What do women want?Fulfillment through love, work, motherhood, community and spirit...the questions, and the answers have not changed in the last 3000 years.
 I define Goddess as the feminine archetype as she has appeared throughout human history Join me for this fascinating, provocative journey into the heart of femininity with the Goddess as our guide... |
LOST SECRETS OF THE GODDESS Let's ask Mary Magdalene We call in this chapter on an inspiring female figure from Biblical times. In a culture where women were not permitted to study or teach spiritual matters, this young woman drew on the Divine Feminine within to lead her people past deep differences and the presence of deadly enemies so that they might keep their practical and spiritual ideals in tact. Two thousand years later, she is re-emerging as a Goddess with a message for today. Now as then this woman’s identity is cloaked with mystery. Her Hebrew name was Miriam. To readers of the New Testament, she was the woman named Mary Magdalene from whom Jesus chased seven “demons.” She was also Mary of Bethany, sister to Martha and Lazarus who performed the sacred act of anointing her Lord three days before his crucifixion. Even the Church that defamed her now admits that Mary Magdalene was never a prostitute. Moreover, many people who read and watched The Da Vinci Code have come to believe its core message: that Mary Magdalene was the beloved wife of Jesus who carried his bloodline to France. It appears there is another equally explosive secret about this mysterious woman with implications that are even more far reaching than the first revelation which caused such controversy. According to a growing number of spiritual seekers and scholars, in addition to being Jesus’ beloved wife and disciple, Mary Magdalene was a High Priestess and teacher of the ancient Goddess centered mysteries of the Temple of Isis. “Blessed Mary, you whom I shall complete with all the mysteries on high, speak openly, for you are one whose heart is set on heaven’s kingdom more than all your brothers.” Jesus quoted in the Pistis Sophia (Faith Wisdom) 250-300 CE. The Magdalene Path We conjure this Mary Magdalene to help the modern woman find a better way to bring the ancient wisdom of the Goddess into her public life. From newly interpreted ancient documents such as the Pistis Sophia, and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene a fuller picture of Mary’s words and actions as an extraordinary female healer and leader of her time has emerged. It shows how, in the bleak days after Jesus’ crucifixion, surrounded by Roman occupiers and suspicious Jewish leaders, she inspired Jesus’ followers to carry on his revolutionary teachings. Among these: the equality of men and women before God, and the ability of every person to directly reach the divine within themselves. As a tower of strength, clarity and compassion, she provided a perfect model of the sacred marriage between the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine in one human being. |
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