Do you think Mary Magdalene..considering she could be a pagan...could also possibly be a witch?

Question

@Jenny
hey you should be happy you're earning two points =P

@auntcookie84
yup yup we're getting there ;)

Answer 1

She could have been...she was a free thinker and an enlightened being and most feared her, which was why she was labeled a whore when she WAS NOT! Jesus loved her with all his heart, so she couldn't have been a bad person. She was unjustly labeled, which means she didn't go with the thinking of others...so where does that leave her? hmmm...food for thought.

Answer 2

Here is a prime example of the problem with self-interpretation of the Bible:

Mary of Magdalia (known as the Magdalene) was NOT a prostitute. I have no idea why you believe she was even a pagan much less a witch!

Mary was a woman afflicted with many ailments (possessed by demons, which people of the era believed caused ailments) and Jesus cured her of all of them (cast out the 'demons.' People mistakenly believe she was a prostitute because one chapter of the Bible closes speaking of a woman of ill repute, and the following chapter begins speaking of the Magdalene, a woman suffering many aliments. NOT the same woman at all. The first, the woman of ill repute, is unnamed (although she could have been named 'Mary' a common enough Jewish name). Which begs the question, if the Magdalene was named Mary, doesn't that indicate that she was Jewish and not Pagan?

How did you derive that she was pagan and possibly a witch? Inquiring minds want to know!

Best.

H

Answer 3

I guess you were thinking she was a witch because she was "possessed by demons."

Its a Greek term, since the gospels of the New Testament were written or translated into Greek.
Pagan writers of the era use the same term "daimon-possessed" alot. Daimon, here simply means spirit, and evil spirits were believed to cause certain types of illness, including insanity and depression.
The Greeks used a different term for witches and witchcraft--pharmakeia. Witches were never described as "daimon-possessed," but they could use the power of the evil eye to bring others under the influence of such a harmful daimon.

In the case of the Biblical story, Mary probably has a form of sickness that was interpreted as being caused by daimon-possession. Probably she had violent fits (like epileptic ones, but brought on by some disease) or else a mental illness--which in Greek was also "daimon-possessed."

BTW the ancient Greek word for happiness is eudaimonia = "possessed by a good spirit"!! Which gives you an idea of just how vague a sort of word daimon is!

Answer 4

How do you define the word "witch?"

All of Jesus' early followers went out to perform miracles, healings, and exorcisms while preaching and evangelizing. This is, technically, "magic," or "Magick," defined as causing Change in accordance with Will. The words magic, witchcraft, and miracle all refer to the same phenomena -- the difference between these words reflects the social attitudes towards the techniques used, and little more. A religious miracle is a socially sanctioned magical act. Witchcraft tends to refer to magic outside of the bounds of society, possibly seen as subversive, dangerous, or misunderstood. In the eyes of the Romans, and of the Jewish authority, Jesus and all of his followers were witches.

Now, I don't know if Mary Magdalene started out as a Jew or a Gentile, but once she started hanging out with J.C. she was a convert -- part of the "Jesus Movement," which eventually grew into what we today call "Christianity." (Were any of them "Christians" by today's standards? Did they accept the divinity and ressurection Jesus, the doctrine of the Trinity, and other church dogmas that came later? I'll let the scholars debate that.) But you can't really call her, or any follower of Jesus' teachings, a "Pagan," once they converted.

Now, are you confusing Wicca with witchcraft? Two different things. Wicca is a religion, witchcraft is magic which one may practice regardless of religion. I think I answered this more fully in another question.

Answer 5

Jesus casts many demons out of Mary Magdalene. She was a devoted follower of Jesus the Christ. Since she believed in Jesus, then she like any other Christian went to heaven.

Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code is not truth - pure fiction. There is no truth in that man or his book.

Answer 6

The Bible doesn't say whether Mary Magdalene was a prostitute or not. It just says that she was demon possessed, and that Jesus cast the demons out of her. After that she became a follower of Christ. So no, she is not pagan or witch because after she died here soul went to Heaven as anyone's does once they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. Hope that helps.

Answer 7

I doubt she is a witch as she is the reason for the Gospel of Mary.

Answer 8

she could have been a long lost Princess of Laria, too

Answer 9

no. Do you believe in fairytales too ?

Answer 10

yawn.....