We invite women who wish to create a community for exploring and practicing the   wisdom and compassion of the divine feminine to register for this year’s Sophia Circle.
DATES /TIMES (are all THURSDAYS from 6:30 -9pm )
THEMES honoring an interfaith aspect of Sophia in our lives and in the world are:

October 1:   Her ABUNDANCE
November 5:   Her WISE COMPASSION  
December 3:   Her DARKNESS
January 14:   Her SILENCE 
February 4:   Her RADIANCE
March 11:   Her SIMPLICITY 
April 29:   Her BLOOMING
June 10:   Her FRUITION

EXPECTATIONS:  Sophia’s Circle is limited to 12 women.  If you register, please be willing to prepare for and participate in all the sessions so community can strengthen.
FACILITATOR:  Paula Hirschboeck, Co-Director of Wisdom’s Well
PLAN OF THE EVENINGS:  We share light refreshment as we gather and “check in.”  Then Paula offers a presentation on the interfaith theme of Sophia for the month.  This is followed by contemplative time, dialogue and ritual. More refreshments follow.
LOCATION:  We will meet at Still Point Farm(about 40 min. south of Madison near Brooklyn – carpooling if we choose) in October and November, April and June.  During the winter months we decide on locations together.
COST:  $90 covers all sessions and materials.   (Refreshments are volunteered by group members.)  $45 secures your space.  The balance is due by Dec. 3.
Sophia's circle is now full so REGISTRATION is closed for this year.

       WHO IS SOPHIA?
In the West, divine wisdom is known as Sophia.   In the East she is Mother Tao and Prajnaparamita.  Sometimes she is recognized as incarnate in Mary and Kuan Yin.  Indigenous peoples and others of Earth based spiritualities know her by many names, from Spider Woman to Danu to Tonantzin.  She is celebrated as the Soul of the World.  She is the wisdom of Earth as Gaia. The wisdom of evolution calling to us from the future is seen as a manifestation of Sophia.    These are just a few of her aspects which cross cultures, eras and faith traditions.   Many contemplatives say that manifesting Sophia’s wisdom and compassion is the task of our time.

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LITANY IN HONOR OF SOPHIA