Feminism vs. Goddess Consciousness Part 2 (Wisdom)

"It is no small thing to note that Wisdom is feminine," writes Rabbi Rami Shapiro in THE
"The original language of texts, both Hebrew and Greek, make this very clear: Hebrew Chochma and Greek Sophia are both feminine nouns. The authors of the Wisdom books took this gender specificity seriously and envisioned Wisdom as Mother, God's consort and bride, the Divine Feminine through which the masculine God fashioned all creation."


So, one day while reading Proverbs in the Bible, I discovered that wisdom is personified as a female. The two verses that stuck out were, Proverbs 7:4, Say to wisdom, " You are my sister," And call understanding your nearest kin." In another chapter wisdom is referred to as she again,
Proverbs 4:8-9, Exalt her and she will promote you; She will bring you honor, when you embrace her. She will place on your head an ornament of grace; A crown of glory she will deliver to you.

Not too long after this biblical discovery I had the honor of visiting a mosque in Turkey called Hagia Sophia, which means Divine Wisdom. Sophia is a Greek female name which means wisdom.

It made me think what would make wisdom yin/feminine attribute. Perhaps because wisdom is nurturing, causes growth, enhances safety and stability. I guess to fully understand why the bible whose god is male, decides to refer to wisdom as female, one would have to have a clear definition of wisdom. It's also important to acknowledge the difference between knowledge and wisdom.

"There is wisdom in Nature and knowledge in Scholarship. Nature teaches us what works and what doesn't work. Knowledge teaches us how to use our senses, how to observe nature, how to evaluate it, how to record life lessons, and how others before us did the same. We first learn wisdom in life by experience, (usually painful experience) and then as we grow older, we recognize wisdom in life by example. "

I felt to need to share this as it fits the theme of a previous post http://raelostandfound.blogspot.com/2008/10/feminism-vs-goddess-consciousness-part.html. Since we are God/dess children we do have access to the divine wisdom. But I think its extra special that wisdom is a she :-)