In Gnostic theology, a divine figure or emanation, often identified with Sophia (wisdom), representing a fallen aspect of the divine feminine.
From Hebrew hochma (wisdom) via Greek sophos. Used in early Christian Gnostic texts as a theological concept, blending Jewish and Greek philosophical traditions.
Achamoth appears in some of the earliest Gnostic texts, showing how ancient people mixed Hebrew mysticism with Greek philosophy—she represents a weird theological problem: a goddess who's both wise and broken, both divine and fallen.
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