Its almost like the external influences dim our inner radiant light. Proud member They are sisters in this holy mission of bringing Mary'sbreathtakingly beautiful gospel to the world, today., Regena Thomashauer, New York Timesbest-selling author ofPussy: A Reclamation, Like a feminist Indiana Jones, Meggan Watterson goes on a mystical adventure to uncover the hidden teachings of one of Christs closest companions and disciples, Mary Magdalene, and her discovery could change history. Mary describes to the other apostles a vision she has had of Jesus following his death. We are also a soul. He was my age, also an indie parent to a young son. This new movie, directed by Garth Davis from a script by Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett, is a revisionist depiction that lines up with recent historical scholarship about her, calling her an . Mary knew the path so well that she could trace her steps back in the dark days later. . Ask all the questions. There Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out Luke 8:1-2. ., Cheryl Richardson, New York Times best-selling author of The Art of Extreme Self Care, With deep honesty, soulful artistry, and intellectual rigor, Meggan brings us a picture of the real Mary Magdalenethe one who is alive in each of our heartsand leads us through how to experience and live from the Christ in each of us in our daily lives., Robert and Hollie Holden, authors and teachers of A Course in Miracles, After so much work, devotion, and innovation, Meggan Watterson deserves to be heard., Hal Taussig, Ph.D., author and editor of A New New Testament, Mary Magdalene Revealed is one of the most beautiful, powerful, exciting, and sorely needed books of our time. It certainly makes sense for Mary to pour out perfume at Jesus feet. you will always have the poor, but you will not always have me, that she was involved in prostitution or had an immoral past. Its very ordinary. Mary Magdalene was one of those who went out bearing precious seed; she went out weeping, but she returned to the disciples rejoicing, bringing her sheaves with her, for she had a joyful message for them. For example, in the films version of the Last Supper, Mary Magdalene is seated on Jesus right-hand side. 2 Comments. You would think a sea of flame is blazing behind the clouds. It may be that the Magdalene was connected with the industry of the town, for it would seem as if she was not without means, enabling her to serve the Lord with her substance (All the Women of the Bible.) Harvard-trained theologian Meggan Watterson leads us verse by verse through Mary's gospel to illuminate the powerful teachings it contains. book club. Some early documents credit Simon Peter for seeing Jesus first and suggest it aggravated him that Mary was so close to Jesus. Mary Magdalenes release date in the U.S. has been pushed back; its initial distributor had been the Weinstein Company, which recently filed for bankruptcy after its co-founder Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault. What was so special about Mary Magdalene, that Jesus chose her to walk out such an extravagant story? Thank you Meggan for sharing your story and for being open and vulnerable with us . It is a gifting through the act. Mary Magdalene was Jesus's wife. Right. Jerry A. Johnson, the president and CEO of National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), says that films that rely upon extra-biblical accounts cant be accurate.. Mary Magdalene. The parts of the book that are about the history of Mary and the work done to suppress her story (and the stories of other important women in early Christianity) are the most interesting. The Gospel of Mary Magdalene reveals a very different love story from the one we've come to refer to as Christianity. Meggan Watterson, Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet 1 likes Like "No one ever loses anyone." We all just keep meeting those unique souls who can instigate growth in our lives and evolve the soul." Sin is an adultery, or an illegitimate mixing, a mistaking of the ego for the true self, rather than remembering that the true self is the soul. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Her name is mentioned 12 times in the Gospels, more than most of the apostles. Those who search for it will find it. She is a real and serious scholar. These are the words we can't get back. These writings and Meggans perspective are revolutionary and worth considering. 3. But in the first century, no woman would touch the naked body of a dead rabbi, unless she was family. There was something so incendiary in these first six pages that her gospel starts on page seven. Luke 7:37 NIV. Judgement free. Mary Magdalene was one of several women who traveled with Jesus and his disciples and gave them material support. Votes: 4. Meggan Watterson Rajneesh. Marys actions perhaps spoke the loudest, supporting Jesus ministry with all she had to give. If you are interested in feminist religious philosophy and Christianity, this book might be for you. Its about really waking up to the fact that our system of understanding the world is no longer serving us., Fear is normal, expected. It's not easy to write a love scene for Jesus. 5) Peter said to Mary, Sister we know that the Savior loved you more than the rest of woman. What they see themselves doing is bringing in a new wave of Consciousness., Can't we look to Mary Magdalene as simply an early church leader whose rightful place next to Christ should have been acknowledged? 4) When Mary said this, she turned their hearts to the Good, and they began to discuss the words of the Savior. 'She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, 'Rabboni!' Join now. I wanted to know more about the gospel of Mary, but this book only took snippets and sermonized them. Complete biography of Mary Magdalene . Yet, in stripping away the myths, this film portrayal of Mary Magdalene underlines what some scholars see as the real and unexpected reason why shes so controversial. Its a Sacred Union. (Which can make it hard to hear, and to find.) Does that make sense? Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. Every broken and closed off aspect of us is just another chance to exercise our capacity to love., Its about acquiring a vision that allows us to see what has always been here, within us. And you did not recognize me. The soul is saying here to the egos desire, I am not this body, not essentially. My greatest obstacle was believing it could all be this simple; ask for what I need, and receive it from within. He found her in her darkest place and healed her miraculously. Sin is when we believe we are only this body, these insatiable needs, these desires and fears the ego conjures. This is what it looks like when an artist follows her heart and her passion instead of the crowd., Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Love Warrior, The evidence within these pages, both scholarly and lived experience, will change you on a cellular level as you remember what has been forgotten for thousands of years, but has never been untrue: that the feminine is sacred and holy. This is more of a personal memoir than containing any revelations of Mary Magdalene. We don't know much about Mary Magdalene's life before demons were cast out of her. The tradition's appropriation of Mary Magdalene is much more intricate and complexas the saint herself is complex. Meggan Watterson is a theologian who studied at Harvard Divinity School and Columbia Universitys Theological Seminary. He really in many ways was everything I thought I was looking for in a partner. But Yeshua teaches to focus on the Inner Light and to allow that light to grow and flourish, in spite of external conditioning and external influences., I love this man with all my heart. It felt like total bliss because they were totally aligned and their spirits and energies were in the same vibrations, in resonance. 4. Meg Bucher writes about everyday life within the love of Christ on her blog,https://sunnyand80.org. Its the soul that rises. This human body is the souls chance to be here., Sin in Marys gospel is not about a long list of moral or religious laws; its not about wrong action. Even though this book is a fun, easy read; even though Watterson uses a hip, Elizabeth Gilbert-type voice; and even though the substantive content peters out toward the end, here's an excellent introduction to Christianity's feminist (and almost entirely erased) lineage. Its referring to those moments when we get so caught up in what we want, we cant see the bigger picture. And, if youre like me, we obsess about it. Literally stopped reading this when she said If you stop reading after this sentence, then this is the most important thing you need to hear. Mary Magdalene is one of the great women of the Bible, yet attitudes toward her in the Church and in art, history, and society have wavered between veneration of her as a saint and curiosity. Mary Magdalene Revealed Quotes Showing 1-17 of 17 "farther up is actually further in." Meggan Watterson, Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet 5 likes Like "Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as your friend." The only thing that was missing was that magic, the sense that we had been brought together by a force greater than ourselves. The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, in his view, undermines Church bureaucracy and favors personal understanding.. Mary Magdalene has long been a controversial figure within the Catholic church. She's been a sinner and a saint, played a starring role in Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" and ended up a feminist . If that is still a scary thing for you, maybe dont start here. Fortunately, some rebel monks were wise enough to refuseand thanks to their disobedience and spiritual bravery, we have several manuscripts of the only gospel that was written in the name of a woman: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. I was sent an early edition of this book before its launch. Mary Magdalene Revealed by Meggan Watterson: 9781401954284 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books --WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER-- The Gospel of Mary Magdalene reveals a very different love story from the one we've come to refer to as Christianity.. Meggan Watterson is the spiritual teacher to spiritual teachers and this book is a road map to the heart of Christs message., Kyle Gray, best-selling author of Angel Prayers and Raise Your Vibration, Meggan Watterson is a conduit carrying the electrical charge of spirit and weaving this channeled energy into her work. Goodreads helps you follow your favorite authors. Write the truest sentence that you know., But the ego cant recognize the soul: You mistook the garment I wore for my true self. She was one of many Marys that followed Jesus, being that it was the most common name for a Jewish female. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. We cling to the outcome like a lemur. Words are how the ego breathes and fuels the flames of thoughts that start replaying inside us from the second we wake up. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments confirmed the English translation of the Preface for the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene on . We can feel lost to it. Which is also to say, my greatest obstacle was believing that I could ever be that powerful., And in that moment of recognition, this is when we save ourselves, from the self that was never real to begin with. And what Marys gospel is saying in this passage is that the key is to become unattached, to try not to touch and cling. In the Gospel of Mary, which isnt officially recognized by the Church, Mary Magdalene is framed as the only disciple who truly understands Jesus spiritual message, which puts her in direct conflict with the apostle Peter. Misunderstanding Mr. Mister Jesus said to them, When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place of an, All you have to do is write one true sentence. of And that our humanity is not intrinsically sinful, or shameful. Mary Magdalene: The Secrets Revealed (2017 TV Movie) Quotes It looks like we don't have any Quotes for this title yet. There are some who claim she married the apostle John, and others that she accompanied him to Ephesus. Sin is simply forgetting the truth and reality of the souland then acting from that forgetful state. John lists Mary, mother of Jesus, her sister Mary, wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene. For as long as I can remember, I have felt that I was searching for something. The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herods household; Susanna; and many others. She was so side-swept by her grief that she didnt realize He was standing before her. Meggan Watterson' s "Mary Magdalene Revealed ", is an initiate, loving and lyrical exploration of the feminine side of spirituality - a spiritual tradition that doesn't oppose the masculine spiritual traditions, but instead, completes them. This is what it looks like when an artist follows her heart and her passion instead of the crowd." The way towards the peace and the balance is love love and respect of everything. So, why four angels, and why seven times a day?, If how we see, truly see, is not with eyesight, but with a vision, a form of spiritual perception that allows us to know whats real, whats lasting, whats actually true, if this comes from within us; then no one has power over us., what Ive come to understand is that its the soul that rises, not me, not my ego, not anything human that I am. Then when I came out of prison I saw Christianity is not dead. He was smart, funny, and handsome. Something about Mary., Leonardo da Vinci started painting his famous Last Supper mural in Milan in 1495, Universal Pictures/Moviestore/REX/ShutterstockUniversal Pictures/Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock, The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election. Follow it! But it is woven into the fabric of who we are; its our nature. Menu. And I descend inward to meet it. In Mary Magdalene Revealed, available for the first time in paperback, Harvard-trained theologian Meggan Watterson leads us verse by verse through Mary's gospel to illuminate the powerful teachings it contains. This is the wisdom, the voice of Christ from the heart of a woman, that was torn out and most likely destroyed before the rest of her gospel was buried. Mary Magdalenes special understanding of Jesus message, and Peters hostility towards her, as portrayed in Mary Magdalene, will likely split opinion, according to Taylor and her colleague, Professor Helen Bond of The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, with whom Taylor is presenting a U.K. television series on women disciples this Easter, titled Jesus Female Disciples: the New Evidence. Every energy is of equal value., do share my knowledge with some of the healers. Movies. --WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER-- The Gospel of Mary Magdalene reveals a very different love story from the one we've come to refer to as Christianity. I'm not going to say that everything said in this book is wrong. But if you are only focusing on the body, on the egoic garment I am wearing as a soul, you will not recognize me. But then I'm not either. Saint Mary Magdalene, sometimes called simply the Magdalene, was a Jewish woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. The male apostles of the Christos demonstrated both their jealousy and respect for the wisdom and position of Mary Magdalene., In fact, the figure in The Last Supper is not a woman: only the most partisan reading can place Mary Magdalene in the scene. This woman held a special place in the story of Christianity and was placed there by God. (which means 'Teacher').Jesus said, 'Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Then Mary Magdalene stands up to encourage them, recalling Christ's continual presence with them: "Do not weep, and do not grieve, and do not doubt; for his grace will be with you completely, and will protect you."51 Peter invites Mary to "tell us the words of the Savior which you remember."52 But to Peter's surprise, Mary does not tell anecdotes "At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.He asked her, 'Woman, why are you crying? Get help and learn more about the design. Women were not called to testify in that age, and their word didnt lend credibility to any historically recorded event. When a book is too esoteric or existential that only the author knows what the heck he or she is talking about--well forget it. I also found a lot of humor around someones story who seems to know themselves well, and lastly, I found a lot of richness in the quality of the overall story. Then why write this book? But at times we can sense it, when that vast silence has settled over the earth. Angels. You ask and it keeps silent. "Part B" follows this Christmas and the novel in spring 2011. There is an energetic intelligence there you can connect to for guidance anytime. This is when we see with the eye of the heart., If this is all you read, if you put down this book at the end of this sentence, know that this is the most important message of Marys gospel: we are inherently good. They love each other. Harvard-trained theologian Meggan Watterson leads us verse by verse through Mary's gospel to illuminate the powerful teachings it contains. This human body is the souls chance to be here., Sin in Marys gospel is not about a long list of moral or religious laws; its not about wrong action.