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Maggy Whitehouse (born 1956) is an Independent Sacramental priest, a stand-up comedian, a broadcaster and an author and specialist in
Judaeo-Christian
The term Judeo-Christian is used to group Christianity and Judaism together, either in reference to Christianity's derivation from Judaism, Christianity's borrowing of Jewish Scripture to constitute the "Old Testament" of the Christian Bible, or ...
mysticism
Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but may refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or spiritual meaning. It may also refer to the attainment of insight in ...
, particularly
Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts ...
interpretation for
interfaith
Interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (i.e. "faiths") and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels. It is ...
.
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journalist, a travel documentary presenter and producer for
Carlton TV
Carlton Television (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties from 9.25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday. The company is now managed with London Weekend Tele ...
, has acted as host moderator for BBC's Religion and Ethics message boards and was producer of BBC's now defunct
holistic health
Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability, or evidence from clinical trials. Complementary medicine (CM), complementary and alt ...
and spirituality website.
Whitehouse is the author of books on
Judaism
Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in t ...
,
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...
and faith, including four on the Judaic mystical system known as
Kabbalah
Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "receiver"). The defin ...
. She was co-founder and Consultant Editor of the holistic magazine ''Tree of Life.''
Whitehouse is also
literary agent for the British novelist
Norah Lofts
Norah Lofts, ''née'' Norah Ethel Robinson, (27 August 190410 September 1983) was a 20th-century British writer. She also wrote under the pen names Peter Curtis and Juliet Astley. She wrote more than fifty books specialising in historical fi ...
.
Comedy
Maggy Whitehouse trained as a stand-up comedian in 2012 at the age of 56. She is unique for her no-holds-barred interpretation of religion and priesthood and is now a professional comic gigging throughout the UK. In 2014 she took her one-hour show ''The Maggy Whitehouse'' Experience to the Edinburgh Fringe. She was a finalist in the 2015 UK Funny Women Awards,.
In 2018 she joined forces with two Anglican clergy, Rev. Ravi Holy of the Wye Benefice and Rev. Kate Bruce, RAF Chaplain to for
White Collar Comedy The three performed at Edinburgh Fringe from 1 to 10 August 2019 at Sofi's Southside.
Bible metaphysics and authorship
Maggy Whitehouse is an author and teacher of the Judaic mystical system of
Kabbalah
Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "receiver"). The defin ...
with particular reference to the mystical interpretation of the teachings of
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...
and the place and role of women in the Bible era.
Her latest book is ''A Woman's Worth, The Divine Feminine in the Hebrew Bible.''
Whitehouse's 2007 book ''The Marriage of Jesus'' explored the social and economic times in which
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...
lived. Her theory is that Jesus would have married, like any other young man of his times, at the age of approximately 14. Working from historical knowledge of the times (and referring to
Suzanne Dixon's book ''The Roman Mother'') Whitehouse begins from the premise that the average lifespan of a woman in Jesus' time was 27 years. As Jesus is said to have begun his ministry at approximately 30 years old, she finds it likely that he was a widower by that time.
In the 1990s Whitehouse wrote a fictional trilogy about a female cousin of Jesus, including ''The Book of Deborah.''
Whitehouse's novel ''The Miracle Man'', an updated version of the story of Christ, was published in November 2010.
Background and ministry
From 1993 to 2009 Whitehouse studied the
Toledano Tradition of
Kabbalah
Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "receiver"). The defin ...
with Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi (
Warren Kenton
Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi (English name Warren Kenton, 8 January 1933 - 21 September 2020) was an author of books on the Toledano Tradition of Kabbalah, a teacher of the discipline, with a worldwide following, and a founding member of the Kabbal ...
). She has acknowledged Kenton as the inspiration for her books on Kabbalah, which she calls "primers" for Kenton's own work.
Whitehouse studied
New Testament Greek
Koine Greek (; Koine el, ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, hē koinè diálektos, the common dialect; ), also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-reg ...
at
Birmingham University
, mottoeng = Through efforts to heights
, established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...
for a year with
Mark Goodacre and
David Parker. She became an interfaith funeral minister in 2003. In 2007 she was ordained into the
Apostolic Church of the Risen Christ, an Independent Catholic church, part of the
Ascension Alliance.
Broadcasting
Whitehouse presented the Sunday morning breakfast show on
BBC Radio Devon
BBC Radio Devon is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Devon.
It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios in the Mannamead area of Plymouth.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 1 ...
between August 2016 and October 2017.
She worked as breakfast presenter for BBC Radio WM and Hereward Radio in the 1980s and as assistant producer on BBC Pebble Mill At One.
In 1989, Whitehouse presented and co-produced the documentary ''Manchuria Express'', about steam engines in China as part of Channel 4's 'Voyager' series. Her father
Patrick Whitehouse
Patrick Bruce Whitehouse OBE (25 February 1922 – 17 July 1993) was one of the pioneers of railway preservation, when he helped save the Talyllyn Railway in 1951. He also led the restoration to working order of several of Britain's steam loco ...
was an advisor on the series.
Works
*''Living Kabbalah''. Hamlyn (2004).
*''Into the Kingdom (Chronicles of Deborah)''. Tree of Life Publishing (2007).
*''The Marriage of Jesus''. O Books (2007).
*''The Secret History of Opus Dei''. Lorenz Books (2007).
*''Total Kabbalah: Bring Balance and Happiness into Your Life''. Chronicle Books (2007).
*''The Complete Illustrated History of Kabbalah''. Lorenz Books (2008).
*''From Credit Crunch to Pure Prosperity''. O Books (2009).
*''The Spiritual Laws of Prosperity''. Tree of Life Publishing (2009).
*''The Miracle Man''. O Books (Nov 2010).
*''A Woman's Worth, the Divine Feminine in the Hebrew Bible''.
*''For the Love of Dog''.
References
External links
Maggy Whitehouse website.The Wee Review (formerly TV Bomb) on ''The Maggy Whitehouse Experience''The Church Times on ''White Collar Comedy''''The Church Times''
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Living people
English journalists
BBC people
English women non-fiction writers
1956 births
English women comedians