Chapter 1, Section 1e

Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.

The passage explicitly states that the ultimate Godhead is ineffable and Scripture only hints at its Nature by speaking of Its manifestations.

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

The text emphasizes that the ultimate Godhead is ineffable and Scripture can only hint at its Nature through Symbolical Revelation.

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The text describes God as the Universal Cause from whom all things came into being through Its bounty.

A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above.

The passage refers to God's 'beneficent Emanations' and the 'relative sphere' where manifestations occur.

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

The text states that these mysteries are learned from the Divine Scriptures rather than through faith or ritual alone.

Esoteric teachings reserved for those ready to receive them; outer meaning conceals an inner liberating truth.

The passage describes Scripture as providing a 'Symbolical Revelation' that hints at the ineffable Nature of God.

The divine spark or luminous quality residing within the human person, potentially recognisable through introspection.

God is referred to as a Power within our hearts that produces an unity in each individual.

The claim that the divine realm is present inside the individual, accessible without external mediation.

The text asserts that God's presence in man produces an unity in each individual and that He is a Power within our hearts.

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

God is described as active, present, and dynamic through His trinal working and presence in man.

The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.

The text describes how the presence of God in man produces an unity in each individual and knits diverse qualities into a mutual Godly union.

The dissolution of binary oppositions (male/female, inner/outer, above/below) as a mark of spiritual completion.

The text states that through the supernal conjunction of our diverse and separate qualities we are knit together into a mutual Godly union.

Using apparent contradiction, reversal, or riddle to destabilise ordinary understanding and induce insight.

The Trinity is called despite the ineffable One transcending unity.

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

The passage mentions that Scripture celebrates the Supreme Godhead with holy praises.

The soul's journey back to its divine origin, reversing the fall into matter through stages of purification or illumination.

The text mentions attaining to unity from which we derive our oneness with God.

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

The passage explicitly discusses the 'Divine Names' and their symbolic revelation in Scripture.

The doctrine — central to Eastern Orthodox and Maximian theology — that the human person is progressively transformed into a partaker of the divine nature by grace, not merely justified or united in passing ecstasy.

The text describes how God's presence in man produces an unity and knits diverse qualities into a mutual Godly union.