>>512754674>The Kabbalistic tree of life Indeed, but it goes all the way back to the Sumerians. I am not familiar enough with gnosticism to comment too much, I am much more familiar with eastern ways, but I will say Wufang-Shangdi is Saturn in Taoism, and he is accredited for being the one creating the material world through his "chis" influence.
From what I understand Christ uplifts Sophia, perhaps uplifting Shakti which is within you is the meaning of uplifting Sophia.
For the record the name YHWH in the OT is a cover for Shiva and Shakti creating. Yod has 3 aspects, the beginning, center, and end. Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and is the origin of Jewish phallic emblems and as you probably know lingams are Hindu phallic emblems for the pure consciousness. They combine with Shekhinah, the second letter, to begin to create through a process represented by the six-pointed star named the Shatkona officially and improperly the "Star of David" so right off the bat you've got symbolism for a God which all carry a spark of.
Perhaps the grand trick is literalism. The fall is me and you sitting here talking like we are right now, in bodies of flesh and bone. Original sin, death, you know.