July 22nd is, traditionally, Mary Magdalene’s feast day, and that’s coming up soon.
She has been spiraling back into our awareness and consciousness for more than one day a year, though, and for more than a few years.
When something, or someone, important is excised from memory, it leaves a hole and a deep yearning for it that can be palpably felt.
It haunts us. We search for it. And it matters, sometimes much more than we know.
In the preface of The Gospel of Mary Magdalene by Jean-Yves Leloup, David Tresemer, PhD, and Laura-Lee Cannon, write:
“…Mary Magdalene focuses on the inner worlds of initiation. We imagine that, not through outer pomp and pageantry, but through gnosis or direct knowing, she seeks union with the Divine. Hers is the path of the sacred marriage, accomplished within.”
No small thing, yet only a fragment of the re-emerging Mary Magdalene story.
I’m so very grateful for those doing such devoted, scholarly, and heartfelt work in that reclamation.
Continue reading the rest of this Sophia’s Children reflection on Mary Magdalene here.
A new reflection on Mary Magdalene is gestating … stay tuned.
Big Love,
** Published on this day last year at Sophia’s Children:
July 12, 2017 at 4:43 pm
My birthday is July 22. I have been drawn to the stories and images of Mary Magdalene since my childhood but only when I joined the Episcopal Church in the 1980s did I learn of her feast day; my thought was “Of course it is.” More recently, I found comfort in the clearing up of her name because I, too, have been a recipient of wrong titles and untrue judgments, throughout my life.
Have your read Cynthia Bourgeault’s “The Meaning of Mary Magdalene”…I highly recommend it.
July 12, 2017 at 11:27 pm
Greetings and welcome, Kitsy. Very wonderful that your birthday and Magdalene’s feast day are in sync. It’s true, isn’t it? The un-smearing of one can ‘unsmear’ another. I have read Cynthia Bourgeault’s Magdalene book, though it’s always a fine thing to revisit such books – I always find that I see and sense something new each time. You? Blessings (and soon to be happy birthday and solar return to you!). Thank you for stopping by. Jamie
January 3, 2022 at 6:05 am
Hello, I can’t possibly say all I want to say here🤣. Can you provide the email where I could ask more private questions and Laura Lee Cannon and David Tresemer’s email. I watched Rediscovering Mary Magdalene and it resonated so deeply! Thank you for your help and for all this amazing information!
March 19, 2022 at 5:26 pm
Hi Holly!
I’m sorry for the delay – this apparently got lost in WordPress purgatory until this morning, when it appeared in my Comments queue! 🙂 I’m glad you resonated with this musing about Mary Magdalene. Feel free to email directly at jamie ‘at’ sophias-children ‘dot’ com to continue the conversation!
Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to emailing together. 🙂
Jamie