Mary said, 'When the soul departs this world it must travel through many realms in between and it must pass through the realms of the archons, and the heavens, and the great abyss. Powers will arise to prevent the soul's ascent, and guardians will seek to bind it to their realms. Yet those who cleave to the Anointed, they will be invisible to the power and guardians. Already, they are free'. - The secret gospel of Mary Magdalene