It is said of Sophia that upon her creation she so longed to know the ineffable Godhead that made her that she became disconsolate when she could not. Her great sorrow and isolation tore her from the spirit. And though a part of her remained above, that which was entangled in longing and sorrow is of profound significance for us, as her separation from her origins was also the beginning of humanity, whose task it is to finally free her. We must do this by becoming conscious of ourselves as spiritual beings and re-uniting with the Godhead one by one.

It is a beautiful story, one of pathos and longing for a better way to understand ourselves and to imagine a means of becoming that is ever more relevant to our individualities as well as to humanity as a whole. It is Sophia in her fallenness, as well as in the clarity and purity of the half of her spirit which remained above, that we explore in this, the fourth online issue of the Sophia Journal.

It is our hope that the offerings here will help you in your imagining of her, as they have helped us.

David Hickman