The Gospel of Mary and Magdalenic Gnosis
Dr. Lewis Keizer
A Three-Module Seminar to Recover the Authentic Mary Magdalene
and her Apostolic Tradition
Guide to trustworthy research and literature about Miriam of Magdala
Rabbi Yeshua's radical break from tradition to accept women disciples
Yeshua's many contacts with women
Women disciples in the New Testament writings
The Inner Circle of women disciples
Women disciples as prophetesses
Mary Magdelene as chief female disciple
Paul's women apostles: 40% of early church leadership was female
Marginalization, suppression, and final exclusion of women's leadership after Paul's generation
Marginalization of Mary Magdalene's Apostolic Tradition: Mary the Repentant Whore
MODULE TWO:
In Quest of the Historical
Miriam of Magdala
Disappearance of Mary from Jerusalem Church
Opposition of Peter
The Sainte-Baume Legend: Mary in Gaul
The Merovingian Legend: Mother of Holy Bloodline
Lover of Jesus? Mary was probably older than Jesus' Mother!
The Eastern Orthodox Legend: Rome, St. John, and Ephesus
Mary Magdalene as the “Beloved Disciple” of Johannine tradition
Mary's Legacy: The Church at Ephesus
MODULE THREE:
The Gospel of Mary: Initiation into the Mysteries of the
Malkuth
Greek and Coptic versions of the
Gospel of Mary
Apostolic Gnosis vs. Gnosticism
Gnostic Redaction and the Kernal of Magdalenic Tradition in the Gospel
BACKGROUND TO GOSPEL OF MARY:
Secret Gospel of Mark
Jewish Wisdom Tradition (Hochmah, Sophia) and Kabbalah of
Yeshua
Jewish and Christian Merkabah ascent to Throne of God
Hermetic Initiatic ascent through Heavens to Odgoad
Incarnational descent and after-death ascent of Hellenistic soul
Legendary ascents of Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene's Initiation into the Razim ha-Malkuth (“Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven”) by
Yeshua
The significance of Magdalenic Gnosis for 21st Century Christianity
