
Mark 16:9 · World English Bible
Mark 16:9 Meaning Now When He Had Risen Early
Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

Mark 16:9 · World English Bible
Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
Love shows itself first to the mind it has healed most deeply, not to the one that seemed most worthy. The one from whom every tormenting thought had been driven is the first to see, because a mind emptied of its private demons has nothing left to obscure the sight.
From the Christian Psychology reading below.
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CHRISTIAN PSYCHOLOGY
Love shows itself first to the mind it has healed most deeply, not to the one that seemed most worthy. The one from whom every tormenting thought had been driven is the first to see, because a mind emptied of its private demons has nothing left to obscure the sight. What the world would count as the lowest becomes the clearest, for cleansing, not merit, is what opens the eyes.
The seven devils were never real powers but the many faces of one belief in separation, and their casting out is simply the mind set free of what it made. When guilt has been lifted entirely, love is recognized at once. The most forgiven are the first to know they were never condemned.
Mary Magdalene: the mind wholly cleansed of its self-made torment, made the first to see because nothing guilty remains to cloud its vision Seven devils: the many disguises of the single belief in separation, the inner accusers that vanish once the mind is healed

ESOTERIC
The awakened self lifts at the opening of a new cycle, dawn on the first day, the sun of consciousness clearing the body's horizon. What it meets first is the feminine serpent-fire, Magdalene, the kundalini risen from the base of the spine to the head. She is an allegory, the rising current itself, and the risen self greets that risen power before all else.
The 7 so-called devils are the 7 centers along the spine, and to have them cast out is to have them opened, cleared so the energy passes freely to the pineal. The number 7 stands for divine intervention through these centers. What religion pictures as an exorcism is the inner current lighting the whole system awake.
Mary Magdalene: the risen kundalini, the feminine serpent-fire lifted from the sacrum to the head, an allegory of the energy itself 7 devils: the 7 centers along the spine, opened and cleared so the current can pass, the number 7 as divine intervention First day of the week: dawn of a new cycle, the awakened self rising like the sun over the body
Christian Psychology lens
What did losing something open up in me that I could not have arranged on my own?
A mirror shows everything only because it holds nothing. Clarity is not something added, it is what is left when the dust goes.
The clay is shaped into a vessel, and the use of the vessel is the empty space inside it. What has been hollowed out is exactly what makes it able to hold anything.
The broken place is where the light comes through. Those who have been undone most completely are often the ones who see first.

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