Achamōth
deity intermediate Gnosticism single tradition · 3
Sophia is occasionally referred to by the term Achamōth. In Gnosticism, Sophia is a feminine figure, analogous to the human soul but also simultaneously one of the feminine aspects of God. Gnostics held that she was the syzygy, or female twin, of Jesus, i.e. the Bride of Christ, and the Holy Spirit of the Trinity.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 1600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Gnosticism is a 17th-century term.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Prunikos, Propatôr, Yaldabaoth
- aspect of
- Sophia
- parent of
- Dēmiurgos
- consort of
- Saviour
- manifests as
- Sophia
- child of
- Sophia
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“She is occasionally referred to by the term Achamōth (Ἀχαμώθ, Hebrew: חכמה chokmah) and as Prunikos (Προύνικος). In the Nag Hammadi texts, Sophia is the highest aeon or anthropic emanation of the godhead.”
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