Crop Circle for the Magdalene
Posted by Joan Norton at 10/18/2008 7:20 AM 
Categories: Crop Circles
Tags: Mary Magdalene 14 Steps To Awaken the Sacred Feminine Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene
Categories: Crop Circles
Tags: Mary Magdalene 14 Steps To Awaken the Sacred Feminine Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene
One of the healings I feel passionate about is the growing familiarity between the traditional goddess philosophies and the philosophy of Sacred Union inherent in original Christianity. We are really not so far apart, it's only the one-sided power-oriented version of Christianity that has created an artifical wedge between sisters. Once we understand that the man Jesus was in love with the woman Mary Magdalene, and understood her to represent "her land and her people" as Queen, the story becomes much less threatening. When I had my own spontaneous "breakthrough of consciousness"(as someone called it) twelve years ago, and Mary Magdalene told me her story , it started out by saying Mary Magdalene was "grateful for the regard with which Jesus held her." He was the embodiment of the loving potential of the Divine and Sacred Masculine and I think he also has been waiting 2,000 years for that idea to catch on. Recently I've been told by two women about dreams of Jesus, both in his Light and Glory. I take this to mean that the wonderfully loving, supportive-of-the-feminine aspects of Christ Consciousness are incarnating in women. Hallelujah for that....
Since the spectacular "visitation in the cereal crop" of the July 22, 2008 Magdalene Feast Day, I've wanted to see an image which would honor both Demeter, the Goddess of the Earth and Grain, and Mary Magdalene, Queen of Her Land and People. In earlier times cities and their land were under the protection of a goddess and the goddess wore a crown imaged as a wall or tower of protection. Remember that one of the meanings of the word "Magdalene" was "tower or stronghold" ? In the story of Sacred Union that is at the center of Christianity it was understood that the feminine presence of Godde is our stronghold and protection on earth.
Here's the picture of the Goddess Demeter with the Magdalene Feast Day Swallows Crop Circle as her crown...
Since the spectacular "visitation in the cereal crop" of the July 22, 2008 Magdalene Feast Day, I've wanted to see an image which would honor both Demeter, the Goddess of the Earth and Grain, and Mary Magdalene, Queen of Her Land and People. In earlier times cities and their land were under the protection of a goddess and the goddess wore a crown imaged as a wall or tower of protection. Remember that one of the meanings of the word "Magdalene" was "tower or stronghold" ? In the story of Sacred Union that is at the center of Christianity it was understood that the feminine presence of Godde is our stronghold and protection on earth.
Here's the picture of the Goddess Demeter with the Magdalene Feast Day Swallows Crop Circle as her crown...
Hi Joan,
Its so good to read your posting about the positive views of Jesus, the views of the Beloved of Mary Magdalene that some of us are experiencing. I believe that as time moves forward, the misrepresentation of Jesus and his teachings will be healed. Mary Magdalene seems to be reminding us that her Beloved is gentle, wise, and loving. And that the teachings of 'the church' have not always been representative of his teachings. The Magdalene and Jesus seem to complete each other so perfectly, and her persona as healer of the wastelands does resonate with the Goddess Demeter (who I wrote of in my book "Mysteries of Demeter"). I love the union of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, their union seems to complete me, internally, not only as positive sacred female-male models but they seem to have such great depth. Their teachings and mysteries feel as though they continue to unfold. Love it!
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Hi Jennifer,
I know that you write from very personal experience about the unfolding love available to us when the Sacred Union archetype spontaneously incarnates inside us. I'm really looking forward to our blog interview next month so I can ask you all the personal questions about how you received the inspiration for your book, The Holy Book of Mary Magdalene, The Path of the Grail Steward.
Readers, Jennifer has creates rituals, discourses, poems, and celebrations which can be used for group worship or personal upliftment. She's rewritten parts of the Old Testament in Sacred Union terms, Creator God and Goddess. So good! "La Belle Starbird" said she'd like to use some of the poetry in her talks...what could be more affirming?
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Hello, Joan, I love the way this image of Demeter with the Magdalene's crop circle crown reclaims the goddess in her wholeness and shows the way to the sacred union.
Long ago during one of the few times that I was single and was bemoaning my fate, you told me that a woman on her own path is always attractive to men.
Now, as we become active emissaries of the Sacred Union, I feel the truth of that statement all over again on the spiritual plane. As we have birthed the sacred feminine in our own consciousness as Demeter, Mary Magdalene, Isis, and all of the many others, the divine masculine has constellated, too. Because we have found the goddess within us, the god energy can emerge.
I like knowing that all I have to do to bring forth the sacred union is let the wholeness of my goddess self emerge and She will call Him forth.
Love,
Sandra
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Hi Sandra, I'm indebted to you for your thoughts about the dynamic in men who have lost the goddess, and therefore lost the sacred masculine within themselves as well. I had never thought about that in relation to abuse, but of course, it makes complete sense that a man's anger at a woman is a kind of anger at himself for not finding "Her" within himself. For not finding his own heart's kindness. How did you expalin it? Tell us again please.
"She" has to come first in the quest for the Holy Grail these days, when we find Her , we find Him. They truly want Sacred Union in us, don't they?
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Hi, Joan,
I love Jennifer's book, too. It accompanied me on the plane ride to San Diego to see my daughter and grandson. I felt comforted and uplifted by it.
I thought my connection to this sacred union theme sounded familiar! (Sometimes the learning comes and sometimes it goes away to come again!)
I looked back and found a previous entry about the question you asked about the sacred union in relation to abuse. I copied it below. I hope that is okay.
Love!
Hi, Joan,
It is so true that when the Sacred Feminine is absent, so, too, is the Sacred Masculine. Yes, Margaret Starbird has helped me understand this, also.
What you have helped me do is find and hold the Divine Feminine within myself. As we do this, I believe the re-emergence of the Sacred Masculine will sponstaneously occur.
Here's what I am sensing:
What I know from personal experience is that within many churches and within the greater cultural context, the Masculine is all out of balance and no longer Sacred because of its denial of the Sacred Feminine.
The urge to be in union with the Sacred Feminine is a powerful drive. When no Sacred Feminine is acknowledged by the culture, the angry part the masculine energies cannot be cooled down and this anger and hatred is visited upon the "merely human woman" through whom the Sacred Feminine archetype cannot be seen by the Masculine separated from its sacredness.
All women experience the energetic pattern of this hatred in their lives. Abused women experience it in its most awful form.
Even the popular culture, acknowledges this pattern. For example, in THE COLOR PURPLE, when Shug Avery asks Celie why her husband beats her, Celie answers: He beats me because I am not you.
In my own journey toward recovering the Sacred Feminine in myself, I was guided to understand this ugly truth: The divine will seek out the divine and when the human culture or personality does not acknowledge that divine spark in another, when the cultural blinders do their job, the desire for union is degraded and becomes simply the desire "to have."
Then in a frenzy for the Sacred Union which has been denied them, men beat and rape women because "they are not" Her.
Surely, if they could see the Divine Feminine archetype shining through every female, then they would be unable to reach out in hate and harm.
And, no, I am not saying that it is the role of women to save men. I am saying that our only protection comes through re-connecting with the goddess energies within ourselves.
And that is what may allow the energies of resurrection to constellate and bring forth the Divine Masculine.
That seems to be what happened when Jesus, late to the bedside of Lazarus, felt the compassion of the Divine Feminine for the lost one, wept, and then resurrected Lazarus.
There's a pattern here that I am learning from.
Thanks for helping me see it.
Peace,
Sandra Pope
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Hi Sandra,
I found your post so valuable, I read the following over a few times to really "get" it.
You wrote: "When no Sacred Feminine is acknowledged by the culture, the angry part of the masculine energies cannot be cooled down and this anger and hatred is visited upon the "merely human woman" through whom the Sacred Feminine archetype cannot be seen by the Masculine separated from its sacredness."
I really get the picture; this explains so many things. Thank you Sandra!
Love, Jennifer
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Hello Joan and fellow readers/writers,
The marriage between Mary Magdalene and Jesus symbolized so much. They were the feminine and masculine expression of their culture on so many levels. She was of the tribe of Benjamin, which traditionally owned the land of Canaan, the land Jerusalem and the Temple is situated on. He was of the tribe of Juda, the tribe of the priests of Aron and King David. So their marriage was the renunion of the land and the people with their king and their priest. It was also the symbol of the return of the tribes to their rightful land under their rightful king. This event had been prophesied long before, and Yeshua and Mariam were supposed to enter Jerusalem in glory as the new King and Queen after the first diaspora. The problem was that Israel was under Roman occupation, Canaan was full of people who were not of the tribes, and the temple was run by corrupt priests who wanted to cooperate with the Romans.
That was their setting and what caused all the following dramas to occur, to eventually end in the destruction of the temple of Jerusalem in AD70 and the second diaspora.
I explore this in my historical novel "Rituals in Sacred Stone", due out this spring. In the meantime, enjoy my contemporary novel, "Sex on the Altar", about the reinstatement of the feminine in a wobbled world. It's available on Amazon.
Thanks for a terrific blog, Joan. I love your topics. They are like fresh wind through my hair, rustling up stale thoughts.
Wencke.
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Hi Wencke,
Thank you for the clarity of your contribution, I always like to hear the historical story. I don't know much about the tribe of Benjamin, do you? I'd love to hear. I've wondered whether the true story of Sacred Union is coming out now because only now do we have the collective consciousness, the will, to support it. I tend to think there's some kind of good reason things didn't go the way we think they could have gone, or should have gone. I see and hear of Mary Magdalene "returning" in the individual psyches of sensitive women (and loving men), in such a personal way through vision, dreams, intuitions, and creativity. Every single woman(who I've talked to) who has had this happen has told me she wondered if she was a little bit crazy. Maybe it's only now that we can support our own inner spiritual experiences and not think we're crazy. Women are strong enough now to stand up and say, yes, I've "visioned" Mary Magdalene and now I know the "official" Christian story is told wrong. I know it because I know myself and I know my inner world and I trust it. It's as though we are now able to be the Queen and stand firm on our land and people.
Thanks for contributing your thoughts to this conversation.....I always appreciate you. Joan
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"I see and hear of Mary Magdalene "returning" in the individual psyches of sensitive women (and loving men), in such a personal way through vision, dreams, intuitions, and creativity."
Ah! About a week ago ... I think ... time is becoming hard to track ... I had a "Mary" pop into my consciousness as I worked through an issue that saw the Union of my inner feminine and inner masculine (I share my unfolding evolution on my website www.fromheadtoheart.com). Not much more to say other than I suddenly became conscious of the name and energy of "Mary". I questioned, "Which Mary is this"? "How can I serve you?" ... eg. "What do you want?" or "What is it you mean to convey by your appearance?" The answer is still unravelling but I believe I now KNOW which Mary I'm talking to!
I'm delighted to have found your blog.
Blessings,
Audrey
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Dear Audrey,
I enjoyed looking at your writing and your thoughts , what a wonderful help it is to make your own consciousness process available for others to learn from. And thank you for your comments. Your experience of "it's me, Mary!" felt very familiar, as well as the question "which Mary?". Surely it is the Sacred Companion, the Bride, the divine partner, the "equal opposite" (as Margaret Starbird sometimes calls them) . She wants to tell her tale and claim her throne and be with her loving mate here on earth at this time of creation of the new era(the ascencson process), a time when we certainly need Sacred Union within ourselves. Of course, the union of masculine and feminine energies is a process that goes on continually within us as we become more and more of our authentic selves. I think Mary Magdalene is such a good representation of the strong and loving sacred feminine because she is "the Way of the heart" It was HER tears which moved Jesus to raise Lazarus, that is the power of feeling from the heart.
Thanks for tuning in.....Joan
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Dear Joan,
I think christian world has never accepted the real message of the Magdalene. We prefer to think of her as repentant sinner, or to a messianic descent or to the gnostic gospels or for angry revendications, but she is the bearer of a message of eternal life, of faith, hope love,; that she had to pass through all the opposite feelings when she discovered the empty tomb, she had to confront with the impermanence of all things. wheter that's historical or archetypal, it doesn't matter.
The world needs badly to accept her real message but perhaps we are on a plane that we cannot comprehend the riconcilation of Easter joy.
I believe this world has lost the deep feelings that Mary rapresents, we are stranger and enemies to one another, expecially in the intimate relationships.What she really rapresents-the promise that becomes sureness that love and life never ends -is never fully accepted.
Massimiliano
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Dear Massimiliano,
Yes, it is so true that the Magdalene has been neglected, denied, and denigrated until now. I personally feel very hopeful that we are going into an era of Sacred Union, of seeing the wholeness inherent in the message of original Christianity, with Mary Magdalene restored as Bride. It is difficult to keep our hopes up sometimes, maybe more so at this "descent into winter" time of the year. How do you keep up your hopes on a daily basis? Perhaps you have communication with "the Magdalene" and she can provide her hopefullness to you. She would not have brought a baby, Sarah, into this world if she did not think it a worthwhile world. Think of how it must have been for her when she was on "the journey in a boat with no oars" with her family, on her way to her new life in France. When one is a mother, one must keep up hope. If she can bravely show us "life after death" , we can try to keep our hopes up for Her. I feel hopeful that you will ask her for guidance in your quest for Union. We are all on that same quest, aren't we? Even the ones who don't look like it!
Joan
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Dear Joan,
while I was in France, in 2003 I had this comunication with the Magdalene: I said "thank you Magdalene for being coming into my life" a voice from inside-a locution- told me "you too, needed a bit of love". I don't know if I have translated well. My life has changed since that comunication but I'm still in a process of healing. I hope I will surrender to her love.....
thank you very much
Massimiliano
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Thank you very much, Massimiliano, for sharing your story of communication with Mary Magdalene. It helps others to hear true stories of the ways in which Magdalene speaks to us. It is always life-changing to hear the depth of her love.... "The Way of the Heart".
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I love your closing words "surrender to her love." That is what I aspire to, to just stop... and surrender. A challenge, yes, but never a disappointment. Praises to Our Lady Magdalene.
Love, Jennifer
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