Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00414)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Compiler <compiler@w...> wrote:
> > Mauri mentioned Sophia but it seems to me he did not discriminate
> > between the three Sophia's, vis "Sophia" the Consort of Deity in 
the
> > Gnostic Texts (Genesis;In Wisdom god created the heavens and the
> > Earh) the higher Sophia is the Sipheroth of Wisdom, and then 
there is
> > lower Sophia, Sophis Achamoth who is in the matter realm.Then
> > here is also Sophia Punicus.

Actually there are only two Sophias: one in the Pleroma and the other 
in the Intermediate Space (Sophia Achamoth). Prunicius is one of 
these two but I do not remember which offhand.

Mauri was referring to THE PISTIS SOPHIA, which is a book. The title 
literally means "Faith Wisdom." As with all the Valentinian texts it 
is esoteric and was written so as to be impossible for outsiders to 
make sense of it, but it is quite easy to understand if you are 
familiar with the system.