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/ceg/ Christian esotericism ge(...) 12/15/25(Mon)20:13:13 No.41673952

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/ceg/ Christian esotericism general #141 Anonymous 12/15/25(Mon)20:13:13 No.41673952

Sophia, the holy Wisdom of God edition

Christian Esotericism is the inner and/or mystical aspect of the Christian Religion, it includes:
>Christian Gnosis (Clement of Alexandria)
>Desert Fathers Spirituality (Evagrius Ponticus)
>Catholic Contemplative Tradition (Bonaventure)
>Hesychasm (Gregory Palamas)
>Chivalry (Wolfram von Eschenbach)
>Christian Alchemy (George Ripley)
>Rhineland Mysticism (Meister Eckhart)
>Christian Cabala (Johannes Reuchlin)
>Paracelsianism (Paracelsus)
>Rosicrucianism (Robert Fludd)
>Christian theosophy (Jakob Böhme)
>Martinism (Louise Claude de Saint-Martin)
>Swedenborgianism (Swedenborg)
>Magical Idealism (Novalis)
>Romanticism (Baader)
>Anthroposophy (Rudolf Steiner)
>Sophiology (Sergei Bulgakov)
>Christian Hermeticism (Valentin Tomberg)
>Fourth Way (Boris Mouravieff)
>Christian Traditionalism (Jean Borella)
>Divine Love (James Padgett)
And much more, so let's continue to talk about it!

>Resources (WIP)
https://www.john-uebersax.com/plato/cp.htm
https://jacobboehmeonline.com/
https://archive.org/details/awakening-to-divine-wisdom-christian-initiation-into-three-worl-nodrm_202202/mode/1up
https://janelead.org/resources.html
https://archive.org/details/bookofcontemplat00unde/
https://archive.org/details/rudolf-steiner-book-collection/
https://swedenborg.com/bookstore/free-ebooks-downloads/
https://www.gornahoor.net/?page_id=47
https://archive.org/details/meditations-on-the-tarot/
https://files.catbox.moe/8n4061.djvu (Meditations on the Tarot)
https://eliasartista.substack.com/
https://passtheword.org
https://catenabible.com/mt/

Anonymous
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I'm not the usual person who makes these btw sorry if I got anything wrong

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12/15/25(Mon)20:50:17 No.41674118

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What do you guys think about the stream of thought that the Holy Spirit is the "Mother" of the Trinity (Syriac Christianity and shekhinah mysticism, also "born of the Spirit" language), and that Sophia is Jesus feminine side (compare 1 Corinthians 1:24 and Colossians 2:2-3 with Proverbs 8 and 9)? It seems pretty compelling to me, but I hesitate to apply this too literally because it would mean Christianity contains "goddesses" within the godhead which seems completely alien to me.

Anonymous
12/15/25(Mon)21:10:44 No.41674179

Anonymous 12/15/25(Mon)21:10:44 No.41674179

>>41674011
>>41674018
You can just tell its a holy place

Anonymous
12/15/25(Mon)21:11:30 No.41674185

Anonymous 12/15/25(Mon)21:11:30 No.41674185

>>41673985
https://www.youtube.com/live/UceWWa8rfCg?si=n_8K9eTHnNbMaWsP
>>41674118
The Holy Spirit was connected to Sophia because both are feminine, well, Pneuma and Sophia are, and Paul identifies Jesus with the Wisdom of God
But the Trinity is neither male nor female, Wisdom/Sophia should be seen as God's Image, the Church which is the Body of Christ, the Temple of the Holy Spirit and as the Uncreated Energies in Orthodoxy

Anonymous
12/15/25(Mon)21:11:58 No.41674187

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei88J4lERbk

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12/15/25(Mon)21:36:26 No.41674285

Anonymous 12/15/25(Mon)21:36:26 No.41674285

>>41674185
>The Holy Spirit was connected to Sophia because both are feminine
Why would that necessitate connection just because both are feminine? Wouldn't it make more sense for the Holy Spirit to be the Fathers counterpart, and Sophia the counterpart to Christ?
>and Paul identifies Jesus with the Wisdom of God
That's my point. If Sophia were connected to the Spirit then you'd be saying Holy Spirit = Sophia = Wisdom = Jesus, and that wouldn't make sense to me because it would be like the Spirit and Jesus being the same person.

Anonymous
12/15/25(Mon)21:59:32 No.41674375

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL9w2e-eOGs

Anonymous
12/15/25(Mon)22:03:32 No.41674400

Anonymous 12/15/25(Mon)22:03:32 No.41674400

>>41674285
The topic of wisdom is very complex, that's why there is Sophiology, I'll just tell you this
Sophia is the Body of Christ, the Holy Spirit works in the body, that's their relationship, God reveals himself as Wisdom
Even simpler, the Trinity is the Soul, Wisdom is the body of God

Anonymous
12/15/25(Mon)22:20:11 No.41674477

Anonymous 12/15/25(Mon)22:20:11 No.41674477

>>41674400
One thing I've found a little interesting but haven't looked into much at all is this saying of Jesus from the gospel of Thomas. It's the final saying in the collection
>(114) Simon Peter said to them, "Mary should leave us, for females are not worthy of life." Jesus said, "See, I am going to attract her to make her male so that she too might become a living spirit that resembles you males. For every female (element) that makes itself male will enter the kingdom of heaven."
I don't attach a lot of credibility here since I'm still uninformed, but couldn't it be argued that this is what Jesus did in his incarnation? The feminine Sophia incarnates as the masculine Jesus? Although this is obfuscated by proverbs 30:4 mentioning God having a son, and the fact that the gospel of Thomas isn't canon and doesn't seem to have been very well received by the early church

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