Chapter LXXXIII
◆Divine Lighttheology
The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.
Light is a central metaphor throughout the passage, identified as God, the source of life, and the substance of faith.
All passages →◆Divine Simplicitytheology
The doctrine that God has no parts, divisions, or composite attributes; pure undivided being.
The three properties (Life, Love, Light) are described as existing in 'one Goodness,' hinting at the unity of divine attributes.
All passages →◆Emotional Epistemologysoteriology
The doctrine that emotions constitute a valid and necessary mode of knowing reality, complementing or surpassing intellectual cognition.
The text validates 'feeling' and 'sweet accord' as primary modes of knowing God alongside sight and reason.
All passages →◆Evil As Privationtheology
Augustinian and Plotinian doctrine that evil has no positive being of its own but is a lack, distortion, or absence of the good — denying ontological dualism while preserving moral seriousness.
The passage contrasts light (cause of life) with night (cause of pain and woe), framing evil as the absence or lack of divine light.
All passages →◆Gnosis Direct Knowledgesoteriology
Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.
The author claims salvation and understanding come through direct 'sight,' 'feeling,' and 'touching' of divine properties rather than mere intellectual assent.
All passages →◆Inner Lightanthropology
The divine spark or luminous quality residing within the human person, potentially recognisable through introspection.
Faith is explicitly defined as a 'light by nature' residing within the human person, derived from the divine Day.
All passages →◆Living Godtheology
The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
God is depicted as a dynamic, personal reality characterized by 'Life,' 'Love,' and active guidance ('leadeth us').
All passages →◆Logoscosmology
The divine reason, word, or ordering principle through which the universe was created; mediates between the transcendent God and the material world.
The text explicitly identifies 'Reason' as grounded in nature and present in God, functioning as a mediating principle of understanding.
All passages →◆Mystical Unionsoteriology
The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.
The passage expresses a desire for the human Reason to be 'oned' and 'cleave' to the divine Goodness.
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