Mary Magdalene and the Black Madonnas – France 2025

Join Cynthia James September 4 – 15, 2025 on a sacred journey through the mystical lands of the South of France, where the echoes of Mary Magdalene and the Black Madonnas have left their eternal mark. Join us for an immersive pilgrimage honoring the divine feminine, as we visit powerful sites that hold ancient secrets and spiritual awakenings. Savor time in Marseilles, St. Baume, Sainte Maries de la Mer, Carcassonne, Montpellier, and Paris.

In partnership with Spirit Tours, you get to travel in an open, relaxed, and luxurious state, knowing that all the details are taken care of! Experience transformational practices and be surrounded by loving, like-minded travelers as you soak up everything that this sacred, powerful journey in France has to offer.

Explore Sacred Sites:
– Visit the caves where Mary Magdalene is believed to have lived and taught.
– Experience the profound energy of the Black Madonnas in ancient cathedrals and hidden sanctuaries.
– Walk the paths of saints and mystics in medieval villages and peaceful countryside.
Spiritual Transformation:
– Engage in sacred ceremonies and rituals to connect with the wisdom of the divine feminine.
– Enjoy guided meditations and teachings that deepen your connection to Mary Magdalene’s legacy.
– Receive blessings and insights from the powerful presence of the Black Madonna.
Unforgettable Luxury:
– Stay in charming 4-star accommodations.
– Savor gourmet French cuisine as you nourish both body and soul.
– Be guided by a phenomenal spiritual leader who creates space for major transformation.

This journey is more than a pilgrimage—it’s an awakening to the sacred within you. Let the spirit of Mary Magdalene and the Black Madonna transform your heart as you walk in their footsteps.

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Day 1: September 4, 2025
Arrive in Marseille, situated in the Provence region in southern France. It is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhone River. It’s a marvelous place to begin our journey together. This is the location where Marie-Madeleine preached in Marseilles in the company of Lazare.

Our accommodations are wonderful 4-star hotel perfectly located at the Vieux-Port – Hotel La Residence du Vieux-Port.

Upon arrival, you’ll have time to get settled in and walk around the Vieux Port area with its quaint streets and fish market. Plus, you’ll have your choice of great restaurants along the water. Aahhh! France! Time to relax and savor a sunset!

Day 2:  September 5, 2025

After breakfast, we spend time getting to know one another, setting intentions for your sacred journey, and invite the eternal feminine power into our lives. We then open to the presence of our first Black Madonna located at the Abbey of Saint Victor, Marseille. Who is the Black Madonna? What does she represent to the world? What is her message?

Later, this evening we have our Welcome Dinner and feast of what has already transpired and what is to come.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 3:  September 6, 2025

After breakfast, you begin to tap into the divine feminine power of Mary Magdelene – beginning with the legendary cave in the Sainte-Baume Mountains where Mary Magdalene is said to have lived there for 30 years of her life. We take a winding, 45-minute pilgrimage in the footsteps of Mary Magdalene up the mountain to the Grotte de Sainte Marie-Madeleine. We spend sacred time in the mystical cave where Magdalene did her water initiations. This special mountain is sacred to Isis and has been considered sacred ground for thousands of years.

After our sacred pilgrimage, we’ll have a special picnic to savor a meal together and share our experiences.

We then travel to Sainte-Maries-de-la-Mer – driving through and into the marshlands known as “The Camargue” where wild white horses and black bulls roam, and pink flamingoes migrate from Africa – it is a truly mythical landscape.

Sainte-Maries-de-la-Mer is a beautiful fishing town on the Mediterranean Sea where, according to an ancient French legend, Mary Magdalene landed in a small boat around 42 CE, together with some other members of the holy family and friends. The town is named after “the Marys” who accompanied Mary Magdalene, Mary Jacobe and Mary Salome – relatives of the Mother of Jesus. They had braved a dangerous passage from the Holy Land, without sails and oars, to spread Jesus’s teachings after his Crucifixion. Purportedly a great preacher in Palestine who even wrote her own Gospel (among the more recently discovered esoteric Gnostic texts being studied by scholars), Magdalene is said to have preached to the locals in Saintes-Maries, converting many.

After checking into our beautiful accommodations at the 4-star Vila De La Mar Hotel and Spa, you’ll love walking to the beach and exploring the village where’s, shopping, and savor seafood dishes at any one of the exquisite cafes and restaurants.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 4: September 7, 2025
Today, we make a sacred visit to the extraordinary Church of the Saintes Maries de la Mer (Church of the Sainte Marys of the Sea).  The crypt is where the bones of Sainte Sarah and the two “other” Marys were discovered by Good King Rene d’Anjou during his excavations in the 15th century, and there is a first century stone altar on display which may be the first Christian altar in the world – used entirely by female disciples. The church is indescribable as a treasure trove of history – and perhaps heresy, as the crypt also contains one of the most spectacular Black Madonna statues in the world – the near life-sized image of Sainte Sarah.

We then head to the beach for a powerful ritual in the area where Mary Magdalene landed.

We have dinner together at the exquisite Le Chante Clair.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 5: September 8, 2025

We travel to an immersive exhibition at Carrières des Lumières. This is now a highly popular site in Provence that’s located at the foot of the town of Les Baux-de-Provence, in the heart of the Alpilles, in a truly mysterious area: the Val d’Enfer. Since 2012, the Carrières des Lumières has put forward digital, immersive, and contemporary exhibitions in a location that must be experienced for yourself. Young and old alike come to live a unique experience, explore limitless universes, and let themselves be carried away to the heart of Art and Imagination.

You’ll also have time to walk on the beach, perhaps ride a white horse, shop, or have a spa appointment today.

Meals Included: Breakfast

Day 6: September 9, 2025
After breakfast, we travel out to explore a sacred site that’s shrouded in mysteries, conspiracies, and symbols – Rennes-Le-Château. Its strong history and mysteries are yet unraveled and have inspired the likes of bestselling books like The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Where did the wealth in this small village come from? Most notable include: Blanche of Castile Treasures, Knight Templar Treasures, and the Visigoths Treasure.

When we arrive, you’ll have lunch on your own in the café. We’ll explore the mysteries, symbolism, and the treasures that this sacred site has to offer. You’ll have time to visit the gardens, sculptures, and soak in the magnificent views from this mountaintop location before we head to Carcassonne.

We arrive in the medieval city of Carcassonne and make our way within the city walls for our special accommodations for two nights at the 4-star Hotel Le Donjon. The awe-inspiring Carcassonne is the largest and best-preserved medieval walled cities in the world. It was also a stronghold of the Cathar heresy.

We have dinner together at a special restaurant within the walls.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 7: September 10, 2025
After breakfast, we travel back in time (way, way, way back in time) in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees to visit one of Europe’s most impressive Paleolithic rock art galleries of cave paintings – Niaux Cave.

Staring at images painted a staggering 15,000 to 17,000 years ago is an awe-inspiring experience. Our prehistoric hunter-gatherer ancestors depicted the animals in their daily life—such as bison, horses, and ibexes—with impressive detail and skill.

More than a hundred paintings from the Magdalenian culture cover the walls of this cave complex, but the most vivid collection is located deep inside the cavern in the “Salon Noir” gallery, so named for the large black paintings found within. These images have been admired by modern visitors since at least the 1600s, as demonstrated by the 400-year-old graffiti covering the walls.

After our experience, we have lunch together before heading back to Carcassonne.

You have time in the evening to explore inside Carcassonne’s walls as it’s filled with shopping and restaurants.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 8: September 11, 2025
After breakfast, we experience the power of the Carcassonne walls and “their last stand.” The medieval citadel at Carcassonne, known as ‘La Cité’, is huge – encompassing no less than 53 towers, strung together by two enormous concentric walls, surrounded by a moat, and punctuated here and there by heavy barbicans, portcullis, and drawbridges. Within these fairy-tale fortifications sits a castle, a basilica (church), and a small town.

During our group time with Cynthia, you’ll also have an opportunity to “open your heart” in a very sacred way. Afterwards, you’ll have time on your own to explore the Old City and have lunch on your own.

In the afternoon, we travel to Montpellier and arrive at our 4-star Pullman Montpellier Centre. Enjoy the pools, spa, and other facilities. Then, enjoy this pedestrian city is a must to walk around and explore her sites, shops, and quaint restaurants.

Meal Included: Breakfast

Day 9: September 12, 2025

After our sacred time together in the morning, you’ll have the day to explore the pedestrian streets of Montpellier even more. It’s truly a French walking city filled with and abundance of quaint sights, sounds, and tastes.

Meal Included: Breakfast

Day 10: September 13, 2025

After breakfast, we all get to experience the Bullet Train (TGV) to Paris! Soak up the France countryside on a high speed, direct route from Montpellier to Paris. Upon our arrival, we check-in the 4-star Holiday Inn Paris – Gare de Lyon Bastille. It’s a beautiful belle époque building that’s central to the amazing sights of Paris. It’s only a five-minute walk from the renowned Gare de Lyon train station. Enjoy the rest of the day on your own – walk to the site of the grand Opera de Bastille, enjoy shopping and dining in the hip Marais district, and stroll along the River Seine to the Notre Dame cathedral.

Meal Included: Breakfast

Day 11: September 14, 2025

We begin to complete our journey of the eternal divine feminine by visiting the Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine. It was a pilgrimage church in its own right, allegedly holding the relics of St. Mary Magdalene to whom it is dedicated, and it also stood at the beginning of one of the four major routes through France for pilgrims going to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, in the north-western corner of Spain. As so our beginning begins to come to an end together.

You’ll then have time to explore Paris more before our special Celebration Dinner later in the evening. We embark on an unforgettable culinary experience with our private dinner cruise on the Seine River. We’ll enjoy exquisite dishes while cruising through the heart of Paris and celebrate our sacred journey together.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 12: September 15, 2025

Following our final morning of sacred time, we have breakfast and depart for the airport for our flights home taking the power of the eternal divine feminine with us. And the transformation, spiritual insights, priceless memories, and new spiritual practices with us.

Meal Included: Breakfast

PRICING FOR 12-DAYS and 11-NIGHTS LAND PACKAGE:
Per person Double Occupancy: $4,879
Single Supplement for entire tour is an additional $1,450

PAYMENT SCHEDULE AND CANCELLATION POLICY:
There is a $889 deposit required to reserve your spot.
Additional $1,400 due by February 1, 2024
Additional $1,400 due by April 1, 2025
Full balance of total tour is due by June 1, 2025

If cancelled outside of 90 days of tour date – full refund minus $889 nonrefundable deposit
If cancelled between 89 and 61 days – 50% is refundable minus $889 nonrefundable deposit
If cancelled within 60 days – No Refund

Trip Insurance (Cancellation/Interruption/Medical) highly recommended and medical insurance required for all international tours. Assistance with Trip Insurance and Airfare reservations are available through Spirit Tours.

Note: Each traveler is responsible to adhere to local Pandemic Protocols, ie: wearing masks and social distancing where advised. It is the Traveler’s responsibility to have all the necessary documents, tests, and vaccinations completed prior to departure. Improper required travel documentation is typically not covered by travel insurance. Spirit Tours/Agency/Agent not liable for errors and omissions of approved/paid itinerary and held harmless for unforeseen travel complications as of result of Pandemics and Quarantines. Tour Details are subject to change.