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“Sophia is the Virgin of the divine wisdom, the heavenly Queen, who presents herself to the soul as a mirror in which it may behold God.”

“When the soul stands before God in purity, then the noble Sophia enters into it, and becomes its heavenly playmate, teaching it the divine mysteries.”

“Sophia is the first manifestation of the Deity, the eternal Wisdom; she is the virginal matrix through which God creates and reveals Himself.”

“When the soul becomes a virgin again, then Sophia, the eternal Wisdom, unites herself with it as with her beloved.”

“Sophia is the holy revelation of God in the soul; she is the supersensual gold that the soul receives when it dies to self.”

“The divine Wisdom, Sophia, stands at the gate of the soul and calls it; but only the resigned and purified soul can hear her voice.”

— Jakob Böhme

Art: "Mysterium Magnum Studium Universale", Theosophia F.R.R.R. Ros. Cruc., 18th-century