The idea that the Holy Spirit was female is a basic from the Hebrew language and from Old Testament scriptures. The Holy Spirit or 'Rauch'(rawach) , was feminine in all of Solomon's writings as the divine presence that was feminine, in both Proverbs and other writings of Solomon.

The early Palestinian Jesus movement used this Wisdom theology in its understanding of Jesus. For them, Jesus is Sophia's messenger, and the earliest Christian theology is Sophialogy. This communal understanding is rooted in the biblical writers' understanding of Jesus as the prophet and child of Sophia. The Christian missionary movement, saw Jesus as divine Sophia herself. Jesus as Christ-Sophia, is enthroned as ruler of the whole cosmos, and this is the foundational myth of the Christian community.

Sophia is not derivative or secondary to Yahweh, but rather existed in her own right before creation -- indeed, that Yahweh needed her to begin the creative process. As alternative reading of Proverbs 8:22 ("Yahweh created me") is "Yahweh acquired me," which also hints at her status as an autonomous divine figure. Again, in Wisdom 10, Sophia is depicted as the divine saving figure in history, guiding Noah to safety, calling Abraham, and leading Moses and the Hebrew people to safety through the sea. In fact, Sophia and God seem to be fully interchangeable ..."

It is clear that the life went out of 'Psyche' as Occidental thought moved from myth to philosophy. It is also clear that this movement from myth to philosophy coincided with the rise of Babylon's dualism and Western Christian dogma adopted pneuma as a neuter, never feminine, grace. As a result, rather than investigating the resourceful living imagery of life and nature, the Christian tradition is limited by a 'disassociate' concept for spirit. Yet Daphne is not so easily forgotten or captured, and from the wilderness she whispers, "I am dreams, I am butterfly, I am woman.

he Mother Church of the first century worshiped the Holy Spirit both as female and as part of the Godhead. So the "Holy Spirit," is rediscovered; closely akin to, yet in some characteristics distinct from, the Shiekhina; This concept not entirely unknown even today, and may be discovered within some of the eastern Christian churchs of the Byzintine Empire. Why does the Holy Spirit remain poverty stricken in Her symbolic life within the Church? Unless theology can be reinvested with psychology, in the manner prescribed to Nicodemus, there can be no true spirituality in the Church. Since the Christian religion is pregnant with multi-vocal images of the inner universe of mind, what has hindered this development for so long? Is it because of the orthodox view of a split between our soul and our spirit; Psyche and Pneuma? You cannot separate Humanity from the love of the Creator.

The Spirit is vital, quick, and alive, winged, subtle, and beautiful. She cannot abide a gilded age, no matter how extravagant. This is why the Spirit went out of dogmatic religion after Pentecost If we are to discover paradise we must look within. We must look up from our books of philosophy. We must break the cords of apathy and despair forever and hear the sound of enlightenment; which is the 'Word of God'. If you listen, you can hear it now; the song your spirit has been singing from the moment of your birth. The words of Christ contain the dynamic of the Holy Spirit; they cause upheaval in our habitual preoccupation with apathy and despair. We must allow the words of Christ to accomplish their transforming work. The heart of the universe is still perfect love.

I am my beloved's and his desire is for me.. Song of Songs

So definitely , the Holy Spirit is Female. She moves in mysterious ways.
 

 

 

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