I interviewed Andrew Harvey, internationally renowned spiritual teacher and author of The Magdalene Revolution, about the sacred feminine—and what he believes patriarchy has cost us.
We explore the divine feminine, God, and how to connect with the Divine Mother, including a simple spiritual practice Andrew shares for experiencing her presence.
We explore how patriarchy shapes our relationship with power, sexuality, spirituality, and our own bodies, and why Andrew believes the return of the divine feminine matters now. We also dive into Mary Magdalene and Jesus, the Gnostic Gospels, and his provocative view of what Christianity may have left out about the feminine, sexuality, and the divine.
At the heart of our conversation is a question central to innercalling: What gets in the way of our inner light—and how do we find our way back to it?
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Andrew Harvey is an internationally renowned spiritual teacher, mystic, author, and scholar who has spent decades exploring the world’s mystical traditions. Born in India, he is the author and editor of more than 30 books and the founder of the Institute for Sacred Activism, which brings together spiritual practice and engaged action in the world.
His work explores mysticism, the Divine Feminine, sacred activism, spiritual transformation, and the integration of love, sexuality, and embodied spirituality. His latest book, The Magdalene Revolution: The Return of the Sacred Feminine and the Birth of Radical Equality, reexamines Mary Magdalene and explores what the return of the sacred feminine could mean for our relationships, spirituality, and society.
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00:00 – Why We’ve Lost the Divine Feminine
02:00 – Andrew Harvey: Why the Sacred Feminine Matters Now
05:00 – Are We All Part of One Divine Reality?
09:00 – Sacred Feminine vs. Sacred Masculine
12:00 – How to Awaken the Divine Feminine Within You
15:00 – What Patriarchy Has Done to Our Souls
18:00 – The Mary Magdalene Story We Were Never Told
21:00 – Was Mary Magdalene Deliberately Misrepresented?
23:00 – Were Jesus & Mary Magdalene Actually Together?
25:00 – Andrew Harvey’s 20-Year Search for the Truth
27:00 – The Forbidden Gnostic Gospels
28:00 – Why Would the Church Suppress These Teachings?
31:00 – Is This Interpretation of Jesus Sacrilegious?
33:00 – Confronting Our Own Internalized Patriarchy
34:00 – What If the Divine Is Already Inside You?
38:00 – The Sexual Side of Mary Magdalene
39:00 – Can Sex Be a Divine Experience?
42:00 – Why Spirituality and Sexuality Were Separated
45:00 – Andrew Harvey Lost Everything in a Fire
47:00 – The Message He Says He Received From His Cat
49:00 – Why Loving Fully Means Risking Grief
50:00 – The Divine Flame Already Inside You
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EPISODE LINKS
BUY ANDREW'S BOOK: The Magdalene Revolution: https://amzn.to/4qZJaTe
https://www.andrewharvey.net/
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