The Beehive: A Magdalene Collective Study
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Mythica's nine month program will involve a deep dive into the texts, traditions and practices of early Christianity associated with Mary Magdalene. We will include a focus on the critical importance of the historical and cultural contexts (both Jewish and Greco- Roman) in encountering both the traditional Canonical texts of the Gospels of Mathew, Mark, Luke and John and other influential texts of early Christianity that were not ultimately accepted into the Bible: The Gospel of Mary, Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Philip, Gospel of Truth, Round Dance of Jesus and Thunder, Perfect, Mind.
Equally important in our curriculum are the development of tools of contemplation: Visio Divina, Lectio Divina, chanting, psalm writing, Centering Prayer, body prayer and illuminated manuscripts-- practices that were transmitted from the Desert Mothers and Fathers of Egypt to the Celtic Isles by way of Gaul (Southern France) in the third through sixth centuries.
Tuition for the nine month program: $600
Equally important in our curriculum are the development of tools of contemplation: Visio Divina, Lectio Divina, chanting, psalm writing, Centering Prayer, body prayer and illuminated manuscripts-- practices that were transmitted from the Desert Mothers and Fathers of Egypt to the Celtic Isles by way of Gaul (Southern France) in the third through sixth centuries.
Tuition for the nine month program: $600
Meeting Dates, Topics and Curriculum
Our Beehive Core Curriculum Seminars will be held together as a collective on the third Mondays of each month from 10:00 am - noon PST from January through September.
Magdalene Chapel meetings will occur based on a liturgical calendar (see below) and vary from 60-90 minutes in length.
All sessions will be recorded for later viewing.
A New New Testament , edited by Hal Taussig, is a required text that we will use throughout the program. Please read the introduction before our first meeting
January 22 10 am - 12 Noon PST: Hebrew and Greco Roman Traditions
Required: A New New Testament , edited by Hal Taussig
Read the Preface and Introduction ( p.xvi-xxxi and pages 483- 543)
Strongly recommended:
Jesus Found in Translation, Lizzie Berne DeGear
Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus, Neil Douglas Klotz.
February 19, 10 am - Noon, PST: Synoptic Gospels
Required: A New New Testament, ed. Hal Taussig
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew
Gospel of Luke
March 18, 10 am - Noon PST: The Johannite Tradition
Required: A New New Testament, ed. Hal Taussig: The Gospel of John
Listening for the Heartbeat of God, John Philip Newell
April 15, 10 am - Noon, PST: Gospel of Mary
While this text is also found in A New New Testament, we will primarily be relying on Jean Yves Leloup’s translation and in depth commentary published by Inner Traditions.
May 20, 10 am - Noon, PST: Early Christianity in the East
Required: A New New Testament: Gospel of Thomas
Recommended : Gospel of Thomas, Edited and with commentary by Jean Yves Leloup, Inner Tradition
June 17, 10 am - Noon: French Traditions
The Golden Legend (available online)
July 15, 10 am - Noon: The Gnostic Gospels and Traditions
Required: Elaine Pagels, Gnostic Gospels
August 19, 10 am - Noon: The Mytho-Poetic Mind and the Myth of Sophia
Required: A New New Testament: Odes of Solomon and Thunder, Perfect Mind
The Gospel of Truth
Selected writings of Origen ( will be available online and as PDF document)
*September 16, 10 am - Noon: Desert Fathers and Mothers
Magdalene Chapel Gatherings: 60- 90 minutes each- also filmed for later streaming
Contemplative Practice: Aramaic Prayer of Jesus, Visio Divina and the Psalms (Monday, January 15, 10:00-11:30 am)
Ash Wednesday/Valentinus Day (February 14, 10 am)
Montsegur Memorial Day: Saturday, March 16, 10:30 am
Earth Day Celebration (Monday, April 22)
Pentecost (Sunday, May 19, 5 pm PST)
Summer Solstice/ Feast of John the Baptist (Saturday, June 22)
The Feast of Mary Magdalene (July 22, 10 am - 11:30 am)
Assumption of Mary (Thursday, August 15)
Autumn Equinox and The Inner Bridal Chamber (Saturday, September 21)
