Chapter XXVIb

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 passage describes a 'perfect conspiracy and cooperation' of the sacerdotal discipline where parts are 'connascent' and entirely conjoined through one connexion.

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The text implies divine ordering through the perfect conspiracy of ritual practices.

The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.

The passage explicitly states that those who wish to be 'genuinely conjoined to the Gods' must exercise all parts of the discipline similarly.

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

The text discusses how prayer and sacrifice confer sacred power in divine concerns and are mutually corroborative.

The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine.

The passage emphasizes the necessity of not neglecting the 'concord' of the sacerdotal discipline for union with the Gods.

The doctrine — central to Eastern Orthodox and Maximian theology — that the human person is progressively transformed into a partaker of the divine nature by grace, not merely justified or united in passing ecstasy.

The goal described is being 'conjoined to the Gods,' implying a transformation into a divine state through ritual practice.

Iamblichean ritual practice that engages the gods directly through consecrated material symbols and actions, on the premise that divine power descends into properly prepared matter — distinct from philosophical contemplation alone.

The passage centrally discusses the sacerdotal discipline and its parts as a means of achieving union with the Gods through proper exercise.