Deva Anthology

LaVerne Carrick
Clarity
Priscilla Cross
Megan Don
Andrea Goodman
Jennifer Dyan Hartley
Sandra Heimann
Cheryl Martine
Judith Olson
Beth Power
Cindy Ritchie
Sahn
Carla Sanders
Miriam Stark
Rae Marie Taylor
Jessica Varga
Dr. Meredith L.
   Young-Sowers
Who is Mary Magdalene?
A meditation on the mystery and essential oils
by Cheryl Martine

I
She is the Creation Earthed
Receiver of Christ
She, Wisdom, the Creation,
is purified, transformed through Christ

Together
She, the Creation, and
He, the Creator, become
One. Love.

Now, She Speaks.
The Creation Speaks.
We Speak Christ Incarnate.
The Living Word.

II
Beloved Creation Redeemed
Creator become Man.
Through the Mother
Birth
Through Her
Manhood
Through Her
Anointing.
Through Him
New Life through Her.
Cosmic Human Being.

III
He sees her. Hears her cry. Enters.
He raises her up to Him.
She calls him into Humanity.
Cosmos to Human. Human to Cosmos.
The call is Heard. Each becomes the other and Themselves.

She, Wise, Annoints Him with Oil.
Exquisite Embodiment of Earth, Moon, Sun, Planets, Stars.
Three times She Annoints him. Feet. Head. Body.
Prepares Him. Witnesses Him.
And when He Rises, She is there to Hear. Again, to Hear, and then to Tell.
She Speaks Life Itself. The True Human Being

Cheryl Martine, Ph.D., is a practioner of Spiritual PhytoEssencing, the art and science of working with essential oils to support soul-spiritual healing and development. For more information see www.crmartine.tripod.com or write her at cmartine@midcoast.com.