The Special Kiss
Posted by Joan Norton at 9/21/2008 4:48 PM 
Categories: The Magdalene Rosary, Goddess and the Sacred Masculine
Tags: Mary Magdalene 14 Steps To Awaken the Sacred Feminine Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene
Categories: The Magdalene Rosary, Goddess and the Sacred Masculine
Tags: Mary Magdalene 14 Steps To Awaken the Sacred Feminine Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene
The kind of meditation I like is guided journeying where I listen to another's voice to help guide me to a peaceful mood and "set the stage" for me to have a personal inner experience. This kind of journeying to my own spiritual realms allows my soulmind to give me an image , something symbolic meant to comfort me or inform me or lead me on. Or just intrigue me. In The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Jesus says to the Magdalene "Where is the nous, lies the treasure", the nous being that part of our spiritual minds which engage with our earthly personalities.
In a meditation called "The Special Kiss" I've created a short guided journey to take you to the feeling of the Beloveds in the Garden, to a place where you can expect to encounter your own inner beloved, creating your own inner Sacred Union.
These guided journey meditations are from 14 Steps To Awaken the Sacred Feminine, Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene , by myself and Margaret Starbird, to be published in May 2009 by Inner Traditions. Here's the picture we used on the cover.....
In a meditation called "The Special Kiss" I've created a short guided journey to take you to the feeling of the Beloveds in the Garden, to a place where you can expect to encounter your own inner beloved, creating your own inner Sacred Union.
These guided journey meditations are from 14 Steps To Awaken the Sacred Feminine, Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene , by myself and Margaret Starbird, to be published in May 2009 by Inner Traditions. Here's the picture we used on the cover.....
You already know how much I love that cover image, Joan. It just makes me feel so satisfied to look at it, like it's a complete picture of soul or psyche.
It will be great to have your book.
And about "The Special Kiss" -- I listened to it yesterday and let it take me into meditation. You know my history of abuse and my particular challenge with "seeing" inner male figures.
When I meditated, I struggled with all the old images of real men. I felt flatness and was unable to have the usual rich visual experiences/visions I get in guided meditations, particularly your guided meditations from this book.
I got up, accepted that here was a place that felt empty and that time and care might move me through it.
But then I slept, and the dreams began to bring in images of a "man I was sleeping with" and reveal my attitude toward him and his toward me. He dressed in white and I sent him off on a date with another man.
On his way out of the apartment, he criticized himself for not keeping his many potted plants healthy. Indeed, they were drooping, needing water, light, and food, and loving attention. Still, they clung to life.
I made excuses for him and said he had had other things to do.
Seated around the room were many old people, old family members, who I believe were dead. They were there in spirit only. I had a sort of "Our Town" in the graveyard scene feeling.
So, the meditation stirred up some dream help, and I'm still working with that imagery.
It's powerful stuff you send our way.
Love,
Sandra
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Hi Sandra,
You've pointed out something really helpful, thank you. The archetypal story of Sacred Marriage which comes to us in western civilization as Jesus and Mary Magdalene, is always going to take a personal story line with each of us. They provide the eternal ideal of a love between men and women; inner masculine and inner feminine, soul and divinity. How we work that out is always going to be a result of our own life's story with it's personal relationships. My own "inner Sacred Masculine" characters change with my life story, as yours. I'm seeking my own support and direction and love for femininity from my own inner masculine elements. Kind of hard to articulate that, but it shows up in dreams as all the kinds of stories of men and women.
Making excuses for a man who doesn't pay attention to simple nourishing, life sustaining daily actions like watering the plants is part of a heritage of necessary self protection. We have learned to do alot of things which are against our own good, haven't we? When that gets internalized it becomes a pattern of self undoing, of not supporting our own growing strength and happiness. One thing strength comes from, of course, is daily patterns of care. The plants are like our own Nature, our own body.
You know me, so you know what I'm going to say. Go right back "in there" and tell your lover to come back and take care of his plants. And someone has to choose to give up one of these relationships, the threesome won't work.The white clothes seem to mean no feelings. If you take responsibility for his actions, you're carrying the feelings and he doesn't have to feel any of the effects of killing his plants. Going off with another man seems to be avoiding relating to the feminine in front of him , in this instance.
You're full of courage to tell us your dreams. When your book, Growing Up Without The Goddess , comes out this November , more people than me will understand your courage.
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Thank so much you, Joan. I'm going "back in."
Sandra
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Sandra,
I sympathize with your traumatic experiences. It is time to return to view sexuality as sacred. It is a holy act to honor the male and female side of God in unity. What more beautiful way to honor that, than unifying two human beings, the quintessence of creation. If we believe in as above so below, then there must be a counterpart to this in heaven as well.
But heaven is troubled. The Queen of Heaven has been missing for some time. God has been lonely for too long, and needs His partner back. In my book, "Sex on the Altar" I explore this problem as well as the return to a sacred way of looking at sexuality. I also think we need to acknowledge that the Gods have a sense of humor, and reintroduce laughter as the best medicine to cure all ills, even depression from horrific experiences. It is a way to lighten our burdens, remember the light inside, bring light to the situation where darkness have been prevalent.
I wish you the best in your work, Sandra.
Wencke.
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Thanks, Wenke, for your observations. I think we're all working on finding Sacred Union again, in our own ways. Be sure and let us know when your book's ready...and where we can get it. Joan
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Dear Joan,
Thanks for asking. The book is available on Amazon.com. The title is "Sex on the Altar", by Wencke Braathen, price $14.99. It has a humorous overtone, and shows how the unseen world and the seen world interact. I also believe it would be therapeutic to read for a new view on religious dogmas and sexuality.
I'll send you a copy if you give me your address.
Thanks again for asking.
Wencke.
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Hi Wenke, Your book sounds very timely ...... I'm intrigued by the the theme of unseen world and seen world interacting. Can you email me at JNorton4@socal.rr.com to exchange addresses? I look forward to seeing your book. Thanks for staying tuned! Joan
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Very intriguing thought to muse over, that the point of interaction between the soul and earthly life is where creative inspiration dwells. Hmmmmmm.....
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M-m-m.....Hi Sally. It is, isn't it? I imagine there is a correlation in our physical brains for this function . Is it the pituitary gland? I don't know. It's what we know of as the third eye and it's a gateway to perception of other dimensions and the inspiration of creativity. In the Gospel of Mary Magdelene at that point, the disciples were disbeleiving Mary about her special relationship with Jesus and the fact that she was comfortable with the esoteric teachings. She had a vision of Jesus and that's when he told her she was blessed because she wasn't afraid of the vision. That seems so significant to me and to all the intuitive women who perceive other dimensions. Jesus congratulates that ! He says that's where the treasure is, in our ability to perceive the non-physical world. We are a sacred union of flesh and divinity within this perceptive ability.
The guided meditations we do in the Magdalene Circle are always my favorite part because each woman's perceptions are unique. You probably know that they're here for anyone who wants to try them out. They'll also be in the Magdalene circle book that's out next May '09.
thanks for your comment! xoJoan
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Morning, Joan
Three decades ago, I stumbled across the concept of guided meditation. For a long while, I used it regularly. Then it fell by the wayside. Reading your post reminded me. I miss it, yet I feel a resistance to beginning again.I'm not sure why
My favorite meditation took me to a special place in nature where I'd created a beautiful, safe place. Inside was an altar where I could leave a gift and receive one. It was always the perfect gift for that moment in my life. Patience, perhaps, or courage or the gift of insight.
I need to return. I know this. But first, I need to understand why I am resistent. That reason is probably as profound as whatever is waiting for me at the altar.
lore
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Hi Loretta, I goofed with your entry...thinking I'd put it on when it was just lying there in "pending". I always love to get your comments, Lore, you are always so personal and I appreciate it. Your experience of resistance to "going within" is so human, I think we all have it. Sometimes the going within is just a habit that can get derailed easily by life. For myself, I like to be led in guided meditation by someone else's voice. I've always used tapes, starting way back with Louise Hay. ("I love my refridgerator"..." I love my knees") Right now I like LuAnna Huffines, a healer who works with angelic energies for various kinds of healing. She's at www.pathoflight.com Of course I love my own Mary Magdalene guided meditations.....they were always my favorite part of the Magdalene Circles. Letting someone else lead you in an inward journey to your own images and perceptions is an act of trust, just what we're trying to devleop in our own souls and God.
Thanks very much for being there. Joan
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