Mary Magdalene The Illuminator (v5.0)

by William Henry

  THE LADY WITH THE VASE

  Discovered by the French archaeologist Andre Parrot at Mari in 1936 was the astounding life-size statue of the goddess Ishtar or Mari shown here.

  French archaeologists stand beside the life-size statue of ‘The Mother of Life’ excavated at Mari in 1934.

  The statue bears no inscription, so archaeologists have labeled it ‘Goddess with Flowing Vase’ and dated it to the 18th century B.C. As can be seen in the detail on the next page, the inlays have been gouged out of the eyes, and her nose has been badly damaged. She wears a massive helmet. With both hands she tilts vase from which flowed the ‘water of fertility’. Later, the Greeks called this vase the aryballos and used it to contain oil and perfume.

  Goddess with Flowing Vase.

  Her robe is called pala or ‘miracle’ garment. Streaming down her robe, the water would have clothed the lower part of he body with a rippling, translucent veil of water imparting the idea that she had either risen from the water or lived in it, like a mer-maid. This appears to symbolize the glow-ray fied body attributed to MM.

  Her helmet is called Shugurra, which literally translated by Zecharia Sitchin means, “that which makes go far into the universe.” This translation makes we wonder. Did she astral travel like Job’s daughters and MM? Or, was she traveling through the stargate opened by a Tower?

  As a priveleged child of Syria did the young MM model her life after Mari or emulate the greatest of all Syrian ‘energies’, ‘sacred principles’ or enlightened beings?

  May we even speculate that MM had even been groomed to personify Mari, preparing her body, mind and spirit to become a royal companion to a savior and to receive his immense gifts?

  I lean toward the latter conjecture for the reason that Jesus was simultaneously bred and prepared to become her companion, the Christ. I do not think this was a coincidence, so we’ll spend a moment exploring this thesis.

  JESUS AND MELCHIZEDEK

  Jesus was a “priest forever after the Order of Melchizedek” (Epistle to the Hebrews, 5:6), the ultra-mysterious and messianic Old Testament priest and King of Sion who ruled Jerusalem at approximately the same time that Mari was worshipped in Syria.

  While some believe Jesus was born in a shed among animals, the genealogy recorded in the book of Matthew traces the royal bloodline of Jesus Christ through his human parents to show his birthright as King of Israel and descendant of both David and Abraham. As a youth, the future King Jesus was taken to Egypt to prepare for the impending emergence of his kingdom, the Empire of Light.

  Esoterically, it is taught that Christ is an office, like that of a president. ‘The Messiah’ and ‘the Christ’ are titles of individuals who hold the “energy” of this office. Some claim these individuals are sent from other high and far away realms to guide and support humanity. Others believe that at any given time there is a Messiah-in-training and another in office incarnate on Earth. It makes sense to me that his spiritual companion and radiant co-ruler, MM, would have been similarly prepared.

  As noted by Robert Feather in The Secret Initiation of Jesus at Qumran, Dead Sea Scroll scholar Margaret Barker maintains that Jesus was not only a priest of Melchizedek’s order, but also that he patterned his life on him. He may have flat imitated him.

  Melchizedek’s special area of expertise included the communion ceremony and apparently the Stairway to Heaven. The bible goes to great pains to make the explicit point that Lord Melchizedek, the King of Sion and a forerunner of Jeuss, initiated Abram in the Grail mysteries (Genesis 14:18) , which are symbolized by the bread and wine (later Jesus performed this ceremony). After this Abram became the new and improved Abra-H-am and Sara became the enhanced SaraH.Genesis 17:5

  Mystics claim the addition of the H signified Abraham’s acquisition of the “breath of God” or “soul of God.” Simultaneously, Sara became Sarah, suggesting she too received this “breath” or “soul.”

  The H represented the transformation of Abraham and Sarah from humans to something more than human. This same transformation has been subliminally attached to the mythology of Jesus. Who has ever heard the expletive “Jesus H. Christ!” and not wondered what it meant or where it originated?

  Lord Melchizedek at his Grail communion table with whirling bread and wine flanked by Abel and Abraham. A mosaic from the seventh century, Ravenna

  In Hebrew mysticism this H ladder is called the Sephiroth, the Mystical Tree. It features ten qualities as set forth in the Sefer ha-Zohar, the Cabalistic Book of Splendour. Cabalists called all ten collectively the Merkaba, or “chariot of god.” Recall that Merkaba mysticism is the literary ‘business’ of Magdala.

  The H, I propose, symbolizes the ladder or stairway to heaven and indicates their access to the gate of God, the Tower (the Babel or Magdal), knowledge of which is breathed into the disciple. H is the 8th letter of the English alphabet. The picture of Cheth, the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, shows two pillars united by one crossbeam, resembling a ladder or doorway. Cheth means “a field,” something perceived, or that can be cultivated – in short, spiritual perception.

  So, when Abraham and Sarah received their H they received a spiritual initiation that transformed their perception and may have prepared them to see the Merbaka (like Job’s daughters).

  Interestingly, Feather provides a convincing body of revolutionary archaeological evidence and textual references that suggests Melchizedek was actually the Egyptian King of Light, Akhenaton, who reintroduced the ancient religion of Light called Aton.

  Feather further states that the first Christians revered the memory of Akhenaton and his wife, Nefertiti, and wanted to associate Jesus with them. I came to a similar conclusion in my Stargate 2012 lecture presentation only I was coming from a different angle. I had concluded that MM was acting the role of Nefertiti. I’ll have more to say about this connection later in our exploration of the anointing oil Mary Magdalene provided to Jesus.

  SHAKTI

  Following this line of thinking we may think of ‘the Magdalene’ as a (magical) office, as well. It is interesting in the extreme that the name Mari is seen as the same as Maya, the mother of the Egyptian god of alchemy, Thoth, and Buddha. Maya is also a Hindu term for supernatural power, as well as illusion or unreality. Maya is the means to ‘pierce the veil’. It is the root of Matrix.

  The concept of Maya is related to Shakti, in Hinduism the name given to the female consorts or spiritual partner of male spiritual masters or deities (Shiva). In the Gnostic gospels it is clear that MM is the ‘tower of the flock’ who played the role of the Messiah’s interpreter, conduit to the Matrix, and consort or shakti. The idea of Shakti is prominent in Tantra where the Kundalini energy is directed toward attaining higher consciousness and liberation from ignorance, suffering and rebirth (the aim of the Early Christians).

  The Kundalini (“coiled up”) energy is regarded as a goddess or feminine energy. The shakti personifies the female who has ‘pierced the veil’ and ‘knows’ the dynamic, manifesting feminine energy that creates the universe, and also the male static, unmanifest aspect of the divine reality. The symbol for this male-female duality is Mercury’s caduceus rod (often topped by a dove). In my view, it represents the meeting or union of male and female, Heaven and Earth, Heart and Brain.

  Inanna standing on two lions and holding the caduceus of entwined serpents in her right hand; cylinder seal, c. 1850-1700 BC.

  The raising of kundalini (‘the anointing of the dove’), referred to in myth and scripture, as the raising of the serpent ultimately triggers latent feminine knowledge (symbolized by the forbidden fruit) that leads to altered states of consciousness and enhanced human powers (known as sidhis, pronounced ‘shee’).

  The raising of kundalini is also referred to as Pranic Awakening. Prana is interpreted as the vital, life-sustaining force in the body. One symbol for Prana is the Egyptian ankh or Key of Life. This fits as kundalini is also interpreted as a vibrational phenomenon that initiates a period, or a proc
ess of vibrational spiritual development (Sovatsky, 1998) It is interesting that the symbol for living wasters , so closely resembles a serpent.

  9.

  ONE NIGHT IN CAPERNAUM

  According to the biblical account, Mary Magdalene’s relationship with Jesus began near the end of his life. She learned of the famous magician and exorcist who had been thrown out of Nazareth, nearly escaping being stoned, and was living and healing masses of people in Capernaum (ka-per-na-um), near Magdala Luke 4: 16-30, where he also multiplied the 153 fishes Luke 5:5-7.

  One night Jesus found himself sitting down to meat (and probably plenty of wine) at the home of one of the Pharisees (a class composed of mostly Jewish intellectuals and scribes). One can imagine the Pharisee quizzing Jesus about how a person could eat the heavenly bread and have eternal life. From the very beginning Jesus told the Jews that God required them to believe in him as the God-sent Messiah6:29. He repeatedly states that those who believe in this God-sent stuff have eternal life (6:35, 40, 47). As history records, the Jews would not believe in him and still await the Messiah.

  A lowly possessed woman,Luke 8: 2-3 described as a sinner, brought in an alabaster box of valuable ointment or balm. She stood at his feet weeping and began to wash his feet with her tears and to wipe them with her hair. She kissed his feet and anointed them with her balm.Luke 7:36-39

  Astounded, the Pharisee questioned Jesus’ credentials as a prophet. As a ‘sinner’ this woman was likely ostracized and deemed untouchable by the other Jews of Galilee, as it was believed that her affliction was transmittable. What’s he doing allowing her to touch him?

  The traditional Christian interpretation of this story is that Jesus forgives this woman of her sins. Her faith saved her.

  Was this woman Mary Magdalene? That depends. Was Jesus anointed once or twice? Scholars can’t agree on either question.

  There is no indication in the text that the unnamed woman is Magdalene, but tradition has linked her with Magdalene. The following chapter of Luke immediately introduces “Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out…” Luke 9:1-3

  The source of the confusion appears to stem from the belief that Magdala was a wealthy city the Romans destroyed because of its moral depravity (naturally) and its participation in the Jewish revolt. Moreover, in the Talmud, the word Magdalene is derived from the expression “curling women’s hair,” which some declare to mean “adulteress” (a definition which many question). Even though the penitent woman of Luke 7 is not specifically identified as Mary Magdalene, the adulteress “from whom seven devils had gone out” of Luke 8, one could easily draw the conclusion, as did Pope Gregory.

  When Pope Gregory made (some say invented) this connection in the sixth century he added to it the notion that Mary was a prostitute. Mary Magdalene as the repentant prostitute who found forgiveness with the Lord was born. Although the Roman Catholic Church withdrew from this mistaken linkage at the Second Vatican Council (1969) it survives strongly in folk Catholicism.

  The link between the sinner woman and Mary Magdalene has produced tragic results that extend well beyond the fact that it highlights the utter fallibility and bias of the men of the Church when it comes to interpreting the bible. In fact, it is often asserted these men deleted certain texts from the bible to insure that men would run (or is it ruin?) the Church. More tragic is the two thousand years of social de-evolution it has brought. Before Gregory’s time women held high positions in the religious affairs. After, women were delegated to the side, deemed not as holy as men. As noted, this is the pathetic church, which is not sympathetic with the original Christian teaching rendered by MM.

  As the 21st century dawns this situation is changing for two reasons:

  We have recently come into possession of the archaeological facts, source texts and secondary scholarship required to grasp the foundations upon which the Christian religion was formulated.

  Simultaneously, and for the first time since the recorded events took place, we have reclaimed the spiritual knowledge required to interpret the technology described in the code-language of ancient religious myth.

  Hence, there is a growing library of revolutionary new books that is sparking a renaissance in Magdalene studies. A circle of scholars including Karen King from Harvard’s Divinity School are revising the history of women in the Church and are taking a serious look at the woman of substance we call Mary Magdalene. Many now believe she was even present at the Last Supper. Oh boy! Let there be light!

  There are actually four mentions in the Gospels of Jesus being anointed. The instance found in Luke when Jesus’ feet are anointed by the sinner woman would appear to be a separate instance, some time during the second year of Jesus’ revolution.

  The other three appear to be the same account of a singular event (Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 12: 1-8). Mary Magdalene anointed Jesus’ feet a second time, and in the house of another Simon, this time Simon the Leper. This time, Mary Magdalene’s anointing was in order to embalm the body that was soon to be hung on the cross.

  After their meeting Jesus exorcised Mary of seven demons with the Holy Spirit. Consequently, she emerged fully transformed and prepared, unlike others before her, to embrace the Empire of Light.Matthew 12:28 She became his number one, the Magdalene. She shared a relationship with Jesus that no bishops, archbishops, priests, Popes, or kings could ever dream of.

  The exact manner through which Jesus performed this cosmic cleansing is unknown (and like his secret teachings seldom discussed in modern Christian circles). However, the Pharisees claimed he was a black magician who operated as nothing more than an agent of Beelzebul, the lord of the underworld. It takes one to know one, as they say. The hypocritically self-righteous Pharisees claimed that Jesus was just a little to familiar with demons.MT 12:24-28

  Early Christian art portrayed Jesus wielding a magic wand to perform his miracles. Might this have been Jesus’ method of exorcism too? (Please see Appendix.)

  The inherent symbolism of the number seven in the ancient world has led many to believe that this procedure had more to do with aligning Mary Magdalene’s seven chakras or energy centers with the pure energy of the Holy Spirit than it does with removing actual “demons.” When Jesus communicated the Holy Spirit to the disciples after the crucifixion he did so by breathing it upon his initiates.John 20:22

  As Reiki practitioners can attest, a master healer can breathe energy symbols into a person’s energy field and activate latent spiritual capabilities that cleanse and purify body, mind and spirit, transforming one into a healer. Jesus’ travels in the Far East are cited as the likely places where Jesus learned these techniques. Of course, modern science disputes the existence of such a life force energy. It is fair to say that if Jesus were alive and practicing today he too would be labeled a quack by science. “Show us the studies!” they would shout at him.

  Freshly cleansed, purified and empowered from her transformative experience in Capernaum, MM, the Magnificent, accompanied Jesus from her home in Magdala to Jerusalem. She watched his dangerous showdown with the hated Roman and Jewish authorities, witnessed his crucifixion and entombment, found his tomb empty and was the first to experience the risen Jesus. She is mentioned first among all the Marys in the New Testament. And designated “Magdalene,” the woman cleaned of sin.

  In the next chapter I will continue our discussion about sin, but from a very different perspective I’m certain than many have previously considered this subject. I’ll begin with a survey of the traditional Christian thoughts about sin, a word mentioned 642 times in the bible, and then connect it with alchemy.

  10.

  SIN WAVE

  “And ye shall serve the Lord Your God, and he shall

  bless thy bread and they water, and I will take away

  sickness from the midst of thee.”

  Exodus 23:25

  The Bible declares from beginning to end that we are all sinners. “There is none righteous, no, not one,” says Romans
3:10. It goes on to state in verse 11 of the same chapter, “There is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God.”

  Go down to verse 23 and we find these words, “For all have sinned and come short of the glory.” Go over a couple of chapters to Chapter 5 and in verse 8 we read this, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

  In the first epistle of John, God assures us, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

  What is sin? Sin is defined as the estrangement from god.

  Sin means to violate a law of God or a moral law. Sin is moral evil (as opposed to good). Sin is a morally bad act. Sin is any thought or action regarded by theologians as a transgression of God’s will or contrary to the law of God.

  Therefore, sin is rebellion against God.

  In the Old Testament sin is set forth as an act of disobedience; Gen., 2: 16-17; 3: 11; Is., 1: 2-4; Jer.: 2, 32 as an insult to God; Num., 27: 14 asas something detested and punished by God; Gen., 3: 14-19; Gen., 4: 9-16 as injurious to the sinner; Tob., 12: 10 to be expiated by penance. Ps. 1: 19 In the New Testament it is clearly taught by Paul that sin is a transgression of the law; Rom., 2:23; v, 12-20 a servitude from which we are liberated by grace; Rom., 6: 16-18 a disobedience punished by God. Heb., 10: 26-31 John describes sin as an offence to God, a disorder of the will,John, 12: 43 an iniquity. I John, 3: 4-10

  In the Christian tradition the origin of sin is traced to Adam and Eve who disobeyed God. Because of their disobedience, sin entered into the world and because of sin, humankind was separated from God. You see, God is pure, perfect and Holy and cannot be joined together with sin. For example: if you lie, you have sinned. Why? Because God has said not to lie. Exodus 20:16 If you do what God has forbidden, then you have sinned. In addition, if you do not do what God has commanded, you sin.James 4:17 Either way, the result is eternal separation from God. Isaiah 59:2 Sin is lawlessness1 John 1:3 and unrighteousness.1 John 5:17