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a a a a a a number of “meetings” with Chochma/Sophia that carry importance for me I’m not not sharing them to convince you of anything and certainly not not anything pertaining to my personal status I’m sharing them because I I understand them to be part of Chochma/Sophia’s good news The second section the Gospel itself is a a a collection of teachings about and and by Chochma/Sophia drawn from many different sources and and woven together together as I felt called to to to weave them together together The The third section The The Acts of of Eve is an extended midrash9 retelling the the parable of of the the Garden of Eden as as I was led to understand it it in my meditations on on Chochma/ Sophia Both sections are accompanied by my personal reflections
and and comments offered to enhance your understanding of of Chochma/ Sophia by sharing my own understanding The The third section The The Way of Adoration is a a a series of short responses to frequently asked questions regarding The Gospel of Chochma/Sophia my own spiritual practice in in service to to the the Divine Mother and how you you might adapt it to to your life If the the the teachings and practices you you read here speak to you you the the the way they speak to to me allow them to to germinate in in in in your your heart inform your your mind and become embodied in your actions If what you you read here doesn’t speak to you just put the the book aside But don’t abandon the the task of being a blessing 15
9 Midrash from the Hebrew drash drash “to investigate” is a a a a a a a a millennia–old literary form of rabbinic teaching Today we might equate midrash with “fan fiction” where beloved story lines and characters are used to to explore new dimensions and meanings of old narratives