ANDREW HARVEY ON BECOMING THE LIGHT DURING THE DARK NIGHT

For four decades, Indian-born British scholar and mystic ANDREW HARVEY has been preparing for this moment in history. He's written more than 30 books on topics including spiritual masters such as Jesus and Krishna, Rumi, yoga, Buddhism, and recently Mary Magdalene (the subject of his forthcoming book, The Magdalene Revolution: The Return of the Sacred Feminine and the Birth of Radical Equality).

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In that book, he presents Mary Magdalene as “a female Christ who completes the sacred marriage of divine masculine and feminine.” Earlier this year, Harvey's Shift Network online course, “From Darkness Into Light: Rising in Sacred Action to Transform the Forces of Destruction and Birth a New Humanity,” brought together like- and light-minded teachers, including Mirabai Starr and Matthew Fox, in galvanizing talks and practices. In a conversation with contributing editor KAREN BRAILSFORD, including a followup call to him in the Himalayas, Harvey reveals how he's been personally, radically transformed—and how we can transform as well during these challenging times.

KAREN BRAILSFORD: You foresaw the current state of the world.

ANDREW HARVEY: Prophetic vocation is a wonderful and terrible thing. You have to be prepared to suffer very deeply and to give your life to the message you've been given to share. I'm in the happiest and deepest part of my life, and I am willing to try to help people face the apocalypse we're in. Some of us who have been initiated into the great mystical traditions have been through their own dark nights, have seen the horror coming, and have dedicated their lives to trying to warn people. We have not given up. We have learned a great deal, and we have accumulated a lot of maps and practices and visions. We're ready to help. But it really depends now on whether people are ready to listen. I'm presenting the tools and everything I know the world needs at this moment.

KB: You possess a fury, a rage, and a passion about what's transpiring.