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| Who
was Mary Magdalen?
Piecing
together accounts of Mary from both Canonical and early Gnostic
sources, it becomes quickly apparent that Mary is a much more
significant figure than Church teachings admit. Accounts in
the Gnostic gospels refer to Mary as the chief apostle to Jesus,
as his companion, even as his spiritual successor.
Jesus,
Mary, and Da Vinci
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What did Leonardo know?
A copy of The Last
Supper by a student of Leo shows a clearly female figure- Mary
Magdalen?
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Leonardo Resources
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Leonardo
and the Magdalen
Did
Leonardo da Vinci Believe that Mary Magdalene was the Beloved
Disciple?
The
Magdalene code
Mary,
Mary, quite contrary - and in code
The
Apostle of the Apostles
Did
you know? Many paintings from the Renaissance depict
Mary Magdalen pregnant!
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The
Gnostic Magdalen
Early,
censored Gospels refer to Mary Magdalen as the Chief Disciple
of Christ, and his Companion or wife. The image at right was
painted by a student of Leonardo, and bears an uncanny resemblance
to another student's copy of The
Last Supper, above. Is it a coded reference to a secret
marriage?
Mary
in the Gnostic Gospels:
The
Gospel of Phillip
Describes the three Marys in Jesus' life- sister, mother, and wife.
The
Gospel of Mary Magdalen
Was Mary, and not Peter, the Chief disciple of Christ?
The Dialogue
of the Savior
All
Gospel References for Mary
What
is Gnosticism?
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Mary Magdalen, by Pietro Perugino, a student of
Leonardo
Mary
Magdalene, first witness of the resurrection
Attempts to identify the many Marys of the New Testament.
Mary
of Magdala in Early Christian Coptic Literature
A Gnostic Magdalene,
from the Mandaean Book
of John.
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A priestess of Isis with her sistrum and funeral unguent.
An otherwise ordinary painting depicts Mary Magdalen wearing
the Girdle
of Isis. Note the use of the same knot by the priestesses
of Isis
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Mary
Magdalen, Priestess?
Mary
Magdalen is frequently portrayed carrying a jar of precious
spikenard oil for annointing the body of Christ. Previously,
the 'alabaster jar' was an accoutrement of the priestess of Isis,
the goddess whose ministrations resurrected her husband Osiris.
The ancient Cult of Isis stressed a symbolic death and resurrection
as a metaphor for spiritual rebirth.
"I
have traveled through the tomb, dark and lonely ground. I am
here now. I have come. I see."
~From
the Book
of the Dead
Was
Mary Magdalene a Temple Priestess?
St.
Mary Magdalen, the first Papess?
“And
thou, O tower of the flock [Magdaleder], the strong hold of the
daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion;
the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.”
~Old
Testament Messianic Prophecy
Did
you know? Spikenard, the perfume in Mary's jar, is
mentioned in the Song
of Songs, long believed to be symbolic of the 'spiritual
marriage' of Jesus and Mary Magdalen.
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Mary,
Mother of Kings?
Many
authors, including Dan Brown, speculate that Mary was the mother
of Christ's Children , a royal line of the House of David.
This belief, true or not, would have been a great threat to
the authority of the Roman Church.
Mary
Magdalene's Secret
Black
Mary and the Sacred Blood
Is there a divine bloodline?
Mary
Magdalene: Bearer of the Holy Grail
She
Hides In Plain Sight
More
Magdalen resources
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Leonardo
Da Vinci is not the first or only Renaissance artist to have hinted
that Mary was more than she appeared. The Dutch portrait above
is one of many to portray Mary as pregnant or
nursing. More Magdalen
Images
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The
Life of Saint Mary Magdalen
A twelfth century account of the life of of Mary tells of her
journey to the Southern shores of France- and accomplishes her
own miracle of resurrection.
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Mary
Magdalene in France?
Medieval
Christian folk legends tell of Mary's arduous sea journey in
a boat without oars.
The
South of France where she is reputed to have settled was later
a hotbed of heresy, including that of the Cathars,
a gnostic sect
who openly taught that Mary was the wife of Christ.
A
great number of Churches sprang up in the area in honor of "Notre
Dame," Mary Magdalen. Many of these belonged to the Knights
Templar. Many contain images of the Black
Madonna.
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The
Divine Feminine
Do you recognize this famous face? Click to meet the 'Wife" of
God.
Holy
Spirit, Divine Feminine?
Marys
of the Sea
Gnostic
Christianity and the Myth of Sophia 2
Sophia:
Lost Goddess of Wisdom
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The
Role of the Sacred Feminine in the Gnostic Pantheon
The
Goddess of the Israelites
Jesus & Mary
Magdalene: The Sacred Marriage in Gnosticism
The
Path of the Priestess
The
Bridegroom: A Portrait
What
Was the Status of Woman in the Early Church?
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The
Female Pope: The Mystery of Pope Joan
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See
Also:
More
Mary Magdalen
The
Sacred Feminine
Black
Virgins |
Excerpts
from Holy Blood, Holy Grail: The
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