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everyone and to to ignore ignore Her is to to ignore ignore the greatest gift you may ever ever be offered: the the the passionate embrace of of the the the Mother She is going to hound you you you until She She has you you you and then She She is going to strip you you you of all your ideas and notions until there is nothing left to you you but the the ecstasy
of Her embrace ” I I protested again claiming that as a a a a a a a a a Jew I I can’t embrace the Virgin Mary With a a a a look that said said “my poor poor poor poor idiot friend ” Andrew said said to me “It isn’t Mary but the the Mother who comes to you you Because you you love Jesus She She comes comes to to you you you as Mary Because you you you love Buddha She She comes comes to to you you you as as Prajna the the the Mother of the the the Buddhas Because you love Brahman She comes comes to you you as Shakti and Kali And because you you love YHVH She comes comes to you as Chochma/Sophia ” And with that I felt something give inside of me I was surrendered to Her Miriam’s Well Nazareth Israel
In early October 2018 I I was in in Nazareth leading a a a a a a a tour of the Holy Land under the the auspices of Spirituality & Health Magazine I did so with the the help of the Rev Dr Gordon Peerman my teaching partner at One River Wisdom Schools Frank Levy the the director of the the One River Foundation his wife Susan a a a a a a a a a noted yoga teacher and Alma Tassi who was then an an an editor with the magazine Nazareth now living into its fourth millennia is called the City of Mary and and is said to to be the the city where the the Angel Gabriel spoke to to Mary and and announced the birth of Jesus According to Catholic tradition Mary encountered Gabriel at the the the spring in in the the the center of the the the city: “And Mary took the the pitcher and and went to to draw water from the the spring and and behold a a a a a voice spoke to her saying “Hail Mary full of grace you are blessed among women ”33 Today the spring is is called Mary’s Well and is is located just outside the the the Greek Orthodox Church of the the the Annunciation While the the the spring is no longer in in in use the place itself has become a a a kind of shrine Though I I had studied in Israel
as both an undergrad at Tel Aviv University and as a a a a a a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of 33 Protoevangelium of James a a a gospel written in the 2nd century CE
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