And the companion of the [...] Mary Magdalene. [...] loved her more than all the disciples, and used to kiss her on her [...] often. The rest of [...] said to him, 'Why do you love her more than all of us?' The Savior answered and said to them, 'Why do I not love you like her?'"
“The final female appears as an angel in the eyes of the final male, because she is already sweetened and illuminated with the light that existed before the sin.”
— Sha’ar HaGilgulim, Hakdama 31, R. Chaim Vital