The Princess of Mercy
40. Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, 105
She Who Confirms the Truth
41. Leloup, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary, 106.
The White Spring
42. Elaine Pagels, Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas (New York: Vintage Books, 2004), Saying 37, 232.
43. Leloup, The Gospel of Philip.
44. Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, 103.
The Woman with the Alabaster Jar
45. Leloup, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, xxii.
46. Leloup, The Gospel of Philip.
47. Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, 187.
The Prayer of the Heart
48. Bourgeault, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, 68.
I Believe Mary
49. Lydialyle Gibson, “The Bits the Bible Left Out,” Harvard Magazine, November–December 2018, 44.
50. Ibid.
The Soul-Voice Meditation
51. Meggan Watterson, REVEAL: A Sacred Manual for Getting Spiritually Naked (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 2011), 70.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REDLADIES for the way we love and show up for each other, for letting me give my version of a sermon each month, for practicing the soul-voice meditation with me, and for daring to be vulnerable, and real, and to tell the truth together in service of love
Louise Hay & Reid Tracy for giving me the honor and privilege of writing this book
Patty Gift for being there at the first MNDFL teacher training when I started sharing the Gospel of Mary and the way she might have meditated, for always believing in me, for loving France as much as I do, and for knowing that I needed to write about Mary’s gospel
Michelle Pilley for always seeing me, and for reminding me that the eagle is the ascended sign of the Scorpio
Anne Barthel for your kindness and immense patience, for your expert editing, and for your understanding the way I needed to go through a transformation myself as I wrote about the transformation Mary’s gospel inspires
Kelly Notaras for reminding me that this was the book I was born to write
Terri Masi for those long walks on the beach in Montauk, for being sisters no matter what, and for being someone who can talk with me about Christ, and angels, and visions and women’s rightful place in the church
Joseph Masi for that talk we had when I called after Omega, for always wanting to return to love, and most especially, for our gift
Margie & John Wheeler for teaching me about goodness, helping make a home for me and Shai in Cleveland so we could finally stay still, and for being there for Shai when I needed to go off and be a pilgrim again for the sake of my heart, soul, and this book
Andrew & Randy Watterson for all those Sunday dinners you invited me and Shai to while I was writing this book, offering him “fancy” white-tablecloth-type dining that I could never pull off, and for taking me in when he was away over Christmas
Elizabeth “Betty” Boyd for letting me talk about angels with you, and Christ, and all the things about god I didn’t know who else to go to with, for being my pen pal, for helping me understand Christianity, and for coming to me that morning before I gave your eulogy
Elizabeth Wheeler for somehow always knowing when to call, for keeping my spirit light, for always being there, and for my Sophia Chia Pet
Shai Watterson Masi for asking my heart to perpetually expand to meet the amount of love you are, for “kiss alarms,” for that bird whistle you blow when you want me to come running to cuddle, for your laugh that makes me laugh with you no matter what I’m feeling, for being the brightest most beautiful soul I know
David & Cathy Watterson for the unconditional love and support you give me
Gordon House for wisely and lovingly teaching me about the power of the circle and the history of the Navajo people
Wendi for what you could see long before I could, and always, for the red thread
Cheryl Richardson for that walk around the lake near your house when you had me listen with you to Marie Howe recite her poem “Magdalene Afterwards” and we both cried at the end of it and didn’t need to explain why
Kate “Speed of Joy” Fisher for Just Love, and for sending me that wooden box with the world tree on it on the same day I found a dream catcher of the world tree, and also, just because
Christiane Northrup for unbinding my heart with me and our beloved Kyle, for our eco-hut, and Jazzercising, for knowing I needed a steak after my unexpected skinny-dip into the White Spring, and for reminding me that my love is here to be met
Table 1 on the Queen Mary for the lively conversations, for not making fun of my gluten-free status and how little I could eat while at sea, and for reminding me I’m never alone
Kristyn Gorton for coming down from Leeds to stay with me in London, for helping me with my earache, for snoring so loud I couldn’t sleep and could only laugh
Robert & Hollie Holden for giving me a home base before and after my pilgrimage to find Mary’s cave, for Bo’s Hallelujah, and for seeing with me the love that has no beginning and has no end
Lyna Rose Jones for being Mary Magdalene sisters-in-love, for that dinner we had in Aix, for swapping MM devotion stories with me, for driving me to Saint-Maximin and helping me arrange my stay at the convent, for letting me go down to her crypt alone, for knowing that was exactly what I needed, and most of all, for telling me about the Cave of Eggs
Alle Ooop for literally saving my life on the side of that mountain, for praying with me to find Mary’s Cave of Eggs, for reminding me of Toni Morrison’s well-articulated truth “the function of freedom is to free someone else,” and for sharing with me one of the best days of my life
Sonja Lockyer for inviting me to teach about the Gospel of Mary in the South of France, and for that skinny-dip late at night in a pool lined with wild lavender and the stars bright above us
Donna Freitas for meeting me in Paris, for teaching me about how to ask for what I want, and for the way you pray to Mary with your whole heart
Rebecca Campbell for inviting me to lead the soul-voice meditation with your retreat at the Chalice Well, for that dance we did together before it started to Meg Mac’s “Roll Up Your Sleeves”
Rich & Lisa Lister for that hug Rich gave me that never quite ended, and for that song Lisa sang to me as I entered the White Spring and was never quite the same again
Ger for being in Devon with me, for revealing your extraordinary love, as you always do, for driving me from Devon to Glastonbury, and for that mixture of oils you made to calm my nerves for the flight home—I love you REDLADY
Claire Quartel and the ladies in Devon for inviting me to lead a circle about Mary Magdalene and the soul-voice meditation, for being so brave, for sharing what’s true, for dancing together, and for loving that sparrow as much as I did
Lodro Rinzler for inviting me to be the Christian meditation teacher for MNDFL’s teacher training, where this book was conceived
Latham Thomas for holding out for the beloved with me, for inviting me to lead The Divine Feminine Oracle in your gorgeous Circle
Gabrielle Bernstein for that divinely timed FaceTime, for reminding me of the light that never goes out even when it’s darkest, and for being the most generous soul I know
Laura McKowen & Elena Brower for our sacred text-trinity of poetry, and for the love we shared the day Mary Oliver died
Cynthia Bourgeault, Karen L. King, Jean-Yves Leloup, Hal Taussig, McGuckin & Hyung Chung for your academic prowess, your spiritual brilliance, and continued inspiration
Jeffrey Pettis, Jeffrey Mansfield & Jeffrey Kripal for helping me see that I’ve always been in love with a Christ
ianity that hasn’t been tried yet
“Penny” for teaching me the prayer of the heart, and for showing me how excited I can choose to be in any moment about what’s next (even or especially since I don’t know what’s next)
Kyle Gray for putting up with all my skinny-dipping in the White Spring (both times,) and for loving me so fiercely and completely I can actually feel it all the way from Glasgow to Cleveland
Kate “The Good Witch” Northrup for the Just Love sweatshirt you got me, for crying, dancing, and laughing with me at Omega, for reminding me that ladylove is what will save the world, or at least, our love never fails to save mine
Glennon Doyle & Abby Wambach for following the voice of truth inside you, and for finding each other
Tres from Sacred Hour for helping me with the pain in my left side from my neck to my knee so I could keep writing, and for being not just a massage therapist but a healer
Dr. EJ Zebro for tying a red thread together for the last several months of writing this book, and for being such a beautiful man
Tammy Valicenti for our EMDR work together that made so much more possible for me
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MEGGAN WATTERSON is the author of REVEAL, The Sutras of Unspeakable Joy, and The Divine Feminine Oracle and the co-author of How to Love Yourself (and Sometimes Other People). She is a feminist theologian with a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University. Meggan facilitates the REDLADIES—a community of radical love that lets her preach about female saints, mystics, gurus, and poets who inspire and teach us to live in service of love. She leads retreats and workshops on the divine feminine, Mary Magdalene, and the soul-voice meditation. Her work has appeared in media outlets such as The New York Times, Forbes, The Huffington Post, and Marie Claire. She lives with her old-soul son and his exuberant goldfish, Bob.
Website: www.megganwatterson.com
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