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Mary Magdalene Within My New Fave Book From: Carol K
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Mary Magdalene Within My New Fave Book
Posted by: "Carol K" shamanreikiwoman@yahoo.com shamanreikiwoman
Tue Mar 6, 2012 12:39 am (PST)
I
wanted to share my latest Facebook post with those who are not on
Facebook, or if you are, are not counted among my "friends"
there:
"The Mary Magdalene Within", by Joan
Norton, is my new favorite book right now, rivaled only by Dolores
Pevehouse's "I, The Christ." This is a channeled
writing, discussing the message of Rav Yeshu ben-David through the
eyes of his wife and favorite companion, Miriam Magdal-eder. One
part that I found very interesting, was her words on how there
were other teachers, like Jesus, who were teachin...g of a Kingdom
far different than that being taught by the Temple Priests...one
where one sex did not rule over the other, but rather, engaged in
an equal partnership...the literal and spiritual bond of Heaven
and Earth.
It is a beautiful, astonishing book, discussing
the tantric qualities of their relationship, and how it worked
into their shared ministry. Now, when I say trantric, I am not
talking about the crass form generally practiced here in the West.
Tantra for the sake of physical release through sex. Rather, I
speak of Tantra in the truest, purest sense of the word. Yes, men
and women do enjoy each other's bodies, but it moves the bodies
into a more spiritual sexuality--not simply physical, but also
SPIRITUAL orgasm. There is a certain joy, a surrender of one's
self, that is experienced in moments of spiritual truth, whether
during meditation or worship, that resembles the physical release
experienced in sexual orgasm...but is far more pleasurable, and
enduring, than the physical orgasm people generally
experience.
What I have experienced with the one sexual
partner I have had, goes beyond the physical orgasm. There is such
an outpouring of love and surrender--something that is felt in
both the earthly and heavenly realms. It vibrates and emanates far
beyond the bodies, the bed, the room that we share in those
moments. The energy that is released has a positive, healing
affect on the entire world. It took me some time to realize this,
for I had never known such love, intimacy, and surrender with any
other...THIS is true Tantra. I intend to fully embody this Tantra
in my own life. And while the partner I currently share this
experience with will eventually give way to another partner (or
other partners), I will be eternally grateful for his being my
first teacher in this. And I look forward to being able to teach
others this Sacred Sexuality. This book that I am reading, is
going to be my starting point in delving deeper into Tantra as a
healing source, and I will
definitely use it to teach others,
as I myself, learn more through *study* and experience.
I
believe that Rav Yeshu was Messiah in the Jewish sense of the
word, but so was Mary Magdalene, for they represented that balance
between the Father AND the Mother. I recalled my
conversations with Sharon (for Temple of Sophia) that in fact, it
was a woman who was the true Savior/Messiah. But I would
like to make a slight alteration to that statement, if I may
Sharon. There was an idea put forth in the book (which
I mentioned at the beginning of this post), which stated that
there were multiple teachers engaged in spreading the Light, just
as Rav Yeshu and Miriam Magdal-eder were doing. While in
these channeled writings, she did not specifically say that there
were male AND female teachers, her reference to her own and
Yeshu's balanced teachings pointed to this possibility--neither
admitted or refuted, perhaps I should say. I believe that
there are many Messianic/Savior figures which have often existed
simultaneously in the world, such as
Buddha and Krishna, Kwan
Yin and Miriam Magdel-eder, Yeshu, and the one Sharon refers to as
Issa, the priestess of Isis, whom, according to her own
meditations and conversations with the Sophia, was in fact, the
true Messiah, not Yeshu. I believe that the stories of Issa
and Yeshu were most likely merged, for their teachings were quite
similar, and both stirred the anger of the male priests and Roman
authorities around them...and both were crucified. However,
I am having difficulty in believing that one was greater than the
other--perhaps it would be better to say that they were spiritual
equals. And Sharon, do forgive me for saying this, but I
will have to disagree with your seeming animosity towards Mary
Magdalene, as one who's faith wavered between her Goddess and her
husband, Rav Yeshu. I do not sense that at all about her,
the few times I have directly encountered her in my own
meditations, and in my poetry.
The reason that the
Matriarchal system had failed, and was usurped by Patriarchy so
easily, was due to the fact that the Matriarchal system was
suffering from the same corruption that our current Patriarchal
system suffers from. Just as now, one side lorded over the
other, making the others slaves, no better than animals. The
patriarchal system was created to redress this, but unfortunately,
they ended up becoming the very thing that they hated. There
was fault on both sides. Books like "Judith Christ"
only seek to widen that rift, in my opinion.
--Talame
Sophia
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