5. Others still there are who continue to redeem persons even up to the moment of death, by placing on their heads oil and water, or the pre-mentioned ointment with water, using at the same time the above-named invocations, that the persons referred to may become incapable of being seized or seen by the principalities and powers, and that their inner man may ascend on high in an invisible manner, as if their body were left among created things in this world, while their soul is sent forward to the Demiurge. And they instruct them, on their reaching the principalities and powers, to make use of these words: I am a son from the Father — the Father who had a pre-existence, and a son in Him who is pre-existent. I have come to behold all things, both those which belong to myself and others, although, strictly speaking, they do not belong to others, but to Achamoth, who is female in nature, and made these things for herself. For I derive being from Him who is pre-existent, and I come again to my own place whence I went forth. And they affirm that, by saying these things, he escapes from the powers.
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0103121.htm
By proclaiming herself as "Son of Father", the soul can go beyond the demonic gate-keepers. Just as Jesus Son of Father ("Barabbas") can abandon his Roman prison.
As corollary, Pilate is
Pylatis, the apt name for the Archon Gate-Keeper.
This confirms again and again that Couchoud and Stahl were correct about Barabbas being an anti-Gnostic parody by Judaizers.
Who disagrees with Couchoud/Stahl on this precise point is very a colossal amazing idiot.