WHAT HAPPENED TO SAINT MARY MAGDELENE?

                                                                   

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                                                 ARTICLE BY LAURI ANN LUMLEY


                                                                       

       

WHAT ABOUT MARY????????   What the hell happened to Mary Magdalene?

• Jesus’ most devoted and faithful follower.
• The ONLY one who was said to have completed her own self-actualization under Jesus’ guidance (“healed of seven demons” is a metaphor for having completed an initiatory process through which one attains self-realization).
• ONE of few who remained by Jesus’ side through his trial, suffering, crucifixion and death (other than John, the men were not up for this…including Peter!).
• THE ONE Jesus appeared to in the resurrection at the tomb… and…
• THE ONE Jesus ordained to tell the others. (YES, I said ordained!)

What happened to Mary? The last we hear of her (in canonical scripture anyway) is when she went to tell the other disciples (who were hiding in the Upper Room) that Jesus was raised from the dead.  That’s it.  No more Mary!

Did she die or disappear into the mist? Or….did she simply get edited out?

Well, thanks to some boys (or shepherds) playing in some caves in the desert in Egypt, we know, at least for a time, what happened to Mary. And thanks to some linguists, translators and antiquities scholars, we now have Mary’s own words (at least in as much as the other gospels are the author’s own words) and a glimpse into what happened to Mary after the resurrection.  (See Jean Yves-LeLoup’s book, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene for the full text, translation and an absolutely beautiful and insightful commentary!!!!! Or, for a fictional account, read MY book, Song of the Beloved – the Gospel According to Mary Magdalene. )

SHE TAUGHT THE OTHER DISCIPLES.

Because, Jesus taught her things the guys wouldn’t or couldn’t get. Jesus taught her in secret and he taught her after he had died and been raised from the dead.

SHE had eyes to see and ears to hear what the others could not….and

SHE TAUGHT THEM.

But as has always been the case in the Western world, the woman’s word could not be received and was therefore discounted and later, demonized.

BOO!

But not anymore. In a million ways through a million teachers, Mary Magdalene has resurfaced and has come to teach us….

HOW TO BE HUMAN.

Or rather, how to be FULLY human.

Not the half-humans we have been for the past 10,000 years – dominated by fear, power and control, wreaking havoc on our planet and on each other.

Mary teaches us what Jesus taught her:

HOW TO LOVE and HOW TO BE LOVE.

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Lauri Ann Lumby, OM, MATS, is founder Authentic Freedom Academy, which  provides empowerment training for those who want to change their world.  Featured image: Mary Magdalene by Dana Lumby

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