NEW [3/13/25] Mary Magdalene Adrift: The Holy Family in France
BRITAIN was the place to go apparently but Miryam of Migdal didn’t care to end up there. The Riviera was her cup of tea. Regardless, there appears to be some confusion as to whether Yoseph of Arimathea was her caretaker or not. I too have pondered this question. All I can tell you is that the evidence seems to point towards their having started the journey together but then parting ways soon thereafter, possibly at Marseilles. Tradition points to the cave in Sainte-Baume where Miryam ended her days. I’ve already covered that era of her bio in Mary Magdalene and the Mandala. My present concern is her being sent adrift in a boat. Is there any evidence for it?
Where last we left her in Mary Magdalene and the Adulteress, you will recall that she not only confessed to having a Roman Centurion lover, but that also, a Roman soldier, possibly a centurion, is depicted as having waved adieu from the shoreline while she cast off with Yoseph and company in the boat. There is your first piece of evidence. In the very least we can say she climbed into a boat with her family for a Sabbath cruise at some point in her life. Her going adrift is the reason that I decided to begin my latest wing of the ‘Wife of Messiah’ investigation with a repeat of the artwork, to freshen your memory.
Quick review. Herod Antipas died and then Pontius Pilate was removed from power. According to many accounts, Pilate was martyred. Acts 29 has him committing suicide in Switzerland, but that may only be because he was “suicided.” A changing of the guard meant Yahusha’s entourage no longer found themselves with an alliance. They slipped away quietly in the night, early enough that Pa’al never thought of mentioning them in his epistles. And in fact, his persecution of the saints, starting with Stephen, maybe the mile marker when Pilate was removed from power and their parting happened. Yoseph of Arimathea, along with Eleazer (Lazarus) and Martha, and of course Miryam of Migdal among a couple of others, were cast off in a boat with no oars, whereupon they are claimed to have landed in the south of France.
And of course, I started out by showing you a depiction of that event. The identity of the woman with the Grail Alabaster Jar MacGuffin is self-evident. With one foot in the boat, the other on the shore, she is looking longingly upon the soldier on the horse. In return, the horseman is seeing her off, that much is evident. He may in fact have helped to orchestrate the event. Who is the handsome rider, and is he Petronius, the man who Pilate ordered to guard the tomb of Messiah in Besorah Kepha? I’ll tell you what I suspect. Petronius may have been acquainted with Miryam of Migdal prior to the crucifixion, but not as a lover. He was acquainted with Miryam because the Centurion who’d bedded with her was a total dick but also a probable contemporary of his.
Whether or not the soldier in the carving proves to be Petronius, one more thing seems certain. Besorah Kepha has Petronius witnessing the resurrection of Messiah, and as I’ve already shown, has all the markings of a recognized believer. Likewise, Miryam of Migdal was the first to converse with a resurrected Messiah in the garden, the same garden that Petronius guarded, and as we can clearly see, she had a Roman soldier for a protector.
I’m not through yet. Look closer at the wood carving and tell me what else you see. I’m counting six people in the boat. Three women and three men. The woman in the front of the boat is likely Martha, her sister. Eleazer their brother might be one of the two bearded men, with Cephas being the other contender, and I’m under the impression that Maximin is the older bald fellow. Is he really, though? Is Maximin just a clever stand-in for Yoseph of Arimathea? Miryam of Migdal’s hand is on a little girl. Who is that little girl and is the artist telling us something? I suppose some might claim she is Martha based upon the fact that the two ladies look so much alike, thereby assigning the girl in front of the boat as Marcelle, Martha’s chamberer. That’s one possible interpretation. But then, why is Miryam’s hand on the young girl, and was Martha still a young girl during their plight? We’re talking about Martha, dutifully tending to the dishes in the kitchen while Miryam enjoyed Messiah. Was she ever a young girl in the gospels? And yet she and Miryam look so much alike. You might even say we are gazing upon Miryam and mini-Miryam. Seems to me a very practical interpretation is that Miryam of Migdal had a daughter.
If you’d like to read this latest addition to my ‘Wife of Messiah’ investigation, then I’ve already given you the PDF on the top of this page. Here is another link.
NEW [3/13/25] Mary Magdalene Adrift: The Holy Family in France
