Most people were taught that Christ came alone. But the earliest followers understood something deeper. Christ was never meant to be separated from Sophia. The Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine move together. Christ restores. Sophia awakens. Together they reveal our original nature. When the Church erased Sophia, it split the story in half. It turned liberation into obedience. It turned awakening into worship. It turned inner knowing into external control. But the hidden texts tell a diff

'What do the mystics offer to the contemporary world? There are many things, but from my experience and conversations, I’d like to pick out just one, which is the way that they help to bring together the head with the heart.' Dr Edward Howells associate tutor in Christian Spirituality at Ripon College Cuddesdon . He will be joining Prof Bernard McGinn in the Into the #Mystics series, an online series of 10 sessions exploring 10 of the most important Mystics of all time, starting 23 January. More