Sophia

Sophia is Wisdom, the Greek of the Hebrew Chokmah: in Proverbs 8 she was with God before the world began. In Gnostic myth she is the last of the Aeons, whose longing gave birth to the Demiurge and the material world, and who dwells in the Ogdoad, the eighth sphere beyond the seven planets, waiting to draw the soul home.

Uses

• Wisdom and discernment
• Seeking hidden knowledge (gnosis)
• Returning to the source

Sephira

Chokmah (Wisdom)

Dwelling

The Ogdoad, the eighth sphere of the fixed stars

Names

Hagia Sophia, Achamoth (her lower aspect), Pistis Sophia

Working with it

Read Proverbs 8 slowly, aloud, on a clear night. Then look up at the fixed stars and ask Wisdom for one thing you need to understand.