Hymn LXXIX. THE NORTH WIND

Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.

[auto] Themis is described with human characteristics such as being a virgin with beauteous eyes and a divinely bright form.

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

[auto] The text addresses the Goddess as an active, personal reality capable of hearing prayer and blessing mystic rites.

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

[auto] The text is an explicit liturgical hymn directly addressing and petitioning the deity Boreas.

Fire as medium of divine presence.

[auto] The hymn specifies fumigation from frankincense, a practice that utilizes fire to create sacred smoke as a medium of offering.

The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine.

[auto] The mention of fumigation and mystic rites implies a context requiring ritual cleanliness or sanctification for divine encounter.

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

[auto] The passage explicitly invokes Themis by name and epithets as part of a liturgical prayer intended to summon her presence.

Iamblichean ritual practice that engages the gods directly through consecrated material symbols and actions, on the premise that divine power descends into properly prepared matter — distinct from philosophical contemplation alone.

The passage includes specific ritual instructions (fumigation) alongside invocation to engage the deity through material symbols.