The Oneota Review 2013

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Salvation of the Gnostics Cassie Jahn

a professor of mine once held a lecture on Gnosticism he told us that Sophia (her desire) had constructed the world around us afterwards most of her returned to Pleroma the rest was given to us (as a form of salvation) these pieces of Sophia were called divine sparks they were something (ever-present) in the body that could bring you to salvation if awakened through knowledge of them (given by the Messengers of Light) our eyes held a piece of her, liquid and translucent but as class ended and our minds wandered that filmy spark of the feminine deity melted into our skin like snow (disappeared from our sight) but I sometimes wonder if she forgot to melt into me and I wonder about those people who never learned of Sophia’s existence (never enlightened) did the Messengers of Light ever think to save

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