We travel now with our friends from the Eastern Orthodox tradition who are
experiencing their Holy Week during these last days of Passover & the month
of Ramadan.
The Hebrew Pesach commemorates the liberation from slavery in Egypt &
the “passing over” of the forces of the Angel of Destruction – the sparing of
the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the
eve of the Exodus.
Muslims believe that Ramadan is the month when the first verses of the Holy
Quran were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad more than 1,400 years ago. During
Ramadan, the devote practice a pre-sunrise to sunset fast.
I read somewhere that these 3 Holidays only come together every 33 years…interesting…
I have been receiving many wonderful comments from folks around the world
who have been touched by synchronicities around Mary Magdalene.
My dear friends who run a biodynamic cranberry marsh in WI. are traveling in
Australia. On Good Friday they happened by chance to discover the place of Anna
Sophia who teaches what she calls ‘The Word of Mary Magdalene’ thru dance! Then
within minutes she saw my text about our Festival event.
If you watched the recording you know that Mary Magdalene was called, among
other titles: ‘the Companion of Christ’. A poet friend sent me a notice about a
group called the ‘Pilgrims of the Companion’ who facilitate tours to sacred
sites of The Magdala in France.
My Russian Orthodox friend sent me images of the icons in her Church of Mary
Magdalene holding the Red Egg standing next to a Tower.
A few folks taking Rev. Patrick Kennedy’s Bible studies class wrote in to say they have also been asking the same questions as to what enables Mary Magdalene to be such a key player in the life of Christ?
Many others have written in to share their personal experiences –
revelations they received.
She who anoints the Anointed One is resonating in us
all right now. How will you work with her?
~hag
Bernardino Campi
Dear friends I know the quality of the recording is not the best, but I hope you can still receive the essence of the the Spirirt & mystery of The Magdala permeating the room. Here is the link to the video from Holy Saturday: Mary Magdalene & the Women at the Tomb.
Here is the link to download the Poem/Song ‘The Sanctifier’
Crystal Charlett Easten
The Sanctifier ~hag
MMMMMMM
He is the eternal flame of love. She is the oil that burns for light.
She who anoints ‘The Anointed One’ (1)
Hers is the path of the Sacred Union, consummated within the soul.
She of ‘The Three Marys’ (15) =
“Rebellious, bitter, & beloved.” (16)
“There were three
who always walked with The Lord:
Mary His mother;
Mary His sister;
And Mary Magdalene, His companion. (17)
Three Marys: Virgin, Sister, Companion
MMMMMM
He is the eternal flame of love. She is the oil that burns for light.
She who anoints ‘The Anointed One’ (1)
Hers is the path of the Sacred Union, consummated within the soul.
She is the Magdala – The Tower ascending
In Christened Catharsis
She is freed from the 7 demons –
“A design was erased by virtue of a higher design” (2)
MMMMMM
“Then Mary Arose”(3)
And Anthropos Sophia entered in
MMMMMMM
He is the eternal flame of love. She is the oil that burns for light.
She who anoints ‘The Anointed One’ (1)
Hers is the path of the Sacred Union, consummated within the soul.
She offers Tears of Repentance –
His feet, her hair.
Thru “her Greater Love” (4)
She breaks open
The “alabaster jar” (5)
Spilling out
The Unction
A Precious Perfume
Confirming the balm of Faith
MMMMMMM
Then – when it was His Time
At the ‘Turning Point of Time’
She prepares the Lamb for sacrifice
She offers the Golden Chrism
She Anoints His head for burial
“Truly I tell you, wherever in the whole world this Gospel is proclaimed,
what she has done will be told and her memory will be honored.” (6)
MMMMMMM
He is the eternal flame of love. She is the oil that burns for light.
She who anoints ‘The Anointed One’ (1)
Hers is the path of the Sacred Union, consummated within the soul.
She sits at the feet of the Master
She stands with the Twelve
She walks with the women who sustained the mission
“By their own means” (7)
MMMMMMM
She kneels
At the foot of the Cross (11)
With the Virgin Sophia
And her risen brother
MMMMMM
Death Doula –
Myrrhbearer (12)
Sacred Witness
At the tomb (13)
Holding Space
Turning Time
Harrowing Hell (14)
MMMMMMM
He is the eternal flame of love. She is the oil that burns for light.
She who anoints ‘The Anointed One’ (1)
Hers is the path of the Sacred Union, consummated within the soul.
The Priestess of Isis Becomes
The “Apostle of the apostles”
So says the ‘Angelic Doctor’. (2a)
MMMMMM
She is the Mercy Seat (20)
The Shekinah
In the Holy of Holies – Revealed –
When “The veil of the Temple was rent in twain.” (21)
MMMMMMM
She is
The first to See
The first to Be
The Holy Grail
She leads us to the Gardener (22)
Of the New Jerusalem
MMMMMMM
He is the eternal flame of love. She is the oil that burns for light.
She who anoints ‘The Anointed One’ (1)
Hers is the path of the Sacred Union, consummated within the soul.
She holds the Red Egg (19)
In The Golden Legend
Cherubim lift her
Out of the cave
Contemplative in her hair-shirt
Soul of Wisdom
Messenger of Christ
“The compassionate Christ said to Mary his companion:
You are the blessed one in whom I will perfect all Mysteries” (18)
MMMMMMM
He is the eternal flame of love. She is the oil that burns for light.
She who anoints ‘The Anointed One’ (1)
Hers is the path of the Sacred Union, consummated within the soul.
MMMMMMM…MMMary MMMagdalene is:
“Beloved of Christ and greatly loved by Christ” (8)
“Chosen because you are beloved, beloved because you have been chosen” (9)
“The Lord loved her more than He loved all other disciples
and often kissed her on her mouth.” (10)
MMMMMMM
He is the eternal flame of love. She is the oil that burns for light.
She who anoints ‘The Anointed One’ (1)
Hers is the path of the Sacred Union, consummated within the soul.
MMMMMM
“The Gospel according to MMMary MMMagdalene
~Hazel Archer-Ginsberg – Lyrics for a Velsum song, for our Easter Festival on Holy Saturday 2023
(1) Christ comes from the Greek word χριστός (chrīstós), meaning “anointed one”. In the Greek Septuagint, χριστός was used to translate the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Mašíaḥ, messiah), meaning “[one who is] anointed”.
(2) ‘The Gospel of Mary Magdalene’ page 17 verse 2-5 (2a) Saint Thomas Aquinas
(3) ‘The Gospel of Mary Magdalene’ page 9 verse 12
(4) Luke 7:36-50
(5) Matthew 26:7 & Mark 14:3
(6) Matthew 26: 6-10
(7) Mark 15: 40-47
(8) Vatican City announcement on 3 July 2016 elevating Mary Magdalene – quoting Rabanus Maurus from “dilectrix Christi et a Christo plurimum dilecta”: De vita Mariae Magdalenae, Prologus
(9) Saint Anselm of Canterbury (“electa dilectrix et dilecta electrix Dei”: Oratio LXXIII ad sanctam Mariam Magdalenam).
(10) Gospel of Philip see Verses 55 -125
(11) John 19:25-27
(12) The Myrrhophores are an ancient , secret group of women who work with sacred threshold oils
Mark 15:44-16:8 – 27:56 – Mark 15:40 – John 19:39
(13) Matt 12:14 – 27:66 – 28:1-8 – Mark 6:29 – 15:46 – 16:1-8 – Luke 23:53-55 – 24:1-24 – John 19:41-42 – 20:1-11
(14) referred to in the Apostles’ Creed & the Athanasian Creed (Quicumque vult) – Ephesians 4:9 – Ephesians 4:9 – Acts 2:24 – 1 Peter 4:6
(15) John 19:24
(16) I see the name Mary, like the name John, as an honorific title of initiation. Miriam or Mary originated from the Egyptian language; derivative of the root mr “beloved of Yahweh; derivation from Hebrew, either from marah “to be rebellious”, or from mara “bitter” (cf. myrrh), or mry “rebellious”. St. Jerome (writing c. 390), following Eusebius of Caesarea, translates the name as “drop of the sea” (stilla maris in Latin), from Hebrew מר mar “drop” (cf. Isaiah 40:15) and ים yam “sea”. This translation was subsequently rendered stella maris (“star of the sea”) whence comes the Virgin Mary’s title Star of the Sea.
(17) The apocryphal Gospel of Philip – Verse 32
(18) The Pistis Sophia
(19) The Golden Legend ~ Jacobus de Voragine
(20) Attended by two Cherubim- Exodus 25:17-22 – 26:34 – 30:6 — Hebrews 9:5 – Leviticus 16:2 – Numbers 7:89
(21) Matt. 27 – Mark 15:38 – Luke 23:45
(22) John 20:15
11 April 2023 – “Speaking with the Stars”
Steven B. Whatley
Rudolf Steiner’s Lectures on this day
The Mystery of Ascension with Hazel Archer-Ginsberg
This course is available on Zoom. You will be emailed a Zoom link closer to the time of the class. The course will be recorded and you will receive a link to watch it. Go to the Infinity Foundation web site to enroll
Course Number 231154 / Zoom
Date: Thursday, May 11
Time 7:00 – 8:30 PM CST
Cost $33/23 payment 10 days in advance
When we tune into the Cycle of the Seasons, we experience that as the Earth breathes out in the Springtime, the beings of nature reach upwards towards the heights. The longing of the human soul also strives to meet this mood of ascension, which attunes all life to the cosmic expanses.
Together we will gain insights in how to rise up to our Higher Self by participating in this harmonizing spring-dialogue between the worlds.
This reconnection between heaven & earth was prefigured in the story of Jacob’s ladder from the Old Testament. Through his dream of the ‘stairway to heaven’, Jacob gave us a prophecy in the picture of a golden ladder on which choirs of Angels traverse between the ‘Above & Below’. The Mystery of the Ascension of Christ, 40 days after the Resurrection at Easter, fulfilled Jacob’s Prophecy. Christ as the Being of Love became the living bridge connecting us to the eternal.
Through this workshop we will learn how humanity will also be transfigured in the fullness of time. The company of the Angelic Hierarchies wait for us, their younger siblings, to ascend, first of all in our thinking, to meet them in fellowship, as they work all the while by our sides.
~Vitae Sophia~A Whitsun Festival of United Soul Endeavor with Hazel Archer-Ginsberg, Velsum Voices & Eurythmy
Saturday 27 May 2023 on zoom
We are called to redeem the ether spheres to create an Ecclesia, a chalice for The Sophia. Then the spirit flame can spread out to become what Steiner called a “World Whitsun”, which began in earnest at the Christmas Conference. The Whitsun Festival highlights one of the greatest challenges of being human: placing our individual gifts, in right relationship within the social realm. This challenge is especially strong now during this ‘pandemic’. Our groups striving to know Spiritual Science must work together as a community, to have the possibility to create a new culture where a sacrament is possible in every encounter. Our individual strength is enhanced by weaving our gifts together, kindling our social world in conscious community.
Find a collection of the many RECORDINGS of Presentations, Programs & Festivals HERE
“I read somewhere that these 3 Holidays only come together every 33 years…interesting…”
Yes, this is a rarity in having Ramadan, Pesach, and Easter all occurring based on the New Moon of March 21, 2023. Geoff Chester of USNO describes it very nicely here. Once every 33 years would make it even more special.
https://www.cnmoc.usff.navy.mil/Our-Commands/United-States-Naval-Observatory/The-Sky-This-Week/Article/3336834/the-most-celebrated-moon-of-the-year/
Wonderful write up, Thanks
Your presentation is dynamic. What a testimony. This moves us forward into the next phase of 40 days, and the pulse is palpable. The Magdalene, as such, is a divine receptacle, wherein the forgiveness factor becomes the focal point for all the apostolic activity after Pentecost. Converting the Jerusalem territory was the major endeavor, and she had a magnetic center there. Christ had said that she would be memorialized for all time. This is good to remember now.
Her Gospel is a revealation