July 22 has been set apart traditionally as the
Feast Day of the Holy Mary Magdelene, a gnostic holiday.
Spiritual transformation may be found in the Gospel of Mary:
"Mary answered and said, What is hidden from you I will proclaim to
you. And she began to speak to them these words: I, she said, I saw
the Lord in a vision and I said to Him, Lord I saw you today in a
vision. He answered and said to me, Blessed are you that did not
waiver at the sight of Me. For where the mind is there is the
treasure. I said to Him, Lord, how does he who sees the vision see
it, through the soul or through the spirit? The savior answered and
said, he does not see through the soul nor through the spirit, but
the mind that is between the two that is what sees the
vision..."
Chapter 5, verses 7-11.
"Peter answered and spoke concerning these same things. He
questioned them about the Savior. Did He really speak privately
with a woman and not openly with us? Are we to turn about and all
listen to her? Did He prefer her to us? Then Mary wept and said to
Peter, My brother Peter, what do you think? Do you think that I
have thought this up for myself in my heart, or that I am lying
about the Savior? Levi answered and said to Peter, Peter you have
always been hot tempered. Now I see you contending against the
woman like the adversaries. But if the Savior made her worthy, who
are you indeed to reject her? Surely the Savior knows her very
well. That is why he loved her more than us. Rather let us be
ashamed and put on the perfect Man, and separate as He commanded us
and preach the gospel, not laying down any other rule or other law
beyond what the Savior said. And when they heard this they began to
go forth to proclaim and preach."
Chapter 9, verses 3-10.
it was the male Levi who recognized the truth in Mary's
words:
"Peter answered and spoke concerning these same things. He
questioned them about the Savior. Did He really speak privately
with a woman and not openly with us? Are we to turn about and all
listen to her? Did He prefer her to us? Then Mary wept and said to
Peter, My brother Peter, what do you think? Do you think that I
have thought this up for myself in my heart, or that I am lying
about the Savior? Levi answered and said to Peter, Peter you have
always been hot tempered. Now I see you contending against the
woman like the adversaries. But if the Savior made her worthy, who
are you indeed to reject her? Surely the Savior knows her very
well. That is why he loved her more than us. Rather let us be
ashamed and put on the perfect Man, and separate as He commanded us
and preach the gospel, not laying down any other rule or other law
beyond what the Savior said. And when they heard this they began to
go forth to proclaim and preach."
Chapter 9, verses 3-10.
Let...who has ears hear.