Sophia - The Feminine Face of God Nine Hearts Path to Healing and Abundance

by Speerstra, Karen

• ISBN13: 9781611250046
• ISBN10: 1611250048
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-01
• Publisher: Divine Arts

Summary

Readers meet the feminine face of God in real and experiential ways, as seen through the eyes of historians, academics, theologians, feminists, and others.

Author Biography

Karen Speerstra is the co-author of Hunab Ku and Our Day to End Poverty and the author, of Divine Sparks, Questions Writers Ask, The Earthshapers, and The Green Devotional. She supports and coaches other writers through her company, Sophia-Serve (www.sophiaserve.com).

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xvi
Sophia in Our Hearts	p. 1
She Calls Us to Create	p. 3
Crop Circle: Pewsey White Horse, July 17, 2002	p. 3
Mountain Journal Entry	p. 3
Heartbeat Questions	p. 4
Crop Circles: Sophia's Coded Surprises	p. 4
ôLet Us Play!ö	p. 6
Whale Songs and Bricolage	p. 7
The Ecstasy of It All	p. 9
A Sophia Painting Circle	p. 12
Joy: ôI Live in Your Heartö	p. 17
She Turns Us Around	p. 18
A Sanctuary for Creativity	p. 22
Mother Goose and Baba Yaga	p. 23
Songs from the Sacred Grove	p. 25
Box: Once Upon a Time: Rumplestiltskin	p. 27
Spinning Stories	p. 30
Nine Enneagram Numbers and Angels	p. 31
Enneagram Number 1	p. 34
Box: Sophia's Mystical Dancer: St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430)	p. 35
Box: Sophia's Special Geo-Spot: Chartres	p. 37
From Sophia's Notebook	p. 41
She Energizes Us	p. 43
Crop Circle: Stantonbury Hill, July 7, 2007	p. 43
Mountain Journal Entry	p. 43
Heartbeat Questions	p. 45
Can You Hear Me Now?	p. 45
Energy Grids	p. 50
Chakras: Energy Points	p. 53
Doing the Heart Math	p. 54
Vibrations and Electricity	p. 55
Imagine What's Possible	p. 60
Enneagram Number 2	p. 64
I'm Bored!	p. 65
Acedia	p. 66
Box: Once Upon a Time: Snow White	p. 67
A ôCharmingö Story?	p. 69
Waking Up to Self-Control	p. 70
Box: Sophia's Mystical Dancer: Boethius (480-524)	p. 71
Box: SophiaÆs Special Geo-Spot: Cozumel	p. 73
From Sophia's Notebook	p. 75
She Provides	p. 77
Crop Circle: Grey Wethers, Wiltshire, July 14, 2009	p. 77
Mountain Journal Entry	p. 77
Heartbeat Questions	p. 79
Abundance and Scarcity	p. 79
A Black-and-White Monkey	p. 80
Lost and Found	p. 81
Sticky Reminders	p. 82
Sophianomics and Yin-Yang Currencies	p. 83
Enough is Enough	p. 87
Do You Barter?	p. 88
A Potlatch Whose Time Has Come	p. 90
A Heart-based Economy	p. 93
The Cathedral and the Bazaar	p. 95
Her Demurrage	p. 97
A Sophia Gift: Generosity	p. 99
Enneagram Number 3	p. 101
Box: Sophia's Mystical Dancer: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)	p. 101
Box: Once Upon a Time: Little Red Riding Hood	p. 104
Box: Sophia's Special Geo-Spot: Ephesus	p. 106
From Sophia's Notebook	p. 109
Sophia in Our Families and Communities	p. 111
She Names Us Peacemakers	p. 113
Crop Circle: Honey Sr., Wiltshire, July 8, 2000	p. 113
Mountain Journal Entry	p. 113
Heartbeat Questions	p. 114
Gentle Quieting	p. 114
A Womb Place of Unconditional Love	p. 116
Her Gift: A Peaceful Nature	p. 117
Icons: Windows into Heaven	p. 118
Enneagram Number 4	p. 121
Box: Her Special Geo-Spot: Iona	p. 122
Wise as a Serpent, Gentle as a Dove	p. 123
Elise Boulding: Modern Mother of Peace	p. 126
Box: Sophia's Mystical Dancer: Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)	p. 127
Box: Once Upon a Time: The Velveteen Rabbit	p. 128
From Sophia's Notebook	p. 130
She Knows Us	p. 131
Crop Circle: Roundway Hill, near Devizes, Wiltshire, July 25, 2010	p. 131
Mountain Journal Entry	p. 131
Heartbeat Questions	p. 132
Hearing the Cataract	p. 132
Our Shadow-Selves	p. 138
The ôOtherö Darkness	p. 144
The Lucifer Effect	p. 146
Dealing with the Bogey Man	p. 150
Sophia's Gift: Faithfulness	p. 151
Enneagram Number 5	p. 151
Box: Sophia's Special Geo-Spot: New Grange, County Meath, Ireland	p. 152
Box: Sophia's Mystical Dancer: Jacob Boehme (1575-1624)	p. 155
Box: Once Upon a Time: Cinderella	p. 156
From Sophia's Notebook	p. 159
She Makes Us Strong	p. 161
Crop Circle: Cley Hill, Warminster, Wiltshire, July 14, 1997	p. 161
Mountain Journal Entry	p. 161
Heartbeat Questions	p. 162
Artemis Starshapers and Earthshapers	p. 162
She's Our Queen Bee and the Honey	p. 169
Ursula and the Hooly Wummen	p. 170
Circles of Strong Women	p. 172
Box: Once Upon a Time: Charlotte's Web	p. 178
Communities and Neighborhoods	p. 180
Box: Sophia's Mystical Dancer: Jane Leade (1624-1704)	p. 183
Her Gift: Patience	p. 184
Enneagram Number 6	p. 185
Strong Building Blocks: Sacred Geometry	p. 185
The Father of Geometry	p. 186
What's the Square Root of Two?	p. 187
The Square Root of Three	p. 189
Her Golden Ratio	p. 190
Sacred Sites and Sighting the Sacred	p. 193
Four Corners	p. 196
Sophia's Special Geo-Spot: Parthenon	p. 200
Spiders, Unite!	p. 202
Croning Wisdom	p. 206
From Sophia's Notebook	p. 209
Sophia in Our Universe	p. 211
She Invites Justice	p. 213
Crop Circle: Roundaway, Wiltshire, August 7, 2008	p. 213
Mountain Journal Entry	p. 213
Heartbeat Questions	p. 214
New Memes	p. 214
Just Words	p. 218
To Sing, Dance and Tell Stories	p. 225
Stone Boats	p. 228
Novgorod and Beyond	p. 229
Box: Sophia's Mystical Dancers: Mother Russia's Sophiologists: Vladimir Solovyev (1853-1900); Pavel Forensky (1882-1937); Sergie Bulgakov (1871-1944); and Valentin Tomberg (1900-1973)	p. 234
Box: Once Upon a Time: The Little Prime	p. 238
Sophia in the Shack	p. 240
Enneagram Number 7	p. 241
Her Gift of Kindness	p. 242
Justice: Her Clarion Call	p. 243
Box: Sophia's Special Geo-Spot: Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey	p. 247
From Sophia's Notebook	p. 250
She Sings Us Into Service	p. 251
Crop Circle: West Kennett, Avebury, July 30, 2004	p. 251
Mountain Journal Entry	p. 251
Heartbeat Questions	p. 252
Minding Our Mother	p. 252
Enneagram Number 8	p. 257
Whom Does This Serve?	p. 257
Birdsongs and Alchemy	p. 259
Her Gentling	p. 263
The Paradox of Serving and Being Served	p. 265
Empathy Neurons	p. 267
Box: Once Upon a Time: Mary Poppins - Sophia-Magic	p. 269
Box: Sophia's Mystical Dancer: Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1774)	p. 271
Box: Sophia's Special Geo-Spot: Motuntségur	p. 273
Sophia's Grail Maidens	p. 276
From Sophia's Norebook	p. 279
She Binds Us Together	p. 281
Crop Circle: Cherill, Wiltshire, July 17, 1999	p. 281
Mountain Journal Entry	p. 281
Heartbeat Questions	p. 282
Her Magical Milky Way	p. 283
The Magi	p. 289
Labyrtnths: Her Circling Paths	p. 291
A Web of Synchronicities	p. 299
Hearths and Motherboards	p. 300
Box: Sophia's Mystical Dancer: Rudolf Steiner (1861 1925)	p. 301
Enneagram Number 9	p. 306
Her Gift of Love	p. 306
Sophia's Special Geo-Spot: Crete/Knossos	p. 308
Novalis: A Sophia Poet	p. 310
Box: Once Upon a Time: Harry Potter Series: Hermione Granger	p. 311
Rawling: A Sophia Sister	p. 313
Sophia's Social Networking	p. 315
From Sophia's Notebook	p. 318
Additional Resources	p. 319
Index	p. 323
About the Author	p. 340
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