Jungian analyst June Singer regards the Gnostic Gospels of Nag Hammadi, written in the second century, as "articulations of the timeless longings of the human mind or soul to penetrate the mysteries of existence." The author of many books, including the best-selling Boundaries of the Soul, uses the eight offices of the Christian monastic tradition to organize her selections. Among the topics covered in her "meditations" are time and eternity, the powers of darkness, the ambivalence of the soul, the wisdom of the heart, the male and the female within, the quest for wholeness, and the "sparks of divinity" within each person.
In this sample passage, Singer praises Sophia: "Our feminine wisdom values truth more than information, permanence more than change. It is she in us who desires to see things whole, to see into things, to be able to anticipate and then to wait. When we are in touch with her we take the long view and are not seduced by expediency."