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Discover the Womb Rites and initiatory magic of Mary Magdalene, who was revered as a Priestess and human embodiment of the Goddess
• Reveals how Mary Magdalene was a sacred priestess of the ancient Womb Mysteries and how she was connected to sacred harlot archetypes and goddesses in many traditions, including Sophia, Isis, Inanna, Asherah, Lilith, Jezebel, and the Cathar Witches
• Explains how the Magdalene Mysteries have been encoded in Gnostic texts, sacred art, and literature and unveils the secret Grail heresy of the Ghent Altarpiece
• Offers rituals and practices to initiate you into the Womb magic of the ancient priestesses and access deeper dimensions of sexuality and feminine power
A sacred priestess of the ancient Womb Rites, Mary Magdalene was at the center of a great and enduring Mystery tradition, one that touched on a stream of perennial spiritual wisdom as old as humanity. Worshipped as the human embodiment of the Goddess, the earthly Sophia, her womb was the spiritual luminatrix that anointed and empowered Jesus, transforming him into the Christ. As a priestess of the Goddess, Mary Magdalene knew how to embody the light and the dark, how to harness the magic potency of sacred sexual energy, and how to dissolve, cleanse, and resurrect the soul. Yet, even though she sparked the creation of a worldwide religion, her story and teachings have been forgotten.
Unveiling the lost left-hand path of the Magdalene, the Feminine Christ, authors Seren and Azra Bertrand explore how this underground stream of knowledge has been carried forward over the millennia through an unbroken lineage of Womb Shamans, Priestesses, Oracles, and Medicine Women. They explain how the Magdalene Mysteries, symbolized by the Rose, have been encoded in Gnostic codices and gospels and in the highest art, literature, and architecture of many ages, including most significantly the Ghent Altarpiece. They examine Mary Magdalene's connection to sacred harlot archetypes and goddesses in many traditions, including Isis, Inanna, Asherah, Lilith, and Jezebel, and look at shamanic, tantric, and Cathar expressions of sacred feminine mysteries as well as the Witch and Templar roots of Robin Hood and Maid Marian.
In this revelatory and magical text on the lost feminine mystery traditions of Mary Magdalene and the lineage of Sophia, the authors present encompassing theological, historical, mythological, and archetypal wisdom, with rituals and practices to initiate you into the Womb magic of the ancient priestesses and the path of the wild feminine.
Contents
PROLOGUE
Miryai and Yeshu--A Love Story
INTRODUCTION Visions of the Rose--Left-Hand Path of the Feminine Christ
OUR LOVE LETTER Rose Pilgrims--Meeting Mary Magdalene and Sacred Masculine Vision Mary Magdalene--Holy Whore of Sophia
PORTAL ONE
MAGDALENE CHRONICLES
Mary Magdalene's Lineage, Her Lifetime, and Her Legacy
Magdalene's Lineage: The Dragon Priestesses
CHAMBER 1. Dragon Mothers--Ancient Elemental Magic
CHAMBER 2. Mermaid Priestesses--Chalice of Holy Waters
CHAMBER 3. Moon Shamans--Serpent Daughters of Fire
CHAMBER 4. Divine Whore--Inanna, Mistress of the Vulva
CHAMBER 5. Goddesses of Galilee--Temple of Asherah, Wisdom of Lilith
CHAMBER 6. Motherline of Christ--Son of the Goddess Magdalene's Lifetime: Story of the Feminine Christ
CHAMBER 7. Apostle of Ecstasy--Magdalene, the Female Pope
CHAMBER 8. Divine Prophetess--Ancestry and Origins of Magdalene
CHAMBER 9. The Circle of Marys--Feminist Ministry of Jesus
CHAMBER 10. Holy Matrimony--Were Jesus and Mary Married?
CHAMBER 11. Resurrection Mysteries--The Crucifixion and Divine Rebirth
CHAMBER 12. Bishops of Sophia--Female Spiritual Leaders
CHAMBER 13. Gnostic Magdalene--The Salvation of Sophia
CHAMBER 14. Tantric Temple--Ecstatic Mystics on the Path of Love Magdalene's Legacy: Rose Line of the Grail
CHAMBER 15. Heretic Queen--Magdalene's Escape to Europe
CHAMBER 16. Magdalene Order--Cathar Priestesses of the Dove
CHAMBER 17. Red Witch--Scarlet Saint of the Wise Women
CHAMBER 18. Templar Wizards--Robin Hood and Maid Marian
PORTAL TWO
MAGDALENE CODEX
The Ghent Altarpiece--Art and Symbols of the Holy Grail
CHAMBER 19. The Ghent Altarpiece--Gateway to the Mysteries
CHAMBER 20. Pilgrimage into the Painting--Art of the Grail
CHAMBER 21. Templars of Burgundy--Alchemists of Mary
CHAMBER 22. The Lady in the Landscape--Body of the Goddess
CHAMBER 23. Magdalene and the Sibyls-Prophetesses of Sophia
CHAMBER 24. Red Throne--The Original Sacred Altar
CHAMBER 25. Feminine Eucharist--The Primeval Sacrament
CHAMBER 26. Fountain of Life--Womb of the World
CHAMBER 27. John the Baptist--Waters of Life
CHAMBER 28. Divine Sophia--Return to Love
PORTAL THREE
MAGDALENE VISION QUEST
Pilgrimage Path: Stories, Oracles, and Personal Rituals
CHAMBER 29. Honoring the Motherline--Walking the Red Path
CHAMBER 30. The Way of Love--Awakening the Feminine Soul
CHAMBER 31. Magdalene Mandala--The Wheel of the Witches
CHAMBER 32. Sacred Union--Entering the Bridal Chamber
CHAMBER 33. Ministry of the Magdalene--Return of the Wild Feminine
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
