In this episode of The Black Madonna Codes, we go deeper together. We share how each of us came to Mary Magdalene, and why we kept digging instead of accepting the version of her story we were given. Because Magdalene was not a Western woman. She was a Middle Eastern woman, living at a time and place shaped by African, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean cultures. And when her story is only told through a Western lens, we lose that context. We lose the cultural roots.

In this live conversation, I’m joined by Dr. Neosho Ponder as we explore her perspective on Magdalene — not as the woman reduced to sin and scandal, but as a woman of fierce loyalty and extraordinary trust. After all, she was the one Jesus chose to reveal himself to first after the resurrection.

In this conversation with Ali Davidson, we explore betrayal and true forgiveness — not the kind that asks you to abandon yourself, but the kind that transforms how you hold your truth, your power, and your healing.

This time with Dr. Neesa Ginger Mills, we’ll explore what it looks like to walk a path that blends devotion, creativity, and spiritual practice… and how women today are interpreting and embodying these teachings in their own lives.

Cynthia Portlock is an ordained Magdalene priestess and Akashic Records guide who works with people who are actually ready for change. We’ll be exploring what it means to live in balance with light and dark, masculine and feminine, and how that shows up in real life.

I’m sitting down with Kimberly Shknh Rose, who has written books and channeled for Mary Magdalene, teaching unconditional love, authenticity, and direct soul connection, and today we’re going into what it actually looks like to live a soul-led path while still being in relationship with the realities of this world.

In this first episode of The Black Madonna Codes, Deidra and I open a deeper conversation about the historical and cultural roots of the Black Madonna and why race, lineage, and lived experience belong in spiritual spaces.

I’m sitting down with Foteini Karaelefteriou, joining us from Greece, and we’re talking about what it looks like to trust what you feel… even when it doesn’t make sense to anyone else.

Magdalene Interview Series. Many voices expanding the Magdalene story. Black Madonna Codes: Deidra and I are exploring the conversations that many Magdalene spaces avoid.

A powerful conversation between Melisa Keenan and Angelica Buenrostro about Mary Magdalene and devotion, ecstatic spirituality, and what it actually means to be in relationship with the divine feminine through the body.

A powerful conversation between Melisa Keenan and Kristen Roberts Ward about Mary Magdalene and devotion, ecstatic spirituality, and what it actually means to be in relationship with the divine feminine through the body.

A powerful conversation between Melisa Keenan and Gina {GG} Garris about Mary Magdalene and what it means to move beyond the "mind" and into the "body.”

A powerful conversation between Melisa Keenan and Dr. Melissa Joy about Mary Magdalene and how to connect with Mary Magdalene's energy and wisdom.