Select Works, Section 111

Malevolent planetary rulers or demiurgic powers that govern the material world and obstruct the soul's ascent.

The passage critiques the concept of planetary bodies acting as independent rulers over human morality and fate, a notion associated with archonic powers.

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

The contrast between the 'One Being' and the multiplicity of separate members implies the undivided nature of the divine source.

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.

The text describes a Sovereign Unity standing as the source of all forms of Being and delegating tasks to separate members in subordinate association.

The absolutely simple, undivided first principle from which all multiplicity and existence flows.

The reference to a 'One Being' controlling the scheme aligns with the concept of a singular first principle.

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

The text contrasts the fragmented agency of stars with the implied necessity of a 'One Being' controlling the entire scheme.

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

[auto] The passage explicitly critiques attributing human desires and incontinence to celestial bodies like Mars and Aphrodite.

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.

[auto] The passage centrally argues for a single ruling principle and first cause actively ordering the cosmos and human affairs against independent stellar determinism.