Section 1c

A form of meditation that uses imagery, imagination, or symbolic thought rather than purely empty stillness.

Footnote 257:2 explicitly mentions 'theoria' as a more profound understanding for the advanced in mystic science.

The Stoic and Plotinian doctrine that all parts of the cosmos are bound by hidden affinities, so that a movement in one part resonates through the whole; the metaphysical basis for astrology, magic, and divination.

The parallel between human planting and divine sowing implies a resonant connection between human and cosmic levels.

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

The text references 'things that are in darkness or secret' and the 'mychoi' (recesses), indicating a realm of divine concealment.

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.

God sows principles in distinct realms (Heaven, Earth, Universe), suggesting a structured flow of divine attributes.

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

The commentary highlights technical terms with secret meanings ('things that are in darkness or secret') reserved for the 'Inner Way'.

The human being as a small-scale image of the entire cosmos; the body, soul, and intellect mirroring the structure of the heavens and the divine — distinct from correspondence in that it makes the human the privileged mirror.

The analogy of the man planting trees mirrors God sowing in the universe, presenting the human action as a reflection of cosmic divine action.

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

The text refers to 'disciples of the Inner Way,' implying a spiritual elite distinct from the general populace.

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

The footnotes describe the soul's reception back into the 'bosom of the great Mother,' indicating a return to the origin.

The transmigration of the soul across lives.

The footnotes discuss the 'birth' and 'decease' of souls coming from and returning to the World-soul, implying cyclical transmigration.

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

[auto] The passage compares God's creative action directly to a man planting trees.

The Hermetic axiom that the structure of the cosmos is reflected at every scale — 'as above, so below; as within, so without' — making each level a legible map of the others.

[auto] The passage explicitly draws a parallel between human planting and God sowing principles ('In just the selfsame way'), embodying the 'as above, so below' axiom.

The doctrine that God has no parts, divisions, or composite attributes; pure undivided being.

[auto] God is described as 'one and the same' source behind diverse manifestations like Immortality and Change.

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

[auto] Footnotes reference the 'Inner Way' and 'mystic science,' indicating salvation through wisdom rather than ritual.

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

[auto] God is depicted as an active agent who 'sows' principles into Heaven, Earth, and the universe.

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

[auto] The passage explicitly enumerates 'four in all' divine principles sown by God, highlighting numbers as a structure of reality.

The doctrine that all existence is ultimately one substance or one divine reality; non-duality as a theological claim.

[auto] The text states that God and Genesis contain 'all that are,' emphasizing the ultimate oneness of existence.