Epigraph: We speak of Sophia; / she is found neither in the unreal aspect of the world / nor in the rulers of the unreal aspect. / We speak of the mystery of Sophia, / foreordained from the beginning for our bliss. - I Corinthians 2: 6 & 7.
Author note: The epigraph from 1 Corinthians 2: 6 [and] 7 represents my paraphrasing of the Greek. Translations emanating from a Protestant tradition have usually, but not always, rendered 'Sophia' as abstracted 'Wisdom'.