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In the shadow of ancient spring celebrations and the depths of Holy Week’s solemnity lies a profound spiritual truth often overlooked: the divine dance between masculine and feminine energies that reaches its crescendo in the Easter story.
The Forgotten Origins: Eostre and the Sacred Feminine
Before Easter became synonymous with Christianity’s most sacred celebration, there was Eostre—goddess of dawn, spring, and fertility. Her symbols—the hare and egg—speak to life’s renewal and creative potential. The very month in which Easter often falls was once called “Ēosturmōnaþ” (Eostre’s Month) according to the Venerable Bede.
This feminine divine energy represents intuition, receptivity, creation, and nurturing—the womb from which new life emerges. When spring arrives after winter’s darkness, it is the feminine principle that brings forth new growth from seemingly barren earth.
Mary Magdalene: The Suppressed Feminine Christ
Perhaps nowhere is the divine feminine more powerfully embodied in the Easter story than in the person of Mary Magdalene. Far from the prostitute she was incorrectly labeled as for centuries, Mary Magdalene was arguably Christ’s most devoted disciple—the one who stood by him when others fled, and the first witness to the resurrection. She was his divine balance. Yin, Yang.
She was not beneath him—she was beside him.
She wasn’t saved by him—she walked with him.
She was the one he whispered the unspoken truths to.
Mary Magdalene embodied the “wild, erotic, fierce, compassionate, deep-feeling, intuitive, knowing feminine that remembers. Her erasure from the central narrative wasn’t coincidental—it was because a woman in her full power is terrifying, especially when she walks next to a man who doesn’t try to control her.
Yeshua: The Divine Masculine in Its Highest Expression
In contrast and complement to the divine feminine stands Jesus (Yeshua), whose Hebrew name itself means “salvation” or “deliverance.” If Mary Magdalene represents the sacred feminine in its fullness, Jesus embodies the awakened masculine energy:
- Courageous truth-telling in the face of corrupt power structures
- Protective strength used not to dominate but to serve
- Divine logic and wisdom that transcends human understanding
- Sacrificial love that gives itself completely
Throughout Holy Week, we witness this masculine energy expressing itself through action and purpose—cleansing the temple, confronting hypocrisy, willingly accepting suffering for a higher cause, and ultimately surrendering in the ultimate act of love.
The Holy Week Journey: A Cosmic Reunion
As we move through Holy Week, we see both energies at work in a cosmic dance of death and rebirth:
Palm Sunday
The masculine energy rides forth in purpose and mission, while the feminine receives and celebrates.
The Last Supper
The masculine establishes the New Covenant, while the feminine aspect receives and holds the mystery.
The Crucifixion
The masculine willingly surrenders in the ultimate sacrifice, while the feminine (represented by Mary, his mother, and Mary Magdalene) bears witness, holds space for grief, and remains present through suffering.
Holy Saturday
The masculine descends to the underworld to confront death directly, while the feminine waits in faithful receptivity.
Easter Morning
Here the dance reaches its culmination—the masculine rises in triumph over death, yet it is the feminine (Mary Magdalene) who first witnesses and proclaims this truth. The tomb (womb) that received death now births new life.
The Easter Invitation: Integration
The Easter story invites us not to choose between masculine and feminine energies but to integrate them within ourselves. The resurrection isn’t just Jesus’ story—it’s ours. It’s an invitation to resurrect both the divine masculine and feminine within us that have been buried, distorted, or forgotten.
When we embrace both:
- We find strength that doesn’t dominate but serves
- We discover wisdom that both knows and feels
- We cultivate power that both acts and receives
- We embody love that both protects and nurtures
This Holy Week, perhaps our greatest spiritual practice is to recognize where we’ve buried aspects of our wholeness and to roll away those stones. To allow the Mary Magdalene within us to recognize and proclaim the risen Christ. To remember that salvation isn’t just about being rescued but about being restored to our full, integrated humanity.
In the end, Easter isn’t just about a man who rose from the dead. It’s about the birth of a new consciousness that embraces both masculine and feminine in divine union—the very integration that might heal our deeply divided world.
- This post was assisted by AI using my talk to text & notes. Thank you AI, for taking my thoughts& eloquently and thoughtfully organize them for my blog. ✨️🙏