Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00330)

Hi Krishtar,

Thank you but I am looking for references about Mary
Magdalene in the Theosophical Literature. The gospel
of Mary I quote from the Gnostic Society Library, the
Papyrus Berolinensis found by a German in Cairo 1896.

"the codex preserves the most complete surviving copy
of the Gospel of Mary (as the text is named in the
manuscript, though it is clear this named Mary is the
person we call Mary of Magdala). 

Two other small fragments of the Gospel of Mary from
separate Greek editions were later also unearthed in
archaelogical excavations at Oxyrhynchus in Northern
Egypt. (Fragments of the Gospel of Thomas were also
found at this ancient library site, see the Gospel of
Thomas page for more information about Oxyrhyncus.)
Unfortunately, the extant manuscript of the Gospel of
Mary is missing pages 1 to 6 and pages 11 to 14 --
pages that included sections of the text up to chapter
4, and portions of chapter 5 to 8."

http://www.gnosis.org/library/marygosp.htm

Erica Letzerich



--- krishtar <krishtar_a@brturbo.com> wrote:
> Hi Erica
> 
> So much time we haven´t heard from you.
> The book you quoted from is from the Apocripha
> series? Interesting.
> Another female writer who´s recently written about
> her - although considered romancistic style - is
> "Mary, called Magdalene" By Margaret George.
> In Brazil it was renamed for " Madalena, a mulher
> que amou Jesus" , which translated is :"Madalena the
> woman who loved Jesus."
> If the romance is not interesting, the bibliography
> is vast and the facts speak for themselves.
> Hope this drop can help
> 
> Krishtar
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Erica Letzerich 
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 8:23 AM
> Subject: Theos-World Mary Magdalene
> 
> 
> 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
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Erica Letzerich
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"The Truth will set you free, but first will make you miserable"





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