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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 66 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth

Section 13 (part 33)

προφερεστάτη ἐστὶν ἁπασέων. Αὗται δ᾽ Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ Τηθύος ἐξεγένοντο πρεσβύταται κοῦραι· πολλαί γε μέν εἰσι καὶ ἄλλαι. Τρὶς γὰρ χίλιαί εἰσι τανύσφυροι Ὠκεανῖναι, αἵ ῥα πολυσπερέες γαῖαν καὶ βένθεα λίμνης 365 πάντη ὁμῶς ἐφέπουσι, θεάων ἀγλαὰ τέκνα. Τόσσοι δ᾽ αὖθ᾽ ἕτεροι ποταμοὶ καναχηδὰ ῥέοντες, υἱέες Ὠκεανοῦ, τοὺς γείνατο πότνια Τηθύς· τῶν ὄνομ᾽ ἀργαλέον πάντων βροτὸν ἀνέρ᾽ ἐνισπεῖν, Οἳ δὲ ἕκαστοι ἴσασιν, ὅσοι περιναιετάωσιν. 370 Θεία δ᾽ Ἠέλιόν τε μέγαν λαμπράν τε Σελήνην Ἠῶ θ᾽, ἣ πάντεσσιν ἐπιχθονίοισι φαείνει ἀθανάτοις τε θεοῖσι, τοὶ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἔχουσι, γείναθ᾽ ὑποδμηθεῖσ᾽ Ὑπερίονος ἐν φιλότητι.
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Anthropomorphismtheology

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

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Emanation Hierarchycosmology

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.

[auto] The text outlines a genealogical chain where Night (Nyx) gives birth to various divine personifications like Nemesis, Strife, and the Fates.

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Living Godtheology

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

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Numerical Mysticismtheology

Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.

[auto] The passage explicitly names the triad of Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos) as a structured group governing mortal existence.

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Sacred Namestheology

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

The text consists primarily of a litany of divine names, which in ancient contexts held ontological significance.

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Shared concept: Emanation Hierarchy — 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. (derived)
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Shared concept: Sacred Names — Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice. (derived)
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and all things are moved by a longing for the Beautiful and Good, to accomplish every outward work and form every act of will. And true reasoning will also dare to affirm that even the Creator of all things Himself yearneth after all thing…”
Shared concept: Living God — The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality. (derived)
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Starting from this, it becomes easy to understand how nature herself could have taught primeval mankind, even without the help of its divine instructors, the first principles of a numerical and geometrical symbol language.* Hence one finds…”
Shared concept: Numerical Mysticism — Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality. (derived)
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Thomas Maurice reproduces the above engraving, which is modification of the elaborate tree on the preceding page. The Sephiroth are here superimposed, decreasing in size as they decrease in power and dignity. Thus, the Crown is the greate…”
Shared concept: Numerical Mysticism — Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality. (derived)
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For just as, supposing we were in thought to represent the soul itself in bodily shape, and represent this indivisible substance as surrounded by bodily parts, we should, in such a case, give the surrounding parts a different meaning suited…”
Shared concept: Anthropomorphism — Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery. (derived)