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MZ: In Zartochrestianism Sophia=Mazda. We don't consider her outside time but rather as a being within the pre-existing time-space of Zurvan. She can act as a demiurge - crafting new beings and things according to ideal forms. However this is not always the case, as she also takes into account the nature of that already existing and modifies her creations accordingly. Her creations are perfect but she is not omnipotent in the world, so the world itself is not perfect. Yohannite Gnosticism: · Sophia the Divine Creatrix In the name of the of light sublime Sophia be exalted Today is the festival of the most Divine Feminine and Demiurge Sophia Sophia is the Demiurge, The Goddess, The Creatrix who takes the preexisting materials of chaos, arranges them according to the models of eternal forms, and produces all the physical things of the Cosmos. The Demiurge is sometimes thought of as the Platonic personification of active Wisdom or Nous (the divine intellect) the timaeus describes the Demiurge as unreservedly benevolent, and hence desirous of a world as good as possible. The world remains imperfect, however, because the Demiurge created the world out of a chaotic, indeterminate matter. Her act of creation took place prior to the creation of time, and therefore creation is beyond the limits of time and is ultimately eternal; meaning the universe has no beginning or end in time, As our universe was created by Her, who is perfect, it was created perfect, and nothing may be added to it as that would be excess. Sophia's identity is hidden in the Old Testament by references to her in the lower case word “wisdom.” She was a part of the Judeo Christian heritage of the west, but forgotten within a monotheistic religion Wisdom be praised and praise the Sage who through wisdom achieves Henosis. |