Sophie Strand

Re-wilding the Magdelene: The Embodied Gospel

Who was the Magdalene? Why does Jesus repeatedly refer to himself as the Bride

groom, recalling the famous biblical lover of The Song of Songs? How can we use ecology to expand our ideas of gendered union? Looking to the ecological underpinnings of the Jesus tradition, Gnostic texts, and a long tradition of Magdalene folklore, we finally reweave the Magdalene into embodied, sensual existence.

About Sophie 

Sophie Strand is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. She is the author of The Flowering Wand,The Madonna Secret, and The Body Is a Doorway as well as the creator of the popular Substack “Make Me Good Soil.”  

Website - www.sophiestrand.com | Instagram - @cosmogyny