A Return to Divine Union
The Infinite Shabbat
As we approach the holy stillness of Shabbat and prepare for Magdalene Shabbat, there is always this sensation of coming closer to wholeness. Being in the month of Sivan – Gemini is a reminder that we are here ro remember the Bridal Chamber, the return to the Garden, to the holy remembrance of what was never truly lost.
The Gospel of Philip tells us:
“If the woman had not separated from the man, she would not die with the man. His separation became the beginning of death. So Christ came to repair the separation and bring them back into union.”
These words do not refer to gender or hierarchy, they share a mystical teaching about fracture and return. In Kabbalah, this is known as Shevirat HaKelim, the shattering of the vessels: the moment when unity gave way to multiplicity, when the divine wholeness of creation fragmented into duality: spirit and matter, light and form, masculine and feminine.
But this was not a fall from grace. It was a descent for the sake of tikkun, restoration.
This separation, the “woman” and the “man”, is a metaphor for the inner disconnection we all carry: between body and soul, mind and heart, spirit and earth. And Yeshua, as the embodiment of the Christos, came not simply to “save” us but to restore the inner union, to show us that what was divided can be reunited, through conscious love, through awakened presence, through the sacred breath of remembrance.
In the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, she speaks of this journey:
“Where the mind is, there is the treasure.”
And later: “The Teacher said: All natures, all formations, all creatures exist in and with one another, and they will be resolved again into their own roots.”
The roots are union. The treasure is wholeness.
In the Aramaic Gospels, Yeshua never speaks of “salvation” in transactional terms. His prayer, Abwoon d’bwashmaya, opens the heart to Divine Source, the Womb of All That Is. He says:
“The Kingdom is within you and all around you. Split a piece of wood, and I am there.” (Gospel of Thomas)
The Essenes understood this. Their practices were about harmony with nature, the elements, the angelic and cosmic forces. They lived a life of purification not to reject the world but to refine their vessels to host Divine Presence. Their Bridal Chamber was not about marriage to another, it was the inner sacred union of soul and spirit.
And the Sufi mystics sang of this same truth in poetry:
“The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you… not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They are in each other all along.”
– Rumi
This is the true meaning of Divine Union.
The Christos does not come to favor one over the other, but to reunite what was torn apart. The Magdalene path is not a feminine alternative to a masculine religion, it is the remembering of the original bridal chamber within each of us.
The “death” that came through separation was spiritual amnesia.
The “life” that Yeshua and Magdalene offer is awakening.
In the language of the Gospel of Philip, Mystical Wine is the essence poured out in the Bridal Chamber: the spiritual nourishment that awakens the soul, restores the lost union, and dissolves the illusion of separation. It is not physical wine, but the inner elixir of Divine Presence.
The moment when we realize that the feminine and masculine within us are not enemies but lovers seeking reunion…
When we feel the breath of the Shekhinah and the Christos as one holy current through our being…
When we partake of the sweetness of union beyond dogma, gender, time, or space…
This is the Mystical Wine.
The Gospel of Philip says:
“The Eucharist is Yeshua. For He is called in Syriac Pharisatha, that is, ‘the one who is spread out’, for Yeshua came to crucify the world.”
To “crucify the world” in this context is to dissolve the illusion of duality – ego, fear, fragmentation—and to drink the wine of union.
Let us enter the Bridal Chamber!
In both Kabbalistic and Gnostic traditions, the Aramaic phrase “Alaha Rakhme” (God is Compassion) opens the heart to the feminine essence of the Divine, the Shekhinah, known in the higher mysteries as Imma Illah, the Cosmic Mother. This is not merely an attribute of God, but the very womb-origin of existence, the place from which all creation is birthed and sustained through love.
The Aramaic root רַחֵם / rechem, meaning womb, also gives rise to the word rakḥme, meaning mercy, compassion, and tender love. In this sacred lineage, compassion is not a passive sentiment, but a birthing force, flowing like living waters from the womb of God.
“Be Womb-like in Your Compassion…”
In Luke 6:36, Yeshua says:
“Hawoon raḥmanin…” — Be compassionate ones…
This is often translated as “Be compassionate as your Father in Heaven is compassionate,” but in the original Aramaic, the translation is:
“Be womb-like in your compassion.”
To live compassionately is to become a vessel, a womb, for Divine Love to enter the world.
The Bridal Chamber: Union Through Compassion
In the Teachings of the Bridal chamber found in the Gospel of Philip, which were sacred sacraments taught by Yeshua, Compassion (Rakḥme) is the sacred oil, the perfume, the essence that prepares the soul to enter this inner Bridal Chamber. Without compassion, there is no union. Without womb-consciousness, we remain in separation.
In this sense, Alaha Rakhme is a vibrational key that opens the Bridal Chamber within. It is through compassion that the soul is anointed, purified, and reunited with the Divine Beloved.
Rahma in Sufism: The Womb of the Divine
In Sufism, the word Raḥma (رحمة) carries this same profound womb-rooted meaning. It is said in a ḥadīth qudsī (sacred saying) that:
“I am Raḥmān (the Merciful), and I created the womb (raḥim), and named it from My Name.”
This mirrors the Aramaic understanding exactly. The Divine Compassion is not abstract, it is a womb-reality through which all life flows and returns.
In Sufi cosmology, Rahma is the soft, enveloping light that makes union with the Divine possible. In Sufi poetry, it is often the fragrance that draws the lover toward reunion.
Whether through Aramaic mysticism, Kabbalah, Gnostic Christianity, or Sufism, the path to Divine Union is always lined with the petals of compassion. It is the power of compassion that breaks hard shells, the womb-light that heals the split between masculine and feminine, heaven and earth, soul and body.
To chant or pray Alaha Rakhme is to call forth this womb-love, to become the living Bridal Chamber where the Light and the Waters meet.
So as we approach Shabbat, may we step into the Bridal Chamber of the soul. May we welcome the Shekhinah into our inner temples and lives. May we allow the masculine and feminine energies within us to reconcile in sacred embrace.
Let us sit at the feet of these holy ones who remind us:
We are the Chalice.
We are the Flame.
We are the Union.
Come and celebrate Magdalene Shabbat with us this Friday, June 20th: The Chalice and the Flame, Receiving the Mystical Wine. Participation is by donation, as the funds go towards the children in India that we are sponsoring with their food, clothes and education. CLICK HERE to register.
I also remind you of the Chalice of Light Ceremony and Workshop on June 24th, celebrating the solstice portal with the Shamanic Lunar Masculine and the Mother Waters of Creation. CLICK HERE
Many of you have asked me if it is possible to initiate the Pentecost Womb of Light 9 Day Devotional Journey. We started this journey on Pentecost and finished a few days ago, yet I truly believe that this journey can be and should be experienced at any time, so registration is open for this journey for those who would like to experience the power and presence of the Holy Spirit through the Activations of Mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, Yeshua and Sarah Tamar. For me it has been the most powerful experience since my first apparition of Mary Magdalene in 2011. I have experienced a complete shift in so many aspects and expressions of my being. Important Note: It is important to do the 9 days in 9 days, as the energetic activations intensify each day. CLICK HERE
Wishing all of you a blessed day.
Ahava,
Ana Otero
Image created by Ana Otero.
Reading the above feels like lasting nourishment. Thank you.
Bless you Steve. Ahava