2008-12-05T04:11:21Z http://blog.marymagdalenewithin.com/comments/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.marymagdalenewithin.com,2008-12-04:1586603 Joan Norton 2008-12-04T11:48:32Z 2008-12-04T11:48:32Z here on a Dylan website , it's an amazing song. Tell me more about your interpretation of it. I see her iconography in the imagery but I'm curious to hear more of your thoughts about it. Thanks, Joan]]> tag:blog.marymagdalenewithin.com,2008-12-04:1585481 Massimiliano Mecocci 2008-12-04T11:29:32Z 2008-12-04T02:30:27Z I wish to recommend you another Bob Dylan' song called "changing of the guards" who shows in a cryptic way the occultment of the Magdalene made by the church, and the longing of Christ for her....it was the 1978, he has been a forerunner.

always in her name

Massimiliano]]> tag:blog.marymagdalenewithin.com,2008-12-03:1584567 Joan Norton 2008-12-03T19:16:36Z 2008-12-03T19:12:09Z  I like what you say about integrating the energies of the two Marys . It's quite a task to understand the differences between the inner mother and the inner....what? muse?...partner?....soul bride?   The Mother energy in your dream is  incredibly loving and she wants a relationship with your "sister-bride" Magdalene energy.  Yes, I agree that the Virgin Mother  is most caring for Mary Magdalene, the extraordinary woman who married her beloved son.  There's no conflict between them, don't you agree?
  Thank you for reminding me of that wonderful Bob Dyland song, I think I'll listen to it on YouTube right now. Here's the song ..he even looks a little Jesus-like.
  Do you know this book? Lying With The Heavenly Woman, Understanding and Integrating the Feminine Archetypes in Men's Lives, by Robert A. Johnson.   Wonderful small book which talks about just what you mention .]]> tag:blog.marymagdalenewithin.com,2008-12-03:1583923 Anonymous 2008-12-03T14:54:22Z 2008-12-03T14:54:22Z I believe that the spiritual guidance of the magdalene comes not only with Jesus but with mother Mary too. Today I have meditated on the closesness of the two Marys and I believe that on the historical plane mother Mary had caring for the Magdalene, expecially when she was released of the seven demons. I feel that this dream is leading me to integrate the wild, passionate energy of Mary Magdalene with the quiet silent energy of the Mother Mary.
Absolutely sweet Marie....
"suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there, with silver bracelets in her arms and flowers in her hair; she walked to me so gracefully and took off my crown of thorns-come in she said, I'll give you shelter from the storm".....It's from a beautiful song of Bob Dylan called Shelter from the storm; it's the narration of his meeting with the goddess..maybe you already know it ...I wish you listen to it..Ave Magdalena!

Massimiliano]]> tag:blog.marymagdalenewithin.com,2008-12-02:1580154 Joan Norton 2008-12-02T17:05:49Z 2008-12-02T17:05:49Z    Thank you for sharing your dream so that the rest of us can benefit from its message. It's a wonderful dream as it moves you back to the spiritual embrace of the Mary Magdalene you love. I know who Amma is and I've talked to quite a few people who have been very moved by her sacred and divine love and her "mission" to give it so freely.  But we have that love also right inside of us in our own fountain of life, Mary Magdalene. You might be surprised that I've met quite a few people who have had an experience of a loved religious figure from another culture who tells them to return to their Christianity where Jesus and Mary Magdalene live.  Of course people go to other spiritual teachers and learn alot and experience divine love, but it seems that we are meant to revitalize our own  religious stories which are the foundation of western civilization.
     I love the message of your dream book, that  the voice of the divine...or the voice of your own soul...is speaking all the time...so frequently. And I also appreciate that you are told that the feminine is a paradox in itself, that paradox is one of it's defining hallmarks. "A little voice is thin and fecund.'..   Both  the smallest of the small and the most abundant.  Maybe it means that the feminine is present in every small detail of life as well as the big experiences.
   Yes, Ave Magdalena !   Joan]]> tag:blog.marymagdalenewithin.com,2008-12-02:1578187 Massimiliano Mecocci 2008-12-02T04:28:44Z 2008-12-02T04:28:44Z i had this dream tonight: I was on queue to get an embrace of Amma, an indian spiritual mother, I get my place flying close to the ground, then I open a book for passing time and I read the following words: each ten seconds our brain produces a voice and this little voice is thin and fecund, and it is feminine, and it is called Mary.

Ave Magdalena

Massimiliano]]> tag:blog.marymagdalenewithin.com,2008-12-01:1575373 Jennifer Reif http://www.demeter.spiritualitea.net 2008-12-01T09:21:43Z 2008-12-01T09:21:43Z Thank you so much for your wonderful comments. It means a great deal to me that you have received the book in the spirit that it was intended. One never knows what others will think, an author (as you know, being an author yourself!) writes in their own somewhat isolated world, hoping to connect with others later. I hope some day to perform the larger liturgical festivals with others...we shall see!

Love, Jennifer
http://www.demeter.spiritualitea.net]]> tag:blog.marymagdalenewithin.com,2008-12-01:1575353 Jennifer Reif http://www.demeter.spiritualitea.net 2008-12-01T09:15:52Z 2008-12-01T09:15:52Z
Yes, seeing Jesus as a real man who loved Mary Magdalene in every way, doesn't negate his divine Savior status, or take away from his being a Lord of Light. The early Jewish Christians, the Ebionites, saw Jesus as having been born in the natural way from his parents Mary and Joseph, through a sexual union. I think the problem has always been that orthodoxy doesn't equate sexuality with divinity and therein lies the problem. We, humanity, would not continue without sex, we are physically here because of it. I think that all things in the creation are sacred, and various human activities, such as sexuality are also sacred when one brings a high spiritual focus to the act, when we bring love into it. There can be no more magical act of creation, than creating a life.

I think that the more people start seeing Jesus as a loving husband and father, the greater his personal sacrifice actually appears. To have known personal love and warmth and tenderness and then to voluntarily give it up as part of his destiny, shows an even greater depth of love and service for humankind through the cross.

Love, Jennifer
Jennifer Reif
http://www.demeter.spiritualitea.net]]> tag:blog.marymagdalenewithin.com,2008-11-28:1570273 Joan Norton 2008-11-28T18:49:16Z 2008-11-28T18:49:16Z
    Within the mystery of the chalice
    Resides the gift of life and renewal.
    And should the land lie dry and barren,
    So we must renew it with her holy presence.
    For without her love there is no life, 
    And without her compassion
    There is naught but misery.

    She stands ready,
    Holding forward the blessed cup.
    Come crimson, the ripened pomegranate,
    Come sweetness, the blood-red wine,
    All mingle together like laughter and roses,
    Into her blessed drink.

    O chalice of mighty power,
    Now shall we drink and be restored.
    Here is the Grail of blossoming land,
    By whose power joy reigns for all.
    Amen
    ]]> tag:blog.marymagdalenewithin.com,2008-11-26:1566342 Sandra Pope http://www.bestinprinting.com/sandra 2008-11-26T15:39:05Z 2008-11-26T15:39:05Z
This book also gives really good guidance on how to work with rituals for spiritual empowerment and deep personal connection to the divine.

And I enjoy the language of the prayers, which is beautiful, full of poetic grace and inspiring imagery and profound mystery.

Love,
Sandra]]>