The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 72 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 39)
428 ᾮ δ᾽ ἐθέλει, μεγάλως παραγίγνεται ἠδ᾽ ὀνίνησιν· ἔν τε δίκῃ βασιλεῦσι παρ᾽ αἰδοίοισι καθίζει, 434 ἔν τ᾽ ἀγορῇ λαοῖσι μεταπρέπει, ὅν κ᾽ ἐθέλῃσιν· 430 ἠδ᾽ ὁπότ᾽ ἐς πόλεμον φθεισήνορα θωρήσσωνται ἀνέρες, ἔνθα θεὰ παραγίγνεται, οἷς κ᾽ ἐθέλῃσι νίκην προφρονέως ὀπάσαι καὶ κῦδος ὀρέξαι.
433 Ἐσθλὴ δ᾽ αὖθ᾽ ὁπότ᾽ ἄνδρες ἀεθλεύωσιν ἀγῶνι, 435 ἔνθα θεὰ καὶ τοῖς παραγίγνεται ἠδ᾽ ὀνίνησιν· νικήσας δὲ βίῃ καὶ κάρτεϊ καλὸν ἄεθλον ῥεῖα φέρει χαίρων τε, τοκεῦσι δὲ κῦδος ὀπάζει.
Ἐσθλὴ δ᾽ ἱππήεσσι παρεστάμεν, οἷς κ᾽ ἐθέλῃσιν.
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Prayerpraxis
Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.
[auto] The passage explicitly describes humans calling upon Hecate and notes that she responds to prayers if propitious.
All passages →Ritual Puritypraxis
The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine.
The text stipulates that humans must perform holy good things according to law as a condition for divine favor.
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neoplatonism|Iamblichus: On the Mysteries|Chapter VIII-bb
“65, when he says, “The cathartic prayer is that which is offered for the purpose of averting diseases originating from pestilence, and other contagious distempers, such as we have written in our temples .” Καθαρτικαι δε (ευχαἰ, επι αποτροπα…”
Shared concept: Prayer — Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward. (derived)
neoplatonism|Iamblichus: On the Mysteries|Chapter XXVI-a
“Since, however, prayers are not the smallest [but on the contrary a very great] part of sacrifices, especially give completion to them, and through these the whole operation of them is corroborated and effected; and since, besides 271 this,…”
Shared concept: Prayer — Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward. (derived)
zoroastrianism|Avesta (Gathas)|Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXVIII, Section 1a
“1.
(A strengthening blessing 1 is the thought, a blessing is the word, a blessing is the deed of the righteous Zarathu s tra.
May the Bountiful Immortals 2 accept and help on 3 the chants.
Homage to you, O sacred Gâthas 4 !) 2.
With ven…”
Shared concept: Prayer — Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward. (derived)
neoplatonism|Select Works of Plotinus|Select Works, Section 67
“Section 6 6. For, as the ancient teaching was, moral-discipline and courage and every virtue, not even excepting Wisdom itself, all is purification. Hence the Mysteries with good reason adumbrate the immersion of the unpurified in filth, ev…”
Shared concept: Ritual Purity — The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine. (derived)
western_esoteric|The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite)|Page 38 (part 1)
“Click to view DEVIL FROM HEARNE'S PRINT OF THE "DESCENT INTO HELL." Engraved by Michael Burghers , c.
1676.
CHAPTER I The Preparation of the Operator § 1.
Concerning the Love of God THE rites of so-called Transcendental Magic are, ex hyp…”
Shared concept: Ritual Purity — The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine. (derived)