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Gospel of Mary Magdalene 5

Mary

When the soul had overcome the third power, it ascended and saw the fourth power, which assumed seven forms.

2The first form, darkness; the second, desire; the third, ignorance; the fourth, is the commotion of death.

3The fifth, is the kingdom of the flesh; the sixth, is the vain wisdom of the flesh; the seventh, wrathful wisdom.

4These are the seven powers of wrath. They asked the soul: 'Where do you come from, devourer of men?'

5The soul answered: 'What subjugated me has been eliminated and what made me turn back has been defeated.'

6'In one world I was freed from another world; in one type I was freed from a heavenly type.'

7'From now on, I shall reach in silence the end of the propitious time, of the eternal kingdom.'

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About Gospel of Mary Magdalene

A fragment in which Mary reports a vision and faces Peter's mistrust. One of the most discussed texts on female authority in early Christianity.