ABSTRACT
This chapter will examine various ways in which Jane represented Wisdom, or Sophia, relating this aspect of her writings to Behmenist ideas and biblical texts. Jane wanted to understand her relationship with Sophia and God, and this can be seen as 'Philo sophia' , a term Hellenists used for those who strove for instruction, which is said to bring one closer to God and Sophia. The chapter will thus elucidate some of the most complicated features of Sophia in Jane's writings. Through an examination of Jane's visions, it will show how real Sophia was to Jane and the extent to which Jane identified with and experienced herself as Sophia. For Jane's descriptions of her religious visions are full of syntactical slippages which blur the boundaries between herself and the figure of Wisdom. The final section of this chapter will examine current scholarship on Sophia and how Jane's work has ramifications for contemporary sophiology.
