"...human awareness isn’t something the skull manufactures, it’s something the skull-and-heart together tune into." Check out the article here: https://substack.com/@melissavandyke/note/c-386121096?r=ew8mw&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

The Fool isn't really a Fool I love the Paradox of it all We are exactly who we are meant to be At all times And The Fool trusts this At first with only a desire of the more out there To know it Then with an excitement of a new journey Becoming more embracing of the ending that brought it Until the unknown becomes the comfort where every moment lasts a lifetime And freedom is the Fool's reward

Beautiful Sisters, November's newsletter just landed in your inbox, and I wanted to bring the heart of it here, where we gather. The work is taking root. Our first Unbinding journey has closed, and so many of the women who walked it chose to return, because patterns we've carried for thirty, forty, or fifty years rarely loosen in one pass. Our next journey begins today. Our circle theme this month is Craving: what happens when desire gets tangled with fear, emptiness, shame, urgency, or the belief that something outside of us will finally make us feel whole. All through November, we'll look honestly at what we chase, what we numb, and what our cravings may really be asking for. Desire has wisdom in it. This Sunday, November 8, at 9 AM ET, we begin something new: Sundays with Mary's Gospel. Each week, in about 20 to 25 minutes, we'll read one passage from the Gospel of Mary, explore one teaching, and leave with one question to carry into the week. It's open to every member here, free and paid alike. RSVP here so you're notified: https://www.skool.com/the-magdalene-network/calendar?eid=f082f2bd98914dbd804e4232a6989892 Also this month: - 𝗪𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟰, 8 PM: Write Right Medicine (Initiates or $17) - 𝗧𝗵𝘂 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟱: Book Circles begin. The Return of the Divine Sophia with Carrie at 1 PM, Anna, Grandmother of Jesus with Linda at 8 PM (included for Initiates, or $57) - 𝗪𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟭, 8 PM: Soul Voice Activation (Initiates or $17) - 𝗪𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟴, 8 PM: Red Thread Circle (free) - 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 10 AM: Sacred Petitions of the Rose - No Sisterhood Circle on Thanksgiving Eve And mark your calendar for 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯, 𝗮𝘁 𝟳 𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗧, when we'll premiere my 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠, 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, together on YouTube, with a live Q&A in the chat: https://www.skool.com/the-magdalene-network/calendar?eid=8c450cd31c9344c9be0ef80c9a5d55c4

As I was throwing away the Rose petals that finally withered to brown, I noticed my Aloe Vera plant shining there I realized how she has been with me for a very long time, while the Roses come and go I honor her most days as a beautiful being but today it struck me new How She teaches me what stays And the Rose teaches me the process She shows me I have roots and can stand in their knowing without batting an eye As the storms come and go, the resources change, and the now flows When the Rose appears there is a reminder of the unfolding of these things That the beauty and strength exist together And grounded here within these beings I see I can hold them both without choosing Without preference With Love

Today's first Gospel of Mary Reading was absolutely beautiful. Exactly as amazing as I imagined it would be when Sandi announced it! The image Sandi offered of waking through a door called "knowledge" (Gnosis) or "blind acceptance" (Organized Religion/Society) was powerful. The process of translating mythology, parables and teachings that were shared during ancient times has been lost to us in the modern world. We have come to a place where most of people take things literal instead of discerning for themselves... and the divine feminine- Mother Goddess - is rising in us to remember. To remember that we can sit with words and know their power from our own depth- deciding what stays and what goes- instead of relying only on what society says is "authority". We are our own authority and Mary is making sure we remember how to activate it within ourselves! I am so grateful to be here on this journey with such beautiful and wise women! ❤️🌹