I’ve always been transparent about being against modern religion and instead have spent the last decade-plus actively pursuing esoteric wisdom studies. My primary focus has always been recovering the role of Lady Wisdom in sacred texts. My journey with this started in canonical writings and was expanded upon by countless scholarly works, sacred texts, and ancient mythologies who also knew Lady Wisdom by many different names. While I recognize much of the canon has been altered by humans, there are certain portions that do hold a great deal of wisdom and magick (as do countless other sacred texts which I respect and cherish as well).
In Hebrew texts, Lady Wisdom is remembered as the Asherah that was violently dragged out of the temple(s) by kings in service of monotheistic belief systems. In Canaanite texts, Lady Wisdom is venerated as Asherah, Queen of the Heavens, but also under the names of her sisters, Astarte and/or Anat. Astarte is the main name I choose to use for the Great Lady as it honors the cosmic, galactic, and astral scale of her Wisdom. In Egyptian texts, she is also recognized as Astarte of Canaan grafted into their beliefs and also as Hathor and Isis. In Mesopotamian roots, she is brought to life through Hekate, the cosmic world soul. In Gnosticism, she is seen in Sophia, which literally means Wisdom. In Greek roots, she is seen through Astraea, goddess of the cosmos, and glimpses of her are seen in Aphrodite, Goddess of Love. In Celtic roots, she is seen in Danu, Brigid, and the Morrigan. In Babylonian and Sumerian roots, she is seen is Ishtar, Inanna, and Lilith. In Norse traditions, she is seen in Frigg. In Christian texts, she is seen in the Canaanite woman (a wink to Asherah and/or Astarte), the feminine Holy Spirit, Mary the Mother of the Lord, and Mary Magdalene. And the list of cultures and traditions who have mother goddesses of the heavens, war, birth-giving, life, destruction, creation, and everything in between, she is there.
