Miryai ( Mary) Magdalene

I was born outside the veil of Nazirutha amongst the Jews and raised in the High Priest's home:"Miryai am I, of the Kings of Judaism, a daughter, a daughter of Jerusalem's mighty rulers. They have given me birth: the priests brought me up. In the fold of their robe they carried me up into the dark house, into the temple. Adonai laid a charge on my hands and on my two arms. I must scour and cleanse the house that is without firmness for there is nothing therein for supporting the poor, nothing to revive the tormented souls.My father went to the synagogue, my mother went to the temple.My father went out and said to me, and my mother went out and charged me: Miryai, close thy inner doors and bolt the bar.See that thou goest not forth into the main streets and that the “Suns of my Lord” fall not upon thee.But I, Miryai, listened not to what my mother did tell me, and hearkened not with my ear to what my father did command me.I opened the inner doors and the outer let I stand open.Out went I into the main streets and the “Suns of my Lord” fell upon me.To the house of the people would I not go, but my way bore me onto the Nazorean Mashkna-Temple.I went and I found my brothers and sisters, how they stand and engage in instruction.My brothers carry on proclamations and my sisters throw out explanations.With the voice of their teachings and with the voice of their explanations I became drowsy and laid down on the spot.My brothers went forth and did not wake me, and my sisters withdrew and roused me not.But thou, my sister in Truth, dost rouse me from sleep, and dost say: Arise, arise, Miryai, before the day breaks and the cock lets crow his morning crow, before the sun shines and his glory rises over the worlds, before the priests and the priests sons go forth and sit down in the shade of the ruins of Yerusalem, before thy father comes and brings trouble upon thee such as thou never hast had.I, Miryai, keep secret my prayers and utterly secret keep my discourses.Early, day began to dawn, early the cock let crow his call, early the sun shone and his glory rose over the worlds.The priests and priests sons went out and sat them down in the shade of the ruins of Yerusalem.Then came my bodily father and brought on me trouble such as I never had experienced before.He spake: Where hast come from, thou debauched slut, whom locks and bars cannot keep in?Where hast thou come from?Woe unto thee thou bitch in heat, who mindest not door bolts and locks!Where hast thou come from?Woe, woe unto thee thou piece of uncouth cloth that has been patched on my robe!If I am a debauched slut, I will burst thy boltings and bars.If I am a bitch in heat, I will draw back the pins and the locks.If I am a bit of coarse stuff that has been patched on thy robe, then out of thy robe cut and rip me.Thereon he cried: Come all of you, look on Miryai, who has left Jewry and gone to make love with her lord (Yeshu).Came, look on Miryai, who has left off colored raiment and gone to make love with her lord.She forsook gold and silver and went to make love with her lord.She forsook the phylacteries and went to make love with the man with the head-band.Then Miryai makes answer unto him: Far lies it from me to love him whom I have hated.Far is it from me to hate him whom I have loved.Nay, far from me is it to hate my Lord, the Life's Gnosis (Yeshu), who is for me in the world a support, a support is he in the world for me and a helper in the Lights Region.Dust in the mouth of the Jews, ashes in the mouth of all of the priests!May the dung that is under the feet of the horses, come on the high ones and Yerusalem's mighty rulers.At the door of the house of the people her mother came upon Miryai.Her mother came upon Miryai and put question to her: Whence comest thou, my daughter, Miryai, whose face gathers roses?Rosiness is gathered on thy face and of sleep are thy eyes full.Full of sleep are thy eyes, and upon thy forehead lies slumber.Thereon she answered: It is two, three days today that my brothers sat down in the House of my Father.In my Father’s house sat down my brothers and let wonderful proclamations be heard.Because of the voice and the ringing of the proclamation of the Uthrai, my brothers, there comes no sleep over my eyes.Sleep comes not over my eyes, nor slumber upon my forehead.Hast thou not heard, Miryai, my daughter, what the Jews are saying about thee?The Jews are saying: Thy daughter has fallen in love with a man.She has acquired hate against Jewry and love for Nazirutha-Gnosis.Hate has she developed against the synagogue and love for the door of the Nazorean Mashkna.Hate has she gotten against the leather phylacteries and love for the wearing of wreaths of myrtle.Work does she on Sabbath, on Habshabba she keeps her hands still.Miryai has completely cast aside the Mosaic Law that the Seven have laid upon us.As Miryai stands there, she puts dust on her feet, and speaks: Dust in the mouth of the Jews and ashes in the mouth of all of the Jewish priests!May the dung that lies under the horses, come on the elders who are in Yerusalem!I cannot hate him whose love I have won, nor love him against whom I have acquired hate.Yea, I have won the love of my Lord, Life's Gnosis, and hope that in him a helper will for me arise, a helper and a support from the region of darkness unto the Lights Land.Thou hast won the victory, Gnosis of Life, and helped all thy friends to victory.Life is transcendent and victorious, and victorious are those that have gone forth!Miryai am I, a vine, a tree, who stands at the river opening of the Frash-Ziwa.The tree's leaves are precious stones, the tree's fruits are pearls.The vine-trees foliage is glory, his shoots precious light.Among the trees his scent it diffuses, and it spreads over all the worlds.The birds of the air smelled it; a flock settled down on the tree.A flock on it down-settled, and they would build their nest there.They flutter about in it and settle not down in it firmly.Of his foliage they eat …from his inner part they drink wine.They eat what is not to be cast away, and drink what was not wine.While the birds sat on the vine, winds and tempests broke loose.They shook the good chicks awake, they smote against the tree: on all sides they scattered the leaves of the vine-tree and scared the birds out of their place.Many a bird there was who flew not away, but held on fast with claws and with wings, till the winds and the tempests were over.Many again held not on fast and were hurried away […]Woe unto those who did not hold fast, but were dashed from the tree and flew off.How fair is the tree of Life and fair the birds who dwell on it!The winds and the tempests passed and rest came over the world.As the birds sit there and chirp and would be a-building their nest, as the birds sit on the vine, an eagle wheeled and flew hither.A white eagle-bird came, looked down and caught sight of the birds.Round wheeled he, sped down on them with his wings, and came and sat on the tree.In converse with him joined the birds, and said to him.By thy Life, Eagle!On this tree were we birds without number.But there broke loose against them the winds, and on the tree came raging tempests.They shook them off, from the tree, so that they all but tore their wings from them.Many a one held fast, whom the winds and tempests could not tear away: but many a one flew off at top speed.We speak to thee, therefore O Eagle, we ask thee respecting the birds, because thou art sharp of sight and dost see all in this world: What have the winds and the tempests done with those birds, our brothers?What spyest thou out over them?Then made be answer unto them: You had better not to have known, my brothers, what has become of those birds.Sling-shots drove them far from me, their wings broke: torn off were they, broken off; they went hence and relied on the bird-catchers.The harrier and hawk wheeled round them, tore pieces out of their flesh and fed on those who were fat.Woe to those who fell prey to the water: if there was no portion for them at the crossing.Well for you, ye birds, who hold fast to this vine: you become a, companionship of Miryai the vine, who stands at the mouth of Frash-Ziwa.See and satisfy yourselves, ye birds, that I have come to you.I have come to my brothers to be a support for them in this world.I have come to heal Miryai, to bring water to the good, beloved plants, to the vines, who stand at the mouth of Frash-Ziwa.In a white pail I draw water and bring it to my plants.I bear and I hold it on the arms of glory which are my own.I bear it and I hold it and give them to drink.Well for him who has drunk of my water.He drinks, finds healing and confirmation, and grows to double his stature.The vines who drank water, brought forth good fruit.Their leaves turned on high and made a brave show.The branches, which drank no water, brought forth bitter herbs and wormwood.Woe to those who have not gone forward upon the Way; woe to those who here not passed on by the way-stone!They hated the Treasure of Life - Miryai, the dear Kustha-Truth.My brothers, hold fast, be a companionship of Miryai.I will look round in the world, letLife's call sound forth and rouse the sleeping and make them.The eagle flew off from the tree: he wheeled round and instructed his friends.He speaks to them: Give ear to me, my brothers!Stay fast and endure persecution.Be a companionship to Miryai.Woe to the Jews, who were a persecution for Miryai.Woe to Elizar, the great house, the pillar that props the temple.Woe to Zatan, the pillar, who has witnessed lies against Miryai!All the Jews gathered together, the teachers, the great and the little; they came together and spake of Miryai: She ran away from the priests, fell in love with a man.And they took hold of each other’s hands.Take hold of each other’s hands, went forth and settled at the wellspring opening of the Frash-Ziwa stream.We will slay them and make Miryai scorned in Yerusalem.A cross will we set up for the man who has ruined Miryai and led her away.There shall be no day in the world when a stranger enters Yerusalem.They split open their fellings and catch the doves in Yerusalem.All the Jews gathered together and followed after Miryai.They went and found that a throne was set up for Miryai on the bank of Frash-Ziwa.A white Priestessly Banner was for her unfurled and a Book stood upright on her lap.She reads in the Books of Truth and rouses all worlds from their sleep.She holds in her hand the staff of Life's water, the girdle is bound round her loins.Miryai in humbleness prays and proclaims with wondrous voice.The fishes gather out of the sea, the birds from the mouth of Frash-Ziwa.They come to hear Miryai s voice and no more long to lie down to sleep.They breathe in the sweet scent around her and forget the world.When the Jews saw this, they stood up before her.They felt shamed, doubled their fists, smote on the fore-court of their breast and lamented.The mother of Miryai spake, and tears streamed into her bosom.Look on me, Miryai, my daughter, says she unto her; look on me who art thy mother!My daughter art thou and the daughter of all of the priests.Thy head is the great chief of the temple.Rememberest thou not, Miryai, that the Torah-Law lay on thy lap?Thou didst open it, read therein and knewest what stands in it.The outer keys lay in thy hands, and the inner thou didst put in chains.All the priests and priests sons came and kissed thy hand.Far whom thou wouldst, thou didst open the door, whom thou wouldst not, must turn and go back to his seat.A thousand stand there and two thousand sit there.They submit themselves to thee, as a eunuch-made slave, and they give ear to thy word in Yerusalem.Why didst thou forget thy brothers and thy heart abandon the priests?Lo, the brides weep in Judea, the women and men in Yerusalem.Their beloved gold have they cast from them, end they give themselves up to wailing and mourning for thee.They say: We will make away with our goods, until Miryai returns.Gold forge we no longer, and cast away fair raiments of silk and bracelets .They stand on the roofs and look out, that they may see thee again in Yerusalem.For thee they make vows, if thou comest to me and we go hence.My daughter, arise, come back to thy dwelling-place the city Yerusalem.Come, light up thy lamps which have been put out from the day when thou withdrewest thyself.Have no longing after this man (Yeshu), who has captured thee and taken thee off.Leave the man, who is not of thy dwelling place, alone by himself in the world.Let him not say: I have gone and carried off Miryai from her place.Come, teach the children, so that they may learn.Lay the Torah in thy lap and let us hear thy voice as it used to be.From the moment and the day when thou didst detach the dough has it been covered up […]When Miryai heard this from her mother, she laughed and rejoiced in her mind: It surely could not be the Jews, says she unto her, the infamous, worthless priests!It surely would not be the Jews who stand there and bow down to a brick grave!They shall be buried in the darkness.Go, go, says she unto them, ye fools, ye abortions: ye who were not of the world.I am no woman who stripped down for lust, and it is not that I have fallen in love with a man.Stripped am I not for returning to you and for again seeing you, dome of blasphemy.Go, go hence from me, ye who have witnessed falsehood and lying against me.Against me ye witnessed lustfulness and thieving, and held me up as ye are yourselves.Blessed be the Man who freed me from my fetters and planted my feet here.No wantonness have I committed with him and attempted no theft in the world.Instead of the witness ye have witnessed against me, there came to me prayer and praise giving.As the priests stand there and speak with Miryai at the mouth of Frash-Ziwa, there came a pure eagle-bird, whose wings are the fullness of worlds.He flew down on the Jews, dashed at them with his wings, bound them and sank them down unto the waters bottom, deeper down than the foul-smelling mud.He sank them deeper down than the blazing water that is inside the dark water.He sank their ships down to the blazing waters bottom.He destroyed the temple and laid fire to Yerusalem.He brought downfall upon them and in Yerusalem slew their disciples.He descended unto her, Miryai, folded before her his wings, settled down by her, narrated and proclaimed to her, and they held out the loved hand of Truth to each other.He embraced her in potent embracing, forced her down and set her on the throne.Miryai, he speaks to her, with favor look upon me, remember me in the Life's presence.I am thy Good Messenger, the Man, who gives ear to thy discourse.I beseech thee for the high Truth, the Truth which the Yardnas have chosen.O Good Uthra, she makes answer unto him, Uthra whom Life has sent!Thy Glory and thy Light has risen upon us, and thy honor is approved in the Light Land.Everyone who gives ear to thy voice, will be in the pure region included.In Life's Treasury will he be included and thy rays will rise over him twofold.For everyone who gives not ear to thy voice, waking and sleep will be wiped out.Let him belong to the Jews, to the slaves and all of the priests, the sons of the harlot.I and thou will circle aloft and victorious mount to the Light Land.Pistis Sophia"Where I shall be, there will be also my twelve ministers, But Maria Magdalene and John the Virgin will tower over all my disciples and over all men who shall receive the Mysteries of the Ineffable. And they will be on my right and on my left. And I am they, and they are I."- Pistis Sophia, p193"...command of the First Mystery, I looked down again upon the world of mankind, I found Mary, forward and give their interpretation." Mary, the mother of Jesus, came forward. She But Jesus answered and said : "Thou also, Mary, thou hast received form which is in forward and give their interpretation." Mary, the mother of Jesus, came forward. She But Jesus answered and said : "Thou also, Mary, thou hast received form which is in Virgin of the Light according to the light, thou and the other Mary[Magdalene], the blessed one." -Pistis SophiaJesus, the compassionate, answered and said to Mariam : "Mariam, thou blessed one, whom I will complete in all the mysteries of the height, speak openly, thou art she whose heart is more directed to the Kingdom of Heaven than all thy brothers". -Pistis Sophia"Now it happened when Maria finished saying these words, he said : "Excellent, Maria. Thou art blessed beyond all women upon earth, because thou shalt be the pleroma of all Pleromas and the completion of all completions." But when Maria heard the Saviour saying these words, she rejoiced greatly and she came before Jesus, she prostrated herself in his presence, she worshipped at his feet, she said to him : "My Lord, hear me that I question thee on this word before thou speakest with us of the places to which thou hast gone".Jesus answered and said to Mariam : "Speak openly and do not fear. I will reveal all things which thou seekest". -Pistis Sophia"Now it happened when Mariam finished saying these words to Jesus in the midst of the disciples, she said to him ; "My Lord, this is the interpretation of the mystery of the repentance of the Pistis Sophia".It happened now when Jesus heard Mariam saying these words, he said to her : "Excellent, Mariam, thou blessed one, thou Pleroma or thou all-blessed Pleroma, who will be blessed among all generations".- Pistis Sophia"Now it happened when Jesus heard these words, he said: "Excellent, Mariam, thou blessed one who wilt inherit the whole Kingdom of the Light."- Pistis Sophia"It happened now when Jesus finished speaking these words to his disciples, Maria, the beautiful in her speech, came forward. The blessed one prostrated herself at the feet of Jesus and said : "My Lord, suffer me that I speak in thy presence, and be not angry with me because I trouble thee many times, questioning thee". The Saviour answered compassionately, he said to Maria: "Speak the discourse which thou dost wish, and I will reveal it to thee openly"" Maria answered and said to Jesus : "'My Lord, in what manner would the souls be delayed outside or in what form will they be quickly purified?"."However Jesus answered and said to Maria : "Excellent, Maria. Thou dost ask well with an excellent question and thou dost seek everything with certainty and with accuracy. Now indeed I will not conceal anything from you from this hour, but I will reveal everything to you with certainty and openly. Hear now, Maria, and give ear, all you disciples."- Pistis SophiaGospel of Philip"As for the Wisdom who is called "the barren," she is the mother of the angels. And the companion of the [...] Mary Magdalene. [...] loved her more than all the disciples, and used to kiss her often on her mouth. The rest of the disciples [...]. They said to him "Why do you love her more than all of us?" The Savior answered and said to them,"Why do I not love you like her? When a blind man and one who sees are both together in darkness, they are no different from one another. When the light comes, then he who sees will see the light, and he who is blind will remain in darkness.""There were three who always walked with the Lord: Mary, his mother, and her sister, and Magdalene, the one who was called his companion. His sister and his mother and his companion were each a Mary."Gospel of Philip"The Treasury am I, Life's Treasury. A King for the Nazoraeans became I. I became a King for the Nazoraeans, who through my Name find praise and assurance. Praise and assurance they find through my Name, and on my Name they mount up and behold the Light's region."(Secret Teachings of the Angelic Kings)“…which is begotten above, where, he says, is Mariam the sought-for one…” -The Refutations of all Heresies by Hippolytus (Book V section III)MIRYAI AS PRIESTESS & TEACHERMiryai in indigo, before her conversion to white Mariam the Master began her teaching career in the Jewish world of parchment, indigo and fish, but ended it in the white Nazorean world of papyrus and produce. She fully functioned as a Nazorean Priestess and was eventually recognized as an incarnation of their greatest heavenly Goddess - the "Treasury of Life".In the Gospel of Mary and Pistis Sophia she is recognized by Yeshu and the other apostles as the most understanding of them all. In the Pistis Sophia codex she is said to tower, along with one other, over all the other disciples:"Where I shall be, there will be also my twelve ministers, But Maria Magdalene and John the Virgin will tower over all my disciples and over all men who shall receive the Mysteries of the Ineffable. And they will be on my right and on my left. And I am they, and they are I."- Pistis Sophia, p193After the death of Yeshu Mariamene the Magdalene was perhaps too young and new to the faith to immediately take over the reigns of leadership among the Nazoreans and so James the Lord's Brother, became Yeshu's successor!"Jesus said to them: Wherever you have come, you will go to James the righteous for whose sake heaven and earth came into being." Gospel of ThomasEventually she did become the official head of the Nazoreans. From James. the leadership, and all the secret scrolls, went to Miryai, or Mariamme as she is sometimes called:"These are the titles of very numerous discourses which (the Naassenes) asserts James the brother of the Lord handed down to Mariamne (Miryai)” The Refutations of all Heresies by Hippolytus (Book V section II)Both James and Mariamene eMara taught the deep secrets of Nazirutha which they alone had received from Yeshu. They represented the true lineage of light in contrast to the false Pauline Churchanity that was on the rise in the west:“The priests, then, and champions of the system, have been first those who have been called Naasseni, …alleging that they alone have sounded the depths of knowledge.” - The Refutations of all Heresies by Hippolytus (Book V section I)At her death Miryai was buried next to her beloved Yeshu (Jesus) in a small family tomb in Jerusalem. On her ossuary was written Mariamne e mara - "Miriam known as the Master."Her bones were found in 1980 in the Talpiot section of the city.The Gospel According to Mary MagdaleneChapter 4(Pages 1 to 6 of the manuscript, containing chapters 1 - 3, are lost. The extant text starts on page 7...). . . Will matter then be destroyed or not?22) The Savior said, All nature, all formations, all creatures exist in and with one another, and they will be resolved again into their own roots.23) For the nature of matter is resolved into the roots of its own nature alone.24) He who has ears to hear, let him hear.25) Peter said to him, Since you have explained everything to us, tell us this also: What is the sin of the world?26) The Savior said There is no sin, but it is you who make sin when you do the things that are like the nature of adultery, which is called sin.27) That is why the Good came into your midst, to the essence of every nature in order to restore it to its root.28) Then He continued and said, That is why you become sick and die, for you are deprived of the one who can heal you.29) He who has a mind to understand, let him understand.30) Matter gave birth to a passion that has no equal, which proceeded from something contrary to nature. Then there arises a disturbance in its whole body.31) That is why I said to you, Be of good courage, and if you are discouraged be encouraged in the presence of the different forms of nature.32) He who has ears to hear, let him hear.33) When the Blessed One had said this, He greeted them all,saying, Peace be with you. Receive my peace unto yourselves.34) Beware that no one lead you astray saying Lo here or lo there! For the Son of Man is within you.35) Follow after Him!36) Those who seek Him will find Him.37) Go then and preach the gospel of the Kingdom.38) Do not lay down any rules beyond what I appointed you, and do not give a law like the lawgiver lest you be constrained by it.39) When He said this He departed.Chapter 51) But they were grieved. They wept greatly, saying, How shall we go to the Gentiles and preach the gospel of the Kingdom of the Son of Man? If they did not spare Him, how will they spare us?2) Then Mary stood up, greeted them all, and said to her brethren, Do not weep and do not grieve nor be irresolute, for His grace will be entirely with you and will protect you.3) But rather, let us praise His greatness, for He has prepared us and made us into Men.4) When Mary said this, she turned their hearts to the Good, and they began to discuss the words of the Savior.5) Peter said to Mary, Sister we know that the Savior loved you more than the rest of woman.6) Tell us the words of the Savior which you remember which you know, but we do not, nor have we heard them.7) Mary answered and said, What is hidden from you I will proclaim to you.8) And she began to speak to them these words: I, she said, I saw the Lord in a vision and I said to Him, Lord I saw you today in a vision. He answered and said to me,9) Blessed are you that you did not waver at the sight of Me. For where the mind is there is the treasure.10) I said to Him, Lord, how does he who sees the vision see it, through the soul or through the spirit?11) The Savior answered and said, He does not see through the soul nor through the spirit, but the mind that is between the two that is what sees the vision and it is [...](pages 11 - 14 are missing from the manuscript)Chapter 8:. . . it.10) And desire said, I did not see you descending, but now I see you ascending. Why do you lie since you belong to me?11) The soul answered and said, I saw you. You did not see me nor recognize me. I served you as a garment and you did not know me.12) When it said this, it (the soul) went away rejoicing greatly.13) Again it came to the third power, which is called ignorance.14) The power questioned the soul, saying, Where are you going? In wickedness are you bound. But you are bound; do not judge!15) And the soul said, Why do you judge me, although I have not judged?16) I was bound, though I have not bound.17) I was not recognized. But I have recognized that the All is being dissolved, both the earthly things and the heavenly.18) When the soul had overcome the third power, it went upwards and saw the fourth power, which took seven forms.19) The first form is darkness, the second desire, the third ignorance, the fourth is the excitement of death, the fifth is the kingdom of the flesh, the sixth is the foolish wisdom of flesh, the seventh is the wrathful wisdom. These are the seven powers of wrath.20) They asked the soul, Whence do you come slayer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?21) The soul answered and said, What binds me has been slain, and what turns me about has been overcome,22) and my desire has been ended, and ignorance has died.23) In a aeon I was released from a world, and in a Type from a type, and from the fetter of oblivion which is transient.24) From this time on will I attain to the rest of the time, of the season, of the aeon, in silence.Chapter 91) When Mary had said this, she fell silent, since it was to this point that the Savior had spoken with her.2) But Andrew answered and said to the brethren, Say what you wish to say about what she has said. I at least do not believe that the Savior said this. For certainly these teachings are strange ideas.3) Peter answered and spoke concerning these same things.4) He questioned them about the Savior: Did He really speak privately with a woman and not openly to us? Are we to turn about and all listen to her? Did He prefer her to us?5) Then Mary wept and said to Peter, My brother Peter, what do you think? Do you think that I have thought this up myself in my heart, or that I am lying about the Savior?6) Levi answered and said to Peter, Peter you have always been hot tempered.7) Now I see you contending against the woman like the adversaries.8) But if the Savior made her worthy, who are you indeed to reject her? Surely the Savior knows her very well.9) That is why He loved her more than us. Rather let us be ashamed and put on the perfect Man, and separate as He commanded us and preach the gospel, not laying down any other rule or other law beyond what the Savior said. 10) And when they heard this they began to go forth to proclaim and to preach.