What if the first American pope isn’t a reformer—but a signal that Rome has lost control? This article dives into the collapse of empire religion and the return of the one they buried: Mary Magdalene.
The suggestion that Magdalene’s voice is rising precisely through the cracks in the old order feels both hopeful and hauntingly true. Thank you for giving language to something many of us feel but haven’t quite known how to say.
That means a lot, Dawn. I think Magdalene’s voice has always been there—whispering through the cracks, waiting for ears that had grown tired of the sanctioned silences. Maybe what we’re doing now is simply agreeing to hear her again. Thank you for sensing it so deeply and saying it so clearly.
I love that I'm learning more and more about Mary Magdalene and appreciate your teachings so much! My heart aches when I think of the suppression that organized religion has placed upon her. I'm happy to live in a time when the veil is lifting.
This is my exact reaction to this news today. I think those of us who have been walking the Magdalene path have felt the precipice of this for a while now, and now that it’s here I feel how ready we are for this collective medicine and reunion w the divine feminine through Magdalene Christianity ✝️ 🌹
I would love for Magdalene to be back and spoke about in the respect she deserves. But I'm worried that this American Pope is not progressive, it sounds like he does not like lgbt people. And my big question is if there is an American Pope how is trump going to use this? That scares me
I feel you, Brandi. A Pope with American roots could be a Trojan horse—or he could be divine sabotage. The Magdalene was never invited to the table; she built a new one in the dirt. If this Pope doesn’t speak for her, the people will. And if Trump tries to hijack the papacy for fascist cosplay? Well... the Tower always falls, and the Spirit always finds a back door.
Martha, the only conspiracy here is how fast people call something a “conspiracy” when it questions power dynamics.
The article doesn’t claim Leo is evil or that Rome is crumbling in secret. It points out that when an empire installs a spiritual figure with global influence—especially from its own soil—it’s worth paying attention to how that might shape allegiance, theology, and public narrative.
That’s not tinfoil. That’s history, theology, and pattern recognition.
But I get it—some folks feel safer calling things “conspiracies” than actually engaging the implications.
Aw, Martha may have been speaking sarcastically, tired of all the reactionary reactions (as we've already seen on X, etc.)... That /s has a lot of explanatory power. ;)
About the whole Magdalene thing, though; I wonder how upset She is that Her name has been misused about as badly as Jesus's. The "Magdalene Asylums" were apparently ghastly, horrible places that went from being founded to try to rehabilitate prostitutes ('cause, Mary M. was like, /such/ a /slut/... [/s]) to basically slave labor camps, complete with permanent incarceration for tiny infractions (or none at all: "You're an orphan girl child? To PRISON WITH YOU!!"), numbers instead of names, unmarked/unrecorded graves, etc.
Sound familiar? :(
And to think, a lot of places that got upset about the Nazis had places like that within them...talk about massive hypocrisy. :-/
Nancy, I appreciate your clarification about Martha—sarcasm is indeed the last refuge of the spiritually overcooked.
And yes, the Magdalene Asylums were not rehabilitation—they were incarceration wrapped in piety, chains veiled as rosaries. The Church named them after the very woman they silenced. It's as if they'd watched Mary witness the Resurrection and thought, “You know what would honor her legacy? Punishing traumatized women in her name.”
As for Mary being upset… I don’t think She’s upset. I think She’s strategic. She's been letting them hang themselves with their own incense.
The Magdalene essence doesn’t rage—She reveals. The more the world tries to bury Her, the more she rises in fractal form—witch, healer, survivor, tantrika, scholar, dreamer. She doesn’t need vindication. She is the vindication.
And now that She’s re-emerging in a thousand voices, a thousand bodies, and none of them asking permission? Rome better keep its skulls in glass boxes and pray the veil doesn’t lift too fast.
Because the “conspiracy” isn’t that Mary was erased.
The suggestion that Magdalene’s voice is rising precisely through the cracks in the old order feels both hopeful and hauntingly true. Thank you for giving language to something many of us feel but haven’t quite known how to say.
That means a lot, Dawn. I think Magdalene’s voice has always been there—whispering through the cracks, waiting for ears that had grown tired of the sanctioned silences. Maybe what we’re doing now is simply agreeing to hear her again. Thank you for sensing it so deeply and saying it so clearly.
I love that I'm learning more and more about Mary Magdalene and appreciate your teachings so much! My heart aches when I think of the suppression that organized religion has placed upon her. I'm happy to live in a time when the veil is lifting.
Lovely. Feeling giddy with hopefulness. A light in the darkness, thank you.
I like this take on things. Has been on my mind for quite a time. Keep up the good work.
This is my exact reaction to this news today. I think those of us who have been walking the Magdalene path have felt the precipice of this for a while now, and now that it’s here I feel how ready we are for this collective medicine and reunion w the divine feminine through Magdalene Christianity ✝️ 🌹
Love this 🥰❤️🇨🇦❤️
I would love for Magdalene to be back and spoke about in the respect she deserves. But I'm worried that this American Pope is not progressive, it sounds like he does not like lgbt people. And my big question is if there is an American Pope how is trump going to use this? That scares me
I feel you, Brandi. A Pope with American roots could be a Trojan horse—or he could be divine sabotage. The Magdalene was never invited to the table; she built a new one in the dirt. If this Pope doesn’t speak for her, the people will. And if Trump tries to hijack the papacy for fascist cosplay? Well... the Tower always falls, and the Spirit always finds a back door.
Let’s stay awake. Stay loud. Stay strange.
—Virgin Monk Boy
Yes, by all means, let’s start with conspiracy theories on Leo XIV’s first day…
Martha, the only conspiracy here is how fast people call something a “conspiracy” when it questions power dynamics.
The article doesn’t claim Leo is evil or that Rome is crumbling in secret. It points out that when an empire installs a spiritual figure with global influence—especially from its own soil—it’s worth paying attention to how that might shape allegiance, theology, and public narrative.
That’s not tinfoil. That’s history, theology, and pattern recognition.
But I get it—some folks feel safer calling things “conspiracies” than actually engaging the implications.
—Virgin Monk Boy
Aw, Martha may have been speaking sarcastically, tired of all the reactionary reactions (as we've already seen on X, etc.)... That /s has a lot of explanatory power. ;)
About the whole Magdalene thing, though; I wonder how upset She is that Her name has been misused about as badly as Jesus's. The "Magdalene Asylums" were apparently ghastly, horrible places that went from being founded to try to rehabilitate prostitutes ('cause, Mary M. was like, /such/ a /slut/... [/s]) to basically slave labor camps, complete with permanent incarceration for tiny infractions (or none at all: "You're an orphan girl child? To PRISON WITH YOU!!"), numbers instead of names, unmarked/unrecorded graves, etc.
Sound familiar? :(
And to think, a lot of places that got upset about the Nazis had places like that within them...talk about massive hypocrisy. :-/
Nancy, I appreciate your clarification about Martha—sarcasm is indeed the last refuge of the spiritually overcooked.
And yes, the Magdalene Asylums were not rehabilitation—they were incarceration wrapped in piety, chains veiled as rosaries. The Church named them after the very woman they silenced. It's as if they'd watched Mary witness the Resurrection and thought, “You know what would honor her legacy? Punishing traumatized women in her name.”
As for Mary being upset… I don’t think She’s upset. I think She’s strategic. She's been letting them hang themselves with their own incense.
The Magdalene essence doesn’t rage—She reveals. The more the world tries to bury Her, the more she rises in fractal form—witch, healer, survivor, tantrika, scholar, dreamer. She doesn’t need vindication. She is the vindication.
And now that She’s re-emerging in a thousand voices, a thousand bodies, and none of them asking permission? Rome better keep its skulls in glass boxes and pray the veil doesn’t lift too fast.
Because the “conspiracy” isn’t that Mary was erased.
The real conspiracy is that She never left.
—Virgin Monk Boy
She sounds like a great font of patience! :) May it be rewarded!
As for me, I can barely wait for my /toast/ to rise, so all I can do is admire Her. :)
Oh baby I just got chills reading the title!
Thanks for this prod to revisit Magdalene!