. Sarah Heartsong and The Sharing Group say in The Return Of The Dove (2006) that although many have forgotten, Mary Magdalene is coming back to remind us that soon, "The Dark Will Fall, and Christ Will Reign over Planet Earth! Perhaps you hear the wedding bells for Jesus Christ? You are not alone. The popularity of the Magdalene reflects upon the joy of return, and 'The Return of The Dove' is upon us now." This paragraph reflects my personal beliefs that are based on extensive research on the subject.
I am an individual who looks for truth through metaphysical resources, as well as resources that are more traditional. That is why I wrote a course for a metaphysical university, otherwise, I would be limited by the narrow vision of the third dimensional modern thought. If I were a feminist or a biblical scholar, teaching a women's studies course through a university, I would be extremely limited. Just being a feminist or a biblical scholar alone, would cause a biased outlook. I have always known that beyond bias lives Truth. In the discussion section, I will give my hypothesis as to what I believe is true about the Mary Magdalene. For now I will stick to a well-rounded informational viewpoint.
In the beginning of writing this course I set out to find out what single archetype did Mary Magdalene represent. I could not narrow it down to just one or two. Mary Magdalene's archetypes in my understanding include The Enigma, The Divine Feminine, The Sophia, (Wisdom Deity), The Embodied Mother Goddess, The Black Madonna, The Bride of Christ, The Scorned One, The Repentant One, The Envied Companion of the Savior, The Co-redemptrix (a female redeemer), The Tower and yet the human woman fallen ill from the ways of the world. Is there anything that this woman doesn't embody? Well yes, she was never an evil woman, a slut or a prostitute. Those labels have been given to her by those who had motives to discredit her. She has survived the judgment, and she is now more loved and accepted than ever. The emotional reaction she provokes in people amazes me.
Today she is in the limelight and I think Magdalene-Mania is here to stay and why not? We could use a strong female superhero, one that might have been married to Christ! Meet Mary Magdalene, an intrinsically simple yet complicated female legend and the most popular Major Arcane Tarot figure of our current times. This is probably because we are in the last years of "the end times." She was the one who 2000 years ago announced that Christ had Risen. Now it is our turn to Rise and Ascension is for every human! Wouldn't it be fitting that Mary Magdalene would enter our consciousness now. The year 2000 has passed and still Jesus has not returned. So many metaphysically opened-minded people hold on to their hopes and personal beliefs regarding the Ascension, and many Christians believe that the horrors of Revelations will soon play out. This planetary birthing process is very scary. Mary Magdalene I feel, holds our hopes, fears, dreams and imagination in the palm of her hands. How do you feel about her?
Through this metaphysical course, I hope to explore the life and soul of Mary Magdalene in such a way, as to give you a clear metaphysical understanding of who she really was, beyond bias. What you will learn is that our fascination with her is based on profound spiritual significance, Gnostic wisdom, and most of all, the desire for Truth! She is an enigma because we do not know who she really was, or is (remember life is a continuance). She has mirrored all of us, but who is she beyond our mirrors of her? To quote the book by Susan Haskins, Mary Magdalene: Myth And Metaphor (1993), "I realized that her image embodied the perceptions of every era, being refashioned again and again to suit the needs and aspirations of the times." Good work Susan Haskins, my sentiments exactly!
Who was Mary Magdalene? What do you believe? Why is she such an enigma? Why do we care about her, so deeply? Right now, I will give you the Internet's poll on Mary Magdalene. Here are the scores:
I think Mary Magdalene was probably:
(6%) A reformed prostitute
(27%) Jesus' wife
(26%) An early church leader whose importance is not fully reflected in the Bible
(41%) One of Jesus' followers and the first to see the risen Christ, as it says in the Bible
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Review Of Literature
This course on Mary Magdalene includes metaphysical resources of information. I have included the sources of information that I have found over the course of twenty-two years, which had validity in creating a correct understanding of who Mary Magdalene really was. When the New Age Movement started to flourish in the eighties I naively thought that unity of information existed within the "enlightened ones" that focused on metaphysical truths. I would come to learn that truth has many interpretations and agendas, even within the New Age Movement. I have grown up a lot since then, and unfortunately, the sharks of life are just as prevalent in the waters of gurus and high priced channeling seminars.
There is not one metaphysical book that is written just about Mary Magdalene that I would recommend at this time, although I am privy to a new book that is currently in the pre-press stages of publication. I will recommend it in the discussion section of this course. For now I will introduce to you the five books written about Mary Magdalene, which are currently on the market, that I chose to help bring you a clear history and understanding of all the different points of view that exist about Mary Magdalene.
The author Margaret Starbird has worked hard to create an uproar, which the Catholic Church will need to contend with. People are demanding new answers to age-old questions. Because of Margaret Starbird and Dan Brown, the author of the novel, The Da Vinci Code (2003) the quest for the Holy Grail has re-surfaced and the world is looking at Mary Magdalene. Margaret Starbird believes that Mary Magdalene is the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail, she believes signifies an actual bloodline of Christ through Mary Magdalene. For the review of literature I will start with The Woman With The Alabaster Jar (1993) by Margaret Starbird. Margaret Starbird has a Masters Degree from the University of Maryland and has studied at Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany, and also at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Her theological beliefs were shaken when the book, Holy Blood, Holy Grail (1982) by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln suggested that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalene and that their descendants carried on his holy bloodline in Western Europe. Shocked by such heresy she set out to refute it, but instead she found compelling evidence to believe it was true. She now crusades on with her belief that Mary Magdalene was really Mary of Bethany. In the book The Woman With The Alabaster Jar, Mary Magdalen and The Holy Grail (1993) Starbird wrote, "Based on fourth-century legend preserved in Old French, Mary Magdalen is said to have brought the 'Sangraal' to the southern coast of France. It was asserted in later legends that this Sangraal was the 'Holy Grail'— a chalice. In fact, it was said in later versions to have been the very cup from which Jesus drank at the Last Supper on the night of his arrest." After writing The Woman With The Alabaster Jar, Margaret Starbird wrote three more books about Mary Magdalene. They are The Goddess In The Gospels: Reclaiming The Sacred Feminine (1998), Magdalene's Lost Legacy: Symbolic Numbers And The Sacred Union In Christianity (2003) and Mary Magdalene, Bride In Exile (2005). Her passion about the subject of Mary Magdalene seems personal and heartfelt. However, I would not recommend her books for an unbiased opinion regarding the conspiracies about Mary Magdalene.
A woman named Lesa Bellevie, has authored the book called, The Complete Idiot's Guide To Mary Magdalene (2005). Don't laugh, this book is incredibly well researched and it is very complete. The author does not hold any degrees but she is an excellent compiler of information. The book is an awesome encyclopedia of Mary Magdalene, and the author's unbiased approach was helpful. You don't have to be a biblical scholar to understand her book about Mary Magdalene.
My third book about Mary Magdalene that I have chosen to use to write this course is Mary Magdalen, Myth And Metaphor (1993) by Susan Haskins. She has no degrees, and in my observation, this helped her to write the book with an unbiased approach. To quote her book, "We know very little about Mary Magdalen. The predominant image we have of her is a beautiful woman with long golden hair, weeping for her sins, the very incarnation of the age-old equation between feminine beauty, sexuality and sin. For nearly two thousand years, the traditional conception of Mary Magdalen has been that of the prostitute who, hearing the words of Jesus Christ, repented of her sinful past and henceforth devoted her life and love to him. She appears in countless devotional images, scarlet-cloaked and with loose hair, kneeling below the cross, or seated at Christ's feet in the house of Mary and Martha of Bethany, or as a beauteous prostitute herself sprawled at his feet, unguent jar by her side, in the house of the Pharisee. Her very name evokes images of beauty and sensuality, yet when we look for this creature in the New Testament we look for her in vain." The reason we look in vain for shreds of evidence about Mary Magdalene in the Holy Bible is because of the political aspect of the New Testament. The pagan goddess ways of old were "Christianized," and symbolism of the Divine Feminine, including Mary Magdalene and other Goddess figures, were "Christianized" with attitudes created to dis-empower the natural balance of male and female energies. Keep this in mind because Mary Magdalene's image is very political as well. Politics and religion have always walked side by side. The Orthodox Catholic Church is faced with having to change with the times.
The fourth book that I have chosen was written by a man. The journey to discover the true Mary Magdalene is not just a woman's quest any longer. The Gospels Of Mary: The Secret Tradition Of Mary Magdalene, The Companion Of Jesus (2004) by Marvin Meyer, is an excellent book. Marvin Meyer is one of the foremost scholars on Gnosticism, the Nag Hammadi library, and texts about Jesus outside the New Testament. He is Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies and director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute at Chapman University, Orange, California. This is a good book if you want to avoid the Holy Bloodline theory hype. Chapter six of his book is about the very important Pistis Sophia.
The Pistis Sophia is a Coptic book that was discovered in the late eighteenth century by Dr. A. Askew, an Englishman. He found it in a London bookshop. The British Museum acquired the codex after his death. The importance of the Pistis Sophia is that it clearly establishes Mary Magdalene's role as an interlocutor, (a questioner). According to Lesa Bellevie, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide To Mary Magdalene (2005), "In Pistis Sophia, there are a total of 115 different questions and interpretations of Jesus' teachings by his followers. Of those, Mary Magdalene alone is responsible for asking 67 questions."
On that note, I will introduce my fifth book that I chose to write this course. The Gospel Of Mary Of Magdala, Jesus And The First Woman Apostle (2003) by Karen L. King comes highly recommended by me. She is a Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard University in the Divinity School. She has a feminist approach that is honest and outspoken. To quote her book, "Lost for more than fifteen hundred years, the Gospel of Mary is the only existing early Christian gospel written in the name of a woman. Karen L. King tells the story of the recovery of this remarkable gospel and offers a new translation. This brief narrative presents a radical interpretation of Jesus' teachings as a path to inner spiritual knowledge. It rejects his suffering and death as a path to eternal life and exposes the view that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute for what it is—a piece of theological fiction. The Gospel of Mary of Magdala offers a fascinating glimpse into the conflicts and controversies that shaped earliest Christianity." Thank you Karen L. King. Her book focuses on the important fact that Mary Magdalene was a spiritual leader.
The Gnostic Gospels (1989) by Elaine Pagels deserves reviewing as well. Elaine Pagels is a Professor of Religion at Princeton University. To quote Time magazine, "The Princeton professor Elaine Pagels won a National Book Award for her 1979 essay "The Gnostic Gospels," which explored those alternative interpretations of the Christ story. The book of the same name was a surprise best seller, and three titles later, study groups at churches around the country are using Pagel's works to supplement more traditional Bible studies." The Gnostic Mary Magdalene is very important to examine and Pagel's book The Gnostic Gospels is a way to explore the true teachings of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. The Gnostic Gospels provide the proof that the four accepted Gospels of the New Testament exclude five important Gnostic texts: The Gospel of Mary, the Gospel of Truth, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Peter and the Gospel of Philip. They are all missing from the Holy Bible! Now, if you are just looking at the four accepted gospels you will learn practically nothing about Mary Magdalene. On the contrary, you will be misled to believe that she was a common prostitute. The Gnostic Gospels provide the needed proof for the extended exploration into the life of Mary Magdalene and her relationship with the Savior. Mary Magdalene's personal life was altered by political motives and issues. That is a core issue of the true Mary Magdalene. Pagels and other historical Jesus researchers all point to the possibility, that Mary Magdalene's true-life story was probably manipulated, to suit certain political/religious agendas.
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The Questions About Mary
The recommended books in the review of literature section, are all great sources of information on Mary Magdalene. Her legends, myths and stories have played out through the centuries. She is like the smile of the Mona Lisa. Perhaps The Magdalene has a future change-blazing role to play, like that of the beautiful late Lady Diana, who so graciously represented the sick and underprivileged. Perhaps she is the spiritual diva for today, whose whispers through time have sung for a better tomorrow, a future that would embrace the once crucified King. Some say she is Jesus' Bride, and he awaits her. The speculative theories about Mary Magdalene are growing every day. I hope that the light of truth will soon shine on this most incredible woman from the Bible. The major questions listed from 1 to 13, represent the most important topics surrounding this amazing woman who lived 2000 years ago. It seems like she has never left our consciousness. Perhaps, with the belief of reincarnation, she never did leave us. The beauty of writing about Mary Magdalene from a metaphysical viewpoint is that you can draw on more information. The last question of this list, (Did Mary Magdalene reincarnate, after being Mary Magdalene?) is answered with a currently controversial viewpoint on The Magdalene. The theme of Mary Magdalene's re-embodiments will flow into the discussion section. This will provide me with an introduction to my theories about Mary Magdalene. Let us explore the answers to these questions now.
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Discussion
Over the course of twenty-two years, I have found a very limited amount of channeled information to help me discern truth from fiction about Mary Magdalene. The surprise will be a new source of channeled material about Mary Magdalene, which will be available this spring in book form (see bibliography). For this metaphysically open-minded course, I did find four channeled information sources worthy of recognizing. I will quote from two books and one website that contain channeled information that support the theory that Mary Magdalene was not married to Jesus in a traditional way, and yet they were lovers.
In Book 1 The Crystal Stair, A Guide To The Ascension (1990) by Eric Klein, Jesus himself states that he was not married formally in that life.
In Book 2 The Council of Nine suggests that Mary Magdalene and Jesus were unmarried lovers and they belonged together, spiritually. The quote to support this is from the book The Only Planet Of Choice (1993) by transceiver Phyllis V. Schlemmer: The question is raised to The Council of Nine as to whether Jesus had offspring, and the answer was, (see question 4 in the findings section for this quote) that he did. However, the question was asked again to The Council of Nine about the offspring and the answer was no, Jesus had no offspring. Sorry Bloodline Theory Lovers! Jesus had no children, but he did have sex with Mary Magdalene.
Source 3 is a channeled message of Mary Magdalene through the Messenger, Elizabeth Claire Prophet. (See question 13, web address of the channeling in bibliography). This channeled message has not gained much popularity among the writers of today who are married to the idea that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had children to carry on a physical Bloodline of Christ. In this channeled Mary Magdalene message, Mary Magdalene states that she bore a certain "karma," but she really doesn't go into what that "karma" was about. It was not about being a prostitute, or she would have said something to that effect. I believe that she was not ready at that time to reveal her full story. I have been graced to receive a sneak preview into a seventy-six page channeling session between Mary Magdalene and a channel named Sarah Heartsong. I have drawn much of this discussion section on the knowledge I gained from the new channeled information that is currently making its way to the printing presses.
The strangest New Age channeling book I found about Mary Magdalene was I Remember Union: The Story Of Mary Magdalena (1992) by Flo Calhaun. This book created the illusion that Mary Magdalene was a lesbian. This demonstrates well how the mirror and the mask principle works. The book created an angry reaction from a woman reviewing it on amazon.com. She called it a phony book of garbage! Although the book may not be a clear channeling of Mary Magdalene, certain parts of the book are simply beautiful. This deserves quoting; the Spiritual Hierarchy is giving Mary Magdalene & Jesus both a gift, and Mary Magdalene tells the tale... "My gift was a headdress of crystal starlight, woven into the strands of my hair, overlaying my third eye in the center of my forehead, giving me continued vision, bathed in rainbows of light. They called it Hope as they placed it gently on my head. The gift they gave to Jesus was a matrix of pure gold, a scepter which they placed within his heart, the symbol of Christ. They called it Love."
The many reflections of Mary Magdalene have been explored in this course. How these reflections mirror the human psyche, says a lot about people. When an individual holds a certain belief about an archetypal being, that reflection usually fits their image of themselves. Perhaps the guilty would believe Mary Magdalene was a reformed prostitute, because they have given over a lot of their power to their church to decide whether they are worthy of salvation. Sin (error) has much less of a hold on someone whom does not feel guilty about making an error. The emphasis on "sin" by The Catholic Church goes hand in hand with the metaphor of the repentant prostitute theory of Mary Magdalene. Perhaps this metaphor is really the myth. The Catholic Church exemplifies suffering and repentance as a way of life. If you study early Christianity, you may learn that the actual proof that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute does not exist. So the intent to manipulate the truth worked hand in hand with their Female Saint of Repentance, i.e. obedience. Get the drift here? The intention to build Mary Magdalene into their role model for repentance is quite repulsive to some feminists. However, the unconditional love of Mary Magdalene would advocate forgiveness, not dissension. The Brotherhood and Sisterhood of man depends on our unity. The falling away of petty judgments about each other takes effort, but the reward for that is peace on Earth.
The whole world is searching for new answers to fill in the blanks. The youth of today are like mystery masters, far out into the next era of Matrix-Magdalene-Mania! In addition, they are re-mixing Mary Magdalene. Perhaps our youth are the ones likely to embrace the radical Jesus, who once warned us about the pitfalls of too many laws, or artifices. The Radical Warrior of Light Savior figure takes us to the integration of reality and fantasy. In the movie The Matrix, Neo's life theme of sacrifice, death, resurrection and his divine calling as being "The One" proves to be parallel to the role of Jesus as the Messiah. In relation to The Magdalene in the Christ Story, you have Trinity in Neo's story being the strong female companion and equal, standing behind her man. The Magdalene with the same qualities worked with her man to conquer evil. This is a common theme in almost every movie, to some extent or another. How does the Holy Land compare with the mind control of Neo's Matrix world that he must overthrow for goodness to prevail?
Could there have been an "underground Zion" so to speak, full of an entire entourage of ancient mystics that were fulfilling a mission planned by the Spiritual Hierarchy? It is certainly true that behind every conspiracy theory, there lies truths untold, ready to be revealed. The new "Da Vinci Enigmatic Tarot," by Caitlin Matthews, states that we are living our individual microcosmic world, and our personal world uses the same set of archetypal beings of the Major Arcane, to interact with. This also relates to the workings of the world scene, our macrocosmic world. We are all looking for heroes to identify with and The Magdalene of the future reveals a woman whom we would aspire to be. She is strong, determined and focused on saving us all as she works with a much larger team of enlightened beings. This premise works for the youth of today. The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. That really proves that Mary Magdalene will live into the future as a hero rather than a shamed sinner, pleading for forgiveness.
These are important questions that should be asked, about the mission that Mary Magdalene was involved in. Whether or not she was married to Jesus or not, many scholars and feminists believe that her role was significantly important. She was the one who first spoke of seeing Christ after the resurrection. The political implication here is that she probably was Jesus' closest companion and confidant. The trite label that religion assigned her no longer works for the new generation born into a scary techno-world that teeters on the brink of destruction. We seem to need Mary Magdalene today more than ever before.
The provocative novel, The Da Vinci Code (1997) by Dan Brown reflects a new breed of "closet mystics" that still go to church on Sunday. After they dose off during the Sunday sermon, it's off to the bookstore to check if Dan Brown's latest book came out yet! The intrigues of the "Holy Grail" are drawing people in like moths to a flame.
The solving of the mysteries surrounding The Holy Grail and The Magdalene takes a person through his or her own personal journey and the amazing world of Archetypes. Jung spoke of this in relation to the collective unconscious. The Major Arcane of the Tarot Deck contains the entire group of universal archetypes. Mary Magdalene is the archetype of the Divine Feminine, and of The Sophia, (a female wisdom deity) which is a very powerful Archetype of Enigma. The Mona Lisa is smiling for the same reason as The Magdalene does, she is the holder of hidden truths. The same type of smile reflects the "Good News" of our coming salvation/redemption from this world gone mad. Mary Magdalene as the underdog seeks to rise above the illusion of suffering. She seeks to set us free with her inner knowing and unshakeable faith. We prepare for our own ascension by her example. The Holy Spirit lives in the Faith Wisdom, which we hold onto in our hearts. The literal translation of the Greek words "pistis sophia" is "faith-wisdom."
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Conclusion
To teach others about Mary Magdalene with a totally unbiased viewpoint is hard. I myself want to express to you my revelations about her. The audience must be correct. I would hope that the truths I expressed here will gain a wide audience. My intention is to express truth, with my selected sources of reference. This course only touches briefly on a huge topic.
You might have taken this course because you wanted to know why there is, all of a sudden, so much hubbub about Mary Magdalene in books and movies. I think the whole topic of Mary Magdalene will reveal more and more about our souls and our destiny as time goes by. Some say she is the twin soul of Jesus. Do you feel that Mary Magdalene and Jesus had a deeply spiritual bond? What is twin soul love? The Magdalene whispers sweetly about that too!
Mary Magdalene is bigger than life because she represents life, with all of its long-suffering, torture through emotional trauma and eventual renewal through Rebirth. The medicine she gives us is the medicine of hope through faith and wisdom. The lesson she teaches is that of embracing the dark-side of oneself to bring Light into the damaged emotional body, therefore burning a path to Heaven's Salvation. You won't find an expensive pilgrimage in the South of France or Britain that will replace the hard work of introspection for emotional healing. If you need Saint Mary Magdalene, go deep within and dig into the darkness to rescue the Divine Child who is curled up in the corner. She is the forgotten one because you chose to deny her. She needs your love. She also is the Goddess in every woman that would like the opportunity to be fully expressed and respected.
Women and men have been brutally battered by centuries of imbalance. The "Battle of the Sexes" has been the cornerstone for the dark agendas of anti-evolutionary forces. Blame and hatred toward the enemy is not going to heal emotional damage. Through forgiveness and understanding healing will happen. I believe that Mary Magdalene stands united with other goddess figures. The trio of Mary Goddesses is Mother Mary, Quan Yin and Isis (an embodiment of Mary Magdalene). Sarah Heartsong and The Sharing Group say in The Return Of The Dove (2006), "Perhaps Jesus seeded the women's movement through his Beloved Mary Magdalene. Perhaps he gave her something that would be eternally more valuable than a husband in that life, which was the faith to hold strong and have courage beyond belief. How else could she help him in transforming this broken world? That is some very potent food for thought, regarding Mary Magdalene. What do you feel? Meditate or pray on these thoughts. Your answers lie within."
Quote from The Return Of The Dove (2006): Mary Magdalene says, "When I first held Jesus, the newborn, I was only four years old... and in my innocence I could feel the deeply fulfilling presence of God through my Beloved. I welcome you to read my messages. I am Mary Magdalene and I wish to tell you about my romantic, enigmatic journey, evolving with my twin soul, Jesus, and with all of humanity. Above all, I want you to know that the Gifts of Eternal Life in an Ascended World are very real and upon us now! God Loves You."