Mary Magdalene's Feast Day: For the Mystics & Goddess Devotees

Today is Mary Magdalene's feast day. For many mystics, esoteric Christians, goddess devotees, and archetypal seekers, Mary Magdalene stands as the Western symbol of the sacred feminine- the fully alive, embodied woman. She is the teacher, the lover, the anointer, the apostle to the apostles. She represents a path of love that is rooted in the body, wisdom that rises from lived experience, and holiness that embraces the full spectrum of being human. In her, spirit and flesh are not at odd. They are one.

Barely under the surface of countless spiritual traditions, there’s a current of divine feminine wisdom has never stopped flowing. This is the Rose Lineage, threading its way through mystical Christianity and ancient Isis temples, through Sufi love songs and the mysteries of the Black Madonna, through Sophia's wisdom teachings and Shakti's fierce grace. It belongs to no single faith, yet breathes life into them all. This lineage is pure remembering: intimate knowing that flesh is holy ground, that love itself opens doorways to the divine, that the feminine carries humanity's missing light, the essential half that makes us whole. Mary Magdalene stands as one luminous embodiment of this lineage.

Those who walk this path understand beauty as sacrament, desire as sacred intelligence, presence itself as the deepest power we possess. They give voice to what society would keep silent. They offer the world a certain special perfume. The Rose path awakens in every soul, male or female or anywhere in between, who chooses radical authenticity, who embraces tenderness as strength, who knows that grace lives in the full embrace of our beautifully flawed humanity.

This is the path of waking down into the body while waking up to the One. Here, flesh is temple, and breath an invocation. Those who follow the Rose path understand that to touch the underlying oneness, we must first honor the vessel that carries us. This miraculous form that holds galaxies in its cells. 

In this remembering, the world becomes magical, interwoven, ensouled. The ordinary reveals itself as extraordinary. We carry more light because we have stopped apologizing for taking up space. We become more effective, more impactful, more resourced than we ever imagined possible—not by doing more, but by being more fully present to what is. Work becomes worship. Matter becomes sacred. Those who walk the Rose path live into the full potential of this human life.  They understand that liberation comes not from transcending the body, but from diving deeper into its wisdom and including it all. 

So today on her feast day, bring home some red roses and put them on your altar. Print out Hildegard von Bingen’s the cosmic egg (the image above) and put that there too.  Pull out a copy of one of the recent amazing books on the Magdalene and enjoy some of the retelling of her story.

With infinite love and reverence, Jai Ma,

Christine Marie Mason
The Rose Woman
Founder, Rosebud Woman