Wisdom 7:22-30, 8:1

The Bible translation used here is the Jerusalem Bible. The Book of Wisdom is part of the Apocrypha, a collection of books which are not part of Hebrew scripture, and are not a part of the Protestant canon. It is interesting to note that the two churchs that have a strong Goddess tradition, the Catholic and Orthodox churches, include the Book of Wisdom in their canons.

For within her is a spirit intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, active, incisive, unsullied, lucid, invulnerable, benevolent, sharp, irresistable, beneficient, loving to man, steadfast, dependable, unperturbed, almighty, all-surveying, penetrating all intelligent, pure and most subtle spirits; for Wisdom is quicker to move than any motion; she is so pure, she peravades and permeates all things.

She is a breath of the power of God, pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; She is a reflection of the eternal light, untarnished mirror of God's active power, image of his goodness.

Although alone, she can do all; herself unchanging, she makes all things new, In each generation she passes into holy souls, she makes them friends of God and prophets; for God loves only the man who lives with Wisdom. She is indeed more splendid than the sun, she outshines all the constellations; compared with light, she takes first place, for light must yield to night, but over Wisdom evil can never truimph. She deploys her strength from one end of the earth to the other, ordering all things for good.

 
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