Mistaking Mary Magdalene

42 benbreen 29 4/21/2025, 2:24:20 AM newyorker.com ↗

Comments (29)

graemep · 5d ago
Lots of speculation and guesswork. Some things are well known (e.g. Gregory’s role in arguing she was a prostitute) but their interpretation here is questionable - it is usually taken as an indication of Jesus's attitude to people conventionally labelled "bad", as with Matthew.

There is some downright ridiculous stuff here as well - "Maybe Jesus was clearing Magdalene’s chakras.".

LargoLasskhyfv · 4d ago
There is nothing wrong with clearing, or rather recalibrating chakras, especially the Kundalini. The rest will follow automagically, and blow the Sahasrara wide open. It's rather enjoyable, for both, in fact.
xhkkffbf · 5d ago
Yeah, seems like plenty of wishful thinking. There's not much official that we know and plenty that's been added in the centuries afterwards.
gryfft · 10d ago