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O, you couldn’t resist
she knew your weakness
your temptation to bliss,
you couldn’t refuse
when she begged you to dare
and when your will was broken
she stroked your eyes open
and as your world collapsed
and your dwindling desire lapsed
the word was spoken
and your heart broke open.

She astonished you
when she stripped you bare
and your longing body arched into her sacred snare,
She whored for you
loved you to death
and as you lay dying
your vision unwinding
puss from a wound
right out of your chest
she bent over you
touched your lips
and with one divine kiss
restored you, resurrected, transfigured, transfigured
by her pure spirit breath.






Sophia.
Jeez.
Where to start?
The word 'philosophy ' comes from the Greek 'filia', 'love of' + 'sophia', basically 'wisdom'.
So, as a prelim, one could say that 'Sophia' represents 'Wisdom'.
But, digging a little deeper (and there is really no end to that with 'Sophia'), 'Sophia' has a very (very) big place in the Gnostic tradition.
She's big.
Real big.
Here's one take.

She gave birth to God, in a manner of speaking.
She kind of messed up, and produced a child, on her own, without a stud, so to speak.
He wasn't pretty,
and he wasn't nice,
a serpent with a lion's head,
to be precise.
He was weak and ignorant and jealous and power-hungry.
Seen him lately?

As it turns out he came up with the idea of this guy called Adam, figured he'd make one.
Unfortunately for him Adam was smarter and kinder than he was, so, being jealous and power-hungry, he put him in a prison called Paradise ('para' = 'around', 'daeza' = 'wall') but, with significant aid from a snake (Sophia in disguise) and a girl called Eve (aka Zoe), they succeeded in escaping.
Needless to say curses all around for everyone engaged in the break out.

Welcome to the Whirled, errrr, World (aka Nod).