![]() The arches at the east and west are extended and buttressed by great half domes, while the half domes in turn are carried on smaller semidomed exedrae. Pendentives make possible support of the dome on a square framework of four huge equal arches resting on huge piers. Its spacious nave is covered by a lofty central dome carried on pendentives, a device not previously employed in monumental construction. Hagia Sophia is the supreme masterpiece of Byzantine architecture. Originally a Christian church at Constantinople (now Istanbul), today a mosque and major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey since the fall of the Byzantine Empire. Sophia's sacred shrine, Hagia Sophia, is found in Istanbul, is one of the seven wonders of the world. The patterns of who they are - and their duality in creating our reality - is self-evident as you study and compare each creation myths. In truth all feminine goddess archetypes are the same soul - just as the same masculine god archetypes - in all creational mythos - are the same soul. Generally we see Mother Mary as the incarnation of Shekinah, and Mary Magdalene as the incarnation of Sophia. Perhaps one or both of them were incarnations of Sophia. The Mystery School sees many similarities between Sophia and the two Christian Goddesses, Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene. He had these keys until the passion, death, and Resurrection of Yeshua, when Yeshua obtained the keys once more and holds them still. However, the Mystery School does teach that Shaitan, the devil, was the ruler of this world and had accidentally been given the keys to the Otherworlds by the Goddess. It believes that creation is inherently good, and as such so is the Creator. In Gnostic tradition, Sophia plays a very active role in our world.Įsoteric Christianity doesn't typically support the theory of the Demiurge. Gnostics believe that Sophia and the Father God (not the Demiurge) sent Yeshua to right this wrong. Gnostics see the Demiurge as the God of the Old Testament, with his strict rules and chains that bind the people of the Earth. Gnostics believe that she gave birth to or brought about the creation of a negative aeon, who later came to be called an archon, called the Demiurge, creator and ruler of this world. Gnostics see her as one of the aeons, one of the quasi-deities who live in the ethereal realm known as the pleroma. Sophia was very likely venerated by early Followers of the Way, and her veneration has survived in the West today in the form of Gnosticism. Yet the Eastern Christians are not the only Christians to venerate Sophia. ![]() ![]() The Russian Orthodox Church has also a school of "Sophiology" to explore the theology of Sophia without contradicting the Russian Orthodox theology. Thanks to her continuing presence in the world and her presence in the Bible, veneration of Sophia continued in the Eastern tradition with the construction of the Hagia Sophia and the Russian Catholic liturgical service to Sophia combined with the assumption of Mary on May 15. King Solomon even put Her right in the Temple, in the form of the Goddess Asherah.Īfter the reforms of King Josiah, there was a threat that the veneration of Sophia would come to a halt - there was even more of a threat when patriarchal Christianity took over the world. ![]() Wisdom 9:8-11 tells us that Sophia instructed Solomon in building the Temple! The Song of Songs - known as Song of Solomon or Canticle of Canticles - speaks of Solomon's marriage to Holy Sophia. Wisdom 8:2, 16, 18 tells us that Solomon was seen as married to Sophia. 1 Kings 4:29-31 tells us that God gave wisdom to Solomon, and that he became wiser than all the kings of the East and all the wise people of Egypt. She is usually associated with wise King Solomon. There are references to Her in the book of Proverbs, and in theapocryphal books of Sirach and the Wisdom of Solomon (accepted by Catholics and Orthodox, found in the Greek Septuagint of the early Church). Sophia is found throughout the wisdom books of the Bible. Her consort was Jehovah - God by many names. As Goddess of wisdom and fate, her identities reference the same soul playing different roles in different mythologies all following the same algorithm of design. In Greek she is Hohkma - in Hebrew, Sapientia - in Latin, Celtic goddess-figure Sheela-na-gigs - all meaning Wisdom. Sophia is the central pivot of creation and represents the feminine aspect in all things. Sophia and her 3 Daughters - Faith, Hope, Love Sophia is often depicted with a young child (creation) Sophia Goddess of Wisdom and Fate depicted with a Crown of Stars
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