Nestor of Magydos
[d. 250]
Marie-Julie Jahenny, the apocalyptic French mystic of the late 19th and early 20th century, once channeled Nestor, a 3rd century martyr about whom little is known. Speaking in the first person, she vividly recounted his death by torture and crucifixion: “The torments just made my face glow more with happiness. They pinned my head on the tree. They hit my head so hard my head was broken and my face distorted. My head was flattened against the tree of crucifixion. Seeing that I was still breathing, they cut off my head and I expired in torment and pain… I come, now, to say a word on behalf of Our Lord. We are all more or less, martyrs on this earth, we all are. There is no richer treasure, nothing more precious than to suffer for God.”