Thank you so much for the information. Mary Madalene touched me after a prayer I made to both she and the Blessed Virgin. It was real and very powerful. So this is my quest and any information you have is greatly appreciated. I’m not looking at books or publications which are current as the feminist slant urks me...
It is hard to get past the feminist and pro-prostitution slant of much modern “scholarship.” That’s why I mentioned the De Wohl book, which is well within the reasonable bounds of the Scriptural accounts.
From the Gospels, we know that Mary of Magdala loved Jesus with an intense and personal love, and that He returned her love in a personal way. That’s enough for me to consider her a guide and an intercessor. All the other Marys of the Gospels may be separate people or not, but we know that Mary Magdalene was shown a special mercy and a special live by Jesus.