The Magdalen Manuscript

A friend recommended this book as having shed light on her own alchemical and transformational process. Recent books and films have recast our understanding of Mary Magdalene, and I remember very clearly my visits to the Sainte Baume Cave some 20 years ago. Somewhat to the discomfiture of the author, the book is channelled, but its truths have to stand up to independent scrutiny, which the reader will need to provide. 'Mary' explains that she was an initiate of the Temple of Isis and as such a practitioner of sexual alchemy whose underlying purpose is to help create the light body that sustains life after death. Alchemy requires the containment of energy for its transformation, and this is essentially a feminine ability of using energy to open up to deeper levels of consciousness through an act of surrender. The underlying process is one of divinisation or theosis also associated with gnosis or higher knowledge. Ultimately, this is a marriage of masculine and feminine principles. The second and third parts of the book explain the author's understanding of Egyptian alchemy and the personal story of Judi in embodying these transformative energies.