Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00326)

Hi folks,

I am trying to find in the theosophical literature information about 
Mary Magdalene, let me know if you have any reference.

Mary Magdalene might have been one of the greatest disciples of 
Jesus, but up to this day she still remains a most elusive and 
mysterious figure. She has been the subject of many different 
theories and myths throughout ecclesiastical history. 

The Bible never explicitly says that Mary Magdalene was ever a 
prostitute at any point in her life. Luke does not name her in his 
narrative about the "penitent whore" who washes the feet of Jesus 
with her hair (7:36-50). Nor is she named as the woman who was 
caught in the act of adultery and saved from being stoned to death 
by Jesus (John 8:1-11). She is identified as once having been demon-
possessed (Luke 8:2). However, the assumption that her sinful past 
consisted primarily of sexual sin is a presumption that is not 
usually made about the men who are identified as former sinners. 


" The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene
Chapter 4

(Pages 1 to 6 of the manuscript, containing chapters 1 - 3, are 
lost. The extant text starts on page 7...) 

. . . Will matter then be destroyed or not?

22) The Savior said, All nature, all formations, all creatures exist 
in and with one another, and they will be resolved again into their 
own roots.

23) For the nature of matter is resolved into the roots of its own 
nature alone.

24) He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

25) Peter said to him, Since you have explained everything to us, 
tell us this also: What is the sin of the world?

26) The Savior said There is no sin, but it is you who make sin when 
you do the things that are like the nature of adultery, which is 
called sin.

27) That is why the Good came into your midst, to the essence of 
every nature in order to restore it to its root.

28) Then He continued and said, That is why you become sick and die, 
for you are deprived of the one who can heal you.

29) He who has a mind to understand, let him understand.

30) Matter gave birth to a passion that has no equal, which 
proceeded from something contrary to nature. Then there arises a 
disturbance in its whole body.

31) That is why I said to you, Be of good courage, and if you are 
discouraged be encouraged in the presence of the different forms of 
nature.

32) He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

33) When the Blessed One had said this, He greeted them all,saying, 
Peace be with you. Receive my peace unto yourselves.

34) Beware that no one lead you astray saying Lo here or lo there! 
For the Son of Man is within you.

35) Follow after Him!

36) Those who seek Him will find Him.

37) Go then and preach the gospel of the Kingdom.

38) Do not lay down any rules beyond what I appointed you, and do 
not give a law like the lawgiver lest you be constrained by it.

39) When He said this He departed."


Erica Letzerich