Union with the Woman of Light – Holy Mother

According to the Kabbalah, in the beginning Or Ain Sof (the Light of the Infinite) pervaded endless space and, thus, Godself filled endless space, infinitely in all directions. The first action of creation was Tzimtzum-Constriction, in which God withdrew into Godself, leaving a Great Void of Infinite Space in which creation could take place. In others words, God made space in Godself for creation. The masters of the Tradition say that this Great Void of Infinite Space is God’s Womb. Thus, God the Father (Abba) and God the Mother (Aima) appear, though, indeed, God is beyond the duality of male or female, Father or Mother.

It cannot be said that Endless Space was created, for though Or Ain Sof filled it, it is Primordial and was ever-present in the midst of the Primordial Light. This Infinite spaciousness is Uncreated Sophia – Mother Sophia (Wisdom). Within her we live and move and have our being, and the whole of creation appears. She is within creation as the space in which everything exists, yet she is ever beyond creation as the space of Ain Sof (the Infinite), which is the space of God and Godhead – the One-Without-End.

She is the Primordial Ground and Matrix – the Space of Creation and the Nature of Consciousness, as revealed in the Melchizedek Transmission. Light and Darkness appear in her, and all the Cosmic Forces: Divine Forces, Titanic Forces and Dark Forces. Because she is never changed by anything that appears in her, but remains ever pure and pristine, she is called the Holy Virgin. Yet, because all Cosmic Forces appear in her, Divine, Titanic and Demonic, she is called the Whore. She is exclusive and all-inclusive at one and the same time, Our Mother.

One who knows the nature of Consciousness and is Self-realized has acquired Gnosis of Mother Sophia, and it is this Gnosis which is called Enlightenment and in which Supernal or Christ Consciousness is born. Therefore, she is called the Mother of Christ – Mother of all the Holy Ones. In the Gnostic Gospel she is personified by Mother Mary, the Mother of Yeshua Messiah, the One Anointed with the Supernal Light of God.

Mother Mary is Mother Sophia – Uncreated Wisdom, and St. Mary Magdalene is Daughter Sophia – Created Wisdom, and, in truth, the Mother and Daughter are one and the same Divine Sophia. Yet, the Holy Mother corresponds to Pure Being and the Daughter to the Ever-Becoming, so that it is said of Holy Sophia, “She moves and moves not.” According to the masters of the Tradition, everything in the Holy Gospel transpires with, in and through the Divine Mother, and she is the Ground of it all. Just as without the Element of Spirit-Space nothing would appear, so without the Mother the Light of the Cross would not shine forth and no one would be Christed.

The Mother is the Voice of Silence that speaks the Logos-Word of God, and she gives birth to herself in the Bride and Bridegroom, so that through her the Face of the Father is revealed and the One-Without-End is made known. She is the Throne upon which the Image and Likeness of Yahweh appears, and she is all Divine Images of Light that appear in the Light-Continuum – to know the Holy Mother is to know oneself and to give birth to Christ in oneself. She is the All in All, within yet ever transcendent; blessed be God the Mother and the Mother of God!

Now here we speak words and generate thoughts, but the Gnosis of Mother Sophia is not in our words or thoughts, nor in anything that arises in the mind. Indeed, though everywhere within, she is ever beyond, and therefore Supernal or Supramental. To know her one must experience her – one must abide in Pure Radiant Awareness at-one with the Primordial Ground of Infinite Space.

What is written here is, itself, a contemplation and meditation of the Holy Mother, and there is much more that may be said of her – the body of inner and secret teachings of Mother Sophia is vast in the Tradition. Yet, direct experience and gnosis of her will not come through words and is not to be found in books, but in life and in one’s soul and nowhere else. In truth she is oneself and she is more – she is the essence of oneself, the Essence of the Self of every self and Soul of every soul. Such is Mother Sophia.

For this reason the adepts and masters of the Tradition have generated many meditations with the Partzuf of Aima or Mother Sophia, so that drawing near unto her and experiencing her, we might gain Knowledge and Understanding of her and grow in Wisdom. Here is one of the most common Partzuf Meditations of the Holy Mother, which is called Union with the Woman of Light.

Union with the Woman of Light Meditation

Sit in a place you will not be disturbed and abide in Primordial Meditation. This, itself, is the most essential meditation of Mother Wisdom, but if true Gnosis does not dawn from this simplicity of Pure Being, then shift your awareness to the Heart Center and envision in your heart the Image of the Spiritual Sun, our Io Adonai indwelling.

Contemplate your body as the Womb of the Mother, and the Spiritual Sun as her Holy Child – meditate on your body as the Virgin Mother giving birth to your Holy Soul to the Infinite and Eternal. This, itself, is a fundamental meditation of the Holy Mother – if Gnosis of her dawns abide with it.

Let your heart be your guide and when the time comes and your heart wishes to speak itself, envision a ray of light shooting forth from your heart and magically appearing as the Woman of Light before you.

The Image of the Woman of Light: This Divine Image appears in Revelations 12:1-2. She is a Woman of Light, giving birth to a Child of Light, her body shining like the sun, with a crown of twelve stars, standing on the orb of the moon, full of Grace and radiant with Divine Glory. Her image is formed of translucent light, like a rainbow, yet she is a Great and Brilliant Light-Presence.

Envision the Woman of Light, Mother Israel, and feel her and smell her and taste her and hear her – be fully present with her, opening your mind and heart and life to her. Contemplate your Soul of Light as the child in her Womb, and infinite space within and around you as her Divine Body. Pray to her and commune in her, knowing her as your True Mother, the Mother of all mothers, Woman of all women – the Womb of All.

When your heart moves you, take up the chant of the Woman of Light: Ha Isha Ha Elyona Aima Israel (“Woman of Light, Mother Israel”)

As you chant her chant, envision rays of light streaming from her Divine Body pouring out upon you, purifying you and consecrating you, blessing and empowering you in the Continuum of the Light-Transmission. It is as though you are being born as a Child of Light in her presence and as though in her you remember yourself in the World of Supernal Light. Envision this light pouring over you and pervading you, transforming every cell and every particle of matter in your body into Fiery-Light, so that gradually you grow more and more self-radiant, until your body shines with brilliant translucent light like her body, and you are as she is – the Image of your Mother.

At the conclusion of the chant when Silence comes, abide in the silence as long as it lasts, whether an instant or a prolonged period of time. Then, envision the Image of the Divine Mother dissolving into fluid light and that Divine Light pouring down through the top of your head into your Heart Center. Contemplate your heart as a Heart-Womb and the whole world within it – a Great Sphere of Light encompassing the Good Earth, and let love and compassion for all beings as your fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, and little ones dawn, and let love for all creatures and God shine from within you. Pray for the resurrection and ascension of the Good Earth, and pray to be as the Mother in the Great Work.

Then, take up the simple chant of the Holy Mother holding this love in your heart and holding this wish in your mind: Ama-Aima

When the chant is concluded imagine that you merge with the Holy Mother completely – your mind becoming as her Divine Mind, your heart as her Sacred Heart and Womb, your body as her Emanation Body; be at-one with the Divine Mother.

In closing, pray for the extension of the Light of the Cross, and the Divine Illumination of all beings.

Walk in the world as though walking in the Abode and Body of the Holy Mother, aware of the Sacred Unity in which all things live and move and have their being; all sounds let be as her Heavenly Voice; all thoughts and emotions that arise receive as her Divine Wisdom. Know you are in her and she is in you, and that you are inseparable from her in body and in soul – this is Gnosis of the Divine Mother. Amen.

This is a powerful practice. In the Presence of the Woman of Light no darkness or evil can enter and in her Divine Presence is all healing. Many have experienced Divine Illumination through this practice and acquired all manner of wonder-working powers. Of this practice we may say, its essence is the Sacred Heart of Love and Compassion.