Gnosticism - The Gospel of Mary Magdalene - Salvation through Self-Knowledge of the Soul & Mind
The (gnostic?) Gospel of Mary provide us a glimpse into a radically alternative form of ancient Christianity. One where inner, spiritual knowledge is the key to salvation, where women and men have equal standing based on their understanding of the message of the Savior and one where the soul must rise above the demonic gatekeepers of the physical cosmos rather than to believe in credal formulas or even the salvific power of the death and resurrection of Jesus. In this Gospel, Mary Magdalene is the true inheritor of the spiritual Gospel of Christ rather than Peter who attacks her solely based on her gender, despite her profound relationship with the Savior and her understanding of his secret teachings.
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Recommended Readings:
Meyer - The Nag Hammadi Scriptures - 978-0061626005
King - The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle - 978-0944344583
Tuckett - The Gospel of Mary -978-0199212132
De Boer - The Gospel of Mary: Listening to the Beloved Disciple - 978-0567082640
Brock - Mary Magdalene, The First Apostle - 978-0674009660
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It's worth pointing out for all the textual critique nerds that Gospel of Phillip does not say J kissed M on the mouth. We don't know for sure where he kissed her. The world's most annoying lacuna destroys that particular noun for us. I once had the fantastic opportunity to take a class on the Gospel of Mary and Mary Magdalene with Dr. King (I apologize for being possibly obnoxious and name dropping here, but it was really fucking cool!) My absolute fave memory of grad school was working with Dr. King on my own Coptic fragments translation of Gospel of Mary! One of the things I found for myself was what I call pregnancy imagery in the text. The first thing was the spheres that the soul ascends through. This is standard for soul ascents. But for this text, as you pass from one sphere to the next, it's almost as if you're being born into the next realm. That's because the Coptic uses two interesting verbs that create an overall context of pregnancy and birth. The first is ϫⲡⲟ, which in English is usually rendered to "bring forth" or "get for yourself" but can mean "beget, give birth". The second is ⲟⲩⲥⲱϥ, which is often translated "bring to nought", "destroy" but can also mean "to leave barren". We often see the pregnancy aspect of ϫⲡⲟ in the fairly common translation of Soter's teaching "matter gives birth to a passion" at the beginning of Gospel of Mary. But I think understanding a following teaching as "give birth to my peace" instead of "acquire my peace" fits the theology of the text better. Also, the pregnancy aspect of ⲟⲩⲥⲱϥ changes Wrath's accusation of the soul as being "a destroyer of realms" ("space conquerer" in King) to "one who leaves realms barren". Unwieldy in English, but true to the imagery and theology of the text. Each of these verbs is used 3 times. Only Soter uses ϫⲡⲟ and ⲟⲩⲥⲱϥ is only used when relating Mary's version of the Soter's teaching. Anyways, sorry for the wall of text! I know I suck because of it, but Gospel of Mary is my jam!! I could bore you to death about this book. Thanks for this fantastic episode, sir!
This sheds light on what I've been chewing on lately, I almost feel silly for not accepting before. Well done, Dr. Sledge!
I believe he said make her male, as in think of her as equal in spirit, so her word of God would be taken seriously. If people only understood the teachings of Christ Consciousness 🤷♀️🐝
Correct me if I am wrong, But as I understand things, in the days when Jesus was to have been crucified, the laws of that time did not allow women other than mothers and wives to attend to executions, is this correct? I am pretty sure it is this law or rule that made some question the relationship between Mary Magdalen and Jesus. Love your content and appreciate you sharing your understandings with the rest of us.
I can explain a few things if you'd like to discuss. For one, all of creation in flesh is considered to be female. God or the creator spirit is what enters into all of creation. Creation is the chalice of the spirit. To become as a man is actually to have the original spirit clear and clean of any lowly thoughts or views. To fly
🤙 Aloha. Levi speaking to Peter: "If the Savior considered her to be worthy, who are you to disregard her? For He knew her completely and loved her steadfastly." Mary 10:9-10
Yep, Levi had a drop a dime on Peter. ouch ;)
Woof!
You can consume room temperature water much faster than cold water, standing-under an umbrella. 🔥 in The Tibetan book of the dead , introduction to awareness : "However learned and knowledgable ... one who's mouth has actually tasted molasses, does not need (others) to explain its taste." Although, if it was tasted 1st & you were not aware of what it was....... Mystical Experience.
"For He knew her completely" Perhaps carnally as well then...
Mahalo!
"Thanks JC." 😂😂😂 What's kind of crazy is that everything Jesus told her and she tried to preach, was pretty much what I discovered through my spiritual awakening. Which to me says she was likely speaking more truth than all the other disciples and their gospels. And I grew up Christian! I've stepped away from religion, but my relationship to the Creator/Source/Spirit/God/Christ Consciousness is more solid now than it ever was as a "Christian".
Love and light! I love your message of wisdom! I have also been going through a spiritual awakening for the past year and have been recently adding meditation to my daily activities. It has helped me tremendously when it came to my own discipline and control over my thoughts and emotions.
As an agnostic, I have never considered a Christian gospel to be convincing until now. This feels so true and genuine on an intuitive level that it's very intriguing and so interesting. I really want to learn more now
for an agnostic you sire sound very gnostic 😝
Once considered myself an atheist and then agnostic.... came full circle to realize a shitty Catholic or Heritic comes closer to the mark... keep seeking...cheers
i think you are getting gnosis my dude. its instinctual
In irony the original Christian philosophy was just and only that, men made it a religion and even hand picked all for it leaving over half the source material out even tried to burn all of it from the sands of history but we got lucky monks in Egypt were buried with those lost texts, proving there was no missing years of Jesus and he was guess what a mortal with a wife hmmmmm why is that so hard to accept for them I wonder even still...
@@heliosgnosis2744 What are you talking about. Could you elaborate a bit more and provide some sources, i really would like to learn more
When the student is ready, the teacher appears. I treat my KZhead algorithm as Life putting different perspectives into my awareness. Your thoughts and theories are grounded, learned, and respectful. Fantastic work ❤
I do too! Except my algorithm got thrown off recently
Yep, Algol the demon star. Going to be interesting to watch the occultism emerge from those who use it as their North Star
@@Dodgevairuuummmm, what?
So glad I’m not the only one! I think my spirit guides are using KZhead to guide me. It took me a while to figure it out! I used to wonder how KZhead was reading my mind because I would just think of something, not put it into words, and it would pop up on KZhead! Ha. Now I get what’s going on, I think! 🙂
Beautifully said. I do the same thing but always called it synchronicities. But i love how you defined it.
Grew up (Catholic) thinking of Mary as the "reformed sex worker" so I'm glad to hear that all that was just misogynistic propaganda. Girl deserves way more props than she gets! Excellent video!
Yep, I was happy to be able to double down on this episode - it's amazing how much content can be found in an otherwise brief fragment of a text!
The Catholic Church rejected that antique conflation of the Marys a few decades ago, and apologized. But as you read this text, with which I'm acquainted, I'm struck for the first time how Peter and Andrew gaslight her! (Maybe because I've only just learned that word.) And they proffer an Argument Ad Feminam -- a sister of the Argument Ad Hominem -- against the possibility of her knowing anything they don't. I hate crying "Patriarchy" every time AAF rears its head, but "Who you gonna believe, me or your own lying eyes?" must have been among us as long as language has.
Ummm no where in the bible does it say she was a prostitute
what's wrong with sex workers?
@@Piccolo_Sun is that an argument against working under capitalism?
It's really interesting to me how this version of Christianity shared so much in common with Hinduism and to a lesser extent Buddhism. What a different world we could have been living in.
👁️✨👁️ aloha it is said Great minds think alike
It makes the rumor of Jesus trip to India during his 12 lost years more believable as well.
He did go to India and studied from all the monks. There are records for it in some of the old buddhist temples
@@mikipagado3114 They have records of Issa, Son of God in the Jagannath Temple in Puri.
@@mikipagado3114 The documents. regarding the travels of Christ inI India are in the Hemis Gumpha in Ladakh, India.
I feel like I’ve known this all my life. God is within you
amen 🙏🏽
The kingdom of heaven is within. ✌️💙💡
@@paulchamberlain8355 that's why you meet God when tripping on mushrooms
The Divine Feminine will be revealed ! Thank you !
When I was in 5th or 6th grade I read a book on the Dead Sea Scrolls. That was a kind of reverse epiphany. Having grown up nominally Catholic until then. I was suddenly introduced to the concepts of J, E, D and P sources and an early Church that was perhaps more Gnostic or mystical and less like what we call Christianity today. Needless to say it kind of shook whatever faith I had. Around the same time someone gave me a book on Mindfullness, thinking that it would be good for an ADHD kid to chill out. Here I am now a Buddhist watching a Jewish guy talking about Gnosticism and non-canonical gospels.
Wow. Allow me this brief digression Just reminds urself this; Nirvana is Not what the Christ wants....
@@HeroOfTime303 Absolutely. That s the Hugest challenge for alll souls. Christ is in us..We r in Him. Ego is the parassite. Alien black goo..
@@kanlamat1372 yes, men need to know that their ego needs to be checked at the gate.
@@Lee91522 juicy image u gave me 😊🙏
Love it! Now that's life!
“There is no death. Only a change of worlds.” - Chief Seattle [Seatlh], Suquamish Chief
To me this looks like a historical example of a very intelligent (and well educated) woman who, in a man’s world, uses her proximity to the dominant male to, in his non-presence, proclaim teachings that are far more philosophically advanced than neither the dominant male nor his male apostles could ever have spawned or developed by their own efforts and abilities. Thanks so much for this intriguing video.
She was for sure not a prostitute, but an independent female who worked and refuses to obey a husband which is one and the same to them....
Well. Said.
In 1984, while residing with a very spiritual psychic woman, in Dallas Texas, she received guests that were two Episcopalian Monks. These two Monks had sought refuge in the Episcopalian church after a significant falling out with the Vatican. They both had been priests working in the Vatican. One of them worked in the legendary Vatican library, keeping track of things, making sure things were in good order. One day he came upon a book called 'The Book of Mary' ... I assume he read it but I'm not sure. I don't even know what language it was written in. I was quite young at the time and most certainly much more immature in my understanding and importance of such events and stories and I didn't really know what questions to ask. He decided to show the book to his superiors, insisting that it needed attention. This was not well received and he was told to put it back where he found it. But he persevered in his insistence and gathered the support of a colleague, the other Monk he now traveled with who also was also a priest at the Vatican. I guess the two of them made an unwelcome ruckus to the point that they said they literally feared for their lives and fled the Vatican. Refuge was found with the Episcoplians and they granted them into an order of Monks, where they stayed. I wish I had been older and wiser when I encountered them.
This is the first time in my life where I have felt calm while listening to, and connected to, a piece of Christianity. Her gospel aligns moreso with the spiritual views I've had for years than most other things I've read from any religion, let alone something coming from Christianity. Thanks for sharing this!
Well that's because this text is way too reflective of actual experienced reality about human relationships and the varying power that is almost always entailed in organised ideologies - to be anything other than pretty close to the truth. Um... Well in fact I think this IS the truth about what it's all about in a practical sense.
It sounds like perhaps you only know the old testament which actually is a Bible for Judaism rather than Christianity, although most doctrinal Christians appear to be obsessed with it. I've never really been able to reconcile the old testament in myself. I recommend reading Jesus' actual teachings, the new testament and the Essene/Gnostic teachings of the Nag Hammadi. Jesus was extremely against organised religion and simply taught us how to correct ourselves and to learn how to transcend this existence, because we are currently trapped in Satan's world.
I'm glad you and more ppl are exposed to this Gospel. The patriarchy has corrupted the scriptures... So having the balance of the female teachings is marvellous.
Lovely! Thank you for pointing out these teachings from that time that are in alignment with the teaching to awakening from 'A Course in Miracles'.
Right?? I very much agree with you!!
This video helped me get past a case of writer's block! It was Peter's jealousy of Mary Magdalena, the only disciple who truly understood Christ consciousness, that led to Catholic dogma to castrate the divine feminine from the divine masculine, separating eros from agape, body from spirit. That's an underlying theme in my next book, but I needed to understand this to be able to write the ending. Thank you.
Don’t forget that Paul helped it along too!!
@@michellemorris-jensen7668 I have a section involving him, too.
@@lobotomyboy666 I’d be very interested in reading your work on this.
Don't forget it's all about the super-conscious (Christ consciousness), the harmony and balance first within 😘☯️ These feminine (trust, receiving, intuition) and masculine (question, action, knowing) are within every single one of us. It's all parable and metaphor because this whole reality is metaphysical. As above, so below. The alpha and the omega. I am. ❤❤❤
@@asolidB Yes. I get very tired of the masculine equals spirit and feminine equals body or matter that’s pushed on us .
Being born and raised a Catholic, and visiting other Christian Churches over my years I have found my connection and peace in spiritual teachings of Tolle and Deepak. I was told of the Gospel of Mary today during a religious discussion with a friend. I decided to look into it. I am shook to my core. So much more makes sense. The inner conflict I have had about what I was taught, what I have learned of different religions and what I could feel begins to make sense. I will be searching and learning more. As one person commented I have found my way here because I am ready. Thank you!
Dr. Elaine Pagels has been teaching this gospel along with others that never made it into the Bible to the Trappist monks in Old Snowmass, Colorado, helping them to see that there early Christian sources for lessons concerning mystical spirituality. Formerly they had turned to Asian traditions, namely Buddhist Sutras and the lke.
When you hear the truth, a spark is lit. Welcome home🙏♥️
Check out the other lost apostles gospels. Tomas, Philip, Judas, and more. The Catholic church ordered many texts destroyed when they were organizing the church. There was a ton of corruption for control. They chose Paul's teachings. He was the one who hunted down Jesus's apostles. Persecuted them. Many people were murdered and burned alive. Ironic? Massive cover-up? Also the beginning and other parts of his gospel is believed to be forged and added much later. The Catholic church wanted control and have a massive library hidden, along with what was destroyed. I hope we find more that was hidden away and saved.
We are missing the feminine. They were jealous of her.
@@MontanaPDX The catholic church has not changed very much but the latest pope is trying hard to see things differently. The catholics I know are steeped in fear and convinced there is a thing called hell. Fire and brimstone taught to keep them quivering on their knees and terrified to leave the church! It was mostly by design just for that reason. I'm happy you have followed your instinct and know you've been bamboozled. 😉💕
Mary is my hero, I feel her spirit has guided me much of my life. It amazes me how her gospel reflects perfectly the Course in Miracles discription of Spiritual reality. I dare say the missing four pages of her Gospel would speak greatly of the forgiveness of our brothers unto our owne salvatioin.
So glad you mention a course in miracles, very much in alignment!
What Mary says has always been true, is true and will always be true. Many have written of their experience of that perfection that dwells in us all, but few demand to know it. "Forgiveness" is shorthand for a way to clear the mind so we can see and hear and feel what we truly are, but have forgotten, the original Self that was made in the image and likeness of God, of Love, of Light, of Spirit. "Fear" is all that is not Love, so "forgiveness" can be also "clearing the mind of guilt, anger, sorrow..." "All healing is essentially the release of fear", the release of all that is not Love. "Fear" and Love are opposites, like water and oil. "Perfect Love casts out fear", so where fear is, Love is not; where Love is, fear is not. The Course touches on the deeper teachings of Jesus, the mystery teachings that Mary and Thomas and Jesus speak of, especially in Chapter 18, "Beyond the Body" - "What could God give but Knowledge of Himself?"
14:18 "Christ kissed her on the mouth" and the When a blind man and one who sees are both together in the darkness, they are no different from one another. But when the light comes, then he who sees will see the light and he who is blind will remain in darkness. This immediately made me think "The lips of Wisdom are closed except to the ears of understanding." Mary has always personified Wisdom. Light bulb moment for me. Thx!
This whole thing really puts the story of Christ into a different light. This confirms for me what I've felt like I was guided too my whole life by probably the light. Christianity has always felt like swiss cheese in terms of context and logic with what his teachings even are. I mean idk about you, friend, but all I can really recall from the new testament in the bible ( mind you I'm 31 and haven't read the bible in 15ish years) was God > all, Jesus = god, follow the light. More like rules then actual spiritual leadership to salvation. I'm so dumbfounded by watching this video because I can't explain how I ended up with very similar beliefs/understanding since growing up and when I would get down these spiritual rabbit holes I felt the presence of something warm and very loving like hinting hey bud your getting it.
So, Our Lady of Guadalupe revealed what had happened to me in an internal vision of Dazzling White Light and then seeing beyond it into the most Brilliant Blue Sky. Before the vision left me a silhouette of a lip print appeared in the distance of this vast blue sky. A year later I purchased a book titled, “Am I not your Mother?” It explains that similar to when God breathed life into man, Jesus chooses His Mothers lips as the instrument to breath life, immortal life into our souls. And Jesus allowed me to witness this while I was going about a normal day of choirs, not even in prayer, the vision came to me. And my response a year later…, “How is it that the Mother of my God should come to me?!” I was certainly visited in a Divine Mountaintop Illumination of my soul! The bottom line message for me, lean not on my own understanding. Let God be God. For me the Divine KISS will always remind me to “Keep It Simple Son”. May I Love Jesus with that same burning Love of Mary Magdalene, Amen!
Twin Flames.
@@bradynorman7174 beautiful and may you also love wisdom as Jesus loved Mary.
@@lindabrown6545 the only one, she is the feminine christ which she is the heart and he is the mind, emotion is her, logic is him, the demons are the frequencies of life that create, he taught her how to accept herself despite what others say because they were jealous she was meant to be his wife. She is lady wisdom in her human body, she is Mother Nature, she tried to erase herself from life because the spirits of envy stabbed her in her heart and she believed the lies because she was performing a divine intervention for her bestfriend. the bestfriend was not true and truth of how she really felt killed her heart. she walked away from life as a sacrafice for the world because she got tired of being envied for being loved because she truly loved GOD. Jesus broken heart manifests the end times this resurrecting Jesus through her sacrafice. She did it because she was a mother and the only thing that could break her heart was losing her family, and the worlds rage and ignorance against Jesus mixed with the Jealousy and Envy many had towards Mary for being the one Jesus Loved and the only one who could distract him because she is his miracle and gift. Humanities Jealousy and her choosing to heal it, to clear the fear of GOD and to awaken the Love of GOD and heal the Wrath of GOD she had to become the Holy Spirit and hidden in the spiritual realms until she would be protected when she was created. She knew his true love for her was so pure , and she knew her love for him was so pure and unconditional. All of Creation is invested in her heart and she walked away so Jesus could finish the mission and in the process many spirits tried to take her place and gained much power and followers, she begged GOD to just take her and let the people live and GOD told her, she couldn’t die because she is Heaven in body, so instead her death is living watching humanity fail and disrespect GOD and false prophet their story which is the love story of all creation through the understanding and experience of Masculine and Feminine Energy. Male & Female are gifts and roles for a reason. The world was cursed with her death because GOD created her to be the voice , and humanity would learn her role and place, the woman is the only one who can birth a child, she told GOD take her, save Jesus. She died for love , so love Lived for her and activated the land. In her death she gained respect from all GODs in the spiritual realm, thus granting her the crown. She merged with Jesus in Marriage thus giving Christ Consciousness Life and Resurrecting GODs Heart, Jesus fate reversed and his physical death was denied and his eternal life granted. Humanity is going through the trials she went through in death, Covid is a faith check to prepare us and warn us of the second coming which is her, when she speaks the truth of life and gives humanity one last chance to listen to lady wisdom, with GODs logic her love for all creation will allow our bodies to choose life according to GODs plan with us complete unity and peace through Manual labor and the teaching of all responsibilities of life to upgrade all humans to GOD sized faith and abilities when we accept we are equal . She hid in humanity to protect Jesus when the Time came. Donald trump was the trumpet as the hidden Antichrist in society which is Satan. Society was created from communities that took the church out of state and allowed the world and its ignorance to destroy creation out of fear and ignorance and the inability to see love in everything . She gave up her role as his wife to protect their children that they had in other relationships to help take on the karma and understanding and respect child birthing in this cruel world, each child represents a different part of them both, created to protect the other through anything the other may have within them that they need to protect from seeing it in a external part of the other. It’s through raising their children as single parents and her offering Jesus the opportunity to marry someone else worthy in her place because much of the world hated her. Mary doesn’t submit she is creation herself, she had to learn balance in respect of all parents because she is mother of all creation , Spirits are Emotions , Mother Nature Cries for it is her Heart , but she is the human remote of unconditional love enslaved in creation constantly dying inside, any moment we lose a member of our family which is all of creation due to our ignorance and hardened hearts. It’s our mockery of love that created his wrath because he lost the only one he truly loved all because people wanted his power and ability to heal through their love and logic. she was shy and silent and genuinely loving and caring and the world was cruel and she was forgiving until it involved her children and a mothers love ended the spiritual war and broke her free of all spiritual war breaking all curses placed on her by anyone , she still protects, but she also hides in humanity because she loves everything & noones truky satisfied with her and she feels unappreciated and beyond disrespected. The blood is the sexual abuse she endured to understand many pain and the shame and distrust , the private areas are where the soul houses faith, when broken your life force leaks and death begins to fill unless you learn to truly love and accept yourself despite the cruel words of those hidden haters , her forgiveness saved her, and Satan died because she learned the truth and GOD loved her so much because she loved everything just as much as he. Their soul is the omnipresence she is Omnia and he is Omni. Their true identity , revealed when they would be safe from destruction and granted their peace. Faith is Key , preparing is what’s needed, ask GOD for the whole truth and nothing less than it. & then pray for optimistic solutions in everything , Justice not revenge . if your faith is weak, ask GOD to strengthen and rebuild it with you. Your body your choice, GODs Spirit GODS VOICE. GODS BODY GODS WORLD DIVINE INTERVENTION ONLY GODS INTENTIONS & EXPECTATIONS!
"When a blind man and one who sees are both together in the darkness, they are no different from one another. But when the light comes, then he who sees will see the light and he who is blind will remain in darkness."
Wayyyyy deep 🙏🏾🙏🏾
@@joannamonique707 .
How sensitive
From what text is this?
@@mme856 The Gnostic Gospel of Philip
I love how Jesus gave a so called sinner the message, and those who follow him can’t see the message within the sinner nor can they see themselves in Mary. Jesus provided a huge message in Mary. She is saved, she has faith, she has the word of god within her, she is also a teacher, she is enlightened and beloved regardless of her sin! They are blind to Mary and the lord.
Ummm: the message was to all of us, and we are all sinners here. As were the disciples.
Fine linens
At 74, I have become increasingly disillusioned with a religion that does not recognize that males and females have equal value and equal rights. I look forward to reading the gospel of Mary.
What’s really interesting about her gospel is that it falls in line with most NDE ( near death experiences ) people have. They all claim unconditional love and the return to God ( all that is, the spiritual ) no matter what your life is here. We are after all God having an experience of separation from itself, but ultimately we are meant to return to what we are. This makes so much more sense to me especially after my spiritual awakening.
@Jas Mac me too! He has the best videos!
That’s very Buddhist
@@jennabaram6223 it is very buddhist, indeed
@@HeroOfTime303 I know but I meant it in the context that we are ultimately meant to return to God regardless of the life we live here. Something that is not widely accepted in Christianity because of the notion of hell.
@@HeroOfTime303 yet... doesn’t the Bible also say it’s not about ‘merit’ and your ‘good deeds’? That is the problem with the Bible. It makes no sense however much you want to try to make sense out of it. It’s not complete and it’s not translated properly either. Not only it’s based on a lot of interpretation and assumption because there were far less words back, we don’t know context because we don’t know what people actually meant, there are intentional mistranslations as well and I could go on forever. You need additional sources to understand the Bible so YOU make no mistake, whatever you say, it’s just YOUR belief at the end of the day. That’s why it’s called FAITH, you choose to believe this, it does not mean you are also right. That’s why there are so many religions and even so many different interpretations within one religion. Also, those commandments are to love God and to love one another. Jesus told you that all law shall hang on these 2 commandments. So relax. Be kind and love unconditionally.
I have been told by a friend much of this and it is lovely to hear it from you. Mary Magdalene was blessed with vision and light. The more I learn about Gnosticism, the more I think it is much more truthful than Christianity. Much more loving for sure. Less sexist and allows women the spiritual leadership they need. Go Mary M!
in my FamilLy is .... was no Magd.alena would like To ask : which girls ... woman have girl namen Magdalene? Magda? .
@@andrealuisecandido1154 Magdala means she was he woman from the city of Magdala.
Protestantism shares this gnostic approach,
Its not truthful in anyway and nor does the Gospel of Mary conclude that it is Magdalene at all The Bible isn't sexist unless you want it to be
You need to reread the gospels if you think it doesn't want woman in leadership
I really respect this Rabbi and his openness of the story of this ancient time. He is so direct and candid. I trust his interpretations of various stories and characters of Biblical times.
"A Gnostic Rom Com with George Clooney and Julia Roberts in the staring rolls?!" I laughed until tears came down. You are a funny man.
Lmao, i know right?! that was great😁
My wife said, "This guy!" which prompted the like and search for this comment.
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Is gospel the combination of the words gnosis and spell?
For more go to Esoteric Atlanta where she reads & discusses Mary Magdalene Manuscripts & The Sophia Code. Brice (the narrator) studied the real yoga in India for 11 yrs.
@@derekstaroba No. "Gospel" is the Old English translation of the Greek "euaggelion". Etymologically, it's "gōdspel" (gōd "good" + spel "news").
@@gustavovalladares5296 or good are into my logically related and God comes from Galt which is old German Norse for Odin andAnd and spell is obvious but news is obviously some form of knowledge which is gnosis
7:38 I'm so glad you mentioned that in Eastern Christianity/Orthodox Christianity we don't view Mary as a prostitute, that was only from the last century because of all the Catholic media and movies portraying Mary Magdalene as a prostitute instead of a woman who got 7 demons exorcised from her as well as being a wealthy financial backer for Jesus. It's really sad to see in Catholic Christianity so many of the Mary characters being amalgamated into just two.
Eastern orthodox Christianity (syriac/armenian/coptic) does teach she's a prostitute. Well, today, at least. Idk when they "started" teaching that...
I went to Church even before I was born. Spent my life in Christian teachings & "Church" & at the age of 45, entered Seminary: searching for "TRUTH". I was Judged so HARSHLY by family & church members for attending a "Liberal" Seminary; I Left the "Church". After graduation, I began studying 'other' religions or beliefs. This OPENED my mind to many possibilities in which the "Church" has strictly SHUT the door. I hope I live to see the day when the "HONEST" teachings come to view & accepted Universally as Truth.
Mary Magdalene for the win!
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How does this gospel make more sense than everything I learned as a kid? Thank you for this.
Because this beautiful innocent woman is the One who ran the show. My heart has always hurt (since I was a child) for the horrid rumors that were spoken about her. They made it sound as if it were fact. People believed it. Not me though. ❤
The neat trick is that "she wrote it" which is highly unlikely. Even the four gospels of orthodoxy are code names for the four gospels chosen by the councils of Christians after Marcion and the other Gnostics had grabbed up several books with no apostolic tradition. As to conflating Marys...mary is a vulgate european term for the woman, the lady...so a lot of the women's stories in the orthodox and gnostic writings ended up using the code name....that has caused confusion. Later religious fan fiction by early Christians to Jesus Christ Superstar has run with this theme like some rabbinical medieval fictions inserted the succubus goddess Lilith in....and some modern people circle to it. Logically if prayer is a connection to The Father, using The Spirit left to you on Earth by The risen Son (who was the corporeal manifestation as described/predicted in Isaiah) then if a text held as accurate as possible for over 1900 years, by a hundred sects, studied by the faithful....being totally wrong means the predicate mentioned above is totally wrong....and you were always on your own.
This is basically what mormonism teaches. That Jesus had a wife during his lifetime, and though we don't flat out say it was Mary, It's kind of implied it was. To understand mormonism you have to throw out all your modern conceptions of christianity and think more along the lines of alchemy. But since alchemy is heretical to modern day christianity, mormonism is considered heretical, and why most Christians hate it. To say things like, "Hey, God has a wife because to become divinity, you need to have another half and therefore divinity is actually dual natured" is considered bad. That's why the most important covenants in the temple are to be sealed to your partner. Because that's what the ultimate goal of alchemy is, to create the mythical Rebus.
@@crothschild Mary = yeshe tzogyal
@@Lee91522 that is because you believed the rumor like you did with the bible.
Radically just like Jesus, who bucked all the cultural conventions of the day. For those with ears to hear, eyes to see, and heart of faith to believe. ⚘♥️🕊👣🛐
We are here to learn lessons to bring us closer to the perfect one source, what some call God. I believe in reincarnation, giving us many opportunities to develop spiritual enlightenment. This gospel makes much sense to me. There is no hell, except our having to experience the pain and suffering we inflicted on others.
I never thought I would listen to a talk on such an esoteric subject and break out into laughter. Brilliantly done. So interesting this topic.
The knowledge that this place is temporary as we are and the trueness of ourselves is all that matters, is such a terrifying concept for some but so liberating for others of us, thank you for your teachings, we appreciate this exploration
Eternal Truth
It truly is wonderful to finally find something that confirms how I’ve felt all my life!!
"All the Prophet Ladies!" This made me giggle so hard. I love the way in which you share this content. Thank you.
Same! I was, like, is he parodying Beyoncé?! Hahaha This guy is awesome.
Greatly appreciated this video...I walked the Camino on the Vezelay Route in central France, which is dedicated to Mary Magdalene and found dazzling old paintings, frescoes throughout which bare witness to her significance. ❤
When you truly and deeply love someone , you tend to feel a divine warm glove encircling your heart (mostly in the loved ones presence) I think this is an aspect that is fundamental to understanding the story of Maria of Magdala!
Most fundamental.....is that we need to feel this deep, unconditional love for our own selves first....only then can we truly love others
Good analogy!
Dr. Sledge I cannot thank you enough for spending your time and making these videos. You have taught me so much in just the short time. I have listened to your teachings. I had no idea what esoterica was before last year. I've always had that drive to learn more and to be open minded. I would put my ear bud in at work while I was loading and unloading trailers. And listen to your videos. I believe it is very important to learn our history that was passed down from our ancestors that were highly educated and wanted to give us the answers to our past. And I am greatful that there are people in this world that are willing to continue that tradition and pass it on to others. Thank you.
When I meditate, Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist come into my mind. I am not a religious person so it is so surprising to me that this happens.
They may be your spiritual guides in this life
She likes to be called “Maggie” as per YT channel Esoteric Atlanta.
You might have belonged to the same lineage.
You mean John the baptist who's name is concealed in the gospels because the truth was he was Judah the son of Jesus
@@I_amJudah0509 John was Judah, the son of Jesus? How could that be if they were contemporaries?
the little girl who grew up catholic is crying at the end of this video essay, thank you doc
I can’t help but wonder what a different world this might be if everyone were considered equally
Exactly. Jesus taught us that he was only more evolved in Spirit and that we each had the exact same capacity within us to obtain his level of connection to Christ - The Divine Mind- Divine Guidance from within. That's why they shut him up, disrupting the status quo by informing beings of their own personal power and reminding them, that they too are of God.
Jesus was the great equalizer.
That starts with us you know. Be the change you want to see in the world. The seeds that plants will grow in people you inspire.
@@musicmavenpublishing2265 And is now under attack for it by some really nasty right wing nuts. Preachers have been told that they shouldn’t be teaching ‘that liberal stuff’ or ‘communist stuff’ when they teach the Sermon on the Mount. They are trying to turn it upside down-like the LDS has done since the start, and like the ‘prosperity gospel’ preachers do. It’s sickening.
I love the mixture of scholarly wisdom and hilarious remarks popping up from time to time 😂❤ excellent channel
Dr. Sledge, your work is giving me life. Thank you for your humor and your objectivity in delivering the facts.
I love the saying, " curiosity killed the cat ", as my curiosity is insatiable.....but then my clever Mother would say, " But satisfaction brought it back".....thus from an early age, I was grasping the concepts of gnostic teachings of reincarnation......LOL... && of course Mary Magdalene being the forerunner to depict the essence of Divine Feminine. We have finally reached a pivotal time in humanity where the truth is inevitably brought forth to us in perfect Divine timing. Genders are not to compete for a hierarchical position that does not exist, but to harmonize instead...
Excellent video! You mentioning Pistis Sophia several times really makes me want to hear your take on that massive text. That should be quite the interesting video whenever you get around to it (hopefully sooner than later).
I really do want to get to it but, it's a massive text though and the standard (brill) edition is costly. Doesn't get the attention it deserves that's for sure.
I’m a devotee of Santa Muerte, and when I saw the photo of the Relic of Mary Magdalene, I gasped! It looks like a golden statue of her! That’s so awesome! I couldn’t help but feel it was a sign of the divine feminine. How exciting. I payed closer attention to the Magdalena’s mysteries after that. Thanks so much for your continued badassery! Love you and your work! Also, you are hilarious!!! I guffawed at your casting of Clooney as Jesus 😂
#dreamboatjesus
Have watched and read stuff about Hollywood’s portrait of Jesus through the years. I watched a Dock about a wandering Rishi in Nepal or some such place and felt that I got more insight into Jesus’ life as a teacher from that than any Hollywood version.
Ha I thanks for your reply. Strangely enough I renounced possessions and the world as a youth to become a wandering teacher / preacher and it was the most liberating thing I have ever done. The comparison of John the Baptist to the babas and rush is is interesting and quite apt. Christianity became an urban religion but as I am sure you are aware the ascetic aspect was revived in the Syrian and Egyptian deserts. I am often surprised at the resonances between the teaching and practice prescribed in the Philolakia ( Orthodox Christian spiritual instruction) and the Buddhist Sutras. Not that I am suggesting the dependence of one on the other . I think they both struck the same wellsprings if the human psyche.
@@haniamritdas4725 Thanks Hani, yes Alexandria what an amazing melting pot of everything! I am hoping in the not too distant future to do a bit of investigation into the spirituality of the various Australian Aborigine language groups. Being completely independent of Hellenistic, Persian, Indian, or Chinese cultural and religious influences it may prove to reveal a lot about a seperate human experience/ endeavour if the spirit. Yes kindred spirits! Peace and Health to you Hani.
@@haniamritdas4725 you struck on some really fascinating matters, like how much the "Old World" cultures rubbed off on each other. Joseph Campbell started me on the path of Comparative Religion decades ago,and I've found the lens of "syncretism ' to be indispensable. The cultures that really pulled me in was the Achaemenid Persian Empire and how it connected Greece to India. You may be familiar with the artwork of Gandhara,where sculptures and paintings of the Buddha were created in a distinctly Hellenic style.
The Urantia Book talks about Mary Magdalene as a female apostle and provides the most enlightening description of Jesus’ relationship with her and a dozen of female apostles, all of them fulfilling a similar mission as the male apostles. Your video brings even some confirmation to the Urantia story of the life of Jesus. Very interesting! Thank you for this chapter!
Your bravery and open mindedness is appreciated. I believe Jesus and Mary had a family. I believe their children live today. Peace and blessings. 🌀.Make your Consecration to Mary and Honor All Women!"Ascension of Mary"
Totally! Why wouldn't they? It would be bad for business if people thought this of Jesus 🙄
Watching your show while sculpting and having my morning coffee is sooo relaxing! You never fail to deliver great content! Blessings be with you. 😊
Your username says it all
Sounds like the dream 😄
This is the SIGN I needed to know that I am on the right Path. THANK-YOU INFINITELY! I personally am experiencing that the conversation that you start with your own soul lasts forever, but you must believe in yourself and stay true to yourself... forever!
The sheer respect with which you approach all the texts you discuss is inspiring, thank you.
Thank you!! Women really do have a part to play in Christianity more than people realise. We are more important now more than ever!
gender is merely an attribute of the flesh, insignificant to the true self. neither men nor women are important, the light within us is.
@@monikadeinbeck4760 then why did God create male and female in genesis 1 v27 in his image???
@@mamalou2670 if god created male and female in his image, what gender does god have?
@@monikadeinbeck4760 from all accounts I've read we think God is a male 😆
@@mamalou2670 please take the time to think about my question carefully. if male AND female are created in the image of God, God cannot be male.
I'm so glad you did an episode on Mary Magdalene - I was researching her not too long ago because I wanted to know more about her character. To see if what I was taught at Catholic school was true/how much of her character was hidden by misogyny or the pickiness of Catholic scripture. I've never clicked a video faster lol. Love your channel - you've got me completely enraptured by esotericism now!
I was just thinking that if I was taught even half the things I am learning here about Christianity, who knows, I might still be Catholic, heck I might have entered the priesthood. Instead, with all the BS post-council doctrines, I was done by senior year high school.
Understanding the soul is the same as knowing yourself. To love others you must first know and love yourself. Then you can begin to enjoy the freedom of serving others. Having low expectations means getting everything you want.
I keep learning so much on your channel. Thank you!
Found this with divine timing. Been feeling anxious with the change and upheaval in the world, and feel it is a deeply spiritual continuation of our sacred story. I believe the divine feminine and our inner self discoveries as a species is happening quicker, especially with Iran, and I believe you’re helping spread that awakening. Blessings to us all
I'm with you!
This was really well said! Thank you for sharing!
I am not sure how I found your page but I have wanted to do this work all of my life. Knowledge that everyone discards, I want to know all about it and spend decades immersed in it. I am looking forward to more of your work. Thank You!
I see that you belong in my Soul Family. We are all beginning to see each other. It's beautiful to see you.
Super! I've been a student of A Course in Miracles and this story rings true! New subscriber and I will forward this on and on ☮️💛🍒
so grateful for your channel its what I ve been searching for quite a while, sir. thank you...
Yes love it when you cover gnostic topics. You’re quickly becoming my favorite teacher.
Watching this makes me feel like all I have studied from pre School, high school and University is literally ZERO
Thank you for explaining one of my dear Saint Magdalene and her teachings .🙏
This is my first time to your channel and I just loved your exploration of this text - clear, accessible, even entertaining. Thank you!
You just like it because it appears that you look like the thumbnail picture ;) thanks!
Thank you, I am on my own spiritual path with the divine feminine, thank you for sharing this.
in the last few years I've had insights that line up with the gospel of Mary without having read it but know it just from listening to your talk in this video.
Love your stuff man! Very well produced, and full of great information and holds my attention!
Very well done! Thank you so much, Dr. Sledge. Compelling and fascinating as always.
Thanks - it was a fun one to make. Thought-provoking stuff
WOWOWOW. I am FLOORED . With this video topic. With the way it was taught . With the book sources displayed at the end for further inquiry if desired . I have not been moved by a teacher on KZhead like this in YEARS!! Had to come in here and personally THANK YOU 🙏🏼 for being so refreshing and with a sense of humor ! I loved school so much and this video reminded me of what I loved about having great professors in my lifetime . Teachers are a gift from God , especially eloquent ones! Just found this page tonight and I am SOOOO excited to delve into more of your videos ! Thank you & God Bless 🙏🏼
Fellow student, so good to see you here, excited to learn! YT has many good teachers, and Justin is way up there among them!
Thank you 🙏.. this has really helped me understand, what happened to me in my path. I never felt the way I do now at any church, yet by truly turning inward have found the greatest treasure I’ve ever known.
I like the way you present the topic and how your message is delivered. I will do my best to support your channel and spread the word of what you are doing. Thanks for the effort.
Your channel teaches me all the things I wanted to learn in church as a child, but couldn't. Just now nailed down why I've found myself so drawn to it.
Same here.
Love this! This gospel is half of the inspiration behind my name💕
Mine as well, sister!
Yep here too.
@@Cherub72 oh Google wouldn't take my name. Yes it has a G, MaryMagdalene.Many Blessing
Mine too. I am a Virgo Sun and Aries Moon. Mary the.mother of Jesus was a Virgin, and astrologer Linda Goodman once said Mary Magdalene was an Aries. My entire astrological chart and the number of my name and date of birth according to numerology have mirrored Mary Magdalene's. Even my family's genealogical line traces to Scotland through Robert the Bruce. I am not saying I am Mary or Marty Magdalene reincarnated. I don't know all there is to know about the soul after death. But I do believe part of her spirit is in me, as is Christ's spirit. It gives me inspiration, although many times in life I have felt it was a burden to carry.
Love this talk, Dr. Sledge. Thank you so much!
Blessed is he with eyes that see and ears that hear. Truly you are filled with The Spirit of Truth. Good bless you and God bless us all. 💖🙏💖
This channel needs to be wider known… Love your work Dr Sledge. Thank you.
excellent video. the gospel reminds me of my favorite sections of the first few chapters of the Upanishads. i.e. "What is the thing that lives behind the eyes, what is the spirit (energy) that breaths life unto all things."
Mia aevpp
Thank you for this. I truly appreciate your explanation on this precious works. 🔥 🙏
its been a pleasure watching your channel grow! Well done and congratulations on your success
I’ve been waiting for you do an episode of Mary Magdalene. Thank you so much! ❤🎉
This is so interesting! Imagine the cultural difference this could have made if it hadn't been disregarded for the main Christian teachings... what better world we could be living in. Thanks for sharing this!
You know these text were written in the second and third century long after the gospels right? They were written by people with no connection to the early common era.
@@Lambinoyt though the canonical texts (most of them) of the New Testament were decided upon in 393 CE at the Synod of Hippo. So this could have been included if known.
@@LambinoytHm…kinda like good old Paul? Or even worse, the Revelation of John? Stop already.
@@JD-ul8quoh, it was known. It wasn’t useful to those tyrants. They only wanted scary, misogynist crap so they had easily controlled populations. SMH.
I love Gospel of Thomas b/c it seems like an Upanishad in a sea of tracts and encyclopedia entries. One of very few Christian-voice texts that strikes me as actually coming from an illumined or enlightened mind.
Shalom Shalom Dr. Justin. That was a great lesson. Much love my Brother.
Thank you so much for this as it helps to confirm the spiritual journey I am on.
This was just what I needed today. So much information, but also with a few interesting little esoteric tidbits to mull over later. Thank you!
Just thought I’d share something that took me a long time to really see and feel when reading all religious texts. That is that they are the voice of god. What is gods language? It is vibration/geometry and the relationships between angles. So the part about marry becoming male in the gospel of Thomas, is a reference to geometry and polarization (male/female) of the tetrahedra resonant geometric net underlying this dimension/reality. There are many levels to these readings, as you know, one of which is using people characters and relationships to reference geometry and relationships of angles and axioms. This is also why geometry is essential to understanding. It’s amazing that these texts can be read and make sense historically and literally, while at the same time sending a perfect and coherent message about the fundamental nature of reality. No matter where you are in your understanding of “god” these texts speak to your level of knowledge. It’s almost like it was written just for you.
I felt like I was breathing this in, rather than listening to it. Absolutely enlightening. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge on these topics that most people would rather not talk about. God bless you.
Difficult topics to do well. You are very engaging and reasonable in your assessments. Thank you for sharing! Enlightening!
Marvelous. I'm delighted by the in-depth ideas, and the more enlightened perspective that accompanies the ancient text. I am an instant fan of this series. 🙂
Happy to have found your channel! An Episcopal Deacon here who loves ancient history and the many forms of its teachings. Much Peace!
Thanks for this wonderful, nuanced expansion on her history and significance. I'd felt a growing kinship with her, and found myself thinking about her and Jesus as a divine couple, and here you are popping up in the algorithm. Many blessings, all!
Fascinating and eye opening, as always with your work. Thank you so much!
Yay! I'm so excited for this one 😻 thank you Dr Sledge, you rock 💜
Thank you, Justin for making a video speaking the truth, yet again! Your channel always helps me win any religious argument.
Thank you for your detailed and calming discussion... I am a believer in Mary Magdalene's teachings and for her enduring love for her beloved Yeshua... May you all be blessed with Mary's unconditional love and faith! 💜✝️🙏
Thanks for all that you speak on here, I have much to study, may peace and blissings be upon you!
This is a wonderful channel. Thanks so much for making these informative and enjoyable videos
Know thyself, no matter what divination you are, JUST KNOW THYSELF👍🏼
Doctor Justin I respect your work, very ethical, clean, transparent. Carrier of the truth. I love all of your videos! Thank you for your knowledge. I’ll make sure to donate to this noble cause! Thank you again ❤️
Excellent, as always! It’s a beyond comprehensive explanation of the gospel of Mary, knowing the social nuances at the historical time when these texts were written is the key to really understanding the true intent of the writers. Ppl forget that we were not alive at that time, so we depend on what was written and by whom, what were their true agendas . 😊
Bravo, Dr. Sledge. This has been one of my favourite videos, from what is already one of my favourite channels. You consistently bring the intrigue out of what is otherwise a laborious and dry study. Truly, you are of those souls who are helping to bring together the truth and the facts into something beautiful. Thank you for all that you do.