{"id":1661,"date":"2009-05-01T01:10:46","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T06:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2009-04-26T13:58:01","modified_gmt":"2009-04-26T18:58:01","slug":"esoteric-christian-witch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2009\/05\/01\/esoteric-christian-witch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Esoteric Christian Witch"},"content":{"rendered":"

May has always been known as the month of Mary, the mother of Yeshua\/Jesus. In fact, the main verse of a long-beloved hymn, sung during the crowning with roses of the statue of Mary in May entitled “Bring Flowers of the Rarest” is, “Oh, Mary, we crown thee with blossoms today, Queen of the angels, Queen of the May”.
\nThere are several feast days of Mary that are celebrated in the Church in May. May 12th is the feast day of Our Lady of the Divine Shepherd, May 15th is in honor of Our Lady of Fatima, May 24th for Our Lady, Help of Christians and May 31st celebrates both Our Lady Medatrix of All Graces as well as Our Lady, Virgin and Queen.
\nDevotees of Mary Magdalene celebrate two beautiful feast days; May 1st is the Feast of the Sacred Bride and on May 15th, the Festival of the Sacred Marriage.\u00a0 The Flowering of Divine Union, the beautiful ritual found in The Holy Book of Mary Magdalene by Jennifer Reif, may be performed on this day.
\nThe feast day of St. Sarah the Egyptian, who to many, may very well have been the daughter of Yeshua\/Jesus and Mary Magdalene is on May 24th.
\nAll of these days may also be considered feast days of Holy Sophia as in the Esoteric, Gnostic and Christo-Pagan traditions, both Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene are considered to be either incarnations, archetypes or emanations of Sophia as both Mother\/Barbelo and Daughter, however one may choose to perceive them.
\nMay is also the traditional month of marriage.\u00a0 Certainly Beltane is the Feast Day of the Sacred Marriage, the Divine Union reflected here on Earth.
\nMost Pagan religions had God\/Goddess consorts. Isis\/Osiris, Odin and Frigga (or Freya), Zeus and Hera, Mercury and Rosemerta and Yehovah and Asherah are an example of Divine Unions.
\nEsoterics and Christo-Pagans also have a pantheon of Divine Consorts, a Triple Divine Consort, if you will. They consist of, as emanating from the androgynous Barbelo; the Sophia\/Christos, Mother Mary\/Joseph and Mary\/ Yeshua\/Jesus.
\nThe May Queen’s Consort, Joseph, wasn’t as much largely forgotten in dogmatic teachings, as he was separated from Her. Dogma taught us that theirs was not a marriage in the fullest sense. It was as if they were married ‘in name, only’.
\nJoseph no longer appears in the bible after Yeshua is twelve years old, when He is found in the temple by his parents after they had been searching for him for three days. This led us to surmise that Joseph died between the time Yeshua was twelve years old and the time he started His public ministry.\u00a0 We were led to believe his death took place shortly after Yeshua was twelve. But, no-one really knows whether that was so or not. There were 18 years between that particular scene in the bible and the beginning of Yeshua’s ministry.
\nThe May Queen and Her consort could have had a long-lasting, full and successful marriage. Or, She could have had a short and loving marriage.\u00a0 The point is, the May Queen had an husband, a Divine Consort. Their marriage, as well as the marriage of Mary Magdalene and Yeshua was a bringing down to Earth in archetype of the Bridal Chamber of the Christos\/Sophia.
\nSome scholars are now of the consideration that Yeshua\/Jesus sent out his disciples in pairs of two, not as two males, but as male\/female partners, consorts who preached His teachings and ministered to the people in His Name.\u00a0 They are of a further mind that His teachings were actually about Sacred Partnership.\u00a0 This is an area in which the author intends further study.
\nThe Queen of the May’s joyous celebration may take place on either May 1st or May 15th. The priestess would wear a crown of roses or\u00a0 other flowers in her hair and be dressed all in white.
\nHymns are sung, the rosary (I substitute the word ‘children’ for ‘sinners’ in the traditional Hail Mary prayer) and\/or the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary (a prayerful list of Mary’s attributes) may be recited followed by the placing of a small crown of roses on the statue of the Blessed Mother Mary.\u00a0 Many, at least it used to be so years ago, will carry a vase of a dozen roses or other of Her flowers into a church and place them at the base of Her statue.
\nMeditation could center around not only our Heavenly Queens, Sophia and the two Marys, but also the importance of Sacred Consort-ship.
\nMother Mary’s colors are blue and white. Her flowers are red roses, white lilacs and white lilies.\u00a0 An enclosed “Mary Garden” may be planted at this time. The garden’s flowers could include roses, violets, morning glories, summer flox and peonies.\u00a0 St. John’s Wort is an herb in Her honor. Mayflowers and lily of the valley are Her wildflowers.
\nRose incense and rose quartz would complete ritual items for Her feast day. An angel cake topped with strawberries would be a delicious finale to the feast.
\nThe celebration of the Queen of the May is a living, albeit veiled, Goddess-centered tradition, a Tradition that has been continuously practiced for almost one thousand years. While stemming from the Church, it has many Pagan elements.
\nOur Queen also took part in a Divine Marriage. The Queen had a consort and so the Month of the Sacred Marriage reminds us to ponder Her own marriage as well as that of Her Son and Daughter-in-Law,\u00a0 reflections of below and above.
\nA picture of the work of the artist, Claire O’Hagan in decorating the Queen of the May statue in Ireland may be found here: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May%5FQueen.<\/a>
\n—\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blessed Be during the Month of Our Queen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May has always been known as the month of Mary, the mother of Yeshua\/Jesus. In fact, the main verse of a long-beloved hymn, sung during the crowning with roses of the statue of Mary in May entitled “Bring Flowers of the Rarest” is, “Oh, Mary, we crown thee with blossoms today, Queen of the angels, Queen of the May”. There are several feast days of Mary that are celebrated in the Church in May. May 12th is the feast day of Our Lady of the Divine Shepherd, May 15th is in honor of Our Lady of Fatima, May 24th for Our Lady, Help of Christians and May 31st celebrates both Our Lady Medatrix of All Graces as well as Our Lady, Virgin and Queen. Devotees of Mary Magdalene celebrate two beautiful feast days; May 1st is the Feast of the Sacred Bride and on May 15th, the Festival of the Sacred Marriage.\u00a0 The Flowering of Divine Union, the beautiful ritual found in The Holy Book of Mary Magdalene by Jennifer Reif, may be performed on this day. The feast day of St. Sarah the Egyptian, who to many, may very well have been the daughter of Yeshua\/Jesus and Mary Magdalene is on May 24th. All of these days may also be considered feast days of Holy Sophia as in the Esoteric, Gnostic and Christo-Pagan traditions, both Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene are considered to be either incarnations, archetypes or emanations of Sophia as both Mother\/Barbelo and Daughter, however one may choose to perceive them. May is also the traditional month of marriage.\u00a0 Certainly Beltane is the Feast Day of the Sacred Marriage, the Divine Union reflected here on Earth. Most Pagan religions had God\/Goddess consorts. Isis\/Osiris, Odin and Frigga (or Freya), Zeus and Hera, Mercury and Rosemerta and Yehovah and Asherah are an example of Divine Unions. Esoterics and Christo-Pagans also have a pantheon of Divine Consorts, a Triple Divine Consort, if you will. They consist of, as emanating from the androgynous Barbelo; the Sophia\/Christos, Mother Mary\/Joseph and Mary\/ Yeshua\/Jesus. The May Queen’s Consort, Joseph, wasn’t as much largely forgotten in dogmatic teachings, as he was separated from Her. Dogma taught us that theirs was not a marriage in the fullest sense. It was as if they were married ‘in name, only’. Joseph no longer appears in the bible after Yeshua is twelve years old, when He is found in the temple by his parents after they had been searching for him for three days. This led us to surmise that Joseph died between the time Yeshua was twelve years old and the time he started His public ministry.\u00a0 We were led to believe his death took place shortly after Yeshua was twelve. But, no-one really knows whether that was so or not. There were 18 years between that particular scene in the bible and the beginning of Yeshua’s ministry. The May Queen and Her consort could have had a long-lasting, full and successful marriage. Or, She could have had a short and loving marriage.\u00a0 The point is, the May Queen had an husband, a Divine Consort. Their marriage, as well as the marriage of Mary Magdalene and Yeshua was a bringing down to Earth in archetype of the Bridal Chamber of the Christos\/Sophia. Some scholars are now of the consideration that Yeshua\/Jesus sent out his disciples in pairs of two, not as two males, but as male\/female partners, consorts who preached His teachings and ministered to the people in His Name.\u00a0 They are of a further mind that His teachings were actually about Sacred Partnership.\u00a0 This is an area in which the author intends further study. The Queen of the May’s joyous celebration may take place on either May 1st or May 15th. The priestess would wear a crown of roses or\u00a0 other flowers in her hair and be dressed all in white. Hymns are sung, the rosary (I substitute the word ‘children’ for ‘sinners’ in the traditional Hail Mary prayer) and\/or the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary (a prayerful list of Mary’s attributes) may be recited followed by the placing of a small crown of roses on the statue of the Blessed Mother Mary.\u00a0 Many, at least it used to be so years ago, will carry a vase of a dozen roses or other of Her flowers into a church and place them at the base of Her statue. Meditation could center around not only our Heavenly Queens, Sophia and the two Marys, but also the importance of Sacred Consort-ship. Mother Mary’s colors are blue and white. Her flowers are red roses, white lilacs and white lilies.\u00a0 An enclosed “Mary Garden” may be planted at this time. The garden’s flowers could include roses, violets, morning glories, summer flox and peonies.\u00a0 St. John’s Wort is an herb in Her honor. Mayflowers and lily of the valley are Her wildflowers. Rose incense and rose quartz would complete ritual items for Her feast day. An angel cake topped with strawberries would be a delicious finale to the feast. The celebration of the Queen of the May is a living, albeit veiled, Goddess-centered tradition, a Tradition that has been continuously practiced for almost one thousand years. While stemming from the Church, it has many Pagan elements. Our Queen also took part in a Divine Marriage. The Queen had a consort and so the Month of the Sacred Marriage reminds us to ponder Her own marriage as well as that of Her Son and Daughter-in-Law,\u00a0 reflections of below and above. A picture of the work of the artist, Claire O’Hagan in decorating the Queen of the May statue in Ireland may be found here: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May%5FQueen. —\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blessed Be during the Month of Our Queen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1661"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1779,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions\/1779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}