Sophia uppmärksammas även i teosofin, vars grundare Helena Blavatsky, beskrivit Sophia som en esoterisk visdomsdoktrin, och att "visdom" var "en emanation av den gudomliga principen "exemplifierad av"...några gudinnor — Metis, Neitha, Athena och den gnostiska Sophia..."
Helena Blavatsky, the founder of Theosophy, described it in her essay What is Theosophy? as an esoteric wisdom doctrine, and said that the "Wisdom" referred to was "an emanation of the Divine principle" typified by "...some goddesses—Metis, Neitha, Athena, the Gnostic Sophia..."WikiMatrix WikiMatrix