Meeting Mary Magdalene

Last month, I traveled to France for a Mary Magdalene Retreat led by Marie Diamond. It was a trip I have been waiting the past 12 years to take. All I can say is, that it was worth the wait! As I was flying into Marseille, it felt like I was coming home. Each place we visited felt like another piece of me was connected.

When you visited a place that you have never been before, perhaps you had the same experience. As we touch the earth of these places, there is a cellular memory that reawakens in us and there is a feeling of coming home. That is what it felt like for me during the entire trip.

I had known something about the life of Mary Magdalene before the trip but learned so much more by being in France where she walked and started her teachings. As our group sat on the beach where she first arrived in France, I learned that she arrived with her sister, aunt and her daughter, Sarah. We visited a cathedral built in honor of Saint Marie Jacole, Sanit Marie Salone and Saint Sara, the women who arrived in France with Mary Magdalene and began sharing her teachings.

Many of the cathedrals in southern France have images of what is known as the Black Madonna. Many have thought it was an image of Jesus’s mother, Mary, when actually it is an image of Mary Magdalene. Each image shows her holding a child on her lap, which is her son.

We spent a few days walking the streets of Marseille, visiting the cathedral and doing an intense climb to the cave where Mary Magdalene reached her Ascension. The energy of the cave was both powerful, uplifting and calming all at the same time!

The truth about Mary Magdalene and her relationship with Jesus has changed over the years since I first heard her name. I grew up in a Catholic family and, at that time, she was depicted as a prostitute who washed the feet of Jesus with her tears.

The truth about her relationship with Jesus began changing when the DaVinci Code was introduced to the world and we saw, for the first time, the true relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus. After reading the book, I started researching more about her and discovered there were gospels written by her that were excluded from the Bible.

It was refreshing to witness the churches and the cathedrals in southern France revealing her true identity and revere her as the ‘Apostles of the Apostles’. They recognize the close relationship she had with Jesus and honor her as someone who walked with him as one of his closest companions.

If you are interested in learning more about Mary Magdalene, here are a few books that will help you learn more about her:

Annette Rugolo

Annette’s greatest passion is to help people align with their soul purpose. By employing a deep understanding of vibrational healing and universe-messaging, she can easily tune into a client’s energy through soul-to-soul connections. After identifying what is preventing a person from living his or her life’s purpose, she enables the release of physical, emotional, mental or karmic patterns.

Annette holds certificates in cranial sacral therapy, qigong, massage therapy and yoga. By training in many alternative healing methods, she became a Certified Master Instructor for inner diamond meditation and diamond dowsing with Marie Diamond Global. She started teaching transformational seminars in 1999 and began her Inner Diamond teaching career with Marie Diamond in 2002.

After years of preparation and study, she is in the unique position of being the only person, other than Marie Diamond, who is trained and qualified to activate all the dowsing products and essences. Both Annette and Marie continue to work in close partnership by collaborating on international summits and conferences. Annette has also assisted in developing and expanding the Diamond Methods to enlighten more than 500 million people worldwide.

Through her role as a Master Instructor, she has taught basic and master classes to more than 1000 students around the world, where she was mentoring and consulting with people in 20 countries. By holding classes, soul retrievals and environmental healings, Annette continues to help others raise the vibration of their personal energy fields and the energy of their homes.

As a Soul Whisperer and Nature Spirits Guide, her method of guiding souls, who are stuck in this world and looking to return home, is detailed in her book, “Soul Whisperer: Releasing Lost Souls.” Annette’s book received a favorable review by Kirkus Indie.

“In this latest work, the author tells of her various adventures in the realm of spirituality and the paranormal, involving such phenomena as ghosts, past lives, and clairvoyance. Overall, a soothing tone of gentleness runs through the entire work, as when she notes that “Helping our spirit brothers and sisters go home is the best choice when given the opportunity. Fans of spiritualist writing will be both intrigued and comforted.”

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