The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 117 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 84)
Κάδμῳ δ᾽ Ἁρμονίη, θυγάτηρ χρυσέης Ἀφροδιτης, 975 Ἰνὼ καὶ Σεμέλην καὶ Ἀγαυὴν καλλιπάρῃον Αὐτονόην θ᾽, ἣν γῆμεν Ἀρισταῖος βαθυχαίτης, γείνατο καὶ Πολύδωρον ἐυστεφάνῳ ἐνὶ Θήβῃ.
[Κούρη δ᾽ Ὠκεανοῦ, Χρυσάορι καρτεροθύμῳ μιχθεῖσ᾽ ἐν φιλότητι πολυχρύσου Ἀφροδίτης, 980 Καλλιρόη τέκε παῖδα βροτῶν κάρτιστον ἁπάντων, Γηρυονέα, τὸν κτεῖνε βίη Ἡρακληείη βοῶν ἕνεκ᾽ εἰλιπόδων ἀμφιρρύτῳ εἰν Ἐρυθείῃ.] Τιθωνῷ δ᾽ Ἠὼς τέκε Μέμνονα χαλκοκορυστήν, Αἰθιόπων βασιλῆα, καὶ Ἠμαθίωνα ἄνακτα.
985 Αὐτὰρ ὑπαὶ Κεφάλῳ φιτύσατο φαίδιμον υἱόν, ἴφθιμον Φαέθοντα, θεοῖς ἐπιείκελον ἄνδρα.
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Anthropomorphismtheology
Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
[auto] The passage explicitly attributes human physical features ('feet') to the immortal beings.
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Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.
The text explicitly commands the invocation of the race of gods and the Muses.
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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)
western_esoteric|The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus)|Chapter XIV (part 6)
“The second, symbolized by Eye, is the origin of feminine Grace, of Authority.
We have seen that Power and Authority find their equilibrium in Love.
Each man, a reflected molecule of humanity made in its image, contains in himself an Adam,…”
Shared concept: Anthropomorphism — Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery. (derived)
neoplatonism|Iamblichus: On the Mysteries|Chapter XIV
“Concerning another kind of divination, also, you say as follows: “ Others who are conscious what they are doing in other respects, are divinely inspired according to the phantastic part, some indeed receiving darkness for a cooperator, othe…”
Shared concept: Anthropomorphism — Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery. (derived)
renaissance_hermeticism|The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori)|Third Dialogue-b
“It is not a fury of black bile which sends him drifting outside of judgment, reason, and acts of prudence, and tossed by the discordant tempest, like those who, having violated certain laws of the divine Adrastia, are condemned to be scourg…”
Shared concept: Anthropomorphism — Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery. (derived)
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)
christian_mysticism|The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme|Chapter 11 (part 2)
“Thereby each form had its own particular state of perception and sensation, and the divine state did not mingle in such a manner (with the terrestrial form) as to cause the former to be diminished, but remained what it was (before the incar…”
Shared concept: Anthropomorphism — Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery. (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)