Front Matter, p. 93

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

[auto] The text describes the body as 'deadly bands,' 'garments of mortality,' and a 'region of sense' from which one must depart to find truth.

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

[auto] A strong ontological opposition is drawn between the 'regions of intellect' and the 'dark ocean of a material nature,' as well as truth versus commerce.

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

[auto] The text speaks of truth being in 'concealments' and the divine light being buried in the 'sordid gloom of sense.'

The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.

[auto] The text repeatedly references the 'celestial fire of philosophy,' 'divine light of mind,' and navigating by the 'light of ideas.'

Fragments of divine light or spirit trapped inside material bodies, awaiting liberation and return to their source.

[auto] The soul is described as having a 'ruined empire' to recover and possessing the 'divine light of mind,' implying a trapped divine fragment.

Texts and rituals guiding the soul through death.

[auto] The text is a Hymn to Death and includes commentary on the two kinds of death guiding the soul's separation from the body.

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

[auto] Salvation is framed through philosophy and 'lovers of wisdom' bringing truth from concealments rather than ritual or faith alone.

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

[auto] Truth is described as being in 'silent and sacred concealments' accessible only to those who vindicate ancient wisdom.

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

[auto] The passage refers to the 'divine light of mind' residing within the individual that must be recovered.

A spiritual elite who possess the divine spark and are predestined for salvation, contrasted with psychic (faithful) and hylic (material) persons.

[auto] The text addresses a 'liberal few' and 'votaries of truth,' contrasting them with the masses subject to commerce and barbaric taste.

The spiritual danger of attachment to material possessions; wealth as a spiritual obstacle.

[auto] The 'Dæmon of commerce' is depicted as crushing liberal pursuits, implying wealth and trade are spiritual obstacles.

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

[auto] The passage explicitly describes the soul's journey to arrive at its 'father's land' and recover the 'ruined empire of his soul,' reversing the fall into matter.

The transmigration of the soul across lives.

[auto] The footnote explicitly states that while passions reside in the soul, it will 'continually verge to another body,' indicating transmigration.

A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.

[auto] The passage outlines a staged journey departing from the 'region of sense' and directing course through the 'dark ocean' to arrive at the 'father's land.'

Division of the human being into three principles: spirit (pneuma), soul (psyche), and body/matter (hyle or soma).

[auto] The footnote distinguishes between nature, body, and soul (with passions), reflecting a layered anthropological view.