| Tuesday, July 22 7:00PM THE PAGAN RITE OF MYRIAM OF MAGDALA-DIVINE SOPHIA |
 19 Jul 2003 @ 13:38, by Letecia LaysonI am the Knowledge of my Name" THE PAGAN RITE OF MYRIAM OF MAGDALA-DIVINE SOPHIA Tuesday, July 22 7:00PM Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach 5450 Atherton Presented by Catherine Wright Priestess of Mary Magdalene and the Temple of Isis/Los Angeles For information/directions contact Catherine at [email protected] The Rite is on July 22, the feastday of St. Mary Magdalen in Catholicism. On that day, a prayer service/Mass is celebrated in many Catholic, Episcopalian and other denominations, honoring Myriam of Magdala as the first of the Apostles, a pre-eminent leader of the Early Church. The Gnostic Mary Magdalene, however, is a manifestation of Sophia, the Goddess of Wisdom. A Gnostic church in Palo Alto celebrates a Rite written/compiled by Bishop Rosamonde Miller, which celebrates the Sacred Marriage of Sophia/Logos and has much material from the early Gnostics that would be recognized by pagans and practitioners of the rites of Isis and Osiris. Now there are also pagan Gnostics, and we who find our spiritual home in the earth spirituality traditions celebrate the Divine as Goddess, and have spiritual knowledge ("gnosis") of Her in Earth, the Cosmos, the inter-connectivity of all things seen and unseen. We will gather in Long Beach to celebrate all that Myriam is and signifies. We will claim and honor Her as we know Her in the intimacy of our hearts. Let the Dance begin… (Event not sponsored by UUCLB) Catherine Wright is a Priestess of Mary Magdalen in the Fellowship of Isis and Temple of Isis Los Angeles (TOILA). TOILA is part of (http://templeofisis.org|Temple of Isis} in Geyserville, CA Catherine is also an active member of Feast2t Watch their website for upcoming events in the Fall. We hope you will come join us! |