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1228-Genoa, 1298), a Dominican, historian of

the order and Archbishop of Genoa.

1 Biblistica.it Voice: The feminine image of

God

2 2 Massimo Agostini, "The Mystery of Mary

of women on the initiatory path several Magdalene – from the Gnostic Gospels to the

times. Under the esoteric aspect Mary

Magdalene is in fact identified by the

Gnostic Gospels as the archetypal bride of

the eternal bridegroom, as the model to

which the soul and the whole community

must be inspired in their search for the

divine spirit.

According to some researchers, Mary

Magdalene, indicated as a priestess of Dan2,

after the master's death, was forced to flee

with her followers from Palestine to land in

Provence and then, moving up the River

Rhone, joining the Jewish tribe of Dan and Rex Deus"; Grafo5 Publisher, 2012.

that of Benjamin, who had long since In the preface to the book curated by Ian

migrated In France. Mary Magdalene

already pregnant at the time of the passion Sinclair, archivist and historian of the

of Christ giving source to the lineage of the Scottish family linked to the Rosslyn Chapel

Merovingians, the first kings of the Franks says: “Maria Maddalena was linked to the

who, precisely because of this sacred Order of Dan whose women were secular

offspring, would have the gift of healing the Nazarites. Elena-Salome, the wife of Simon

sick with the touch of the hands, in the same Zelota (Zebedee), was instead a member of

way as Jesus, and for this reason called "The the Order of Asher, an order in which the

Kings of the priestesses were known as "holy women."

Miracles". (...) Mary Magdalene, with the title of

The first story "Miriam", covered a significant role in the

about the order of Dan and had the right to wear black

legendary clothes like the Nazarites and as the priests

voyage of Mary of ISIS (...)

Magdalene to

the coasts of That the journey of Mary Magdalen is

Provence to history or legend is difficult to ascertain, it is

spread the certain that the cult of The Magdalene

message of spread throughout Europe and her devotees

Jesus is that of built numerous churches in her honour, also

the Golden being remembered as the "Aquae Woman",
Legend, "Lady of the Waters", but also "Mary of the

narrated by Jacopo da Varazze (Varazze, Sea", associated with the Water element.3