How the Vegan Christ Heals Mary Magdalene (III). Through Veganism. Dr. Chapman Chen
- Chapman Chen
- Mar 18
- 3 min read
Introduction: As aforementioned, the seven demons cast out from Mary Magdalene by Jesus (see Luke 8:2 and Mark 16:9) symbolise severe spiritual, mental, and physical ailments. Jesus must have healed Mary not only through hands-on healing and love therapy but also by turning her vegan. The reasoning is as follows: Jesus was—and is—staunchly vegan (Chen, 2024, "Jesus Is Staunchly Vegan") (note 1). Mary Magdalene, as His closest follower and disciple, must also have been vegan. Moreover, Mary was the successor to Jesus’ church, as appointed by Him according to Gnostic gospels such as the Gospel of Mary, Gospel of Philip, Pistis Sophia, etc. Most Gnostic communities were vegan, so it is highly likely that Mary was vegan as well.
A vegan diet can heal or mitigate many spiritual, psychological, and physical diseases.
1. Vegan Heals Spiritually
In early Christian thought (especially among groups like the Ebionites and many Gnostic sects), abstaining from meat was connected to purity and spiritual enlightenment. If demonic possession in the ancient world was sometimes a metaphor for inner turmoil, disease, or sin, then becoming vegan could symbolize a move toward purity and healing.
In Clementine Homilies, as translated by James Donaldson (1886), Peter asserts that the Golden Rule is “abstain from the table of devils, not to taste dead flesh (Hom. 7, Ch. IV); and that “refraining from the table of devils…you can escape everlasting punishment, and be constituted heirs of eternal blessings” (Hom. 9, Ch. XXIII). in Saying 87, the Gospel of Thomas, as translated and edited by Stevan Davies (2002), Jesus says, "Wretched is a body depending on a body". Now, how can a body be dependent on another body? Only if the body eats the other body (cf. Davids 2002).
2. Veganism Heals the Mind
A well-planned vegan diet may help improve mood, reduce depression and even schizophrenia, and support mental well-being — likely due to its anti-inflammatory, gut-friendly, and nutrient-rich properties (Lakhan and Vieira 2008; Massara & Dimmock 2021; Medawar et. al. 2021; Rao et al 2010; Cooke and Gilbody 2018).
3. Veganism Heals the Body
Plant-based (especially whole-food vegan) diets have been shown to prevent, significantly improve, or even reverse certain severe health conditions, particularly cardiovascular disease or coronary artery disease (Ornish et al., 1990), type 2 diabetes (Barnard et al., 2006), hypertension (Yokoyama et al., 2014), chronic kidney disease (Chen et al., 2019), rheumatoid arthritis (Kjeldsen-Kragh et al., 1991), obesity and metabolic syndrome (Barnard, Levin, & Yokoyama, 2015), Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline (Morris et al., 2015), Parkinson’s disease (Seidel et al., 2019), overall cancer risk (Tantamango-Bartley et al., 2013), prostate cancer (Ornish et al., 2005), colorectal cancer (Key et al., 2009), and multiple sclerosis (Yadav et al., 2016).
4. Conclusion
Veganism heals people holistically. If we want to recover from our spiritual, psychical, and physical troubles, we had better try Jesus’ medicine – veganism – for Mary Magdalene. #VeganChrist #VeganGod #VeganTheology #VeganChurch
Notes
1. Jesus is steadfastly vegan. Jesus desires compassion, NOT sacrifice (Matthew 9:13; Panarion Book I, 30.16.5; The Gospel of the Ebionites 22.4; Panarion Book I, 30.18.9); Jesus comes from a vegan family (Eusebius, Church History 2.23.5–6; Eisenman 2021:392); Jesus warns against flesh-eating (Luke 21:34, Evangelion Da-Mepharreshe — Old Syriac-Aramaic Manuscript of the NT Gospels; Gospel of Thomas, Saying 87); Jesus cares about animals (Mark 12:31; Matt. 10:29, 21:1-7, 25:40; Linzey 2010: 60-61.; Luke 14:5), just like God (Gen. 1:20, 1:21, 1:24, 1:30, 9:4); Jesus is in peaceable companionship with the wild animals (Mark 1:12-13). Above all, Jesus died for animal liberation. In emptying the Temple of animals about to be slaughtered for sacrifice, and in calling the Temple-turned-butcher-shop "a den of murderers", quoting Jeremiah 7:11, Jesus debunked the fraudulent and evil nature of animal sacrifice, and disrupted the lucrative revenue stream of the chief priests and scribes, who immediately afterwards conspired to destroy Him (Mark 11:15-18), eventually leading to His arrest, trial, and crucifixion (Akers 2020). How could He ever have the heart to murder and devour innocent sentient creatures of God? I would submit that even in a survival situation, He would still rather die than hurt other blameless sentient beings, given His self-costly love for all creation. https://www.hkbnews.net/post/jesus-is-staunchly-vegan-by-dr-chapman-chen
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