Suppression of the Sacred Feminine
Over the years, I've come to see that so much of what we've been taught about Christianity – especially the roles of women – is a carefully edited version of the truth. When I really started peeling back the layers, following the threads of Mary Magdalene, Sophia, and the ancient wisdom traditions, I was honestly heartbroken. But I was also ignited. Because once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And the remembering begins.
Let’s talk honestly about what happened. Why the Sacred Feminine was silenced. Why Mary Magdalene, a woman who walked beside Yeshua as his equal, was painted as a prostitute. Why time itself was changed. Why the voices of wise women, priestesses, healers and midwives were so violently erased.
A Timeline of Suppression: How the Sacred Feminine Was Buried
1st–2nd Century CE – The Feminine Walks with Christ
Mary Magdalene wasn’t a minor figure. She was deeply woven into Yeshua’s ministry – not as a follower, but as a partner, a spiritual teacher in her own right. The Gospel of Mary (yes, an actual gospel) shows her as the one who truly understood his teachings. The Gospel of Philip even refers to her as his koinōnos – a Greek word meaning companion, partner, even spouse.
3rd–4th Century CE – Power Consolidates
By the time of the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE, Christianity had become deeply entangled with empire. The men in power chose which texts to include in the official Bible. Surprise: the ones that honoured the Divine Feminine didn’t make the cut. Female leaders in the early Church were erased. Gnostic texts that celebrated balance, mystery, and feminine insight were hidden or destroyed.
6th Century – Pope Gregory I and the Prostitute Lie
In 591 CE, Pope Gregory I gave a sermon that would ripple through centuries. He declared that Mary Magdalene was the sinful woman from Luke’s Gospel – a prostitute. This wasn’t scriptural. It was a political move. Diminishing Magdalene’s role meant elevating the male apostles by comparison. And so began her 1,400-year exile from the truth of who she was.
Middle Ages – The Virgin and the Whore
As the Church grew in power, it created two archetypes for women: the Virgin Mother (pure, obedient, silent) and the fallen woman (tempting, sinful, in need of saving). The wild, intuitive, sensual, embodied feminine had no place. Mother Mary was put on a pedestal, but only the part of her that fit the patriarchal mould. Meanwhile, Magdalene was buried under centuries of shame.
1231 CE – The Inquisition Begins
The Church launches a full-scale persecution of anyone who held earth-based, mystical, or non-orthodox beliefs. This includes women who passed down herbal knowledge, midwifery, and ancestral wisdom. The witch hunts began.
1450s–1700s – The Burning Times
The Malleus Maleficarum – a witch-hunting manual – was published in 1487 by male clergy. It claimed that women were more susceptible to the devil. Hundreds of thousands of women were tortured, drowned, or burned. Most were healers. Priestesses. Herbalists. Grandmothers. The Church tried to stamp out the very essence of feminine spiritual power.
1582 – The Gregorian Calendar Is Introduced
Pope Gregory XIII replaced older, moon-based calendars with the Gregorian calendar. This calendar, which we still use today, was about control – of time, seasons, people. It cut us off from the lunar cycles, from womb wisdom, from our ancient connection to rhythm and nature. It replaced the feminine spiral with the masculine straight line.
1945 – The Nag Hammadi Texts Are Unearthed
In Egypt, a collection of ancient texts was found – including the Gospel of Mary. After centuries of silence, her voice returned. And with it, the Sacred Feminine began to rise again.
2016 – Magdalene Is Redeemed (Sort Of)
Finally, in 2016, the Vatican officially recognised Mary Magdalene as "Apostle to the Apostles." A step forward, yes – but still miles from acknowledging her as Yeshua’s spiritual equal.
We’re in a time of great remembering now. The veils are lifting. Magdalene’s voice, and the voices of countless women before us, are coming back. We’re restoring the wisdom that was deliberately buried – and it’s not just about history. It’s about now. It’s about reclaiming our place, our voices, our magic.
If you’ve ever felt the stir of something ancient in your bones, or heard the whispers of a wisdom that doesn't come from books, know this: you’re not imagining it. You’re remembering. And you’re not alone.
This is the sacred return.
The spiral is spinning again.
The feminine is rising.
And she’s never going back underground.
