Mary Magdalene Carries the Heart of the Easter Mysteries
Posted by Joan Norton at 3/15/2009 6:45 AM 
Categories: The Magdalene Rosary
Tags: Easter Jesus and Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene Sacred Union Goddess Sacred Feminine
Categories: The Magdalene Rosary
Tags: Easter Jesus and Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene Sacred Union Goddess Sacred Feminine
Hi Joan,
I swore wasn't going to be the first to respond to your new blog entry this time but couldn't resist! Of course the moving art work you always include stills all of us who read your blog; however, i think the "cyclic renewal" is a message often missed by the easter eggs, bunnies, and chicks! Even those who observe the memorial of Christs' death and even resurrection as I have always done this time of year..And now we know "her" heritage and purpose in all spring surrounding us. She is gently prodding us to just "listen".
bless their light and the coming spring
sheila
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Hi Shiela,
Thank you for your poetic writing and for being up with the chickens like I am. I always enjoy hearing from you. xoJoan
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Hi Joan,
I love the Magdalene red egg story too. The red egg appears at the end of the Greek Orthodox Easter service. The last time I went to St. Sophia's in LA, for Easter, there was a giant bowl of dyed red eggs next to the altar. They were enclosed in a bit of netting which was tied at one end with a ribbon that read, "Christos Ascendi." As each person left at the end of the service, they were handed one of the red eggs.
Love, Jenny
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Oh my goodness, that church is so incredible. Here's the link http://www.stsophia.org/ . Thanks for telling us about their wonderful ritual... seems like something we could all do fairly easily at Eastertime. xoJoan
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Hi again Shiela, I keep thinking about the story of Mary Magdalene and the Red Egg which is part of the traditions of the eastern orthodox church. Maybe you know it already... it was said that after Mary Magdalene carries the Good News to the apostles, she traveled further to do the same. At dinner with the emperor Tiberius, she was telling about the resurrection and Tiberius doubted the story, saying that a man could no more raise from the dead than the egg in her hand could turn red. And it immediately did! Here are a few icon paintings of that story.
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Hi Joan,
Thank you again for providing the beautiful artwork. And what a great reminder of just one of the miracles that we all know were part of Mary's life. What I would give to see those red and gold eggs for real!
Blessings,
their light
sheila
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Hi, So true. It's funny how things light up my imagination....I've felt like making only red eggs for easter this year and to try some of the wax resist dyeing maybe. Did you see Jennifer's comments about the church service she attended where they handed out red eggs? You can see the church she's talking about here http://www.stsophia.org/ xoJoan
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What a lovely and edifying piece you've written for us, Joan. The images are so resonate with the Sacred Union theme of Jesus' and Magdalene's story. Your style is so warm, and your pages a place of sacred insight.
Smiles,
Katia
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Hi Katia, Thanks so much for your supportive words, it means alot to me to reach across to Florida and "touch you". We're keeping track of each other in our big Magdalene Circle in more and more ways and I'm loving it. Readers may not know they can get more of you at your Esoteric Christian Mystery School at www.NorthernWay.org .
P.S. today Sally got an order for a Magdalene Rosary from someone in Hawaii.... I didn't know we were reaching over that way too.
xoJoan
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Ditto that Katia.
This is a really lovely piece of writing Joan, I enjoyed it very much. Yes, the way of the heart...in spite of people's unkindness, aside from other's misjudgments, like our Magdalene, we just keep on loving, cause that's the healing way!
Love, Jennifer
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Hi Jen, Thank you very much for your loving words and support and a big yes to the feeling of needing to just "keep on keeping on" the path of love's healing. xoJoan
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Greetings Joan!
I hesitate to comment because so much has already been said that I question whether I have anything to add. This is the first year I've felt "different" about Easter. As I grow more rooted in my Truth about the Magdalene, I'm noticing old feelings are changing. I've been using your "Magdalene Within" as part of my morning quiet time, highlighting & underlining poignant passages and writing my own comments/experiences in the margins> And it's serving as a diary of sorts!
I've begun Houston's "Invoking the Magdalene" into my morning routine, in small bites, as well. My fun reading is Longfellow's "Secret Magdalene" and I lack the words to explain how these lovely pieces of literature are the absolutely PERFECT bookends to my days right now. I have been lead, slowly at first, along this path to the Magdal Eder and I feel like with Jan. 1 came a rocket-like propulsion forward! My Magdalene library is swelling and my que of books is almost overwhelming, but I feel like the Universe is sending it, rather than me trudging along searching for it!
Last night, while nodding off to sleep, I read the Red Egg story in "Secret Magdalene," a story I vaguely remember, but really didn't understand. And all I can do is smile today like a big ginormous Goof Ball! There's such synchronicity around me! It blows me away!
Your recent posts are helping to nurse a deeper appreciation for this Lenten season and I thank you, so much...
Blessings to you, Joan!
Jen
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Dear Jen,
Many, many will be helped by reading your journey story and how you feel led from one book to another as your attachment to your Magdalene within grows. Thank you for sharing. The best way we women help each other is to share our "everydayness", don't you think? I remember learning that the word "gossip" is rooted in a word that means "women's wisdom". Women have to share our learnings with each other...it's how we stay healthy. It reminds me also of the recent UCLA study which showed that women's response to stress is something called "tend and befriend", not "fight or flight". When things are out of kilter in our world we know they can be put back in harmony by tending to normal routines and normal life and by talking to other women. I like to think that's how we are bringing back the Magdalene.
Big Yes to the new collection of books growing in your house. If only we had a big lending library in the middle of the country, because we've all got the same collections going right now.
Love to you, Joan
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