Fall of Sophia A Gnostic Text on the Redemption of Universal Consciousness

Name: Fall of Sophia A Gnostic Text on the Redemption of Universal Consciousness
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ISBN: 9781584200000

ISBN-10: 1584200006

ISBN-13: 9781584200000

Edition: 2001

Authors: Violet MacDermot, Stephan A. Hoeller, Stephan A. Hoeller

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The Gnostic text, 'Pistis Sophia', is an allegory in which the resurrected Christ tells how He freed the divine Sophia from her imprisonment to powers of spiritual wickedness. Violet MacDermot provides a commentary and translation.

Book details

Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: SteinerBooks, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.67" wide x 8.66" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.308

Violet MacDermot studied Egyptology at University College, London, and was a board member of the Egypt Exploration Society. She has translated other Coptic texts in the Nag Hammadi series.



Foreword


Preface


Introduction


The Gnostic Myth of Sophia


A Renaissance of Wisdom and the Impact of Science


Swedenborg and the Human Body as Microcosm


From Myth to Concepts of an Organic Social Order


Pistis Sophia


The First Book of the Pistis Sophia


The Second Book of the Pistis Sophia


Epilogue


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Abbreviations


Index