Some people think the whole Jesus story is a myth. However, one in which Magdelene was one of the most important player, vastly surpassing his other followers in insight and understanding. It's quite possible early Christianity had a great deal room for the divine féminine than did the patriarchal church of Rome that followed it, though it did prove more difficult to entirely snuff out greater version of the virgin Mary. As another has commented here, the Gnostics are still seen as heretics in many quarters nowadays.