initiatrix

She is portrayed as being both enlightened and the bestower of enlightenment, initiate and initiatrix: there is no suggestion that she was spiritually inferior because she was a woman—quite the reverse.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

It might be tempting to dismiss such rumours as merely scurrilous scandal-mongering—but, as we have seen, there is evidence that the Magdalene was a sexual initiatrix in the tradition of the temple prostitute, whose function was to bestow upon men the gift of horasis: spiritual enlightenment through sexual intercourse.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

Given this new scenario it is more than likely that her role in Jesus' inner circle was as sexual initiatrix.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

She is portrayed as being both enlightened and the bestower of enlightenment, initiate and initiatrix: there is no suggestion that she was spiritually inferior because she was a woman—quite the reverse.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

Given this new scenario it is more than likely that her role in Jesus' inner circle was as sexual initiatrix.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

It might be tempting to dismiss such rumours as merely scurrilous scandal-mongering—but, as we have seen, there is evidence that the Magdalene was a sexual initiatrix in the tradition of the temple prostitute, whose function was to bestow upon men the gift of horasis: spiritual enlightenment through sexual intercourse.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

Our discoveries about the Magdalene being an initiatrix of a mystery school carry the implication that Jesus himself was also an initiate—perhaps because she initiated him.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

Our discoveries about the Magdalene being an initiatrix of a mystery school carry the implication that Jesus himself was also an initiate—perhaps because she initiated him.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

How could the good, but essentially colourless, mother of Jesus fully take the place of the well-rounded Isis-not only Virgin, Mother and Crone, but also sexual initiatrix and controller of men’s destinies?

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

But let us remember that both the heretics and the Catholic Church have long believed that Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalene were the some person: in this figure of sexual initiatrix we finally have the missing great for the confusion about the Magdalene’s true role and significance in Jesus' life.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004