Chapter Vd

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

The passage explicitly defines God by negation, stating He is not a Thinking Subject, Act of Thought, or Object of Thought.

The material body viewed as a prison, tomb, or source of error that hinders spiritual knowledge and return.

The text distinguishes divine reality from inanimate matter and material life, implying the former is deficient or obstructive to true knowledge.

Ontological opposition between two primal principles (light/darkness, truth/lie, spirit/matter) as the fundamental structure of reality.

The passage contrasts the ultimate Reality with relativity and material existence, establishing an ontological opposition between the divine and the deficient world.

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

The ultimate Reality is described as beyond objectivity and relativity, indicating a radical concealment from ordinary perception.

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

The passage emphasizes knowing only oneself in their Super-Essence rather than through external objects or thought.

The absolutely simple, undivided first principle from which all multiplicity and existence flows.

The ultimate Reality is described as a singular, undivided source that transcends multiplicity and categories like Truth or Error.

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

The text describes the ultimate Reality knowing all things in their Super-Essence through a direct, non-objective knowledge.

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

The passage uses contradictory statements such as God being richer than positive existence yet more simple than abstraction to describe the divine nature.

The recognition of one's own true divine nature as the primary path to liberation; 'know thyself' as soteriology.

The text states that the ultimate Reality knows only itself and all things in their Super-Essence through this singular knowing.

The doctrine that all existence is ultimately one substance or one divine reality; non-duality as a theological claim.

The passage suggests that knowing oneself reveals the knowledge of all things in their Super-Essence, implying an underlying ontological unity.