What are we women talking about when we talk about Mary Magdalene?
I don't think we ourselves know it, despite how deeply her figure touches our hearts.
The archetype of her is alive in the mythical and archetypal universe of many modern women who, curiously, do not consider themselves Catholic. And when I say that she is alive, I mean that her deep numinous power calls us, she pulls our skirts, sends us signals through synchronicities, dazzles us and attracts us like a magnet.
It is alive as long as it is active, fulfilling a very important function in the female collective unconscious of the 3rd millennium, unfolding the Magdalena code through us, activating in us the internal initiations of the 4th female archetype, that which has nothing to do with the functions. biological factors of motherhood.
Her energy (also manifested in women who are mothers) guides us towards the pilgrimage of the feminine internal universe, of the inner path that can lead us to transcendent contact with the spirit and enlightenment.
The Mary Magdalene archetype brings us the perfume of the navigators of the inner vision, of the hermits and the mystical madmen, of the pilgrims of the conscience; all members of the Magdalena lineage. Protective dakinis of secrets that are only revealed when the time is right. Yoginis who, in the middle of the snow, knew how to dry wet clothes with the heat of their bodies.
Women who locked themselves in caves for years to realize the Body of Light and who, when they died, emanated the scent of roses and left pearls as relics of their body.
All of them diverse and all a single essence that is, above all, freedom, intensity and unshakable purpose in the search for transcendence, acceptance of itself without any shame, absolute defiance towards social conventions manifested through a powerful peaceful force overflowing of tenderness.
It is the path of the 4th archetype that has its focus on everything about us that is beyond our biological functions, that of our children or our partner.
That which invites us to nurture and develop our own Christic or Buddha dimension and which, as I have already said, operates with force both in women without children, as in those who do.
As for the mythical story, almost all the texts of the first century present her as the recipient of a special transmission that Christ revealed to her alone, the closest to him of all the disciples, the one whom he loved the most and kissed on the lips.
While the male disciples disappear from the scene when Jesus is arrested, she remains close to the master, witnesses his crucifixion and death and accompanies him to the grave to anoint his corpse, thus becoming a witness to these events and showing, once again, his loyalty and commitment.
She later she is the first to whom the risen Christ manifests himself naming her as spokesperson for the news of her resurrection.
Some texts of her describe her encouraging the apostles after Christ's death, comforting them, guiding her male companions towards wisdom, healing with her own saliva, bringing the news of Christ to Provence.
In New Age settings, much has been written about Mary Magdalene.
Almost everyone is determined to point out her as the wife of Jesus Christ, or as the wife of Paulo whom she abandoned because he was a drunk and beat him, or as the mother of a daughter of Jesus ... However, there is no such thing as data, neither historical nor legendary, that supports any of this.
In reality, these stories only reflect the distortion made with the most important example of the 4th female archetype present in the tradition.
Christian (and I say tradition, not religion).
Behind an apparently liberating reinterpretation, they perpetuate the patriarchal idea that a woman is only important as the wife of a relevant man or as the mother of her children and, in this way, they deny Magdalena her own identity and essence.
From all these opinions arises a tangle (undoubtedly exciting) of stories that interweave in their fabric the Gnostics, the Essenes, the Cathars, the Templars and the European nobility (who amazingly vindicate their lineage as a descendant of that supposed daughter of Christ and Magdalena, thus justifying the "divine" origin of the monarchy).
Stories that mark the steps of Magdalena with hidden treasures of enormous value (the treasure of the Temple of Jerusalem, the treasure of the Templars, the treasure of the Cathars or supposed documents that show that Magdalena and Christ had descendants for which the church has paid "A treasure" so that this secret is not disclosed).
Texts whose starting point is Magdalena, but in which what is less talked about is Her.
There is a hidden treasure in Magdalena, a treasure to be deciphered in these times, but it is not, in my opinion, the one pointed out by many of the books published on the subject.
Privileged incarnation of the Sophia, Free and economically self-sufficient Woman, Friend and main disciple of Jesus Christ, Apostle of the Apostles, Exile who was thrown into the Mediterranean in a paddle boat without oars, Bearer of the Grail, Pilgrim, Curandera who used her saliva as medicine, Hermit in her cave living 33 years of light, She who came to experience the Ascension seven times every day.
That energy called Mary Magdalene seems to have destined her teaching for the beginning of the third millennium.
Never like now can we women reap the fruits that she sowed, recognize her love in our hearts and her strength beating in our bellies.
That is why today so many women vibrate when they hear about her.
We could relate many other aspects about the Magdalena, but I am already extending myself too much.
May Mary Magdalene guide us and her perfume always inspire our hearts.
Marianna G
