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Fullness of the Magdalene

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    Fall into a deeper silence and you will hear the earth breathe flowers. A ray of the full moon descends into your fontanelle. You are the anointed one, the wounded one whose crown has never healed.   One drop of this nectar slips down your throat and pierces your chest. Hold it here, like a pulsing pearl. Your breastbone is an altar, where moonlight mingles with the warmth of the sun. Christ meets Mary here. Their encounter is a mysterious kiss. This is the bridal chamber of the heart. The two become one. Yet the one becomes two for the sake of love. Their silence trembles with a song. Surely, this is the Song of Songs. "Your love is sweeter than wine, and your name is perfume poured out. Lead me into your chamber, O King. I am the garden and you are the Spring." Miryam, in Hebrew, means a bitter sea, an ocean of tears. Magdala means a tower, or a columm. This tower is stored up with bittersweet myrrh, rising from your sacrum to your brow....