Mary Magdalene was educated by the Therapeutae just outside Alexandria in Egypt.
These men, wearing the garment of humility, tried to convince us of the need to discredit the works of the Essenes, the Therapeutae and the Gnostics.
She also passed through initiations with the Pythagorean and Osirian Alchemists and the Essene-Therapeutae of Egypt.
During that time we also visited and participated in the healing work being done at various Essene–Therapeutae hospitals, hospices and monasteries scattered through these regions.
Essenes and Therapeutae were ancient Jewish (or Jewish-influenced) ascetic sects active roughly from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE.
They are known primarily through ancient writers: Philo of Alexandria, Josephus, and Pliny the Elder for the Essenes, and almost exclusively Philo for the Therapeutae.
Therapeutae (or Therapeutrides for women) represent the contemplative life, centered near Alexandria, Egypt, especially on a hill by Lake Mareotis (Mariout).
Many scholars view the Therapeutae as a contemplative or Egyptian branch of the broader Essene movement, though their exact relationship and even their strict Jewish identity remain debated.