THE HOUSE OF MARY MAGDALENE
a spiritual community of radical love
THE BURIED WORDS
blazing with the invisible light of heaven
“There’s a wisdom, a power, that comes from the woman Christ loved the most, from the one exiled and lied about. There’s a power that can only come from the girl who baptized herself. There’s a voice of love we haven’t yet fully heard from, a voice of the lion, the preyed upon. From the scriptures buried in the desert, torn apart, feared. The ones who have persevered because of a power that has been with them, from within them, all along. And the effort now is the opposite of the one we’ve focused on for millennia– it’s not a rising up through the ranks, a vertical climb, a hope to reach greater amounts of power to exert over others. Here, farther up is farther in. And we rise by descending.”
–THE GIRL WHO BAPTIZED HERSELF
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“A certain maiden, Thecla–whose mother was Theocleia and was promised in marriage to a man, Thamyris–sat at a window close to the house and listened night and day to the message about holiness spoken by Paul. She did not turn away from the window, but moved forward in faith, rejoicing exceedingly. And yet having seen many women and maidens coming to Paul, she also desired for herself to be deemed worthy, to stand face-to-face with Paul and hear the word of Christ.” —The Acts of Paul and Thecla
“And the women all cried out in a loud voice, as if from one mouth, and gave praise to God, saying, ‘One is God who has saved Thecla!’ so that the whole city shook from their voice.” —The Acts of Paul and Thecla
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“Then Mary stood up and greeted them; she tenderly kissed them all and said, ‘Brothers and sisters, do not weep, do not be distressed nor be in doubt. For his grace will be with you sheltering you. Rather we should praise his greatness, for he has united us and made us true Human beings.” —The Gospel of Mary
“Peter said to Mary, ‘Sister, we know the Savior loved you more than all other women. Tell us the words of the Savior that you remember, the things which you know that we don’t because we haven’t heard them.” Mary responded, ‘I will teach you about what is hidden from you.’” She said, ‘I saw the Lord in a vision and I said to him, ‘Lord, I saw you today in a vision.’ He answered me, ‘How wonderful you are for not wavering at seeing me! For where the mind is, there is the treasure.’” —The Gospel of Mary
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“I am the first and the last.
I am she who is honored and she who is mocked.
I am the whore and the holy woman
I am the wife and the virgin…
I am the bride and the bridegroom…
I am she, the Lord…
I am both awareness and obliviousness
I am humiliation and pride
I am without shame
I am ashamed
I am security and I am fear
I am war and peace
Pay attention to me
I am she who is disgraced and she who is important…
I am what everyone can hear and no one can say”—The Thunder; Perfect Mind
“What is your inside is your outside,
And what you see on the outside,
You see revealed on the inside.”—The Thunder, Perfect Mind
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“Jesus said, ‘I am the one who comes from what is undivided.’” —The Gospel of Thomas
“Have you already found the beginning, then, that you seek for the end? For where the beginning is the end will be. Blessed is the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death.” —The Gospel of Thomas
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“What you say, you say in a body; you can say nothing outside this body. You must awaken while in this body, for everything exists in it: Resurrect in this life.” —The Gospel of Philip
“The companion [koinonos] of the Son is Miriam of Magdala. The Teacher loved her more than all the disciples; he often kissed her on the mouth.” —The Gospel of Philip
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“Father, do you see this vase here? Could it be called by any other name than what it is?” “No,” He replied. “Well, neither can I be called by anything other than what I am, a Christian.” —The Passion of Saint Perpetua
“Love one another!” —The Passion of Saint Perpetua
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“My beloved ones, is it so difficult to reach the mountain peak? It is beneath the depths of the seas, and it is far beyond the seas. It is above, high above: in the depths of the human heart.” —Talking with Angels
“Light streams everywhere: above is below and below is above. There is no separation: Heaven and earth are one.” —Talking with Angels
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“Love refuses nothing, and takes nothing; it is the highest and vastest freedom. All exists through love.” —The Gospel of Philip
“The desire to be loved is the last illusion; give it up and you will be free.” —Margaret Atwood
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“I said to him, ‘So now, Lord, does a person who sees a vision see it with the soul or with the spirit?’ The Savior answered, ‘A person does not see with the soul or with the spirit. Rather the mind, which exists between these two, sees the vision and that is what…” —The Gospel of Mary
“It is like a pure diamond, blazing with the invisible light of heaven.” —Thomas Merton
We will email you the scripture for each gathering, but here are optional texts to have with you:
The Girl Who Baptized Herself by Meggan Watterson
Mary Magdalene Revealed by Meggan Watterson
A New New Testament edited by Hal Taussig
The Gospel of Philip by Jean-Yves Leloup
WHO I AM
I am a feminist theologian with a master of divinity from Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University and a master of theological studies from Harvard Divinity School. I am the author of The Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel, & The Christianity We Haven’t Tried Yet. I also recently created THE MARY MAGDALENE ORACLE so we can integrate the secret teachings of Mary’s gospel into a daily spiritual practice. And I am the immensely proud mom of an old soul named Shai, which means “gift” in Aramaic.
WHO WE ARE
We are a spiritual community with a shared desire and curiosity to study the scripture that was not included in the formation of the New Testament in the 4th century, like, The Gospel of Mary, The Acts of Paul and Thecla, The Thunder: Perfect Mind, The Gospel of Thomas, and The Gospel of Philip. These ancient texts emphasize the radical love that exists within each of us, and the “treasure,” or “the spiritual eye of the heart,” as Christ refers to it in Mary’s gospel that we each contain.
We practice the soul-voice meditation together, which allows us to experience directly, or to know, from the Greek word gnosis, this “treasure” within us, so we can practice seeing less with the ego and more from the soul of who we are. And so, we can practice listening, inwardly with less and less judgement, and with only more mercy.
THE RED THREAD
Red because love is the force that renders us all equal. Love is the truth of who we are and the purpose of why we are here. Love is the source of our true power to shift what’s possible within our lives and in the world. And the source of true love is found within.
Red because the body is the soul’s chance to be here.
The body is sacred. The body has wisdom the mind can’t even begin to fathom. The body is a part of (and not separate from) our experience of the divine. Loving the body, fiercely, is a holy revolution.
Red because we are ready for what the alchemists refer to as “the reddening.” This is the third stage in the alchemical process after we’ve owned the dark depths of where we are human, and after we’ve witnessed our own breathtaking light. It’s the spiritual path that unites the lowest lows and the highest heights. It’s the path of integrating the hot mess with the holy soul, the utterly vulnerable with the force within us that is pure strength.
And red because it’s the color associated with Mary Magdalene, and the legacy of the divine feminine. Red because it’s the color of the heart, and the heart is the holiest place on earth. The heart is the mystical space we can enter to meet with our every answer.
The red thread is our reminder that we are all connected. It’s a visual of the vow we have made to do the work that lets us release the ego and return to the heart. And it’s a symbol of the spiritual teachings that are innate to us, that pour out through us each time we dare to become a presence of love.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Your $13/month tuition includes:
One 1.5 hour virtual gathering each month
Library of recordings from our past gatherings
Optional Facebook group to connect with members from our global community
A portion of the House of Mary Magdalene's tuition each month goes to Love 146 – an international organization with a singular mission to end child trafficking through survivor care, prevention, community education, and strategic collaboration.
HOW IT WORKS
We meet on Zoom the 1st Sunday of each month (SEPTEMBER 2025 - MAY 2026) from 3:00pm - 4:30pm Eastern Time.
You’ll be sent a reminder email with a Zoom link on Friday mornings and Sunday mornings before each Sunday we meet, and the Zoom link will also be posted in the member area on our website.
And you’ll be emailed the recording in case you’re not able to join us in real time.
SUMMER SABBATICAL
Enrollment is currently closed as we take the summer off for our annual sabbatical. Active members can still access the member library during this time. We will open enrollment in mid-August, and live gatherings will resume in September. If you have questions, please contact us.
$13.00 per month
One 1.5 hour virtual gathering each month
Library of recordings from our past gatherings
Optional Facebook group
Cancel at any time in your member account or by contacting us. Refunds are not available once your monthly membership fee has been processed.