Progressive Christians celebrate the feast day of Mary Magdalene on July 22nd, so I invite you on a journey of new perspective.
I was about 5-years-old, when I first heard about Mary Magdalene and immediately assumed she was Jesus’ wife. I mean, why wouldn’t he have a wife? What would be the sense of coming to Earth and not experiencing the best part of Creation…woman? (I was a very precocious child.)
I was dismayed, when I later heard Mary was considered to be a “wayward woman.” Of course, I never believed that. And, it was not that I had anything against wayward women. (Again, “precocious.”) It was just that I imagined Jesus would have had a wife of more regal a background.
So, I discounted the conventional view and felt vindicated when, in college, I learned that Mary Magdalene was from a highborn family of teachers and healers, may have even initially been a teacher of Jesus and was supposed to take over his ministry as head of his “church.” No wonder the misogynists denigrated her!
I finally felt totally vindicated in my belief, when I traveled to the south of France and discovered that I wasn’t crazy. There, it is commonly accepted Mary and Jesus were married.
In celebration, I climbed to the grotto of la Sainte-Baume, Mary’s hangout for contemplation, when she came to France with their child after the crucifixion. (Oh, yes, that, too!)
It was not only a profound experience, but developed a desire to learn more about her. (And, this was all long before Dan Brown wrote The Da Vinci Code.)
My study into this Sacred Union has, therefore, continued, both from a historic perspective and as a model for relationships.
As a model for relationships, I am most impressed with how they worked together. At a time when most wanted the Messiah to be a warrior, I believe Mary had a great deal of influence in tempering Christ, so his message of honoring everyone would be dominant, universal and ageless. In other words, I believe she brought out the best in him and he, in turn, totally honored her. And, most importantly, they were always there for each other.
If you are familiar with my work, you know that my “historic perspective” goes beyond this dimension and what I eventually learned is, to me, far more interesting and meaningful than what I had been taught in my youth and is still the conventional belief.
On a soul level, Mary Magdalene was one of the many Angels, who incarnated as humans at the time of Christ. Mary’s “Higher Self” is the Angel Azbuga, one of the 8 Judgment Angels, who rank above even the Angels Metatron, Michael and Raphael, with whom you might be more familiar.
Whereas Angels do not have a sex per se, but are comprised of both male and female energies, some, like Azbuga, are overwhelmingly imbued with one energy or the other. Azbuga is a female energy and is known as the principal Angel healer; so, quite fitting to be linked on this plain with the highest manifestation of male energy.
Many, as I do, refer to our present time as the Magdalene Era, the re-emergence of the feminine, heralding… (Well, that’s the subject of perhaps another posting.
What is important to understand is that information those in power may try to hide or destroy has a way of re-emerging over time because we reincarnate.
And, though we come into life as blank slates, there are remnants of the past that can be triggered and inspire the feeling of making sense like a déjà-vu or passé-vu that defy what the powers-that-be might want to keep hidden or try to purvey as the “facts.”
For whatever you might think of the writing, that is why a book like The Da Vinci Code had such a universal impact. It brought forth the memory of the Sacred Union.