A practical guide for inviting the wisdom of Mary Magdalene into everyday life • Provides a unique workbook for use in the spiritual pathwork of Magdalene Circles • Includes wisdom stories, guided meditations, journaling questions, and essays by Margaret Starbird, author of The Woman with the Alabaster Jar • Designed for those involved in Magdalene Circles and those interested in applying the sacred feminine wisdom of the Goddess to their lives Women's circles have been called a "revolutionary-evolutionary movement hidden in plain sight" by Jean Shinoda Bolen and have been hailed as capable of affecting global change. Magdalene Circles are groups of women who focus their shared energies on the wisdom of Mary Magdalene to gain insight into the role of the sacred feminine in their own lives and to help them advance on their spiritual paths. This book offers 14 lessons to help understand the wisdom offered by Mary Magdalene's story and mythos. Among the lessons are prophecies of the bride, why we need the bride, Magdalene's archetypal pattern of descent, and how modern women carry the Grail. Well-suited for the individual reader as well as a group, each lesson includes an introduction, guided meditation, questions for journaling, and an essay by Margaret Starbird as well as suggestions for group sharing. Placing Mary Magdalene within the pattern of "cyclic renewal" of earth-based religions, this book offers the chance to incorporate the sacred feminine wisdom of Mary Magdalene into everyday life for Christians and spiritual feminists alike.

A Note of Deep Gratitude to Margaret Starbird Introduction An Hour or Two in the Life of Our Magdalene Circle Part One The Lessons of the Magdalene Lesson 1 It Was Foretold Lesson 2 I Thought She Was a Prostitute from Magdala Lesson 3 Other Ways We Know She Is the Bride Lesson 4 Why We Need the Bride Lesson 5 Why Not Gnosticism? Lesson 6 Who Meets Jesus in the Garden? Lesson 7 The Vessel of Life Lesson 8 Symbols from a Dark Time Lesson 9 The Special Kiss Lesson 10 The Weeping Magdalene Lesson 11 Descent to the Tomb Lesson 12 Journey in a Boat with No Oars Lesson 13 Bearer of the Sangraal Lesson 14 We Carry the Grail, Hopeful Cup of Life Part Two Prayers and Poems to Complement the Lessons Introduction Divinity and Devotion in a Magdalene Circle by Susan Kehoe-Jergens, M.A., M.F.T. Lesson 1 It Was Foretold Lesson 2 I Thought She Was a Prostitute from Magdala Lesson 3 Other Ways We Know She Is the Bride Lesson 4 Why We Need the Bride Lesson 5 Why Not Gnosticism? Lesson 6 Who Meets Jesus in the Garden? Lesson 7 The Vessel of Life Lesson 8 Symbols from a Dark Time Lesson 9 The Special Kiss Lesson 10 The Weeping Magdalene Lesson 11 Descent to the Tomb Lesson 12 Journey in a Boat with No Oars Lesson 13 Bearer of the Sangraal Lesson 14 We Carry the Grail, Hopeful Cup of Life Resources A Happy Note to End On