Sacred Union in Raleigh, N.C.

Posted by Joan Norton at 4/13/2008 11:16 AM
Categories: Events and Premieres
Tags: Mary Magdalene 14 Steps To Awaken the Sacred Feminine Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene
    Well, the best laid plans....my participation in the weekend long events honoring Mary Magdalene and the Sacred Union in Raleigh, N.C. were thwarted by the American Airlines chaos. My 83 year old mother and I were half way there, in Dallas, when the whole sky shut down. It was like going to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party at the airport. "We can put you into Miami late tomorrow , then on a plane  arriving at Raleigh at midnight." O.K.  we'll try that.They put us up at a pretty hotel in Fort Worth for the night. All of this took hours and hours and hours. People were wandering around like ghosts. We finally got to the hotel, turned on the t.v. and "Tornado Warnings" scrolled continuously across the screen.  Our room on the 7th floor had a very big picture window and during the night's severe storm my Mom said she was sure a car would come through that window. But no,  only lots of trees came down. I was beginning to feel these were "signs" that the Raleigh event would be fine without me, so we came home.
     One of the event organizers, Sandra Pope, will write on this blog and fill us in on the details of the Magdalene gathering. There are so many wonderful women in the south who  were anxious to hear Margaret speak about our own "Bride and Beloved in Exile" and her return within us all.  I can't wait myself to hear how it went and who was there. 
     Back here in Los Angeles I've decided to mind my own garden and prepare for a new "story cycle" of The Magdalene Circle.  I'm reminded by Jungian Analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen,author of Goddesses in Everywoman and many other books on the Feminine,   that "circles are vehicles for social transformation. A proliferation of circles has the potential to become a force for social justice by bringing feminine values of relationship and interdependency into a culture of hierarchy and dominance through power."  
    The new cycle of Magdalene Circle will follow along the chapters of Mary Magdalene: The Way of the Heart. Some of the  chapter/lesson titles are  "It Was Foretold",  "I Thought She Was a Prostitute From Magdala", "Why We Need The Bride", "The Sacred Container, The Alabaster Jar", and "The Special Kiss".    For those of you who have read all of Margaret Starbird's books and wonder what a Magdalene Circle will provide,  it's the "Spoken Meditations" and the sharing that create ever stronger bonds with the Sacred Union and make the circle concept work. We discuss Magdalene's stories as they live within our own life and our own experience.
     For Los Angeles readers who are interested in the next Circle, you can get in touch with me at joanenorton@gmail.com 
     On April 22, 2008 I will be interviewed by Lisa Osborne on www.lisa.fm as part of her Oprah Book Club. We'll be talking about Chapter 8 of Eckhart Tolle's New Earth  book. I also spoke about Chapter 2 and it's on her "Oprah Book Club Podcast" section.   I hope I can add "the feminine touch of women's wisdom" to the book's concepts.
     Peace in Our Time,
                  Joan    
 

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  • 4/22/2008 4:48 PM Catherine Shores wrote:
    Hi
    By the way thanks Joan! I read what happenned at the airport. It felt like the Wizard of Oz and Dorothy meeting 2 composities of our feminine good and bad witches!! A boat without oars, planes without wings with no one to board.!! Isn't there no place like home?
    Cheers, Goddesses!
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    1. 4/22/2008 5:36 PM Joan Norton wrote:
      So true, Catherine, I said that very thing to myself when I got back . I really admire the ease  Margaret S. has in traveling to so many Magdalene events.....I think she's got angel wings helping.  Thanks for commenting...Joan
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