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The wedding of Sophia : the divine feminine in psychoidal alchemy

By: Material type: TextTextBerwick, ME Nicolas-Hays c2003Description: xx, 170p.; ill.; bibliog. notes; bibliog.; indexContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780892540662
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Contents:
1 Imaginal realities and imagination. 2 The nature of Sophia. 3 Aurora Consurgens and psychoidal alchemy. 4 What wisdom is: Sophia's role in alchemy. 5 Of the black earth. 6 The flood of waters: the redemption of a goddess. 7 The gates of brass: from chaos to order. 8 Of the philosophic faith: the nature of spirit. 9 The house that wisdom built: the incarnation of the divine. 10 Of heaven and earth: incarnation and immortality. 11 The lover with the beloved: the wedding of Sophia
Abstract: '...continues his teachings in psychoidal alchemy with an in-depth look at the feminine aspect of the divine and the pivotal role of love and wisdom in our spiritual evolution. In the esoteric teachings of alchemy, Gnosticism, and Sufism, Sophia is the embodiment of Wisdom, the matrix from which God arose, His heavenly consort, and mirror. According to these teachings, Sophia suffered a fall from this exalted state, and we see parallels to this fall in the overall devaluation [of] the feminine in our modern world. The alchemical process illustrates Sophia's fall, transformation, incarnation, and union with God. Without Sophia, God is not whole. It is our task to work with soulful imagination to reunite Sophia and God.'
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1 Imaginal realities and imagination. 2 The nature of Sophia. 3 Aurora Consurgens and psychoidal alchemy. 4 What wisdom is: Sophia's role in alchemy. 5 Of the black earth. 6 The flood of waters: the redemption of a goddess. 7 The gates of brass: from chaos to order. 8 Of the philosophic faith: the nature of spirit. 9 The house that wisdom built: the incarnation of the divine. 10 Of heaven and earth: incarnation and immortality. 11 The lover with the beloved: the wedding of Sophia

'...continues his teachings in psychoidal alchemy with an in-depth look at the feminine aspect of the divine and the pivotal role of love and wisdom in our spiritual evolution. In the esoteric teachings of alchemy, Gnosticism, and Sufism, Sophia is the embodiment of Wisdom, the matrix from which God arose, His heavenly consort, and mirror. According to these teachings, Sophia suffered a fall from this exalted state, and we see parallels to this fall in the overall devaluation [of] the feminine in our modern world. The alchemical process illustrates Sophia's fall, transformation, incarnation, and union with God. Without Sophia, God is not whole. It is our task to work with soulful imagination to reunite Sophia and God.'

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