> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willytex@> wrote: > > > > > So, why do you call Her "Magdalene"?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" <roryg...@...> wrote: > > I have called her "Magdalene" as that was apparently a traditional name or > title given to the Daughter as soul-mate or partner of the male Christos or > Son in some Gnostic circles. > > Strictly speaking, "Magdalene" probably comes from "Migdal" meaning "tower," > and more accurately refers to the tenth or tithing Aeon or Apostle of the > Left Heart (Taurus) we call the Red-Orange High Priestess, the Rosy Lover who > surrenders to the Perfection of All and receives and maintains the > Treasure-Tower of perfections: Siddhartha. In the West all the Aeons or > Apostles were masculinized, and this Tower-Keeper or tither was called > Matthew the tax-collector. > > But then, in the West, many of the attributes of the High Priestess's > partner, the triune Green Priest of the Right Heart (Libra), the one who sits > at the right hand of the Lord upon the Dharma-Throne of mercy and holds the > scales of judgment, have been attributed to the Son. > > In our play, a better name for the Daughter would be WOHE, the Ascending One, > with the appropriate mantra suffixed to denote the specific Aeon through > which She is playing: For the past 2000 years, WOHE-SHWA, loosely translated > as She who Ascends through Salvation or Forgiveness -- as her soul-mate the > Piscean Son, has been known as YAHU-SHWA: He who Descends through Salvation > or Forgiveness. > *** And in the East, She who Ascends in (9) stages of increasing light from the Loving Mother-Goddess (beneath our feet) to the Blissful Father-God (above our head), is commonly known as Kundalini. As reflected and played out in our annual drama, this ascent begins at the Winter Solstice and culminates a half-year from now at the Summer Solstice. But these seasons are like the numbers on a clock-face, and there is more than one hand on the clock. The full ascent also occurs every month, every day, and really every nanosecond.
