St. Mary Magdalene: The Gnostic Tradition of the Holy Bride by Tau Malachi

A sample of St. Mary Magdalene: The Gnostic Tradition of the Holy Bride by Tau Malachi is available free.

Looking through old books is a way remembering who you once were. Little check marks point to thoughts of the past. Folded pieces of paper remind you where you left a clue to return, one day, to the teachings you were seeking then. I found some of these looking through St. Mary Magdalene: The Gnostic Tradition of the Holy Bride by Tau Malachi, a book that in my memory contains a different story of Mary Magdalene and also the story of a point in time when these stories fed my imagination and paintings.

St. Mary Magdalene: The Gnostic Tradition of the Holy Bride by Tau Malachi was not one of the first books I read in my search for Mary Magdalene, but I remember seeing it all the time until finally getting it. And so much time later, I didn’t remember the following words in the introduction:

“This is the power of Gnostic legends of St. Mary Magdalene. They express the insight, dreams and visions of generations of Gnostic Christians to whom Mary Magdalene is an important figure and inspiration, and they help us to connect with her and enter into the Gnostic experience of her. They are not meant to be factual in any historical sense, but rather are intended to be inspirational and experiential. They are designed to communicate spiritual and metaphysical truths about Divine reality that cannot be conveyed in any other way…”

It is important to keep this introductory advice in mind as you read the book. What comes next is the story of how Mary Magdalene came into the world until her death and beyond. As the author stated in the introduction, it reads like an oral tradition story, and it mentions the characters of the Bible as well as of the apocrypha.

This beautiful book may not be for everyone, but it is for anyone who understands the power of storytelling, its importance for humans, and the way that storytelling was used in antiquity to pass on knowledge and teachings. It was the way Jesus taught, and it is the way the soul listens.

Today’s Drawing of Mary Magdalene: Drawing complete.