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well-known to the Kabbalists who, through the
paths of the Sephirotic Tree, identify in expressed in the Gospel of Philip:
splendor (Hod), and in the force (Gevurah) and
in understanding (Binah), the feminine path for Some have said that Mary conceived of the
the return to the origin of the whole. Holy Spirit. They are in error. They don't
The path of know what they say.
knowledge Spouses and brides belong in the bridal
expressed by the chamber; No one will see the bridegroom
Gospels would and the bride unless it becomes […].
seem to contain, But the bridal chamber remains hidden: it is
through Mary the Holy of Holiest.
Magdalene, the […] All who enter the bridal chamber will
traces of a ignite the light; Not until you are wed (down
kabalistic mystic, here) that happen at night.
where the female If someone becomes a child of the bridal
monad comes to chamber they will receive the light. If
assume the value someone does not receive it, while it is in
of the Sophia and these places, it will not be able to get it in
Jesus that of the the other place (...)
Logos leading us
back to the first The renewed covenant with God brings with
verses of the Gospel of John where the Logos is it an initiatory secret, all feminine, a
identified with the word. message revealing to the elect destined to
In the beginning was the word the word was the Government of the souls.
with God and the word was God Like Miriam, the prophetess, sister of Moses,
He was in the beginning with God: represents the priestess of the Passover,
Everything was done through him. (Johnn. 1- symbol of that passage from the civilization
3) of ancient Egypt to that of the promised
The same gospel of John (John. 4:24) states land, so the Magdalene becomes Miriam, the
that God is a Spirit And in Hebrew the≪ ≫ priestess, of the new Passover, of that Death
word "spirit" (חור, Ruakh) is a term of and rebirth that has as founding element the
feminine gender with the meaning of "active rejoining of
force” or "spiritual energy of God. "Even the opposites,
Bible (Si 33:69) says that God created through understood
his Ruakh (חור)ַ that it hovered on the surface as divine
of the waters (Gen 1:2), therefore according to lovers.
the nature of the term Ruakh (חור)ַ, the Lord And the
initiated life through the feminine essence.1. Savior's
Mary Magdalene, in her privileged companion is
relationship with Christ, represents the Mary Magdalene. Christ loved her more
sacred temple of the Divine manifestation than all the other disciples and often used to
(Shekinah), able to unite heaven and earth in kiss her on the mouth. The other disciples
a new alliance with the Supernal. It is were offended and expressed disapproval.
therefore a symbol of Sancta Sanctorum, of They said, ' Why do you love her more than
the bridal chamber, of the Sacred Union, all of us? ' (Apocryphal Gospel of Philip)
through alchemic weddings, as well as The Apocryphal Gospel of Philip would
therefore seem to underline the importance