{"product_id":"the-fall-of-sophia-9781584200000","title":"The Fall of Sophia","description":"\"I came forth from the mouth of the Most High and covered the earth like a mist. I encamped in the heights, and my throne was in a pillar of cloud. Alone I compassed the vault of heaven and traversed the depths of the abyss. Over waves of the sea, over all the earth, and over every people and nation I have held sway.... Before the ages, in the beginning, he created me, and for all ages I shall not cease to be.\" (Eccl. 24:3-6, 9)\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSophia\u003c\/i\u003e (the world soul) fell from her place in the heavens to the chaos below. Sophia is among the most haunting and mysterious figures in Western spirituality. She is also one of the great symbols of the divine feminine in world civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe personification of divine Wisdom, Sophia is praised in the biblical book of Proverbs as co-creator of the universe with God. In the secret teachings of early Christianity known as Gnosticism, she represents our shared consciousness, trapped in the material world as a result of the Fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most sublime Gnostic texts is the Pistis Sophia or \"Faith Wisdom,\" a great allegory in which the resurrected Christ explains how he freed the divine Sophia from her imprisonment by the forces of spiritual wickedness. Christ goes on to show his disciples how they will share in this cosmic act of redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this profound yet accessible work, Egyptologist Violet MacDermot gives us a fresh translation of the Pistis Sophia from the Coptic and discusses it in its historical setting. She also shows us how Sophia's story of is our story. It is a tale of our separation and isolation as a result of ego-consciousness, but it is one in which we, too, can share spiritual liberation. Her engaging discussion relates this work not only to ancient teachings but to the thought of C.G. Jung, Emanuel Swedenborg, and the Kabalah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacdermot, Violet:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eViolet MacDermot\u003c\/b\u003e studied Egyptology at University College, London, and was a board member of the Egypt Exploration Society. She has translated two Coptic texts, Volumes IX and XIII in the Nag Hammadi Studies series: \u003ci\u003ePistis Sophia and The Books of Jeu\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eUntitled Text in the Bruce Codex\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoeller, Stephan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eStephan A. Hoeller, \u003c\/b\u003e born in Hungary, speaks regularly at the Los Angeles Gnostic Society on Western inner traditions, with emphasis on Jungian psychology and Gnostic wisdom. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJung and the Lost Gospels: Insights into the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Library.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Lindisfarne Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505309421842,"sku":"9781584200000","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_72988b76-db38-45dd-8172-f6e0caefb7cc.jpg?v=1730837210","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fall-of-sophia-9781584200000","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}