The whole "priestess"/harlot idea was imputed to her because of the similarities with ancient rites of the bridegroom/King with the Gospel anointing, passion and resurrection stories.... but that doesn't mean that this Mary was a "priestess." Anointing had ancient associations with marriage thoughout the region...and identified her as Bride. Since it was the prerogative of the Bride to anoint and to meet the King resurrected in the garden, she can be easily identified as Mary "called Magdalene" by these actions, although John identifies her as Mary, the sister of Lazarus (John 11:2 and 12:3). Mary and Jesus EMBODIED the ancient mythology of the archetypal Bride and Bridegroom -- they weren't just doing a ritual--they were living it!

Mary Magdalene in The Dialogue of the Savior

The Dialogue of the Savior, also written in the second century A.D., is a dialogue between the Savior (never called Jesus or Christ) and some of his disciples, including Mary. The disciples ask questions about esoteric religious things, and Jesus gives equally esoteric answers. Although Mary is one of the frequent interrogators of the Savior, at one point she makes an observation. The text explains, "This word she spoke as a woman who knew the All" (Section 139, trans. Harold Attridge). In other words, Mary has special knowledge of spiritual reality.


The Pistis Sophia is a Gnostic gospel and is a revelation of Christ in which Mary plays a prominent role, asking the majority of the questions about all measure of esoteric matters.

Mary is praised in The Pistis Sophia as one "whose heart is more directed to the Kingdom of Heaven than all [her] brothers" (Chapter 17, trans. Carl Schmidt and Violet MacDermott). Jesus says that she is "blessed beyond all women upon the earth, because [she shall be] the pleroma of all Pleromas and the completion of all completions" (section 19). In other words, Mary will have the fullness of knowledge and therefore spiritual life within her. So impressed is Jesus with Mary's spiritual excellence that he promises not to conceal anything from her, but to reveal everything to her "with certainty and openly" (section 25). She is the blessed one who will "inherit the whole Kingdom of the Light" (section 61).

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