Stations of the Cross

The follow is a list of the "Stations of the Cross" It has been years since I went to a regualr church and preformed the 'Stations'. I may do so this lentan season. It is traditional to do so on Fridays durring Lent. However I prefer to look upon the stations with a more esoteric eye. I have been asked if I have a Sophianic version of the Stations. I plan on working on one but it will be a while. It may contaion fewer than the fourteen of the Roman Church. Anyone with favorite verses or sections of the "Pistas Sophia" that thinks it would be a good 'Station' should email me at fatheremrick@hotmail.com with sugestions.

1. Christ is condemned to death;
2. The cross is laid upon him;
3. The first fall;
4. Christ meets His Blessed Mother;
5 Simon of Cyrene is made to bear the cross;
6 Chris's face is wiped by Veronica;
7 The second fall
8 Christ meets for women of Jerusalem;
9 The tird Fall;
10 He is stripped of His garments;
11 The crucifixin
12 His death on the cross;
13 His body is taken down from the cross
14 His body is laid in the tomb


As promised here are the Stations. You will find after the trational station first a Sophianic 'station' and then a deeper meaning behind both the traditional and the Gnostic/Sophianic station. This is a work in progress and it may change over time.

The Stations of the Cross

1 Christ is condemned to death
a. Sophia yearns for the Pro-Pater
b. The seeker makes a decision to become dedicated to the path of Initiation and renounces the archons.
2 Christ takes up His cross
a Sophia movers toward the Pro-Pater’s reflected light
b. Initiation as a neophyte on the Path of Liberation
3 Christ falls for the first time
a. Sophia groans in Her longing to create as the Unknown Father had without
the aid of Her partner, the Logos.
b. Symbolic of human frailty and that life means suffering. Learning to govern one’s body.
4 Christ meets His mother
a: Sophia gives birth and in doing so becomes the Mother of all gods and humans.
b The initiate ‘discovers’ the need for the restoration of the lost Divine Feminine to her rightful place in worship and in his/her life.
5 Simon helps carry Christ cross
a: Sophia recognizes Her error and cries out for help
b: The initiate is no longer a neophyte but through trial has become a
dedicated disciple.
6 Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
a: The Logos hears Sophia’s cries of repentance
b: The disciple learns to balance the male and female energies within them.
He/She begins the process of making the inner as the outer, and the two
into one.
7 Christ falls for the second time
a. Sophia continues Her repentances and sings the praises of the Logos.
b. The illusions of Desire fail. Purifying wrong desire and the emotions
8 Christ speaks to the weeping women
a. Sophia feels compassion for Her creation and desires that Her creation
be liberated as well.
b. Recognizing that all beings are suffering. The disciple thinks not of his/her
own suffering but of those of others.
9 Christ falls for the third time
a Sophia continues crying out her repentances and praises to the Logos.
b The disciple learns to purify the mind
10 Christ is stripped of His garments
a Sophia final repentances have been consummated.
b The lower will and ego have been purified and those things which inhibit
the disciples quest for union with the Divine are renounced and cast off.
11 Christ is nailed to the cross
a Sophia is surrounded by the Light and is suspended between the material
world and the Pleroma
b Complete surrender to the Will of the Divine. The disciples calling as one
one of the elect is made sure.
12 Christ dies on the cross
a Sophia is restored to the Pleroma.
b The initiates path as a disciple is accomplished.
13 Christ is taken down from the cross
a Sophia elects to have a part of Herself remain in the material world to
guide and care for her creation.
b Liberation from all suffering from the illusions of the world.
14 Christ is laid in the tomb
a Zoe, Mary Magdalene others carry the spark of the Divine Feminine with
in them in such a way that we may follow their example
b The way is open for further initation by chosing to return to the cyclical
world and illuminate the Path for others.

Enjoy and as always adapt to your own needs.

M+