“Maria Magdalena” an ancient sacred title for ‘Temple Prostitute’
Recently it has been claimed that there is no direct reference of a Mary, or if we use the original Greek name - Maria, being a prostitute or a sinner in the New Testament Gospels. Indeed, the only suggestions of a Maria being a prostitute come from ‘Mark’ and ‘Luke’, which refer to demons being cast out of her -
“Soon afterward, Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him, and women certain who had been cured from spirits wicked and infirmities, Maria who is called Magdalene, from whom demons seven had gone out …”
A recent film entitled ‘Mary Magdalene - Her Story Will Be Told’ tells the usual story of how in the year 33 A.D. when Judea was under the control of the Roman Empire, a woman called Mary from the small town of Magdala begins to follow the Jesus of Nazareth described in the Gospels. The story in the New Testament says that this causes conflict with the other, male disciples, including St. Peter.
My reason for this article is to explain the historical origin of this name.
To start with, there is no actual historical evidence for ‘Maria’ apart from in the New Testament story when ‘Luke’ describes a Maria who is called a ‘Magdalene’, which is a direct reference to her being a prostitute.
Why?
Because the word ‘Migdal’, which is Greek for “almond”, was used to represent the female organ, and so the temple women or ‘sacred harlots’ were known as the “Migdalenes” or “Magdalenes”, which is why scholars acknowledge that ‘Mary/Maria Magdalene is meant to be a temple prostitute, or ‘almond woman’, because she had “loved much”, Luke 7:47, because that was meant to be her profession.
In biblical times being a prostitute was considered a “holy calling”, and another title for ancient temple prostitutes was the ‘Kadeshoth’, (dedicated women) and Rome’s Vestal Virgins, and the reason why religious ceremonial prostitutes were very important is because that is how the temples revenues were made.
But why was the name ‘Mary’ or ‘Maria’ used?
Well for one, using the name ‘Maria’ connects Jesus to Moses, whose sister was called Miriam, but the name ‘Maria Magdalene’ is full of more historical significance than just that.
In Hebrew, the name ‘Mari’ means “She who urges the god to action”, which is a phrase that is connected to the wives of all divine creators. That means that this ancient meaning and way of thinking was connected to Mary (Mari) the mother of Jesus, because we are told she gave birth to ‘the Son of a God’. But that does not mean I am saying that ‘Jesus’ mother ‘Mary’ is meant to be a prostitute, what I am saying is that the symbolic meaning is connected to that part of the story.
So what we have again is a play on the use of the language of the time, and the subtle but important differences between those languages, which many people are unaware of, and the meaning behind certain words.
‘Mary’, or ‘Maria’ called ‘Magdalene’, is simply a reference to the ancient Magdalene’s who offered their ‘almonds’ or female sex organs to the gods, the ‘almond’ being a very old symbol for the female membrane.
So really her title should be ‘Maria of the Almond’ and the “seven devils” is simply ancient religious wording which refers to her profession as a temple prostitute or “dedicated woman”, and the obvious awful diseases which resulted from that profession, which would undoubtedly lead to death.
