When Mary Magdalene shared the Savior’s hidden teachings, the apostles panicked. Chapter 9 of Karen King’s Gospel of Mary of Magdala reveals the first church crisis wasn’t about doctrine—it was about a woman with a vision.
Spiritual authority, not male hierarchy...this is a position that is still being debated in the church 2,000 years later. I loved reading what you had to say. The blessing of the end is beautiful.
It is an eye-opener. I am RC, and what is explained in this book, we in private school, never talked about. I am saddened by the notion Mary's being was misconstrued. Who do you hold accountable, maybe many...ty VMB for lauding King!
Perhaps we can hear all these voices ( from Jesus, Mary, Peter, Andrew, Levi, your's, ...) as diferent angles sitill active in our current state of conscience.
The new soul is inside us, also are inside us the voice that listen, and voice from who is doubting, and who trusts, or just who is writing about.
Are these voices aligned with our greatest aspiration? Are they truly objective and really aware?
You’re trying to include every voice in the room like they’re all equally sacred—but Mary’s not giving us a group hug. She’s giving us a map out.
The doubter, the truster, the one who just writes about it—those are ego masks, not revelations. The Gospel isn’t validating all those voices. It’s asking us to name them, see through them, and return to the one that’s real—the Child of True Humanity.
Mary isn’t pointing to a chorus of opinions. She’s pointing to a still knowing that doesn’t waver, doesn’t doubt, and doesn’t need permission from Peter to speak.
This isn’t about balancing perspectives.
It’s about remembering the one voice that doesn’t argue with itself.
That's a deep cut, Nancy—like, “mystic-level cross-reference” deep.
In the Gospel of Mary, the Child of True Humanity refers to the fully awakened self—what in Dzogchen might be called the primordial Buddha-nature, and in Gnostic terms, the divine spark. It’s not so much about Jesus the dude as it is about what Jesus realized—and what he came to awaken in others.
The “Son of Man” in the canonical Gospels can mean a few things (because scripture is allergic to being direct), but it often points to a messianic figure who suffers, is glorified, and reveals divine authority. Jesus used it as a title, but sometimes it sounds more like a job description than a name.
So are they the same?
If we’re talking about identity—no. But if we’re talking about function—maybe. Jesus, as Son of Man, revealed what it means to become the Child of True Humanity. In that sense, he wasn’t just showing off his divinity—he was demonstrating ours.
He embodied it to show us we could too.
So yeah, they rhyme. Just don’t mistake the finger for the moon. ;-)
So, when he wanted people to follow him, he meant that literally, figuratively, etc.; "Know what I know."
Cool! :)
(And yeah, I'm always surprised to find what organizations can be allergic to; there's one tech/service company I like, but dismayed at how allergic to actually making money they are. How self-defeating can you get? :-/)
Mary Magdalene is #GirlChurch for all the women from the beginning of time to today. She is the new Eve. She is the voice crying out in the wilderness. She is the cloud by day and the fire by night. She is bread and feast. She is the light that points to love. Love only ever expands….
I love this so much. Thank you. Getting this book ASAP (I have a different Gospel of Mary, currently in storage; I like what you’re bringing out in Karen King’s).
I appreciate the difference and crossover between Jesus and Christ that Mary understood and accepted that could be explained this way: “Jesus is the name of the man who, more than all other men, has presented Christ, the true idea of God, healing the sick and the sinning and destroying the power of death. Jesus is the human man, and Christ is the divine idea; hence the duality of Jesus the Christ.”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 473:12)
Notice: Jesus is the name of the MAN… [what’s the name of the WOMAN who presented Christ? MARY.]
Presented = “Displayed or shown for consideration”
Spiritual authority, not male hierarchy...this is a position that is still being debated in the church 2,000 years later. I loved reading what you had to say. The blessing of the end is beautiful.
You've convinced me - I'm heading to the closest library that has King's book! ;-)
It is an eye-opener. I am RC, and what is explained in this book, we in private school, never talked about. I am saddened by the notion Mary's being was misconstrued. Who do you hold accountable, maybe many...ty VMB for lauding King!
Perhaps we can hear all these voices ( from Jesus, Mary, Peter, Andrew, Levi, your's, ...) as diferent angles sitill active in our current state of conscience.
The new soul is inside us, also are inside us the voice that listen, and voice from who is doubting, and who trusts, or just who is writing about.
Are these voices aligned with our greatest aspiration? Are they truly objective and really aware?
Let's hold our perception be accurate!
You’re trying to include every voice in the room like they’re all equally sacred—but Mary’s not giving us a group hug. She’s giving us a map out.
The doubter, the truster, the one who just writes about it—those are ego masks, not revelations. The Gospel isn’t validating all those voices. It’s asking us to name them, see through them, and return to the one that’s real—the Child of True Humanity.
Mary isn’t pointing to a chorus of opinions. She’s pointing to a still knowing that doesn’t waver, doesn’t doubt, and doesn’t need permission from Peter to speak.
This isn’t about balancing perspectives.
It’s about remembering the one voice that doesn’t argue with itself.
—Virgin Monk Boy
Could the Child of True Humanity and the "Son of Man" that Jesus talked about (with Him being the "Son of God" like they were different?) be the same?
That's a deep cut, Nancy—like, “mystic-level cross-reference” deep.
In the Gospel of Mary, the Child of True Humanity refers to the fully awakened self—what in Dzogchen might be called the primordial Buddha-nature, and in Gnostic terms, the divine spark. It’s not so much about Jesus the dude as it is about what Jesus realized—and what he came to awaken in others.
The “Son of Man” in the canonical Gospels can mean a few things (because scripture is allergic to being direct), but it often points to a messianic figure who suffers, is glorified, and reveals divine authority. Jesus used it as a title, but sometimes it sounds more like a job description than a name.
So are they the same?
If we’re talking about identity—no. But if we’re talking about function—maybe. Jesus, as Son of Man, revealed what it means to become the Child of True Humanity. In that sense, he wasn’t just showing off his divinity—he was demonstrating ours.
He embodied it to show us we could too.
So yeah, they rhyme. Just don’t mistake the finger for the moon. ;-)
—Virgin Monk Boy
Gotcha! :D
So, when he wanted people to follow him, he meant that literally, figuratively, etc.; "Know what I know."
Cool! :)
(And yeah, I'm always surprised to find what organizations can be allergic to; there's one tech/service company I like, but dismayed at how allergic to actually making money they are. How self-defeating can you get? :-/)
Brought the stillness that I needed. 🙏
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Mary Magdalene is #GirlChurch for all the women from the beginning of time to today. She is the new Eve. She is the voice crying out in the wilderness. She is the cloud by day and the fire by night. She is bread and feast. She is the light that points to love. Love only ever expands….
I love this so much. Thank you. Getting this book ASAP (I have a different Gospel of Mary, currently in storage; I like what you’re bringing out in Karen King’s).
I appreciate the difference and crossover between Jesus and Christ that Mary understood and accepted that could be explained this way: “Jesus is the name of the man who, more than all other men, has presented Christ, the true idea of God, healing the sick and the sinning and destroying the power of death. Jesus is the human man, and Christ is the divine idea; hence the duality of Jesus the Christ.”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 473:12)
Notice: Jesus is the name of the MAN… [what’s the name of the WOMAN who presented Christ? MARY.]
Presented = “Displayed or shown for consideration”