What is the Gnostic Holy Eucharist?
The Gnostic Mystery of the Eucharist is a beautifully designed ceremony that represents in ritual form, the saga of Sophia, the feminine principle of Divinity as she descends into matter, becomes imprisoned, is liberated and eventually redeemed. It is her voice, the voice of Holy Sophia, which is also our own inner divine feminine that spurs us toward wholeness against all odds. Sophia’s liberation and redemption is not only for herself but for all souls; or in Gnostic terminology, for all “sparks” that are lost in the darkness of matter. While the liturgy is based mainly on the Gnostic mythology of the Holy Sophia 1 it is imbued with the work of the 16 th Century visionary and Kabbalist Rabbi Isaac Luria 2 and with material derived from the Holy Order of Mary Magdalene 3. The creator of the ritual is Rosamonde Ikshvaku Miller, who is the Bishop/Hierophant of the Order. The ceremony was passed onto Elizabeth Kelley upon her ordination into the Order in June of 1995 and has been only sl
