{"id":1225,"date":"2016-08-15T18:26:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T22:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2016-08-15T18:26:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T22:26:11","slug":"august-15-assumption-of-mary-god-the-mother-our-christian-goddess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/?p=1225","title":{"rendered":"August 15 Assumption of Mary God-the-Mother, Our Christian Goddess"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1226\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Queenof-Heaven.jpg\" alt=\"Mary, Our Christian Goddes or Heavenly Mother, Divine Mother at her Assumption\" width=\"279\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Queenof-Heaven.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Queenof-Heaven-167x300.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary crowned &amp; enthroned as Queen of Heaven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today is the day Mary Mother-of-Jesus was said to have ascended into heaven and to begin her reign as Queen of Heaven, crowned by the Father &amp; Son, becoming a member of the Trinity. It makes sense to me that she was our Heavenly Mother and like her Son decided to incarnate here on earth to bring about the Work, to deliver the Message (aka the &#8220;Good News&#8221; literally <em>gospel<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Starbird writes:<\/p>\n<p>August 15 is the official Catholic Church Feast Day celebrating the assumption of the Virgin Mary\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbody and soul\u00e2\u20ac\u201dinto heaven (<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assumption_of_Mary\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assumption_of_Mary<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0) validating a folk commemoration of this event over hundreds of years.<\/p>\n<p>In medieval lore, two other female saint were alleged to have been assumed bodily into heaven: \u00c2\u00a0Mary Magdalene and Mary the Egyptian (<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_of_Egypt\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_of_Egypt<\/a>), another \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fallen Sophia\u00e2\u20ac\u009d revered by medieval Christians. Carl Jung was apparently thrilled when this feast day was declared because it elevated the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Feminine\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00c2\u00a0status, completing (in his view) the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153quaternity\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (the classic Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit completed by the addition of the Feminine \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mother of God\u00e2\u20ac\u009d).<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">What will it take for the Church to recognize the archetypal Sacred Complement of Christ in the person of Mary Magdalene\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhis Bride in Exile? She represents the entire human family (flesh and blood) as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bride\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\/Partner and co-Creator with the Divine.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">In memory of Her,<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Margaret<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mary Magdalene, Bride in Exile\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.margaretstarbird.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.margaretstarbird.net<\/a><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the day Mary Mother-of-Jesus was said to have ascended into heaven and to begin her reign as Queen of Heaven, crowned by the Father &amp; Son, becoming a member of the Trinity. 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