St Mary Magdalene, page 15
66 Mary said, "Do not mistake the rites performed outwardly for the true sacred rite, for unless the sacred rites transpire inwardly, the outward rites are only husks of darkness."
67 Mary said, "Receiving the baptism of water, seek also the baptism of fire and the Spirit, for only when you are baptized with fire and the Spirit is your baptism complete."
68 Mary said, The Anointed has sown seeds of Light, and you are the secret garden of the Anointed, and in due season the harvest shall come. Tend to your growth now so that you might be ripe and mature when the harvest comes."
69 Mary said, "The mystery of the bridal chamber is private; it can only be spoken in the presence of one, and only if it is known to that one already. Do not speak in public about things that are private, but be wise in your speech."
70 Mary taught, "Many have followed their heart, and it led them astray. Yet, it was not their heart that they followed but some other spirit. The Lord is seated there, in your heart, and you must know your heart to know the Lord. There is a husk of darkness surrounding the heart. When that husk is broken and falls away, then you will know your heart and know the Lord. Let your heart be circumcised so that you might enter into the fullness of love and be intimately acquainted."
71 Mary said, "To gain recognition is to become what you see, for no one sees anything he or she has not become. If a person is not able to recognize the Anointed, or one whom the Anointed sends, it is because the Anointed does not indwell that person. Therefore, when there is recognition rejoice, for your salvation is near and you have entered the kingdom."
72 Mary said, "Unless you know the kingdom in you, you will not see it outside of you; unless the Anointed indwells you, you will not find the Anointed in the world."
73 Mary said, "We are Christian until we become Christ, and the Lord has promised every true Christian will become Christ. This is our spiritual hope."
74 The disciples inquired of Mary about the World of Supernal Light. She said to them, "It is above and below, within you and beyond you, and all around you, but few are they who have eyes to see it, and fewer still who dwell in it."
75 A disciple asked Mary, "When will the Second Coming occur?" Mary said, "It can happen at any time, anywhere, when you least expect it. It is the mystery of the Perfect Aeon known only to the Living Father, which he will reveal in the Mother in due season. Therefore, be ready and live without regrets, so that when it transpires you will be among the living."
76 Mary said, "Only one who is passionate for truth will discover the truth."
77 A man asked Mary, "Who is greater, you or Yeshua?" Mary said to him, "Truly I tell you, the Anointed is the Anointed, whether male or female, and the Anointed is exalted above every head, even the highest among the angels in heaven and Aeons of Light. As for Yeshua, he is greater than I, for I received everything from him. So it is for every disciple, he or she is never greater than the teacher."
78 Mary was teaching in the assembly, and a woman exclaimed, "Now is the hour of the Holy Bride!" Mary said, "No, before the Bride is received, she must be rejected, and before the Second Coming there must come a great darkness. Until the Second Coming of Christ, the Wisdom of God shall not be received. When the Bride is received, know the Second Coming is near."
79 Mary said, "If you know what the world is, you will no longer desire it, for you will see what is beyond the world. When you see what is beyond the world, in that day it will be in the world."
80 A young disciple asked Mary, "How can I come to know the Lord?" Mary said, "Become empty, like a cup, and let the Mother Spirit pour the Lord and her presence into you."
81 Mary said, "Seek to commune with the angels of our Heavenly Father and the angels of our Earthly Mother, and cleaving to the Lord in your heart, let the heavens and earth be joined."
82 Mary said, "All things exist in and with one another, and while they exist they depend on one another, but when the time of dissolution comes, all things will return to their own root and essence. What has come from above returns to the abode from which it has come, and what comes from below returns to its origin. What is in between has never existed, and will return to the great void."
83 Mary said, "Is it not written, 'In the beginning was void and chaos?' Yet, did not God exist before the beginning? If order and light came into being, surely these are of God. As for the void and chaos, these are the primordial ground from which God has created; and the one creating is the demiurge. For in truth, what God creates is emanation, and the emanations of God create. Therefore, Yahweh emanated and Elohim created. There is no beginning to this, nor is there an end. Consider this when you meditate on the End-of-Days."
84 Mary said, "Did God give birth to creation without a womb? No, indeed! For creation is in God's womb, and until it is complete it shall not emerge."
85 Mary said, When the soul departs this world it must travel through many realms in between, and it must pass through the realms of the archons, and the heavens, and the great abyss. Powers will arise to prevent the soul's ascent, and guardians will seek to bind it to their realms. Yet those who cleave to the Anointed, in whom the Holy Spirit dwells, they will be invisible to the powers and guardians. Already, they are free!"
86 Mary said, "From the purity of space, air arose; from air, fire arose; from fire, water; and from these, the earth came into being. When you depart the world, let the elements dissolve into one another, and let the mother and father essences be joined; then wait upon the Spirit of the Lord, abiding in the Transparent Light of the Supernal Abode. In this way, you will attain repose."
87 A woman said to Mary, "I am dying and wish to go to God. What should I do?" Mary said, "Gather yourself as a sun in your heart, and envision the Risen Savior come for you. When the Savior appears, as light, rise up to meet him in the air and the Anointed will receive you in God."
88 Mary said, "Labor while you are in the field, and rest when you are called home. Do not be idle while you live, lest you depart the world in poverty."
89 Mary said, 'Because of the power of the demiurgos, you have forgotten yourself. You believe you are a child of darkness, yet you are a child of Light. Indeed! Truly, I say to you, you are a person of Light who has come from the Light, and if you remember yourself, you will know where your home is. This is the remembrance of the wedding feast, regarding which the Lord instructed us, 'Do this in remembrance of me."'
90 Mary said, "What the Anointed is, I am and you are, for this reason the Anointed has come, to remind those caught in the spell of forgetfulness."
91 Mary said, "Beware! If you blaspheme the Mother Spirit, there will be no one to save you, for she is the Spirit of salvation and your very life."
92 Mary said, "Weave for yourselves garments of light, so that, when you go before the Queen of Heaven to be received, you do not appear naked. With faith and the fullness of knowledge, do good works and love one another, and in the Spirit of the Lord you will have garments of light."
93 Mary once said, "Blessed is one who knows sorrow and suffering, for that person will know life."
94 Mary said, "You cannot destroy the evil inclination, but if you bring it into the service of the good, it will no longer be evil."
95 Mary said, "When the saint receives the Anointed it is good, but when the sinner receives the Anointed it is better, for entering into the light the sinner is more powerful than the saint."
96 Mary said to her disciples, "You are midwives of the Mother Spirit, and you are meant to labor with her in the harvest of souls. Yet do not grasp on to the fruit of your labors, for it is she who accomplishes everything and to whom all good fruits belong."
97 Mary said, "No one will know the Living Father apart from the Mother, for it is she who shows us the face of our Father."
98 Mary spoke, and she said, "Having awakened, remain awake, and keep vigil, ever waiting upon the Lord."
99 Mary said to her companions, "Preach the Gospel to all good creatures, and bear forth the light into all realms. If the wind will listen, teach the wind. If a ghost seeks redemption, then bless the ghost. Speak the truth to all spirits and creatures, for in the Human One all are blessed and all are received."
100 Mary said, "Know when to retreat and when to live. When you retreat, be silent and die to yourself, so that you might be alive in the Spirit. When you live, be alive and vibrant, and rejoice each day in the presence of God."
101 Mary said to her disciples, "The Human One is the divinity of the holy Shabbat, and the Shekinah is the companion of all who remember and keep it. The Lord has ordained the Shahbat as a blessing for all who desire to draw near. It is a great blessing."
102 Mary said, "The Anointed is the Lord of the Shabbat, and it is the day of the Beloved. In it is the mystery of the bridal chamber, and those who honor it shall gain knowledge of the mystery."
103 Mary said, "In heaven, men and women who have love and knowledge of God are fully received in the light, but below only men of God are fully received, for this is an abode of falsehood and darkness, and the archons favor the male. Yet, the image of the Human One in the bridal chamber is male and female joined together in one body of light, like unto the holy angels. When the image below is as the image above, then the Gospel will be fulfilled."
104 Mary said to her disciples, "All aeons are not divine, but many are brought in by the demiurgos and archons and bear the taint of falsehood. The aeons are thoughts in the perfect intelligence of God, fashioned by Wisdom and Understanding. Yet under the influence of the demiurge, they are corrupted. Only the pure emanation of the Aeon of Light is free of taint or corruption, for it is the body of the Risen Savior whom the archons could not hold in bondage. And it shall come to pass that a false aeon shall replace the Aeon of Truth, for already the image in the bridal chamber is partial in the minds of men."
105 Mary said, "The Perfect Aeon is called Eternal Shabbat, and the soul of the Perfect Aeon is called the Christ, and it is Light and Truth. The seed of the Perfect Aeon has been sown in the world, in the human mind and heart, and it shall bear good fruit in due season. Until that time there are many aeons in conflict below the great abyss, and the world is a play of shadows and shades and dim glows. Therefore, do not be deceived, but cleave to the True Light, and pray for the Aeon of the Holy Spirit in which all aeons will be rectified and the revelation of the Perfect Aeon complete."
106 Mary said, The Anointed was joined by the Living Father to the Light-emanations, so that, when he appeared to us, their radiant holy breath and power was in him. This is the power of the Holy Spirit that he breathed upon us, akin to the Spirit of God moving upon the surface of the deep in the beginning. Yet, this Spirit that the Anointed breathed on us moved on the surface and the deep. On account of this breath of the Savior, a new creation has come into being, which is the purity of emanation."
107 Mary said to her companions, "There is light and fire in your breath. If you cleave to the Risen Savior and breathe as the Savior breathes, you will discover it. When you discover it, your whole body will become filled with fire and light and you will be transformed into the image of the Living One."
108 Mary said, The aeons are perfect and eternal above, but their images below are inherently flawed. Seek to look and see them above so that you might join soul and image and rectify them."
109 Mary spoke these words in private. She said, "The body and blood of the Lord is fire and light, and the power of the Mother Spirit is in it. There is fire in the bread and light in the wine, and the Holy Spirit passes in between them and joins them. So are the Bride and Bridegroom joined, and it is for this reason it is called a wedding feast. Understand, the body and blood are not the image on the cross. They are the image of the Risen Savior, so that, consecrated, the power of the Risen Savior is in the bread and wine. What is the image of the Risen Savior? It is the image of the Groom and Bride united, called the Second Adam. This is the image of the Great Seth."
110 Mary said to her disciples, "Kali Kallah appears black to those who do not know her, yet to those who love her and who draw near, she is white brilliance. Her image is as the starry night sky, and the light of the heavens and Supernal Abode are in her. To pass beyond, you must enter her embrace, even as the Lord embraced her. Then, through Daughter Sophia you will acquire knowledge of Mother Sophia, the Queen of Heaven."
111 Mary said, "There is wisdom and there is wisdom, and the wisdom of the world is not the Wisdom of God. Seek, therefore, the truth of wisdom, that knowing the Wisdom of God, all wisdom might be redeemed in you."
112 Mary said, The Logos emanated into the world for the redemption of Sophia. If the redemption of Sophia is not received in the world, then the world is not redeemed. Sophia received the Logos, and those who cleave to Sophia have received the Logos and they are redeemed. It is Sophia in you that receives the Logos and is saved."
113 Mary was speaking to her companions. She said, "Everything that is above is in you here below. The Light of the heavens and Supernal Abode is in you, and is the essence of the Perfect Aeon. Let Logos and Sophia embrace in you and you will behold great wonders. Nothing will be impossible to you, for what is above will be brought down below and what is below will be lifted above. Praise the Lord!"
114 Mary said, "Logos in the name of the Lord and Sophia is the name of the Bride. In the bridal chamber, their name is Christos."
115 Mary said to her disciples, You have heard of the ascension of Enoch. When he ascended, he became male and female. The male entered into repose and the female moved to run and return; thus Metatron appeared in the height and Sandalphon in the depths. This is the great angel of the Lord, male and female, the image of Bride and Bridegroom. And it is the Supernal Image of our perfection."
116 Mary said, "God the Father entered in through the image of the Son, but the world was overwhelmed by the great supernal glory. Therefore, the Son imparted the Mother Spirit and God the Mother has entered in through the image of the Daughter to nurture the little ones until they grow wise. The light entered but was too bright, and so now the fire comes to purify so that all might be sanctified to receive the True Light. Everything shall be accomplished in due season, and it is the Mother Spirit that will accomplish everything."
117 Mary said, "We have Father and we have Mother, for God is our Father and our Mother, though, indeed, the Most High is beyond Father or Mother. There is no knowledge of the Father apart from the Mother, for it is Mother Spirit who gives birth to the image of the Son in whom the Living Father is revealed. So also shall Mother Spirit give birth to the image of the Daughter, so that the image of the Son will be perfect and the revelation of God Most High made complete. Truly I say to you, there is a holier Gospel yet to be spoken."
118 Mary said, "Under the law and old covenant, the circumcision applied only to men, but in the new covenant, women are also circumcised. Likewise, under the old covenant, only men were called as priests, but under the new covenant, women are also called as priestesses. The old covenant fell to the dominion of the demiurgos. It remains to be seen whether the new covenant shall stand or fall. If it falls, then another shall arise. Therefore, labor always for the perfection of the covenant, so that you are awake when the Aeon of the Holy Spirit enters in."
119 A woman said to Mary, "I have heard that the Lord walked on water." Mary said, "Indeed! The Lord did walk on water, and he walked on the firmaments of the heavens when he ascended to the Supernal Abode. Tell me, which is the greater wonder?"
120 Mary said to her disciples, "I was water, but the Lord made me wine. Now I may bring passion and joy to the hearts of human ones and a force of fire against the Great Beast."
121 Mary said, "In the Lord, men have an image of their perfection; in the Bride, women have an image of their perfection; and it is a single perfection. Unless there is perfection in man and woman, the perfection of the Human One is incomplete. And so the Lord said to us, 'Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect.' For truly, the Father is not the Father, and the Mother is not the Mother, for the image of the Human One, which is the likeness and image of the Most High, is male and female joined together-the androgynous and self-begetting One. This is the truth of the Anointed."
122 Mary said, "Three days passed from the crucifixion to the resurrection, and so shall three days pass from the resurrection to the Second Coming. Let those who have ears listen and hear what the Spirit is speaking!"
123 Mary said, "If Christos can appear as a male, then surely Christos can appear as a female. Those who deny holiness in womanhood do not understand holiness in manhood or womanhood but are sorely bound to ignorance. Do not believe the father of lies. Believe in the Mother Spirit, whose name is the Spirit of Truth and Comforter!"
124 Mary said, "The beast of the field receives by grace, and the faithful receive by faith and grace; but it is the elect who receive by faith and knowledge and grace and, for this reason, are called 'the perfect."'
125 Mary said, "Where darkness abides, the light cannot enter. When the light enters, all darkness vanishes. To enter into the light, you must banish the darkness that is in you, and when you enter the light, you must join the light and darkness to gain the acquaintance of the True Light. Unless you first let go of the darkness and cleave to the light, the light cannot enter, but once the light enters, all darkness shall be transformed and you will know the Truth beyond light or darkness. This is the Truth that will set you free!"
126 Mary said to her companions, "I tell you, there is a superior intelligence that shall come to those who wait upon the Spirit of the Lord. It is like thunder and lightning, and it will illuminate you.
127 Mary said, If you seek knowledge of the Risen Savior, open yourself to the light that comes from above. It will awaken a fire in you and bring you into the fullness of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, and you will lack nothing."
