Kayla AdamsProfessor ZimmerlePHIL 4431 22D1 April 2014The Nag Hammadi Library: The Divine and Spiritual Feminine PrincipleIn the Nag Hammadi Library, there are a multitude of texts that revolve around various themes present in religion. The texts chosen for analysis are The Thunder: Perfect Mind, The Thought of Norea, The Sophia of Jesus Christ and The Exegesis of the Soul. A parallel that can be drawn between each of these texts are their references to the female presence as divine in nature and the spiritual principles that this presence conveys. Each of these texts shares similarities and is significant in different ways regarding the message conveyed and understood and how they are interpreted. In the first selected text, The Thunder: Perfect Mind, there is only one character. This individual refers to themselves only as "she" and is described as anything. This person is everything; whether it contradicts itself or not, and it is everywhere. This oxymoronic nature is shown when he states, “For I am knowledge and ignorance. They are shame and audacity." This is an indication that the presence is spiritual as only a goddess-like individual has the potential to be able to do something of that nature. The lyrics are written in poetry format and the lyrics flow due to the repetitive nature. Many lines of the poem begin with the words “I am” and the constant return to this phrase is an indication of power and the fact that this being is everywhere and sees everything, both good and bad. The text begins with the woman describing herself in general as coming from power, and as she progresses she points to all the other places that… in the center of the card… this indicates strength in the female presence. Inclusively, although some of the events taking place in the four texts were upsetting, the overall message that came out of them was positive in nature. Each of the messages depicted was conveyed through some sort of female presence, physical or spiritual. The stories revolved around the unification or distinction of teachings and were very effective in their range of messages. The message of The Thunder: Perfect Mind was that women were portrayed as everything and the importance of unification, Norea's thought with women being celestial and can be healed again through divine intervention, The Sophia of Jesus Christ using a woman's name for wisdom to indicate the importance of the infinity of the universe and finally Exegesis of the Soul using a woman to indicate the sanctity of marriage.