Many know the biblical story of Archangel Gabriel announcing to the young Mary, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’ He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.” [WEB Luke 1:30-32]. However, few know the full story of what led up to that point, which was so beautifully told through the channeling of Edgar Cayce. For me, this is such an inspiring and fascinating story that I’ve made it a habit for many years to read it each Christmas season. It’s that time of year again, so please allow me to show you the more fulsome picture as it unfolded so many years ago.
According to Edgar Cayce (specifically, the 5749 Reading series), Mary was born to Anna and Joachim who belonged to the Essene sect. In recognition of her spiritual destiny, they gave the 4-year-old Mary over to service in the Essene Temple (located at the School of the Prophets at Mt Carmel). Mary was one of twelve such maidens to be prepared as a possible channel for the prophesied Messiah. In fact, “Essene” meant “expectancy,” since they worked for generations to prepare the pathway. In the temple service, the twelve maidens were trained in physical, mental, and spiritual purity, as well as the prophesies related to the Messiah.
When Mary was between 12-13, the time had come for the choice of which maiden would be the channel. When all the maidens climbed the temple steps toward the altar for morning prayers, the sunrise illuminated the whole scene in a purple and gold hue. As Mary reached the top step, a shadow passed over Mary alone, and there was thunder and lightening. Archangel Gabriel then appeared and led her to the altar. These were the indicators of choosing, leaving no doubt about the divine will of who would be the channel for the Blessed One.
I love the beauty and holiness of the scene, and I often wonder what Mary must have felt at that time. While she had received years of preparatory training, did she really have any idea of the extreme joys, the weight of such responsibility, or the inconceivable hardship and heartache that she would have to bear? How can one not be filled with awe? I am humbled just thinking about it, and for me, it is now an inextricable part of the Christmas story.
This story and many others like it will be covered in an upcoming 6-part Council of Love eCourse on Yeshua and the Magdalena. Starting on January 25, 2025 and running through 5 April 2025, on alternate Saturdays, Jennifer Donaldson and I will walk through the inspired lives and timeless message of these two Ascended Masters, as told through many traditions and channeled sources, not the least of which is Linda Dillon, author of The Jesus Book. Beyond what happened in the past, they are still present and continue to teach us today! Please consider joining us for what will no doubt be inspiring, thought provoking, and fun! [Click on the image for more details.]
This Fall, Rob (one of our Lighthouse teammates) and I are teaching a course together on Yeshua and Mary Magdalen for OLLI, the Senior College open to all over 50 around the country. We have been meeting to channel the material for the class and also channeling during each class. So far it has been most wonderful. I thought you might enjoy this one session where Yeshua and Mary speak as one, then separately, advising us about their earthly life together. Enjoy! Love, Jennifer
Channeling Yeshua & Mary Magdalen together, Oct. 7, 2024
Jennifer: So, I’m getting that this is Yeshua and Mary together. But it didn’t take very long, so I’m not trusting that!(Laugh) What?!You’re fast! Hold on, let me just take a breath….
Yeshua & Mary Magdalen: It is our great pleasure to speak with you both tonight. We have been listening in! (Jen laughing) We are grateful for your interest in us, and not surprised. You both have many, many ties to us both, and of course, there is the curiosity, because you are in your own physical lives.
You are grounded in the earth with your spirit stretched wide and infinitely, and yet your focus is on the human life and what life was like, and how we found each other and how we lost each other, and how we came together, and how we learned from one another, and what our relationship was, and what were the details, and what did it look like and, and, and where did we go and when?
And, of course, this is all of interest to you, and we do understand, not only your interest but, also, we support your understanding that the details are not that important. But we are very mindful of your human journey and your desire to know, because both of you are led in this instance, by a heart connection to us, to both of us. And this is very, very old. The word ‘old’ is not old enough. “Primal”.
It is older than the world that you know, our knowing of each other, because you have levels of yourselves that are connected with us when we were first on the earth and you were first on the earth. There are levels of you who are connected with us from when we were first birthed, from Mother/Father God. We have known one another for So very long.
And there is a mystery around our life on earth, there are many versions of tales and the desire to sort and to clarify one from the other. Was this true? Was this not true? You know, it does not really matter. What really matters we will tell you. But to say, “Was Mary in France, or was she in Spain?” Well, she was in France, you see, and it is something which we are perfectly happy to clarify for you. If you have a burning question about how things were, we can, of course, see the entire picture and offer to you some details.
We would not intrude upon your journeys at this point in your lives, being teachers and coaching and being the lighthouses that you desire so much to be, and are, in fact, being. We would not give you an assignment at this point unless this was something you clearly chose. So let this develop., if it does and if it doesn’t, that is totally fine. You have not in any way let us down or disappointed us. We have no expectations, my Dear Ones. Just allow what brings you delight, what brings you passion, the passion to study something, to learn more, to know more, to explore more deeply. And you now know that this is a wonderful way to explore if you have questions. But again, your version is going to come under question, just like anyone else’s version of any story that you choose to tell about us, and that is fine.
Rob: I do have a question.
Yeshua & Mary: Sure.
Rob: So I’m wondering… I have feelings about …the idea that Mary was in southern France, separated from you, if you are, in fact, deceased at that point, then okay, that separation is a natural part of what the human experience is. But if you were not, and you had to be separated, I just find that incredibly sad.
Yeshua: And it was so for us, the need to part from one another, but we had also been warned that this would come, that our time together would have a parting. So we understood the necessity of this. If my family had stayed with me— I’m speaking as Yeshua — then they would have been in constant danger. If I had traveled with them, then I also would have eventually, as the red flag, called attention to their whereabouts, and their safety would have been compromised. You see?
Now, I did live for a time, but it really was only a short period, more a matter of two or three years, and not 40 years or 500 years. [Channeled sources vary widely in the number of years Yeshua survived the crucifixion, if indeed he did].
Rob: Just a question.I mean, that’s something that I ponder to myself, whether I would, if I were ever asked to do something that extreme, would I have the strength to do it?
Yeshua: Well, you realize that we also were greatly assisted by our heavenly hosts, our Mother, our Father, we each had a very deep faith and deep understanding of our origins within Mother and Father, and we knew that the separation was temporary and that each of us would be completely protected, through the… let me see how to say this… not ‘protected’ in the sense that we needed to, that we thought it was to seek safety for each of us separately but ‘protected’ in the sense that there is no, there is no real separation.
We had learned to telepathically communicate. We had learned to bi-locate. I was completely able to continue to visit with Mary in her meditations,throughoutthe remaining years of her life.
Rob: Is that one of the reasons that she chose to seclude herself, to become more of a recluse?
Yeshua: I will let Mary speak now…
Mary Magdalen: As I became older in my life, and I had concluded much of what I came to France to do, the teachings that were passed on to the community which sprung up around where I was living. And I raised my daughter and saw her married, and I knew that there would be the passing down of the wisdom that had been taught,. After that is when I became more solitary. And I enjoyed the last few years of my life, largely in meditation, largely with my beloved Yeshua, in communion through the meditation. Yes, yes, and I could see him within myself, and I could see him at times seated with me, but it did not last very long.
Rob: I see. Thank you so much.
Yeshua & Mary M: We are grateful for your interest and your commitment. We would be happy to speak with you again, and we can build a more elaborate understanding, if this is your desire. Little by little, not one big marathon session. This is wiser. Enjoy Wednesday. I think you will find that the class develops perfectly. We are with you.
Channeled by Jennifer Donaldson with assistance from Rob Loveland, 10/7/2024
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