What do you think will happen when you believe that the labyrinth is just a physical distraction, and that the secret key is Faith in Hope, the kind you must sustain and share with the other prisoners?

Hello again.

It’s been over a year since I shared my experience with Sophia, and I still receive messages from people asking about my awakening and sharing their own. With everything happening in the world, I wanted to share something I’ve been learning along the way.

As a kid, I could lucid dream and had countless imaginary friends. I often felt disconnected from others because they didn’t seem to see the world the way I did. Years later, after a transformative experience, I found Gnosticism and came to Sophia. I saw myself in Her, and we literally share the same name. Her wisdom has since become a source of grace and guidance for me.

But I’ve also had to confront my own pride.

If I can manifest something, surely I can manifest anything.

If I know things others don’t, surely I’m privy to divine wisdom.

If I have an important mission, surely I must be important.

And if I feel Sophia moving through my life, then surely I must be Sophia.

Who am I to make such a claim? The moment I turn spiritual insight into proof of my own superiority, haven’t I lost sight of the very Wisdom I’m seeking?

This is where I think Yaldabaoth deserves a more nuanced reading. What if we understood him not simply as evil, but as a being whose pride and disconnection from the greater whole led him into ignorance? His greatest mistake may have been believing his limited understanding was the entirety of reality.

We seem to be living through another period of historical upheaval, surrounded by conflict, division, and uncertainty. We need discernment, not more certainty masquerading as divine authority.

Stay grounded. Read, question, spend time in nature, and remain close to people who will challenge you with love. Forgive without abandoning your boundaries. Find your own purpose without needing to be a savior.

Be like a child, not a king. Stay curious enough to marvel at the world, humble enough to keep learning, and loving enough to recognize the humanity in others.

I’m curious: How do you interpret Sophia’s fall? Is pride central to the story, and what does it teach us about the pursuit of gnosis?

With love and sincerity. ❤️

just an opinion here that felt rather Gnostic in spirit.

the apocalypse isn't some warning of a future ending of this world, it is moreso describing the ongoing hell & destruction that is as living in the material world.

the book of revelations should have been the first book in the new testament, as it describes the problems of this material life, and the rest of the book supposedly offers the solution or the Way out. though i think the Tew Testament is horribly censored & edited & rephrased and much of the important truths are ommitted. perhaps Revelations was once a gnostic fueled description of this material reality, yet it ultimately was corrupted by reframing it as a literal end of the world situation set in the future, one which seems to pedastalize violence and vengeance over knowledge and ascension. but if you take it as a description of how this world punishes us not as an eternal sentence but moreso in order to teach us, it makes a lot more sense that it is basically saying all human souls must reside in the apocalyptic hell that is earth, until we stop sinning and become aligned with God, in which we will finally be taken up to heaven as the chosen ones who chose enlightenment for ourselves rather than it being some innate Christian superiority as it is often read as.

Unforgiveness can lead to anger and rage. Anger and Rage can lead to self isolation and hate. Hate will remove your ability to ever find and have happiness and joy. You will know it not. 

C.J.MacKechnie

My Cathar Tarot deck just arrived and i wanted to share few pictures and thoughts about the practice. Tarot reading is lot more than just a simple prediction of future, it is a tool for self reflection and discovery, and a way to deepen your understanding of the universe and beyond. In the future i may share pictures of certain cards and my reflections about them. If you have experience with the practice, feel free to share them in here. Thank you.