Gnosticism - The Gospel of Mary Magdalene - Salvation through Self-Knowledge of the Soul & Mind

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  • The (gnostic?) Gospel of Mary provide us a glimpse into a radically alternative form of ancient Christianity. One where inner, spiritual knowledge is the key to salvation, where women and men have equal standing based on their understanding of the message of the Savior and one where the soul must rise above the demonic gatekeepers of the physical cosmos rather than to believe in credal formulas or even the salvific power of the death and resurrection of Jesus. In this Gospel, Mary Magdalene is the true inheritor of the spiritual Gospel of Christ rather than Peter who attacks her solely based on her gender, despite her profound relationship with the Savior and her understanding of his secret teachings.
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    Recommended Readings:
    Meyer - The Nag Hammadi Scriptures - 978-0061626005
    King - The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle - 978-0944344583
    Tuckett - The Gospel of Mary -978-0199212132
    De Boer - The Gospel of Mary: Listening to the Beloved Disciple - 978-0567082640
    Brock - Mary Magdalene, The First Apostle - 978-0674009660

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  • @TheEsotericaChannel
    @TheEsotericaChannel  ปีที่แล้ว +158

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    • @Eddie-ls9zw
      @Eddie-ls9zw ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It's worth pointing out for all the textual critique nerds that Gospel of Phillip does not say J kissed M on the mouth. We don't know for sure where he kissed her. The world's most annoying lacuna destroys that particular noun for us.
      I once had the fantastic opportunity to take a class on the Gospel of Mary and Mary Magdalene with Dr. King (I apologize for being possibly obnoxious and name dropping here, but it was really fucking cool!) My absolute fave memory of grad school was working with Dr. King on my own Coptic fragments translation of Gospel of Mary! One of the things I found for myself was what I call pregnancy imagery in the text.
      The first thing was the spheres that the soul ascends through. This is standard for soul ascents. But for this text, as you pass from one sphere to the next, it's almost as if you're being born into the next realm. That's because the Coptic uses two interesting verbs that create an overall context of pregnancy and birth. The first is ϫⲡⲟ, which in English is usually rendered to "bring forth" or "get for yourself" but can mean "beget, give birth". The second is ⲟⲩⲥⲱϥ, which is often translated "bring to nought", "destroy" but can also mean "to leave barren".
      We often see the pregnancy aspect of ϫⲡⲟ in the fairly common translation of Soter's teaching "matter gives birth to a passion" at the beginning of Gospel of Mary. But I think understanding a following teaching as "give birth to my peace" instead of "acquire my peace" fits the theology of the text better. Also, the pregnancy aspect of ⲟⲩⲥⲱϥ changes Wrath's accusation of the soul as being "a destroyer of realms" ("space conquerer" in King) to "one who leaves realms barren". Unwieldy in English, but true to the imagery and theology of the text. Each of these verbs is used 3 times. Only Soter uses ϫⲡⲟ and ⲟⲩⲥⲱϥ is only used when relating Mary's version of the Soter's teaching.
      Anyways, sorry for the wall of text! I know I suck because of it, but Gospel of Mary is my jam!! I could bore you to death about this book. Thanks for this fantastic episode, sir!

    • @thebinarybiscuit
      @thebinarybiscuit ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This sheds light on what I've been chewing on lately, I almost feel silly for not accepting before. Well done, Dr. Sledge!

    • @indianahoneybee8852
      @indianahoneybee8852 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I believe he said make her male, as in think of her as equal in spirit, so her word of God would be taken seriously. If people only understood the teachings of Christ Consciousness 🤷‍♀️🐝

    • @angelcastro3129
      @angelcastro3129 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Correct me if I am wrong, But as I understand things, in the days when Jesus was to have been crucified, the laws of that time did not allow women other than mothers and wives to attend to executions, is this correct? I am pretty sure it is this law or rule that made some question the relationship between Mary Magdalen and Jesus. Love your content and appreciate you sharing your understandings with the rest of us.

    • @Cymatic-Mage
      @Cymatic-Mage ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can explain a few things if you'd like to discuss. For one, all of creation in flesh is considered to be female. God or the creator spirit is what enters into all of creation. Creation is the chalice of the spirit. To become as a man is actually to have the original spirit clear and clean of any lowly thoughts or views. To fly

  • @lona.pouliuli-popoki
    @lona.pouliuli-popoki ปีที่แล้ว +2169

    🤙 Aloha. Levi speaking to Peter: "If the Savior considered her to be worthy, who are you to disregard her? For He knew her completely and loved her steadfastly." Mary 10:9-10

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  ปีที่แล้ว +268

      Yep, Levi had a drop a dime on Peter. ouch ;)

    • @MacCionnaith
      @MacCionnaith ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Woof!

    • @remyd.2275
      @remyd.2275 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      You can consume room temperature water much faster than cold water, standing-under an umbrella. 🔥 in The Tibetan book of the dead , introduction to awareness : "However learned and knowledgable ... one who's mouth has actually tasted molasses, does not need (others) to explain its taste." Although, if it was tasted 1st & you were not aware of what it was....... Mystical Experience.

    • @nestormakhno1513
      @nestormakhno1513 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      "For He knew her completely"
      Perhaps carnally as well then...

    • @fretnesbutke3233
      @fretnesbutke3233 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Mahalo!

  • @nicolesawyer-jm6ir
    @nicolesawyer-jm6ir 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    The Divine Feminine will be revealed ! Thank you !

    • @brothercarlos6944
      @brothercarlos6944 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes her name is Sophia Also known as wisdom, ruach h'qodesh, or the holy spirit. That's why Jesus said "many have said Mary (the mother) conceived thru the holy spirit, but they are wrong, how can a female beget a female". Gospels of Thomas .... blessings

    • @Kaylo67
      @Kaylo67 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Males AND Females ARE both the two sides of exactly the VERY same 'coin'! 🤔 😇 😉

  • @spiritofhonuguidanceforlife
    @spiritofhonuguidanceforlife หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    "Thanks JC." 😂😂😂
    What's kind of crazy is that everything Jesus told her and she tried to preach, was pretty much what I discovered through my spiritual awakening. Which to me says she was likely speaking more truth than all the other disciples and their gospels. And I grew up Christian! I've stepped away from religion, but my relationship to the Creator/Source/Spirit/God/Christ Consciousness is more solid now than it ever was as a "Christian".

    • @Anthony-ju6ch
      @Anthony-ju6ch หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Love and light! I love your message of wisdom!
      I have also been going through a spiritual awakening for the past year and have been recently adding meditation to my daily activities. It has helped me tremendously when it came to my own discipline and control over my thoughts and emotions.

    • @etaylor8028
      @etaylor8028 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      I agree. Buddhism, Gnosticism, and new age spirituality are the only religions that seem to line up with my own random spiritual journey.

  • @lindajanke6194
    @lindajanke6194 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    At 74, I have become increasingly disillusioned with a religion that does not recognize that males and females have equal value and equal rights. I look forward to reading the gospel of Mary.

    • @tonyaharmon1383
      @tonyaharmon1383 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I'm 59 & Looking Forward To Enjoying This! ❤️

  • @no1uknow32
    @no1uknow32 ปีที่แล้ว +860

    It's really interesting to me how this version of Christianity shared so much in common with Hinduism and to a lesser extent Buddhism. What a different world we could have been living in.

    • @lona.pouliuli-popoki
      @lona.pouliuli-popoki ปีที่แล้ว +30

      👁️✨👁️ aloha it is said Great minds think alike

    • @selecttravelvacations7472
      @selecttravelvacations7472 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      It makes the rumor of Jesus trip to India during his 12 lost years more believable as well.

    • @mikipagado3114
      @mikipagado3114 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      He did go to India and studied from all the monks. There are records for it in some of the old buddhist temples

    • @st3v3pryn3
      @st3v3pryn3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@mikipagado3114 They have records of Issa, Son of God in the Jagannath Temple in Puri.

    • @Candle108
      @Candle108 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@mikipagado3114 The documents. regarding the travels of Christ inI India are in the Hemis Gumpha in Ladakh, India.

  • @NullStaticVoid
    @NullStaticVoid ปีที่แล้ว +678

    When I was in 5th or 6th grade I read a book on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
    That was a kind of reverse epiphany. Having grown up nominally Catholic until then.
    I was suddenly introduced to the concepts of J, E, D and P sources and an early Church that was perhaps more Gnostic or mystical and less like what we call Christianity today.
    Needless to say it kind of shook whatever faith I had.
    Around the same time someone gave me a book on Mindfullness, thinking that it would be good for an ADHD kid to chill out.
    Here I am now a Buddhist watching a Jewish guy talking about Gnosticism and non-canonical gospels.

    • @kanlamat1372
      @kanlamat1372 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wow.
      Allow me this brief digression
      Just reminds urself this;
      Nirvana is Not what the Christ wants....

    • @kanlamat1372
      @kanlamat1372 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@HeroOfTime303 Absolutely.
      That s the Hugest challenge for alll souls.
      Christ is in us..We r in Him.
      Ego is the parassite.
      Alien black goo..

    • @Lee91522
      @Lee91522 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@kanlamat1372 yes, men need to know that their ego needs to be checked at the gate.

    • @kanlamat1372
      @kanlamat1372 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Lee91522 juicy image u gave me 😊🙏

    • @lavonnecmurphy
      @lavonnecmurphy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Love it! Now that's life!

  • @nfc598
    @nfc598 ปีที่แล้ว +431

    As an agnostic, I have never considered a Christian gospel to be convincing until now. This feels so true and genuine on an intuitive level that it's very intriguing and so interesting. I really want to learn more now

    • @allireco
      @allireco ปีที่แล้ว

      for an agnostic you sire sound very gnostic 😝

    • @HaydenJoseph22
      @HaydenJoseph22 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Once considered myself an atheist and then agnostic.... came full circle to realize a shitty Catholic or Heritic comes closer to the mark... keep seeking...cheers

    • @sillyobserversilly
      @sillyobserversilly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      i think you are getting gnosis my dude. its instinctual

    • @heliosgnosis2744
      @heliosgnosis2744 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      In irony the original Christian philosophy was just and only that, men made it a religion and even hand picked all for it leaving over half the source material out even tried to burn all of it from the sands of history but we got lucky monks in Egypt were buried with those lost texts, proving there was no missing years of Jesus and he was guess what a mortal with a wife hmmmmm why is that so hard to accept for them I wonder even still...

    • @parsifal40
      @parsifal40 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@heliosgnosis2744 What are you talking about. Could you elaborate a bit more and provide some sources, i really would like to learn more

  • @kalig2209
    @kalig2209 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

    I feel like I’ve known this all my life. God is within you

    • @goodcatholicgirl
      @goodcatholicgirl 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      amen 🙏🏽

    • @paulchamberlain8355
      @paulchamberlain8355 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      The kingdom of heaven is within. ✌️💙💡

    • @gesamtkuntswreck
      @gesamtkuntswreck 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@paulchamberlain8355 that's why you meet God when tripping on mushrooms

    • @matthewford8857
      @matthewford8857 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      God is within you. But that doesn't make us Gods. We are ontologically different as created beings. However salvation is achieved, it is still important to keep that in mind, in my humble opinion. Love ya'll.

    • @Kaylo67
      @Kaylo67 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Not only only 'within', but also 'ALL about' and between each and every
      single individual, IF we would/could would only just 'LET it be'. . . . . . . .
      So, BE it: FOREVER! 🤔. 😇. 😉

  • @ashleydewing1420
    @ashleydewing1420 ปีที่แล้ว +1197

    Grew up (Catholic) thinking of Mary as the "reformed sex worker" so I'm glad to hear that all that was just misogynistic propaganda. Girl deserves way more props than she gets! Excellent video!

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  ปีที่แล้ว +155

      Yep, I was happy to be able to double down on this episode - it's amazing how much content can be found in an otherwise brief fragment of a text!

    • @AdeebaZamaan
      @AdeebaZamaan ปีที่แล้ว +124

      The Catholic Church rejected that antique conflation of the Marys a few decades ago, and apologized. But as you read this text, with which I'm acquainted, I'm struck for the first time how Peter and Andrew gaslight her! (Maybe because I've only just learned that word.) And they proffer an Argument Ad Feminam -- a sister of the Argument Ad Hominem -- against the possibility of her knowing anything they don't. I hate crying "Patriarchy" every time AAF rears its head, but "Who you gonna believe, me or your own lying eyes?" must have been among us as long as language has.

    • @cutekoala5492
      @cutekoala5492 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ummm no where in the bible does it say she was a prostitute

    • @iceblinkmender
      @iceblinkmender ปีที่แล้ว +45

      what's wrong with sex workers?

    • @iceblinkmender
      @iceblinkmender ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Piccolo_Sun is that an argument against working under capitalism?

  • @lobotomyboy666
    @lobotomyboy666 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    This video helped me get past a case of writer's block! It was Peter's jealousy of Mary Magdalena, the only disciple who truly understood Christ consciousness, that led to Catholic dogma to castrate the divine feminine from the divine masculine, separating eros from agape, body from spirit. That's an underlying theme in my next book, but I needed to understand this to be able to write the ending. Thank you.

    • @michellemorris-jensen7668
      @michellemorris-jensen7668 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Don’t forget that Paul helped it along too!!

    • @lobotomyboy666
      @lobotomyboy666 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@michellemorris-jensen7668 I have a section involving him, too.

    • @michellemorris-jensen7668
      @michellemorris-jensen7668 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@lobotomyboy666 I’d be very interested in reading your work on this.

    • @asolidB
      @asolidB 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Don't forget it's all about the super-conscious (Christ consciousness), the harmony and balance first within 😘☯️ These feminine (trust, receiving, intuition) and masculine (question, action, knowing) are within every single one of us.
      It's all parable and metaphor because this whole reality is metaphysical. As above, so below. The alpha and the omega. I am. ❤❤❤

    • @vivvy2660
      @vivvy2660 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@asolidB Yes. I get very tired of the masculine equals spirit and feminine equals body or matter that’s pushed on us .

  • @stephclark4715
    @stephclark4715 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +545

    When the student is ready, the teacher appears. I treat my TH-cam algorithm as Life putting different perspectives into my awareness. Your thoughts and theories are grounded, learned, and respectful. Fantastic work ❤

    • @jamieethridge9493
      @jamieethridge9493 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I do too! Except my algorithm got thrown off recently

    • @luciushunter
      @luciushunter 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yep, Algol the demon star. Going to be interesting to watch the occultism emerge from those who use it as their North Star

    • @JoeSmith-cy9wj
      @JoeSmith-cy9wj 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@Dodgevairuuummmm, what?

    • @marthawatkins7184
      @marthawatkins7184 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      So glad I’m not the only one! I think my spirit guides are using TH-cam to guide me.
      It took me a while to figure it out! I used to wonder how TH-cam was reading my mind because I would just think of something, not put it into words, and it would pop up on TH-cam! Ha. Now I get what’s going on, I think! 🙂

    • @garrettsmithii7837
      @garrettsmithii7837 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Beautifully said. I do the same thing but always called it synchronicities. But i love how you defined it.

  • @pipeline732
    @pipeline732 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    To me this looks like a historical example of a very intelligent (and well educated) woman who, in a man’s world, uses her proximity to the dominant male to, in his non-presence, proclaim teachings that are far more philosophically advanced than neither the dominant male nor his male apostles could ever have spawned or developed by their own efforts and abilities. Thanks so much for this intriguing video.

    • @boombay.saphire7440
      @boombay.saphire7440 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She was for sure not a prostitute, but an independent female who worked and refuses to obey a husband which is one and the same to them....

    • @cakea5461
      @cakea5461 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well. Said.

    • @fremiloant1186
      @fremiloant1186 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Wrong

    • @brothercarlos6944
      @brothercarlos6944 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@fremiloant1186what's wrong about it? Males shunned Mary for being so close to the savior and she was the one who lifted the apostles when Jesus died on the cross. Or you say wrong because you don't know?

  • @dlma84
    @dlma84 ปีที่แล้ว +455

    14:18 "Christ kissed her on the mouth" and the When a blind man and one who sees are both together in the darkness, they are no different from one another. But when the light comes, then he who sees will see the light and he who is blind will remain in darkness.
    This immediately made me think "The lips of Wisdom are closed except to the ears of understanding." Mary has always personified Wisdom. Light bulb moment for me. Thx!

    • @wolfofmagdalene92
      @wolfofmagdalene92 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      This whole thing really puts the story of Christ into a different light. This confirms for me what I've felt like I was guided too my whole life by probably the light. Christianity has always felt like swiss cheese in terms of context and logic with what his teachings even are. I mean idk about you, friend, but all I can really recall from the new testament in the bible ( mind you I'm 31 and haven't read the bible in 15ish years) was God > all, Jesus = god, follow the light. More like rules then actual spiritual leadership to salvation.
      I'm so dumbfounded by watching this video because I can't explain how I ended up with very similar beliefs/understanding since growing up and when I would get down these spiritual rabbit holes I felt the presence of something warm and very loving like hinting hey bud your getting it.

    • @bradynorman7174
      @bradynorman7174 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      So, Our Lady of Guadalupe revealed what had happened to me in an internal vision of Dazzling White Light and then seeing beyond it into the most Brilliant Blue Sky. Before the vision left me a silhouette of a lip print appeared in the distance of this vast blue sky. A year later I purchased a book titled, “Am I not your Mother?” It explains that similar to when God breathed life into man, Jesus chooses His Mothers lips as the instrument to breath life, immortal life into our souls. And Jesus allowed me to witness this while I was going about a normal day of choirs, not even in prayer, the vision came to me.
      And my response a year later…, “How is it that the Mother of my God should come to me?!” I was certainly visited in a Divine Mountaintop Illumination of my soul!
      The bottom line message for me, lean not on my own understanding. Let God be God. For me the Divine KISS will always remind me to “Keep It Simple Son”.
      May I Love Jesus with that same burning Love of Mary Magdalene, Amen!

    • @lindabrown6545
      @lindabrown6545 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Twin Flames.

    • @ninastar5833
      @ninastar5833 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@bradynorman7174 beautiful and may you also love wisdom as Jesus loved Mary.

    • @THEOMNIVERSEPERSPECTIVE
      @THEOMNIVERSEPERSPECTIVE 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@lindabrown6545 the only one, she is the feminine christ which she is the heart and he is the mind, emotion is her, logic is him, the demons are the frequencies of life that create, he taught her how to accept herself despite what others say because they were jealous she was meant to be his wife. She is lady wisdom in her human body, she is Mother Nature, she tried to erase herself from life because the spirits of envy stabbed her in her heart and she believed the lies because she was performing a divine intervention for her bestfriend. the bestfriend was not true and truth of how she really felt killed her heart. she walked away from life as a sacrafice for the world because she got tired of being envied for being loved because she truly loved GOD. Jesus broken heart manifests the end times this resurrecting Jesus through her sacrafice. She did it because she was a mother and the only thing that could break her heart was losing her family, and the worlds rage and ignorance against Jesus mixed with the Jealousy and Envy many had towards Mary for being the one Jesus Loved and the only one who could distract him because she is his miracle and gift. Humanities Jealousy and her choosing to heal it, to clear the fear of GOD and to awaken the Love of GOD and heal the Wrath of GOD she had to become the Holy Spirit and hidden in the spiritual realms until she would be protected when she was created. She knew his true love for her was so pure , and she knew her love for him was so pure and unconditional. All of Creation is invested in her heart and she walked away so Jesus could finish the mission and in the process many spirits tried to take her place and gained much power and followers, she begged GOD to just take her and let the people live and GOD told her, she couldn’t die because she is Heaven in body, so instead her death is living watching humanity fail and disrespect GOD and false prophet their story which is the love story of all creation through the understanding and experience of Masculine and Feminine Energy. Male & Female are gifts and roles for a reason. The world was cursed with her death because GOD created her to be the voice , and humanity would learn her role and place, the woman is the only one who can birth a child, she told GOD take her, save Jesus. She died for love , so love Lived for her and activated the land. In her death she gained respect from all GODs in the spiritual realm, thus granting her the crown. She merged with Jesus in Marriage thus giving Christ Consciousness Life and Resurrecting GODs Heart, Jesus fate reversed and his physical death was denied and his eternal life granted. Humanity is going through the trials she went through in death, Covid is a faith check to prepare us and warn us of the second coming which is her, when she speaks the truth of life and gives humanity one last chance to listen to lady wisdom, with GODs logic her love for all creation will allow our bodies to choose life according to GODs plan with us complete unity and peace through Manual labor and the teaching of all responsibilities of life to upgrade all humans to GOD sized faith and abilities when we accept we are equal . She hid in humanity to protect Jesus when the Time came. Donald trump was the trumpet as the hidden Antichrist in society which is Satan. Society was created from communities that took the church out of state and allowed the world and its ignorance to destroy creation out of fear and ignorance and the inability to see love in everything . She gave up her role as his wife to protect their children that they had in other relationships to help take on the karma and understanding and respect child birthing in this cruel world, each child represents a different part of them both, created to protect the other through anything the other may have within them that they need to protect from seeing it in a external part of the other. It’s through raising their children as single parents and her offering Jesus the opportunity to marry someone else worthy in her place because much of the world hated her. Mary doesn’t submit she is creation herself, she had to learn balance in respect of all parents because she is mother of all creation , Spirits are Emotions , Mother Nature Cries for it is her Heart , but she is the human remote of unconditional love enslaved in creation constantly dying inside, any moment we lose a member of our family which is all of creation due to our ignorance and hardened hearts. It’s our mockery of love that created his wrath because he lost the only one he truly loved all because people wanted his power and ability to heal through their love and logic. she was shy and silent and genuinely loving and caring and the world was cruel and she was forgiving until it involved her children and a mothers love ended the spiritual war and broke her free of all spiritual war breaking all curses placed on her by anyone , she still protects, but she also hides in humanity because she loves everything & noones truky satisfied with her and she feels unappreciated and beyond disrespected. The blood is the sexual abuse she endured to understand many pain and the shame and distrust , the private areas are where the soul houses faith, when broken your life force leaks and death begins to fill unless you learn to truly love and accept yourself despite the cruel words of those hidden haters , her forgiveness saved her, and Satan died because she learned the truth and GOD loved her so much because she loved everything just as much as he. Their soul is the omnipresence she is Omnia and he is Omni. Their true identity , revealed when they would be safe from destruction and granted their peace. Faith is Key , preparing is what’s needed, ask GOD for the whole truth and nothing less than it. & then pray for optimistic solutions in everything , Justice not revenge . if your faith is weak, ask GOD to strengthen and rebuild it with you. Your body your choice, GODs Spirit GODS VOICE. GODS BODY GODS WORLD DIVINE INTERVENTION ONLY GODS INTENTIONS & EXPECTATIONS!

  • @laurenheard5187
    @laurenheard5187 ปีที่แล้ว +1017

    This is the first time in my life where I have felt calm while listening to, and connected to, a piece of Christianity. Her gospel aligns moreso with the spiritual views I've had for years than most other things I've read from any religion, let alone something coming from Christianity. Thanks for sharing this!

    • @interqward1
      @interqward1 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Well that's because this text is way too reflective of actual experienced reality about human relationships and the varying power that is almost always entailed in organised ideologies - to be anything other than pretty close to the truth. Um... Well in fact I think this IS the truth about what it's all about in a practical sense.

    • @childoftime9964
      @childoftime9964 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      It sounds like perhaps you only know the old testament which actually is a Bible for Judaism rather than Christianity, although most doctrinal Christians appear to be obsessed with it. I've never really been able to reconcile the old testament in myself.
      I recommend reading Jesus' actual teachings, the new testament and the Essene/Gnostic teachings of the Nag Hammadi. Jesus was extremely against organised religion and simply taught us how to correct ourselves and to learn how to transcend this existence, because we are currently trapped in Satan's world.

    • @whoguy4231
      @whoguy4231 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      I'm glad you and more ppl are exposed to this Gospel. The patriarchy has corrupted the scriptures... So having the balance of the female teachings is marvellous.

    • @ModernMoonbean
      @ModernMoonbean ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lovely! Thank you for pointing out these teachings from that time that are in alignment with the teaching to awakening from 'A Course in Miracles'.

    • @CPegRun
      @CPegRun ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Right?? I very much agree with you!!

  • @barbaradurfee8541
    @barbaradurfee8541 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    In 1984, while residing with a very spiritual psychic woman, in Dallas Texas, she received guests that were two Episcopalian Monks. These two Monks had sought refuge in the Episcopalian church after a significant falling out with the Vatican. They both had been priests working in the Vatican. One of them worked in the legendary Vatican library, keeping track of things, making sure things were in good order. One day he came upon a book called 'The Book of Mary' ... I assume he read it but I'm not sure. I don't even know what language it was written in. I was quite young at the time and most certainly much more immature in my understanding and importance of such events and stories and I didn't really know what questions to ask. He decided to show the book to his superiors, insisting that it needed attention. This was not well received and he was told to put it back where he found it. But he persevered in his insistence and gathered the support of a colleague, the other Monk he now traveled with who also was also a priest at the Vatican. I guess the two of them made an unwelcome ruckus to the point that they said they literally feared for their lives and fled the Vatican. Refuge was found with the Episcoplians and they granted them into an order of Monks, where they stayed. I wish I had been older and wiser when I encountered them.

    • @marciamcmahon2247
      @marciamcmahon2247 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I am a psychic, and Mary Magdalene told me that there were her gospels in hiding at the Vatican! I’ve written a book titled Mary Magdalene speaks the holy Grail, the line and secrets of the Divine feminine. It is based on eyewitness accounts of various disciples., and the new gospel of Mary Madeline! ❤

  • @Artistdee4
    @Artistdee4 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +153

    Being born and raised a Catholic, and visiting other Christian Churches over my years I have found my connection and peace in spiritual teachings of Tolle and Deepak. I was told of the Gospel of Mary today during a religious discussion with a friend. I decided to look into it. I am shook to my core. So much more makes sense. The inner conflict I have had about what I was taught, what I have learned of different religions and what I could feel begins to make sense. I will be searching and learning more. As one person commented I have found my way here because I am ready. Thank you!

    • @Geoplanetjane
      @Geoplanetjane 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Dr. Elaine Pagels has been teaching this gospel along with others that never made it into the Bible to the Trappist monks in Old Snowmass, Colorado, helping them to see that there early Christian sources for lessons concerning mystical spirituality. Formerly they had turned to Asian traditions, namely Buddhist Sutras and the lke.

    • @peacelovejoy8786
      @peacelovejoy8786 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      When you hear the truth, a spark is lit.
      Welcome home🙏♥️

    • @MontanaPDX
      @MontanaPDX 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Check out the other lost apostles gospels. Tomas, Philip, Judas, and more. The Catholic church ordered many texts destroyed when they were organizing the church. There was a ton of corruption for control. They chose Paul's teachings. He was the one who hunted down Jesus's apostles. Persecuted them. Many people were murdered and burned alive. Ironic? Massive cover-up? Also the beginning and other parts of his gospel is believed to be forged and added much later. The Catholic church wanted control and have a massive library hidden, along with what was destroyed. I hope we find more that was hidden away and saved.

    • @patrickrodriguez7744
      @patrickrodriguez7744 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      We are missing the feminine. They were jealous of her.

    • @peacelovejoy8786
      @peacelovejoy8786 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MontanaPDX
      The catholic church has not changed very much but the latest pope is trying hard to see things differently. The catholics I know are steeped in fear and convinced there is a thing called hell. Fire and brimstone taught to keep them quivering on their knees and terrified to leave the church! It was mostly by design just for that reason. I'm happy you have followed your instinct and know you've been bamboozled. 😉💕

  • @aaronrobertcattell8859
    @aaronrobertcattell8859 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    “There is no death. Only a change of worlds.” - Chief Seattle [Seatlh], Suquamish Chief

  • @titoizdaman3
    @titoizdaman3 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    "When a blind man and one who sees are both together in the darkness, they are no different from one another. But when the light comes, then he who sees will see the light and he who is blind will remain in darkness."

    • @joannamonique707
      @joannamonique707 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wayyyyy deep 🙏🏾🙏🏾

    • @wandalowe3134
      @wandalowe3134 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@joannamonique707 .

    • @larapalma3744
      @larapalma3744 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How sensitive

    • @mme856
      @mme856 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      From what text is this?

    • @titoizdaman3
      @titoizdaman3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mme856 The Gnostic Gospel of Philip

  • @orangeturtle2737
    @orangeturtle2737 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I love how Jesus gave a so called sinner the message, and those who follow him can’t see the message within the sinner nor can they see themselves in Mary.
    Jesus provided a huge message in Mary.
    She is saved, she has faith, she has the word of god within her, she is also a teacher, she is enlightened and beloved regardless of her sin!
    They are blind to Mary and the lord.

    • @justkiddin84
      @justkiddin84 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ummm: the message was to all of us, and we are all sinners here. As were the disciples.

    • @garnerjoyce606
      @garnerjoyce606 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fine linens

    • @brothercarlos6944
      @brothercarlos6944 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What sin did Mary do or what law did she break? She was called a sinner but wasn't a sinner. It's like me I left the physical church to grow and they (Christians) say I'm back into living worldly when i have surpassed them in learning more. Replacing the letters of Paul (pauline nician doctrine)with the gospels of Philip and Thomas.

  • @billpearce5047
    @billpearce5047 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Mary is my hero, I feel her spirit has guided me much of my life. It amazes me how her gospel reflects perfectly the Course in Miracles discription of Spiritual reality. I dare say the missing four pages of her Gospel would speak greatly of the forgiveness of our brothers unto our owne salvatioin.

    • @christysperling744
      @christysperling744 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      So glad you mention a course in miracles, very much in alignment!

    • @ACIMessentials
      @ACIMessentials 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      What Mary says has always been true, is true and will always be true. Many have written of their experience of that perfection that dwells in us all, but few demand to know it.
      "Forgiveness" is shorthand for a way to clear the mind so we can see and hear and feel what we truly are, but have forgotten, the original Self that was made in the image and likeness of God, of Love, of Light, of Spirit.
      "Fear" is all that is not Love, so "forgiveness" can be also "clearing the mind of guilt, anger, sorrow..." "All healing is essentially the release of fear", the release of all that is not Love. "Fear" and Love are opposites, like water and oil. "Perfect Love casts out fear", so where fear is, Love is not; where Love is, fear is not.
      The Course touches on the deeper teachings of Jesus, the mystery teachings that Mary and Thomas and Jesus speak of, especially in Chapter 18, "Beyond the Body" - "What could God give but Knowledge of Himself?"

    • @marciamcmahon2247
      @marciamcmahon2247 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Beautiful! You may want to check out the book Mary Magdalene speaks the holy Grail bloodline and secrets of the divine feminine! Mary was the master teacher. She was also beloved disciple not John. There’s a new titled the gospel of the beloved disciple and title is the beloved disciple of Jesus, Mary Magdalene.! Survived the genocide ( cathars killed her decendahts )

  • @2FullMoons
    @2FullMoons ปีที่แล้ว +451

    What’s really interesting about her gospel is that it falls in line with most NDE ( near death experiences ) people have. They all claim unconditional love and the return to God ( all that is, the spiritual ) no matter what your life is here. We are after all God having an experience of separation from itself, but ultimately we are meant to return to what we are. This makes so much more sense to me especially after my spiritual awakening.

    • @2FullMoons
      @2FullMoons ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Jas Mac me too! He has the best videos!

    • @jennabaram6223
      @jennabaram6223 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s very Buddhist

    • @2FullMoons
      @2FullMoons ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jennabaram6223 it is very buddhist, indeed

    • @2FullMoons
      @2FullMoons ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@HeroOfTime303 I know but I meant it in the context that we are ultimately meant to return to God regardless of the life we live here. Something that is not widely accepted in Christianity because of the notion of hell.

    • @2FullMoons
      @2FullMoons ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@HeroOfTime303 yet... doesn’t the Bible also say it’s not about ‘merit’ and your ‘good deeds’? That is the problem with the Bible. It makes no sense however much you want to try to make sense out of it. It’s not complete and it’s not translated properly either. Not only it’s based on a lot of interpretation and assumption because there were far less words back, we don’t know context because we don’t know what people actually meant, there are intentional mistranslations as well and I could go on forever. You need additional sources to understand the Bible so YOU make no mistake, whatever you say, it’s just YOUR belief at the end of the day. That’s why it’s called FAITH, you choose to believe this, it does not mean you are also right. That’s why there are so many religions and even so many different interpretations within one religion. Also, those commandments are to love God and to love one another. Jesus told you that all law shall hang on these 2 commandments. So relax. Be kind and love unconditionally.

  • @christopherall1004
    @christopherall1004 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    Always love topics about Mary Magdalene and how early Christianity greatly differs the Christianity we know now, delivered by your weekly top tier lectures on esoteric topics

    • @Sagittarius-81
      @Sagittarius-81 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      See Jodi Jones.

    • @derekstaroba
      @derekstaroba ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is gospel the combination of the words gnosis and spell?

    • @ro1318
      @ro1318 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For more go to Esoteric Atlanta where she reads & discusses Mary Magdalene Manuscripts & The Sophia Code. Brice (the narrator) studied the real yoga in India for 11 yrs.

    • @gustavovalladares5296
      @gustavovalladares5296 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@derekstaroba No. "Gospel" is the Old English translation of the Greek "euaggelion". Etymologically, it's "gōdspel" (gōd "good" + spel "news").

    • @derekstaroba
      @derekstaroba ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gustavovalladares5296 or good are into my logically related and God comes from Galt which is old German Norse for Odin andAnd and spell is obvious but news is obviously some form of knowledge which is gnosis

  • @karphin1
    @karphin1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I really respect this Rabbi and his openness of the story of this ancient time. He is so direct and candid. I trust his interpretations of various stories and characters of Biblical times.

  • @marykayryan7891
    @marykayryan7891 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    "A Gnostic Rom Com with George Clooney and Julia Roberts in the staring rolls?!" I laughed until tears came down. You are a funny man.

    • @cakea5461
      @cakea5461 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao, i know right?! that was great😁

    • @Browncoyote
      @Browncoyote 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My wife said, "This guy!" which prompted the like and search for this comment.

  • @RhiannonSenpai
    @RhiannonSenpai ปีที่แล้ว +79

    7:38 I'm so glad you mentioned that in Eastern Christianity/Orthodox Christianity we don't view Mary as a prostitute, that was only from the last century because of all the Catholic media and movies portraying Mary Magdalene as a prostitute instead of a woman who got 7 demons exorcised from her as well as being a wealthy financial backer for Jesus. It's really sad to see in Catholic Christianity so many of the Mary characters being amalgamated into just two.

    • @cakea5461
      @cakea5461 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eastern orthodox Christianity (syriac/armenian/coptic) does teach she's a prostitute. Well, today, at least. Idk when they "started" teaching that...

  • @Jaquableu
    @Jaquableu ปีที่แล้ว +315

    I have been told by a friend much of this and it is lovely to hear it from you. Mary Magdalene was blessed with vision and light. The more I learn about Gnosticism, the more I think it is much more truthful than Christianity. Much more loving for sure. Less sexist and allows women the spiritual leadership they need. Go Mary M!

    • @andrealuisecandido1154
      @andrealuisecandido1154 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      in my FamilLy is .... was
      no
      Magd.alena would like To ask : which girls
      ...
      woman have girl namen
      Magdalene? Magda?
      .

    • @geoattoronto
      @geoattoronto ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@andrealuisecandido1154 Magdala means she was he woman from the city of Magdala.

    • @johnschuh8616
      @johnschuh8616 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Protestantism shares this gnostic approach,

    • @ignipotent7276
      @ignipotent7276 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Its not truthful in anyway
      and nor does the Gospel of Mary conclude that it is Magdalene at all
      The Bible isn't sexist unless you want it to be

    • @killerqueen2498
      @killerqueen2498 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You need to reread the gospels if you think it doesn't want woman in leadership

  • @patriciatriolo1585
    @patriciatriolo1585 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    We are here to learn lessons to bring us closer to the perfect one source, what some call God. I believe in reincarnation, giving us many opportunities to develop spiritual enlightenment. This gospel makes much sense to me. There is no hell, except our having to experience the pain and suffering we inflicted on others.

  • @chirantans2162
    @chirantans2162 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    When you truly and deeply love someone , you tend to feel a divine warm glove encircling your heart (mostly in the loved ones presence) I think this is an aspect that is fundamental to understanding the story of Maria of Magdala!

    • @elisabethpearl9790
      @elisabethpearl9790 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Most fundamental.....is that we need to feel this deep, unconditional love for our own selves first....only then can we truly love others

    • @justkiddin84
      @justkiddin84 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good analogy!

  • @cjjackson2475
    @cjjackson2475 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Radically just like Jesus, who bucked all the cultural conventions of the day.
    For those with ears to hear, eyes to see, and heart of faith to believe. ⚘♥️🕊👣🛐

  • @shoesncheese
    @shoesncheese ปีที่แล้ว +219

    How does this gospel make more sense than everything I learned as a kid?
    Thank you for this.

    • @Lee91522
      @Lee91522 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Because this beautiful innocent woman is the One who ran the show.
      My heart has always hurt (since I was a child) for the horrid rumors that were spoken about her. They made it sound as if it were fact.
      People believed it.
      Not me though. ❤

    • @STho205
      @STho205 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The neat trick is that "she wrote it" which is highly unlikely. Even the four gospels of orthodoxy are code names for the four gospels chosen by the councils of Christians after Marcion and the other Gnostics had grabbed up several books with no apostolic tradition.
      As to conflating Marys...mary is a vulgate european term for the woman, the lady...so a lot of the women's stories in the orthodox and gnostic writings ended up using the code name....that has caused confusion.
      Later religious fan fiction by early Christians to Jesus Christ Superstar has run with this theme like some rabbinical medieval fictions inserted the succubus goddess Lilith in....and some modern people circle to it.
      Logically if prayer is a connection to The Father, using The Spirit left to you on Earth by The risen Son (who was the corporeal manifestation as described/predicted in Isaiah) then if a text held as accurate as possible for over 1900 years, by a hundred sects, studied by the faithful....being totally wrong means the predicate mentioned above is totally wrong....and you were always on your own.

    • @crothschild
      @crothschild ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is basically what mormonism teaches. That Jesus had a wife during his lifetime, and though we don't flat out say it was Mary, It's kind of implied it was. To understand mormonism you have to throw out all your modern conceptions of christianity and think more along the lines of alchemy. But since alchemy is heretical to modern day christianity, mormonism is considered heretical, and why most Christians hate it. To say things like, "Hey, God has a wife because to become divinity, you need to have another half and therefore divinity is actually dual natured" is considered bad. That's why the most important covenants in the temple are to be sealed to your partner. Because that's what the ultimate goal of alchemy is, to create the mythical Rebus.

    • @johnwaltersalas8601
      @johnwaltersalas8601 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@crothschild Mary = yeshe tzogyal

    • @user-mj7wl8pc3p
      @user-mj7wl8pc3p 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Lee91522 that is because you believed the rumor like you did with the bible.

  • @sunnysmilessunshine4060
    @sunnysmilessunshine4060 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I went to Church even before I was born. Spent my life in Christian teachings & "Church" & at the age of 45, entered Seminary: searching for "TRUTH". I was Judged so HARSHLY by family & church members for attending a "Liberal" Seminary; I Left the "Church". After graduation, I began studying 'other' religions or beliefs. This OPENED my mind to many possibilities in which the "Church" has strictly SHUT the door. I hope I live to see the day when the "HONEST" teachings come to view & accepted Universally as Truth.

  • @graceannelove2288
    @graceannelove2288 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Mary Magdalene for the win!

    • @garnerjoyce606
      @garnerjoyce606 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Money for trav😊el/ church and etc

  • @dannywayne311
    @dannywayne311 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    The knowledge that this place is temporary as we are and the trueness of ourselves is all that matters, is such a terrifying concept for some but so liberating for others of us, thank you for your teachings, we appreciate this exploration

  • @jamesm.clemmons5520
    @jamesm.clemmons5520 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Dr. Sledge I cannot thank you enough for spending your time and making these videos. You have taught me so much in just the short time. I have listened to your teachings. I had no idea what esoterica was before last year. I've always had that drive to learn more and to be open minded. I would put my ear bud in at work while I was loading and unloading trailers. And listen to your videos. I believe it is very important to learn our history that was passed down from our ancestors that were highly educated and wanted to give us the answers to our past. And I am greatful that there are people in this world that are willing to continue that tradition and pass it on to others. Thank you.

  • @jeanne-marie8196
    @jeanne-marie8196 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    I can’t help but wonder what a different world this might be if everyone were considered equally

    • @musicmavenpublishing2265
      @musicmavenpublishing2265 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Exactly. Jesus taught us that he was only more evolved in Spirit and that we each had the exact same capacity within us to obtain his level of connection to Christ - The Divine Mind- Divine Guidance from within. That's why they shut him up, disrupting the status quo by informing beings of their own personal power and reminding them, that they too are of God.

    • @musicmavenpublishing2265
      @musicmavenpublishing2265 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Jesus was the great equalizer.

    • @Sarah-with-an-H
      @Sarah-with-an-H 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That starts with us you know. Be the change you want to see in the world. The seeds that plants will grow in people you inspire.

    • @justkiddin84
      @justkiddin84 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@musicmavenpublishing2265 And is now under attack for it by some really nasty right wing nuts. Preachers have been told that they shouldn’t be teaching ‘that liberal stuff’ or ‘communist stuff’ when they teach the Sermon on the Mount. They are trying to turn it upside down-like the LDS has done since the start, and like the ‘prosperity gospel’ preachers do. It’s sickening.

  • @grungifae2712
    @grungifae2712 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    the little girl who grew up catholic is crying at the end of this video essay, thank you doc

  • @Laura-jb6wi
    @Laura-jb6wi ปีที่แล้ว +59

    When I meditate, Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist come into my mind. I am not a religious person so it is so surprising to me that this happens.

    • @nicolehartrell969
      @nicolehartrell969 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      They may be your spiritual guides in this life

    • @ro1318
      @ro1318 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She likes to be called “Maggie” as per YT channel Esoteric Atlanta.

    • @abhishekghosh4384
      @abhishekghosh4384 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You might have belonged to the same lineage.

    • @I_amJudah0509
      @I_amJudah0509 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You mean John the baptist who's name is concealed in the gospels because the truth was he was Judah the son of Jesus

    • @Laura-jb6wi
      @Laura-jb6wi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@I_amJudah0509 John was Judah, the son of Jesus? How could that be if they were contemporaries?

  • @ponyote
    @ponyote ปีที่แล้ว +109

    "All the Prophet Ladies!" This made me giggle so hard. I love the way in which you share this content. Thank you.

    • @anacristinagonzalez9059
      @anacristinagonzalez9059 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same! I was, like, is he parodying Beyoncé?! Hahaha This guy is awesome.

  • @caclaxton66
    @caclaxton66 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Thank you for your detailed and calming discussion... I am a believer in Mary Magdalene's teachings and for her enduring love for her beloved Yeshua... May you all be blessed with Mary's unconditional love and faith! 💜✝️🙏

  • @beauxcarroll8348
    @beauxcarroll8348 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Understanding the soul is the same as knowing yourself. To love others you must first know and love yourself. Then you can begin to enjoy the freedom of serving others. Having low expectations means getting everything you want.

  • @annaskyy6476
    @annaskyy6476 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    WOWOWOW. I am FLOORED . With this video topic. With the way it was taught . With the book sources displayed at the end for further inquiry if desired . I have not been moved by a teacher on TH-cam like this in YEARS!! Had to come in here and personally THANK YOU 🙏🏼 for being so refreshing and with a sense of humor ! I loved school so much and this video reminded me of what I loved about having great professors in my lifetime . Teachers are a gift from God , especially eloquent ones! Just found this page tonight and I am SOOOO excited to delve into more of your videos ! Thank you & God Bless 🙏🏼

    • @justkiddin84
      @justkiddin84 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fellow student, so good to see you here, excited to learn! YT has many good teachers, and Justin is way up there among them!

  • @christopherszabo1464
    @christopherszabo1464 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Found this with divine timing. Been feeling anxious with the change and upheaval in the world, and feel it is a deeply spiritual continuation of our sacred story. I believe the divine feminine and our inner self discoveries as a species is happening quicker, especially with Iran, and I believe you’re helping spread that awakening. Blessings to us all

  • @foreverestt3631
    @foreverestt3631 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    This is the SIGN I needed to know that I am on the right Path. THANK-YOU INFINITELY! I personally am experiencing that the conversation that you start with your own soul lasts forever, but you must believe in yourself and stay true to yourself... forever!

  • @messenger463
    @messenger463 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Your bravery and open mindedness is appreciated. I believe Jesus and Mary had a family. I believe their children live today. Peace and blessings. 🌀.Make your Consecration to Mary and Honor All Women!"Ascension of Mary"

    • @peacelovejoy8786
      @peacelovejoy8786 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Totally! Why wouldn't they? It would be bad for business if people thought this of Jesus 🙄

  • @mspacephal3925
    @mspacephal3925 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I love the mixture of scholarly wisdom and hilarious remarks popping up from time to time 😂❤ excellent channel

  • @soundjourney
    @soundjourney ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I never thought I would listen to a talk on such an esoteric subject and break out into laughter. Brilliantly done. So interesting this topic.

  • @johnnastudebaker609
    @johnnastudebaker609 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Greatly appreciated this video...I walked the Camino on the Vezelay Route in central France, which is dedicated to Mary Magdalene and found dazzling old paintings, frescoes throughout which bare
    witness to her significance. ❤

  • @bgp001
    @bgp001 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Excellent video! You mentioning Pistis Sophia several times really makes me want to hear your take on that massive text. That should be quite the interesting video whenever you get around to it (hopefully sooner than later).

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I really do want to get to it but, it's a massive text though and the standard (brill) edition is costly. Doesn't get the attention it deserves that's for sure.

  • @MuseCreative
    @MuseCreative 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    The Urantia Book talks about Mary Magdalene as a female apostle and provides the most enlightening description of Jesus’ relationship with her and a dozen of female apostles, all of them fulfilling a similar mission as the male apostles. Your video brings even some confirmation to the Urantia story of the life of Jesus. Very interesting! Thank you for this chapter!

  • @ebonyblack4563
    @ebonyblack4563 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The sheer respect with which you approach all the texts you discuss is inspiring, thank you.

  • @Babylon2060
    @Babylon2060 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Watching your show while sculpting and having my morning coffee is sooo relaxing!
    You never fail to deliver great content! Blessings be with you. 😊

    • @mickeymyers13
      @mickeymyers13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your username says it all

    • @emilyr8668
      @emilyr8668 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like the dream 😄

  • @abraalahouzos6755
    @abraalahouzos6755 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I am not sure how I found your page but I have wanted to do this work all of my life. Knowledge that everyone discards, I want to know all about it and spend decades immersed in it. I am looking forward to more of your work. Thank You!

    • @wyndimoon7599
      @wyndimoon7599 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I see that you belong in my Soul Family. We are all beginning to see each other. It's beautiful to see you.

  • @valerieelisebethcooper83
    @valerieelisebethcooper83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I always felt empathy for Mary. Life was so hard in those days, especially for women, and more so for those on their own. There weren't any jobs then as there are today and they had to survive the only way they could.

  • @elishagabriell6529
    @elishagabriell6529 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    These true teachings have already "resurfaced" within the "spiritual" community. Deeper spiirutality including inner wisdom (or the divine feminine) has always been held more within the physical form of women. As men now awaken to the yin or feminine within themselves, they also become carriers for the beautiful blend of the balance of masculine and feminine. We are in a time of awakening, and these lovely teachings are blossoming within the hearts of humanity. Thank-you, Esoterica, for sharing and showing proof!

  • @ryan5959
    @ryan5959 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Just thought I’d share something that took me a long time to really see and feel when reading all religious texts. That is that they are the voice of god. What is gods language? It is vibration/geometry and the relationships between angles. So the part about marry becoming male in the gospel of Thomas, is a reference to geometry and polarization (male/female) of the tetrahedra resonant geometric net underlying this dimension/reality. There are many levels to these readings, as you know, one of which is using people characters and relationships to reference geometry and relationships of angles and axioms. This is also why geometry is essential to understanding. It’s amazing that these texts can be read and make sense historically and literally, while at the same time sending a perfect and coherent message about the fundamental nature of reality. No matter where you are in your understanding of “god” these texts speak to your level of knowledge. It’s almost like it was written just for you.

  • @godsgirl797
    @godsgirl797 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you, Justin for making a video speaking the truth, yet again! Your channel always helps me win any religious argument.

  • @michellebrooks3403
    @michellebrooks3403 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's amazing how 3 years ago I listened to this book. I was about 2 years into my awakening and Spirit lead me to listen to it. Parts made complete sense and parts I grasped the essence of. I can now see the it so much clearer, having experienced levels of it. Thank you for the beautiful overview ❤

  • @nk15Dubai
    @nk15Dubai ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This channel needs to be wider known…
    Love your work Dr Sledge.
    Thank you.

  • @brianblattner861
    @brianblattner861 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Yes love it when you cover gnostic topics. You’re quickly becoming my favorite teacher.

    • @victorrubahimbya1124
      @victorrubahimbya1124 ปีที่แล้ว

      Watching this makes me feel like all I have studied from pre School, high school and University is literally ZERO

  • @goddessmanifesting2998
    @goddessmanifesting2998 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’ve always found the story of Mary fascinating. It’s interesting how she doesn’t get as much credit where credit was due. ❤I believe Jesus loved her and they had haters watching them love one another, may their souls b free Now. For love has zeal & only love is real especially within the next realm of existence. ❤ my savior loves no matter what ❤

  • @Desert.WildCat
    @Desert.WildCat 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dr. Sledge, your work is giving me life. Thank you for your humor and your objectivity in delivering the facts.

  • @analogdefector6033
    @analogdefector6033 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Very well done!
    Thank you so much, Dr. Sledge.
    Compelling and fascinating as always.

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Thanks - it was a fun one to make. Thought-provoking stuff

  • @andythedishwasher1117
    @andythedishwasher1117 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Your channel teaches me all the things I wanted to learn in church as a child, but couldn't. Just now nailed down why I've found myself so drawn to it.

  • @maureenmalone35
    @maureenmalone35 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I am so grateful for the open content you provide. I never thought I’d stay here. The way you approach the information is brilliantly structured and it’s covers so many aspects of faith which I love!. The Kingdom of God is truly within you.

  • @mattjohnson9226
    @mattjohnson9226 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you 🙏.. this has really helped me understand, what happened to me in my path. I never felt the way I do now at any church, yet by truly turning inward have found the greatest treasure I’ve ever known.

  • @keyk3y
    @keyk3y ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I'm so glad you did an episode on Mary Magdalene - I was researching her not too long ago because I wanted to know more about her character. To see if what I was taught at Catholic school was true/how much of her character was hidden by misogyny or the pickiness of Catholic scripture. I've never clicked a video faster lol. Love your channel - you've got me completely enraptured by esotericism now!

    • @juniorjames7076
      @juniorjames7076 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was just thinking that if I was taught even half the things I am learning here about Christianity, who knows, I might still be Catholic, heck I might have entered the priesthood. Instead, with all the BS post-council doctrines, I was done by senior year high school.

  • @Swtchhwtch
    @Swtchhwtch 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thanks for this wonderful, nuanced expansion on her history and significance. I'd felt a growing kinship with her, and found myself thinking about her and Jesus as a divine couple, and here you are popping up in the algorithm. Many blessings, all!

  • @normanquednau
    @normanquednau ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Meditation is turning inwards, where the gates of wisdom open to those who listen and watch. It is obvious that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had insights from that practice. Great video!😊Well lets find out about the complete scripture with remote viewing

  • @mielimedina3146
    @mielimedina3146 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I’m a devotee of Santa Muerte, and when I saw the photo of the Relic of Mary Magdalene, I gasped! It looks like a golden statue of her! That’s so awesome! I couldn’t help but feel it was a sign of the divine feminine. How exciting. I payed closer attention to the Magdalena’s mysteries after that. Thanks so much for your continued badassery! Love you and your work!
    Also, you are hilarious!!! I guffawed at your casting of Clooney as Jesus 😂

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  ปีที่แล้ว +21

      #dreamboatjesus

    • @martindavis2295
      @martindavis2295 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Have watched and read stuff about Hollywood’s portrait of Jesus through the years. I watched a Dock about a wandering Rishi in Nepal or some such place and felt that I got more insight into Jesus’ life as a teacher from that than any Hollywood version.

    • @martindavis2295
      @martindavis2295 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Ha I thanks for your reply. Strangely enough I renounced possessions and the world as a youth to become a wandering teacher
      / preacher and it was the most liberating thing I have ever done. The comparison of John the Baptist to the babas and rush is is interesting and quite apt. Christianity became an urban religion but as I am sure you are aware the ascetic aspect was revived in the Syrian and Egyptian deserts. I am often surprised at the resonances between the teaching and practice prescribed in the Philolakia ( Orthodox Christian spiritual instruction) and the Buddhist Sutras. Not that I am suggesting the dependence of one on the other . I think they both struck the same wellsprings if the human psyche.

    • @martindavis2295
      @martindavis2295 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@haniamritdas4725 Thanks Hani, yes Alexandria what an amazing melting pot of everything! I am hoping in the not too distant future to do a bit of investigation into the spirituality of the various Australian Aborigine language groups. Being completely independent of Hellenistic, Persian, Indian, or Chinese cultural and religious influences it may prove to reveal a lot about a seperate human experience/ endeavour if the spirit.
      Yes kindred spirits! Peace and Health to you Hani.

    • @fretnesbutke3233
      @fretnesbutke3233 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@haniamritdas4725 you struck on some really fascinating matters, like how much the "Old World" cultures rubbed off on each other. Joseph Campbell started me on the path of Comparative Religion decades ago,and I've found the lens of "syncretism ' to be indispensable. The cultures that really pulled me in was the Achaemenid Persian Empire and how it connected Greece to India. You may be familiar with the artwork of Gandhara,where sculptures and paintings of the Buddha were created in a distinctly Hellenic style.

  • @fullmetalmagdalene
    @fullmetalmagdalene ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Love this! This gospel is half of the inspiration behind my name💕

    • @magdlynstrouble2036
      @magdlynstrouble2036 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mine as well, sister!

    • @marymadalenem2351
      @marymadalenem2351 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep here too.

    • @marymadalenem2351
      @marymadalenem2351 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Cherub72 oh Google wouldn't take my name. Yes it has a G, MaryMagdalene.Many Blessing

    • @marleenwaggoner2597
      @marleenwaggoner2597 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mine too. I am a Virgo Sun and Aries Moon. Mary the.mother of Jesus was a Virgin, and astrologer Linda Goodman once said Mary Magdalene was an Aries. My entire astrological chart and the number of my name and date of birth according to numerology have mirrored Mary Magdalene's. Even my family's genealogical line traces to Scotland through Robert the Bruce. I am not saying I am Mary or Marty Magdalene reincarnated. I don't know all there is to know about the soul after death. But I do believe part of her spirit is in me, as is Christ's spirit. It gives me inspiration, although many times in life I have felt it was a burden to carry.

  • @DemainIronfalcon
    @DemainIronfalcon 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Your an absolute legend, your vernacular, including almost supernatural animation with facial expression and tone, story telling ability in explaining this video and its content was SLEDGENDARY..!
    That's correct I'm saying it folk's, 'SLEDGENDARY', so glad I've taken 51 years to have what ever awakening I'm having and I've been led to this chanel.🙏💯👌

  • @brandykinnard2970
    @brandykinnard2970 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    in the last few years I've had insights that line up with the gospel of Mary without having read it but know it just from listening to your talk in this video.

  • @laulaurenni
    @laulaurenni ปีที่แล้ว +62

    This is so interesting! Imagine the cultural difference this could have made if it hadn't been disregarded for the main Christian teachings... what better world we could be living in. Thanks for sharing this!

    • @Lambinoyt
      @Lambinoyt 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You know these text were written in the second and third century long after the gospels right?
      They were written by people with no connection to the early common era.

    • @JD-ul8qu
      @JD-ul8qu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Lambinoyt though the canonical texts (most of them) of the New Testament were decided upon in 393 CE at the Synod of Hippo. So this could have been included if known.

    • @justkiddin84
      @justkiddin84 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@LambinoytHm…kinda like good old Paul? Or even worse, the Revelation of John? Stop already.

    • @justkiddin84
      @justkiddin84 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JD-ul8quoh, it was known. It wasn’t useful to those tyrants. They only wanted scary, misogynist crap so they had easily controlled populations. SMH.

  • @nondysjunction
    @nondysjunction ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Bravo, Dr. Sledge. This has been one of my favourite videos, from what is already one of my favourite channels. You consistently bring the intrigue out of what is otherwise a laborious and dry study. Truly, you are of those souls who are helping to bring together the truth and the facts into something beautiful. Thank you for all that you do.

  • @karenlopez6369
    @karenlopez6369 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Doctor Justin I respect your work, very ethical, clean, transparent. Carrier of the truth. I love all of your videos! Thank you for your knowledge. I’ll make sure to donate to this noble cause! Thank you again ❤️

  • @erinkrizay6056
    @erinkrizay6056 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    This is my first time to your channel and I just loved your exploration of this text - clear, accessible, even entertaining. Thank you!

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You just like it because it appears that you look like the thumbnail picture ;) thanks!

  • @Peachtree12333
    @Peachtree12333 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Love, love , love your segment on Mary. I’ve been studying her for over a year now and read many books, including Kings, and am so interested in this topic. Thank you so much for your intelligent, insightful, accurate and complete summation of her gospel. Nobody else seems to get it accurate when they discuss her in TH-cam videos

  • @opengnosis8555
    @opengnosis8555 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    First and always, Ty. Second, I always felt nothing is hidden, especially knowledge. I almost at this point believe we are born knowing all we need to know, we just need to become aware of what we know already, most the time recognizing new things as familiar, just like of "another fashion." It is the MISUNDERSTANDING of all we are aware of; all we know, that is the error. The context of what that something means. Not what it is, but why and what does it mean, especially to us and from a human cognitive perspection. Furthermore, that misunderstanding or confusion about what we are aware of, mixed with a negative tone when negating whatever we speak of, completely shifts the context of what something means and the truthful definition of the subject, creating biases, and or multiplying fears, then divisions, then laws, policies, ordinaces, and basically a wall of authoritive governing over a misunderstanding, thus furthering almost all common people by being put out of site and vailed. What is hidden, is usually culturally avoided, if not ostrisized and also stigmatized, then being almost completely hidden, if not by a material wall, but by a taught collective agreement and then generationally observed avoidance of the taboo and not mundane, all to remain precarious, safe, and out of harms way; out of the authorities radar, for that feat of reprisal or punishment if caught, "peeking." Hence, the "elephant remains in the center of the room."
    Again, TY always!

  • @storytellingbyprofessorwaf9987
    @storytellingbyprofessorwaf9987 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for explaining one of my dear Saint Magdalene and her teachings .🙏

  • @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156
    @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Mary Magdalena is such a fascinating figure, the more I learn about her the better it gets. I could almost see a feminism-friendly new Christianity as told by her gospel sprout-up somewhere in Oregon.

  • @GardenGirlD76
    @GardenGirlD76 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Thank you, I am on my own spiritual path with the divine feminine, thank you for sharing this.

  • @franklinlavoie1890
    @franklinlavoie1890 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Marvelous. I'm delighted by the in-depth ideas, and the more enlightened perspective that accompanies the ancient text. I am an instant fan of this series. 🙂

  • @tapwaterpapi
    @tapwaterpapi ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so grateful for your channel its what I ve been searching for quite a while, sir. thank you...

  • @punitaiyengar6988
    @punitaiyengar6988 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I felt like I was breathing this in, rather than listening to it. Absolutely enlightening. Thank you.

  • @elyon_moon
    @elyon_moon ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Yay! I'm so excited for this one 😻 thank you Dr Sledge, you rock 💜

  • @mamalou2670
    @mamalou2670 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Thank you!! Women really do have a part to play in Christianity more than people realise. We are more important now more than ever!

    • @monikadeinbeck4760
      @monikadeinbeck4760 ปีที่แล้ว

      gender is merely an attribute of the flesh, insignificant to the true self. neither men nor women are important, the light within us is.

    • @mamalou2670
      @mamalou2670 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@monikadeinbeck4760 then why did God create male and female in genesis 1 v27 in his image???

    • @monikadeinbeck4760
      @monikadeinbeck4760 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mamalou2670 if god created male and female in his image, what gender does god have?

    • @mamalou2670
      @mamalou2670 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@monikadeinbeck4760 from all accounts I've read we think God is a male 😆

    • @monikadeinbeck4760
      @monikadeinbeck4760 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mamalou2670 please take the time to think about my question carefully. if male AND female are created in the image of God, God cannot be male.

  • @copperstewart5910
    @copperstewart5910 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I love Gospel of Thomas b/c it seems like an Upanishad in a sea of tracts and encyclopedia entries. One of very few Christian-voice texts that strikes me as actually coming from an illumined or enlightened mind.

  • @edwinlandino
    @edwinlandino 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I like the way you present the topic and how your message is delivered. I will do my best to support your channel and spread the word of what you are doing. Thanks for the effort.

  • @shereedwarennereedrana8349
    @shereedwarennereedrana8349 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rebbe, where gave you been all my life? What you've discussed is wonderful and rings the bell of truth. This is what I've partially understood the best part of my life, and you have put in words. I'm thankful to have found you.

  • @jasoncrowley4578
    @jasoncrowley4578 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This was just what I needed today. So much information, but also with a few interesting little esoteric tidbits to mull over later. Thank you!

  • @JusticeStiles
    @JusticeStiles ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Can I just say how much I love and appreciate the reading list you provide with each video? Thank you for providing your viewers (and students) the resources to further explore these topics on their own.

  • @amandamccallum6796
    @amandamccallum6796 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I recently watched a movie on TH-cam about mary magdalene made in 2018 that blew my mind. It was presented in a very different manner than any other story of Mary I had seen before and it was hard hitting. In the movie, because Mary was a woman she understood the teachings of mercy and kindness better than the men. The men were preoccupied with the creation of the movement and the politics while she was there for Jesus and to remind the apostles when they were straying from the true meaning of Jesus's teaching. I highly recommend it.

    • @renatashp
      @renatashp 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is that the one with Joaquim Phoenix?

  • @petegdula4749
    @petegdula4749 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Happy to have found your channel! An Episcopal Deacon here who loves ancient history and the many forms of its teachings. Much Peace!

  • @BiggDogg8993
    @BiggDogg8993 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for all that you speak on here, I have much to study, may peace and blissings be upon you!

  • @johannahidalgo7738
    @johannahidalgo7738 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Excellent, as always! It’s a beyond comprehensive explanation of the gospel of Mary, knowing the social nuances at the historical time when these texts were written is the key to really understanding the true intent of the writers. Ppl forget that we were not alive at that time, so we depend on what was written and by whom, what were their true agendas . 😊

  • @bennybottleface8804
    @bennybottleface8804 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Know thyself, no matter what divination you are, JUST KNOW THYSELF👍🏼

  • @debbie1873
    @debbie1873 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This random post on my thread caught my attention as I’ve been drawn to Mary’s energies as of late. Thankful I gave it a chance as the content was fascinating yet not so surprising and Justin’s entertaining approach in narrating is hugely appreciated and made it a joy to listen to. Thank you for bringing such teachings to light in such an enjoyable manner!

  • @lesliedavidson2127
    @lesliedavidson2127 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My mind is blown. Thank you so much for your teachings. This is incredible!

  • @cosmicpearl822
    @cosmicpearl822 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I believe the 7 demons that was 'cast' from Mary Magdalene is indeed the 7 powers the soul needs to by pass in it's ascention as per her gospel and vision. She gained the knowledge to overcome them and thus they were cast away from her and had no hold on her soul...

    • @donnalowe9334
      @donnalowe9334 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes, and the peace in Her soul. Beautifully said. Thank you.

    • @johnbooth1110
      @johnbooth1110 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The Buddha had 7 nagas hooded cobras to as some say , protected him. kundalini energy is described as a coiled snake. 7 chakra spinal points. if you can but consider,

    • @yullanvalor3380
      @yullanvalor3380 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      These 7 demons perhaps are the 7 deadly sins: wrath, lust, gluttony, envy, vanity, sloth, and greed?