We have more knowledge about Mary Magdalene than we do about some of the twelve individual male disciples. As for Mary, it would seem she had been possessed by seven demons! So, perhaps there’s something to it…
Luke 8:1-3
8 Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, ²as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, ³and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources.
https://biblehub.com/luke/8-2.htm
However, I am inclined to say the question of whether they were a traveling band of sorcerers or not is quite beside the point. — Otherwise the four canonical Gospels would have been more explicit about it, rather than simply assigning them portentous names.
To my way of thinking, each of the four canonical Gospels was intended to stand alone as "everything a Christian needs to know about the good news." If something appears in all four (say, the crucifixion, the feeding of the multitude) then that is (shall we say) “essential” if something does
not (say the virgin birth) then it is less important. If something appears in
none of them…
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