#mary of magdala

[weirdlookindog]

William Mortensen - Sappho the Supreme and Melancholy Poetess of Old Greece, 1926

(also known as Mary of Magdala [Dorothy Cumming])

[degenderates]

“Mary Magdalene” (Oil on Canvas), by Georges de la Tour

[lazaretskies]

"Call me Magda. The pleasure is mine, darling."

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OC PREVIEW: Ever asked yourself what would it be like if the pope let me write a sequel to the bible and it's just Mary Magdalene turning those demons in her body into her bitches?

This OC is heavily based on the story of Mary of Magdala — except she learns forbidden magic along the way, makes contracts with inhumane entities, and becomes immortal herself. A person with the powers of a sorceress and the lifespan of a deity - what could possibly go wrong?

Please ask me questions about her, I'm begging.

[arinewman7]

Maria Magdalena

Carlo Crivelli

Tempera on Wood, 1476

[magdalenepie]

mary magdalene always looks so pretty in artwork

[catholic-saint-tournament]

mary mother of jesus wont be counted but can mary magdalene be suggested as a nominee? for feminism?

Don't worry, Mary Magdelene is on the bracket! She's got a ton of stans out there!

[graceandpeacejoanne]

HER STORY: Leaders in the Cause of Christ, Mary of Magdala, a Disciple of Jesus

Like the five men called to be disciples at the beginning of John's Gospel, and the woman at the well in Samaria in Chapter 4, Mary of Magdala's story includes all twelve elements unique to Jesus's call. #MaryMagdalene #John20 #WomanDisciple

Though Mary of Magdala is a well-known figure in the gospels, she is not introduced by name until Jesus’s crucifixion in John’s Gospel (John 19:25). John doesn’t explain who she is, or what her relationship is to Jesus or his family, but there she is, with John and Mary, Jesus’s mother. That alone says how important she was to Jesus’s inner circle. In fact, Mary of Magdala is the only other…

[tomicscomics]

07/22/2022

Mary understands the FUNDamentals.

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. Mary Magdalene is mentioned in the Gospel as someone Jesus saves from demons, after which she's mentioned as a benefactor and ardent follower of His, culminating in her being the first of His disciples to witness His resurrection.  She, a lowly victim of demons, ends up being chosen to bring word of His rising to His apostles. 2. Mary is from the town of Magdala.  Her name, "Mary Magdalene", basically means "Mary of Magdala".  In the final panel of this cartoon, Mary calls herself "Mary of MagDOLLA".  MagDOLLA sounds like Magdala (her hometown), but ends with "dolla" (slang for "dollar" or "money") alluding to the fact that she helps fund Jesus's travels.

[eesirachs]

thinking about relics, about the kind of holding-on that takes such tight grip that bones fracture, undergo diaspora. a femur here, a skull there, a drop of blood on a paper in an attic. what does it mean when remembering is not re-membering at all--but rather something closer to dis-membering? what is lost, and what is gained, when bodies are preserved in disinterment, autopsied, again and again, each feast day? somewhere in between incorruptibility and fleshism is a glimpse at our own faith and its answer to whether or not memory has its teeth in us or the other way around

[villainesses]

me every single episode of the chosen: they are my BESTIES

[conquestioningconquesting]

Mary OF Magdala (which is just the name of a fishing village and appended to her name because Mary was such a common name for Jewish women when she was born)

How are "conversion of Mary" paintings SO damn iconic (get it? fine, it's only a partial pun. these typical scenes were not usually icons)? It's not just strange because it's an example of classic ManBullshit to hyperfixate on a woman's "sexual sins" but because she was never a prostitute to begin with. I gather that she was too wealthy on her own for the "real" apostles and Gospel writers to not be jealous/suspicious of her past. In non-canonical Gospels, Paul is often depicted as envious of Mary because Christ loved her better and she understood more than Paul.

Go ahead, check my facts on Wiki, which, btw, is generally reliable. For a real source see Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza's In Memory of Her, Chapter 2.

Also, consider this take on her exorcism from the WikiMind:

"The Gospels’ writers normally relish giving dramatic descriptions of Jesus's public exorcisms, with the possessed person wailing, thrashing, and tearing his or her clothes in front of a crowd.[41] By contrast, that Mary's exorcism receives little attention may indicate that either Jesus performed it privately or that the recorders did not perceive it as particularly dramatic."

It implicitly names Jesus as the exorciser; not sure why I never felt I could claim that conclusively before. Who else woulda done it pre-descent of the Holy Spirit? No else had the gifts!

This quote argues that the exorcism was a quiet affair (elsewhere in the article is posits the number 7, attributed as the amount of exorcisms needed, as signifying what 7 usually signifies--completeness-- or a signifying an immense amount of psychological trauma before Mary's encounter with Christ.

[energiologue]

Les Ténèbres sont placées devant la Grande Lumière

. VOUS POUVEZ ENTENDRE CE TEXTE EN CLIQUANT SUR LE LIEN CI-DESSUS . Message de Marie-Madeleine, Au son de la musique des sphères supérieures, je prends la parole par l’écriture. Bonjour, chers voyageurs, je suis Marie de Magdala. Nous serions ravis de vous apporter des nouvelles plus récentes de ce Nouvel Âge qui a commencé, mais en raison de la persécution dont vous souffrez, nous devons…

[thecelestial-art]

Decorating a prayer card like it’s a kpop photocard

[dejahisashmom]

Treasure, Jesus and an Elaborate Hoax: The Story of Bérenger Saunière | Ancient Origins

Author’s Note: I, personally, have read Holy Blood, Holy Grail at least 3 times. And The Da Vinci Code at least twice. The movie is good. The BBC documentary on Bérenger Sauniére (it’s on YouTube) is decent. It’s pretty old though. Richard Leigh (one of the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail) is a pretty metal kind of…

[enfantsdusilence]

Un nouveau film sur Marie Madeleine

Un nouveau film sur Marie Madeleine

Les croyants en Jésus lisent les évangiles, les 4 livres qui racontent sa vie. Mais la manière dont ces livres ont été écrits et les objectifs pour lesquels ils ont été écrit doivent être pris en considération tout autant que le contexte. Ce ne sont pas des écrits du 21ème siècle ! Il faut donc faire de l’herméneutique, comme on dit, soit de l’interprétation. Ce film nous permet de voir que ce…

[themadvigilantist]

tatiana maslany as saint mary magdalene of magdala 8