Mysteries of Mary Magdalene, Southern France, and Sacred Water with Dakota Chanel

About this episode

Meredith Rom interviews Dakota Chanel about her research on Mary Magdalene and sacred sites in Southern France.

For this week's episode, I sat down with Dakota Chanel, a water priestess and ceremonialist, while she was in Southern France researching the book she is writing on the Cathar region and Mary Magdalene. I've been following Dakota's work since we first met in Kauai, and have been learning so much from her, even just from her little shares on instagram about Yeshua, Mary Magdalene, and the sacred churches, caves and springs that exist in the Languedoc region of France. I visited a few sacred sites related to Mary Magdalene in Southern France last April, and Dakota affirmed an intuitive feeling I had in one of the basilicas I visited, thought to hold the bones of Mary Magdalene. She also shares such a powerful story of her first awakening to Mary Magdalene (and remembering her sacred voice), during ceremony on Magdalene's feast day with her mentor in Ashland, Oregon. In this episode we discussed: Water, its power and memory Mermaids and mer-maidens - where did this name come from? We explore the etimology of the word mer, which means "sea" in French and "love" in ancient Egyptian How Dakota was awakened to her connection with Mary Magdalene (this story is so powerful) Where are Mary…

People in this episode

Guest: Dakota Chanel

Topics covered

• Mary Magdalene
• Southern France
• sacred water
• water priestess
• Cathar region
• spiritual awakening

Keywords

• ceremonialist
• sacred sites
• basilicas
• spirituality
• Yeshua

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Gospel of Philip, The Gospel of the Beloved Companion, Stay in Touch with Dakota, Stay in Touch with Rising Women

Places: Southern France, the Cathar region, Kauai, Languedoc, France, Ashland, Oregon, Northern France, Vézelay

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