| Definition: | | Sophia This research into Goddess worship and archetype traces the changing conceptions of the deity and the ways the female and male aspects have been represented and valued. Ranging over world religions and scripture, Dr. Schaup looks at the medieval visionary Hildegaard of Bingen, and at examples of Sophianic wisdom in Europe and Russia, contrasting them with what she sees as the suppression of the feminine in the West. more details ... |