MaryMagdaleneWithin: Recent Comments

Comment on Wedding of Mary Magdalene

2011-04-12T19:22:25Z

Hi Sandra,
And thank YOU so much for your kind words! It's a process, I also find myself trying to see the good and powerful qualities of the Virgin so as not to discount that part of myself. I often think of Demeter's daughter who was both Maiden (Kore) and Queen (Persephone). But right now I think I need more Queen!
Love, Jennifer

Comment on Wedding of Mary Magdalene

2011-04-10T18:27:58Z

Hi Jennifer,

Joan's post and your response to it are just the re-orientation I need right now. Thank you so much.

I also took your book off my shelf and am finding the prayers especially helpful.

Much gratitude,
Sandra

Comment on Wedding of Mary Magdalene

2011-04-10T15:21:09Z

Hi Jen, You really understood the inner principles of these two powerful archetypal forces...... thanks for being with the new understandings of ancient stories. Your wonderful book really carries "the Queen" so well.

Jennifer Reif's wonderful book

Comment on Wedding of Mary Magdalene

2011-04-10T13:29:42Z

Hi Joan,

Thank you very much for your post. It set me thinking about matters of my own life. It appears that when I have sort of too much "Virgin" going on, life will tell me and I will experience that cruelty you write about. But then I have the option to change my thinking and decide to take another view, another road.

It's really in the "I'm not going to take it anymore" category, and then I seem to make active choices that exercise my power of authority (the Queen). The challenge is to retain compassion while making these choices to build my throne, my crown, my scepter. Symbols of power they are, built into the image of the Queen. May we all take our rightful, powerful, and compassionate places in our beautiful world.

Love, Jen
Jennifer Reif
"The Holy Book of Mary Magdalene"

Comment on Wedding of Mary Magdalene

2011-04-09T18:49:04Z

Joan, I am getting ready for a wedding and thinking of that helpful line you wrote, "If a woman does not carry her own sense of embodied authority, she can be treated with disrespect and even cruelty."

I like seeing the wedding that way. I like how it feels empowering. And it has nothing to do with the patriarchy anymore, does it?

Comment on The Light Within the Gems

2011-02-05T01:14:22Z

Hi Joan,
I was thinking about the beautiful pearl and amethyst Magdalene rosary that Sally made (thank you again! and this poem just sort of came up...

VIOLET GEMS
Violet gems, falling
Into the Great Silken Purse.
Taking one out, I hold it up to the sun
And an amethyst world ensues
Where graceful violet dancers
Glide across a blue lake.

Serene music, other worldly,
Enchants with soft ancient strains,
O Chorus of Antiquity,
I savor Thy beauty
Through which our human creations shine.

And I am thankful
Because every moment of beauty,
And every good thing, is a violet gem,
A radiant and sacred gift,
From within her Great Silken Purse.

~ Love, Jen
Jennifer Reif, 02/04/11

Comment on The Light Within the Gems

2011-02-02T15:31:20Z

Hi Joan,

Thank you for this lovely post. I was at once attracted to the highly poetic title, "The Light Within the Gems." So very beautiful. Knowledge, awareness of that light is so healing, yes. Gems themselves, so valuable, beautiful, and precious, and yet there is something even better inside of them, light. She is helping to guide us toward the light of Our Maker in the feminine way, the way of least resistance, without battles, without conflicts, just Her pure and simple Path of Love. It seems like some brains are designed to need a fight, something to come up against in order to feel the thrill of success. But then, happiness, the finding of "the Light inside the Gems" is the best success of all, at least to me.

It takes courage to let go of all the stuff that doesn't work. A message I need for today! Thank you again for your post, so lovely.

Love Jen
"The Holy Book of Mary Magdalene"

Comment on Inner Magi

2011-01-10T22:24:23Z

Thank you very much, Shirley, for sharing the journey to an expanded feminine spirit in our world. I dreamed one night recently that I'd incarnated with a group of souls who were specifically dedicated in this lifetime to support of the Holy Grail.... and when I hear from people on my blog I feel I'm in this group. Thank you, Joan

Comment on Inner Magi

2011-01-10T02:21:17Z

Your teachings always touch an inner truth that enriches my spirit. This is indeed the age of Christ/Sophia personified by Mary Magdalene. Thank you.

Comment on Inner Magi

2011-01-07T16:43:56Z

Thank you! I wanted to write about the oils but I'm always trying to keep it short. I probably unconsciously hoped you'd contribute your knowledge about them. Such a help, thank you.

So one way the inner "spiritual personages" support the new is to attend to the body's nourishment through oils that open up specific brain centers. They know that self-support is essential. By staying emotionally grounded physically I am better able to perceive the new developments in myself and support their growth in the dark time of the year.

Thanks so much, I really appreciate your help with this. Joan