Hello Lovelies! This September, we’re opening two new Sacred Book Circles inside the Magdalene Network. These are not traditional book clubs. We gather in Circle. The book gives us a place to begin, but the real conversation is what the words awaken in us. We reflect. We question. We share our own experiences. We listen to the wisdom of other women. Sometimes we agree with the author. Sometimes we do not. There is room for all of it. The Way of the Rose🔗 by Clark Strand & Perdita Finn This circle explores the Divine Mother, the rosary, prayer, Earth wisdom, devotion, and the feminine face of the sacred. We’ll look at what happens when familiar religious symbols are approached with fresh eyes and ask what practices like the rosary may still hold for women outside traditional religious structures. Begins September 10 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET The Magdalene Revolution🔗 by Andrew Harvey This circle takes us directly into Mary Magdalene, the Divine Feminine, sacred partnership, radical equality, embodied spirituality, and Harvey’s vision of the revolution her return represents. This is a book made for discussion. We may agree with some of Harvey’s conclusions and challenge others. That is part of the Circle. Begins September 10 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET Each Book Circle is $47. Or both are included FREE with your $27/month Magdalene Initiates membership. Membership also gives you access to our ongoing Initiates offerings, so if you have been thinking about joining us more deeply, this is a beautiful time to come in. Space in each Circle is intentionally limited so every woman has room to speak, listen, and be known. One Book Circle per person please. We do not simply read the book. We let the book open the Circle. Choose your book Become a Magdalene Initiate

I have a hard writing task ahead - and I always like to start with prompts when I write - and of course I need the presence of Mary and if I cando this all in community! Yes please! Join me tonight for a special writing circle were we will craft an obituary or eulogy to a lost love and with deep Gratitude we will reflect on what we are leaving behind as we rebirth ourself from loss... TONIGHT - Wednesday 5 PM Pacific - link is on the calendar for Magdalene Initiates

What a powerful Lion’s Gate practice. I’m still processing what opened for me. Over the weekend I kept coming back to this idea that perhaps we are being asked to learn how to walk in both worlds. Can we remain completely human, with our bodies, relationships, fears, memories and messy emotions, while also allowing the deeper Soul self to lead? Can we look back at experiences that hurt us and still find the places where love existed? Can we hold compassion for another person without denying what happened to us? Can we hold the old self and the woman we are becoming at the same time? That is what Thecla suddenly means to me. She awakens. She sees the conditioning she has been living inside. She begins listening to something deeper than the expectations around her. And then the lioness recognizes her. I keep wondering: Am I Thecla? Are we all Thecla at some point in our awakening? I’m still integrating this one myself. The practice opened something much bigger than I expected. If you were there, I would love to know: What did the Lion’s Gate reveal to you? If you didn't get a chance to attend the live, I encourage you to watch for yourself. Link to replay: https://youtu.be/d2ZuOfUX7MU

The summer book discussion circle begins this week! Join us to talk about the section “Sepphoris: 16-17 CE“ chapters i - xxxv - Thursday at 5 pm pacific. Link will be in the calendar You do not need to be caught up on reading to attend - the discussion questions are geared to be thought provoking rather than a narrative discussion of the book Magdalene Initiates level - book circles is one of your benefits! These circles are a favorite of attendee! We hope you join us for this hybrid summer reading circle! (Self lead reading discussion ideas and prompts will be available on Friday afternoons)

The more I’ve prepared for tomorrow’s Soul Voice Activation, the more excited I am about this one. If the past week or so has felt heavy, reflective, emotional, or like old stories have suddenly come back around for another look, there may be a reason. We are moving through a period that astrologers associate with reflection, release, and seeing familiar things from a new perspective. And I’ve been feeling that personally. I’ve been thinking a lot about the way we label people and experiences as “good” or “bad,” especially when we’ve been hurt. Sometimes healing asks us to see more of the story. To remember that something painful may also have contained love. That someone who hurt us may also have been acting from their own wounds. That a difficult experience may have changed us in ways we now value. Understanding doesn’t mean excusing. Compassion doesn’t mean reopening a door. It can simply mean we are finally able to hold the whole story without being trapped inside the wound. And that is such a powerful place to enter tomorrow’s 8/8 Lion’s Gate. The Lion’s Gate is associated with courage, visibility, sovereignty, power, abundance, and manifestation. So tomorrow we’re going to work with both sides of that threshold: What am I ready to release? and What am I ready to create now? And our guide is going to be Thecla. If you don’t know her story yet, you are in for something incredible. Thecla was an early Christian woman who refused the life that had been chosen for her. She was eventually thrown into an arena with wild animals. A lioness was released toward her. And instead of attacking Thecla, the lioness ran to her, lay at her feet, and became her protector. I cannot stop thinking about this image. Thecla did not tame the lioness. The lioness recognized her. Tomorrow we are going to meet our own lioness. The part of us that carries instinct, boundaries, anger, creativity, authority, desire, discernment, and the courage to choose differently.