Saint. Mary Magdalene - St. Mary Magdalene: the Gnostic tradition of the holy bride

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Malachi eben Ha-Elijah is a modern mystic. His spiritual journey began as a young boy, when he made the acquaintance of a Tau of the Sophian Tradition of Gnostic Christianity, Tau Elijah ben Miriam. Tau Malachi received the oral tradition of Sophian Gnosticism from Tau Elijah, and has been a student and practitioner of Gnostic Christianity for over thirty-five years. In 1983 he founded Sophia Fellowship as an expression of the tradition, and has been teaching and initiating others into Christian Gnosticism, Rosicrucian Philosophy and Christian Kabbalah since that time. He is an initiate of Ordo Sanctus Gnosis and serves as an Elder and Tau within the Sophian lineage.

Tau Malachi is also a Chevalier (a dubbed Knight) in the International Order of Chivalric Companions, a Martinist, and is an ordained and consecrated Independent Bishop. He is the founder of Ecclesia Pistis Sophia and is among the leading exponents of Christian Gnosticism and Kabbalah in our times.

Along with his exploration of the Western Mystery Tradition, he has studied extensively in several Eastern Traditions, such as Vajrayana Buddhism and Vedanta, and he also studied within a Middle Eastern Tradition of Sufism, as well as becoming involved in Native American Shamanism. Though Gnostic Christianity has always been his heart-path and spiritual home, Malachi speaks of himself as a spiritual traveler and explorer, one who seeks the Spirit of Truth everywhere it is to be found.

For many years Tau Malachi served as a hospice volunteer, a volunteer trainer, and for a period of time as a hospice chaplain. Although he worked with patients suffering from various forms of terminal illness over the years, much of his work focused on individuals suffering with HIV and AIDS.

Today he lives in the Sierra foothills, in Nevada City, California.

ST. MARY MAGDALENE

The Gnostic Tradition

of the Holy Bride

Tau Malachi

Llewellyn Publications

Woodbury, Minnesota

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Contents

: Prophetic Revelations of the Brides Birth

: The Birth, Youth and Early Life of the Bride

: The Union of the Bride and Yeshua

: The Holy Bride and the Mysteries

: The Sacred Circle of the Bride

: The Secret Gospel of St. Mary Magdalene

Dedication

Id like to dedicate this book to the loving memory of Mother Sarah, who, along with Tau Elijah Ben Miriam, was a teacher and guide to me in my youth, and who remains in my heart always. She was a holy woman and a Sacred Tau in the tradition.

Id also like to dedicate it to the memory of my mother, who gave birth to me and raised me, and who facilitated my spiritual journey who hoped all good things for me, all in the nobility of motherhood.

May this book serve as a remembrance of Sophia, the Holy Mother and Bride, in all women.

Acknowledgments

I must first and foremost give thanks to my beloved Teacher, Tau Elijah ben Miriam, and to his circle of spiritual companions, from whom I received the oral tradition of Sophian Gnosticism that appears in this bookall that flows out in sacred discourse and writings today come from his blessing and teachings. He was, perhaps, the best friend I will ever have in this world, and truly a holy person.

I also must thank Penelope Amadali for her loving and faithful help as a midwife in giving birth to this book in manuscript form, and to all of my spiritual companions, without whose love, encouragement and support this project could not have been completed. I am truly blessed with holy company in this lifeamazing spiritual friends!

Id also like to thank Bishops Timothy Storlie and Debra Belshee-Storlie who have helped inspire the creation of Ecclesia Pistis Sophia (Church of Faith Wisdom) as a vehicle to extend the light of the Holy Bride, Sophia, and to share the Sophian teachings recorded in this series of books. It is a privilege and honor, and a great blessing, to have entered into their acquaintanceyet more to have had the opportunity to exchange sparks of initiation with them and to call them my spiritual friends.

Last, I must also thank Llewellyn Worldwide and all of the staff at Llewellyn. They perform an immeasurable service in giving voice to peoples of alternative spiritualitywithout them I do not know that this voice of the Holy Bride would be heard. Their contribution to the movement of the Mother Spirit in our times cannot be adequately conveyed with wordsbut many people are blessed by the work they do to sponsor the communication of Light, Love, Life, and Liberty.

To everyone involved in the co-creation of this book, to include you, the reader of this book, I give my heartfelt thanks! You are deeply appreciated!

Introduction

Part One:

The Oral Tradition

My own experience of St. Mary Magdalene began when I was a little boy. It was a beautiful spring morning and I was playing outside in the garden. A presence of light attracted my attention, and when I looked, I saw an image of the Lady in Red standing near me and smiling. Light surrounded her and she felt deeply familiar. Her presence was warm and comforting, yet, at the same time, energizing. I could hear her voice in my mind, as in a dream, and she said, We will meet again. I am coming. Then, just as she had seemed to appear out of nowhere, she vanished, and I found myself quite accepting of what had transpired. It was as though some deeper part of me knew what had happened and what was meant, but on a conscious level, all I knew was the experience of love and delight that had come over me and that I liked what had happened. Of course, to a little boy, this did not seem strange at all, for the minds of children seem to be naturally mystical and magical.

What she said in my mind, the promise she made, she fulfilled. After that first experience I frequently encountered her in dreams and visions. Often she had variations of the same message, but on other occasions she would tell me or show me things, as though guiding me and preparing me for experiences yet to come. Until I met my Gnostic teachers of the Sophian Tradition, I did not know who she was. Like others before me, I simply called her the Lady in Red. As anyone who has a propensity to dreams and visions understands, I swiftly learned not to speak to anyone about my experiences, but rather to keep them private. After all, people who see such things are crazy, or so it is said by our unenlightened society.