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- First in a series of novenas celebrating the first nine dances of the Dancing with Mary Magdalene cycle of dances.
“Miriam” is the first dance that came through on Easter Eve in March 2008 while I was reading “The Gospel of Mary Magdalene,” the commentary by Jean-Yves Leloup. In my reading, I came to a section entitled, “Miriam of Magdala,” and I felt a sort of magical resonance transmitted from the page. Perhaps because Leloup is French, images of baroque dancers in fancy dress are contained in this dance.
The message of Miriam in this first dance is to awaken us to the power of the natural balance of the divine feminine and masculine within ourselves, and to suggest that we be open to her story in France. This is the same message that has come through countless other sources in various forms in the past few years through books, music, art, movies (both fictional and documentaries), and dance. With this dance, Mary suggests we may begin to experience this awakening through the movements themselves!
In Mary’s saying #214 (in part), she tells us: “Those who see male and female see only an appearance, for inwardly there is neither female nor male. These appearances are like shadows, and those who grasp at shadows and do not look to the light miss the mark of Truth.”
Mary invites us to dance out of the shadows as sons and daughters of the Light so we may achieve the inner balance we need for our own transformation in becoming “fully human [Anthropos],” thus awakening to the mystery of our being!
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Miriam, de Magdalena
Miriam, de Magdalena
Miriam, de Magdalena
Daughter of the Light.
Amina Linda McMakin is a certified leader and mentor/ teacher for the Dances of Universal Peace, and an ordained interfaith
minister (Cherag). In the 2008 Easter season, Amina began composing a cycle of dances inspired by the Gnostic Gospel of Mary Magdalene. Amina has published three booklets and CDs of dance movements and music, and composes musical chants inspired by the sayings of Mary....more
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