And then, in the next place, since some of those who were created were not to be always willing to remain unchangeable and unalterable in the calm and moderate enjoyment of the blessings which they possessed, but, in consequence of the good which was in them being theirs not by nature or essence, but by accident, were to be perverted and changed, and to fall away from their position, therefore was the Word and Wisdom of God made the Way. And it was so termed because it leads to the Father those who walk along it. (Book I, Chapter 2, Part 4)

God is ultimate essence, original and unchangeable reality.

We are, according to Origen, accident and changeable.

We are certainly changeable and prone to accident. Does this confirm our essential character? Or is this merely a shadowy form that distracts from the more essential source? (I can play with Plato too).

For many Christians this is the day we celebrate the incarnation, the day when Word and Wisdom and Way became flesh and dwelt among us.

God chose to clarify and confirm the Way by assuming a human body, in our space, in our temporality, in our flux. This suggests - at least to this accident-prone, perverse, and changeable creature - the body has an essential role to play in any Wisdom.