What a monumental moment! I am so glad to share in this space with you and for the hub for those on the Magdalene path that you have created with your news letter. You were meant to write it in the same way that it was meant to unify those who read it! Happy to be one of those people - I always look forward to your posts, especially with all the theological research you do for them 🌹
What a beautiful testament to the way the Magdalene still speaks—not in dogma, but in direct transmission.
That’s the scandal, isn’t it? The real ones always get commissioned outside the institution. No bishop laid hands on you, Melissa. No committee vetted your curriculum. You got the call flat on your back, brain buzzing, in the sacred void where all great awakenings begin: stillness, darkness, the undoing of what we thought was the path.
That’s classic apophatic Magdalene. She doesn’t shout from pulpits. She whispers in the silence between thoughts, behind grief, beneath flesh.
And the truth you’re naming—there is no such thing as sin, our humanity is holy, liberation is inner before it’s outer—these are the truths the Church burned her for. Or rather, buried her to avoid.
So keep telling it. Let the Divine Feminine rise not as branding, but as the thunderous echo of a woman who knew God without permission. Who stood unafraid in a world that called her unclean. Who didn’t need a theology degree to be the apostle of the apostles.
Proud of you! One year explaining the Magdalene and many more to come!
Always grateful for your support, friend!
What a monumental moment! I am so glad to share in this space with you and for the hub for those on the Magdalene path that you have created with your news letter. You were meant to write it in the same way that it was meant to unify those who read it! Happy to be one of those people - I always look forward to your posts, especially with all the theological research you do for them 🌹
This means so much to me. Thank you for being part of the journey!
What a beautiful testament to the way the Magdalene still speaks—not in dogma, but in direct transmission.
That’s the scandal, isn’t it? The real ones always get commissioned outside the institution. No bishop laid hands on you, Melissa. No committee vetted your curriculum. You got the call flat on your back, brain buzzing, in the sacred void where all great awakenings begin: stillness, darkness, the undoing of what we thought was the path.
That’s classic apophatic Magdalene. She doesn’t shout from pulpits. She whispers in the silence between thoughts, behind grief, beneath flesh.
And the truth you’re naming—there is no such thing as sin, our humanity is holy, liberation is inner before it’s outer—these are the truths the Church burned her for. Or rather, buried her to avoid.
So keep telling it. Let the Divine Feminine rise not as branding, but as the thunderous echo of a woman who knew God without permission. Who stood unafraid in a world that called her unclean. Who didn’t need a theology degree to be the apostle of the apostles.
You’re in good company.
—Virgin Monk Boy
Your poetic comments always bring me joy. Thank you so much for putting words to thoughts I couldn't in this post. Grateful for your presence!
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