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Initiates of Sophian tradition and masters of the Kabbalah
experience God as Ain Sof, Infinite Light. Ain Sof is
pure Divine Being, beyond gender, and yet the
principle of gender exists within God, for gender comes
into being through the act of creation and, in the
experience of the Divine, we find both feminine and
masculine qualities. Thus, we may speak of God as
Father and as Mother.
The Living Father (Logos, or word) represents the
transcendent aspect of God. The Divine Mother
(Sophia, or wisdom) represents the immanent aspect of
God; as one Divine Being, the masculine and feminine
aspects of the Divine are inseparable from one another
-- the Holy One of Being.
Sophians believe that when Mother Mary, as a divine
personification of the Divine Mother, gave birth to Jesus,
she gave birth to Logos. His union with Mary Magdalene
represents the union of Logos and Sophia, or the
Christos that will liberate humanity if, as individuals, we
are willing to recognize the potential that lies within
each one of us.
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