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Platonic recollection: knowledge as the soul's recovery of what it knew before birth, with learning as remembering rather than acquisition.

Actors bring to the play what they were before it was ever staged, implying pre-existence and prior knowledge.

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.

The Soul attunes itself to the whole Principle of the piece, suggesting a structural alignment between part and whole.

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 text states that all are members of this Principle, implying a binding connection between parts of the cosmos.

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 Soul adapts itself to the fortunes assigned within the drama of the Universe, reflecting the whole Principle in its individual part.

The dissolution of binary oppositions (male/female, inner/outer, above/below) as a mark of spiritual completion.

Good and bad are presented as opposed movements within one artistic plan where the opposition lies in the merit of the design.

The recognition of one's own true divine nature as the primary path to liberation; 'know thyself' as soteriology.

Actors bring their own quality to the play, suggesting that one's role is determined by inherent personal excellence or defect.

The felt condition of exile from one's divine origin — Rumi's reed flute torn from its bed, Plotinus's 'we have forgotten,' the Gnostic forgetfulness; the affective wound that complements return_to_source and gives the return its motive.

The world of sense is described as less a unity than the Reason-Principle, implying a state of deficiency or distance.

A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.

Partial members are urged towards fullness of life and unification, indicating an upward movement toward the divine.

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

All are members of the Reason-Principle, and the world's multiplicity is contrasted with the unity of its source.

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 text describes a Poet/Reason-Principle that actively assigns roles and orders the unfolding of human lives under a rational plan.

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

[auto] The Reason-Principle is contrasted with the sense world as being more unified and less multiplicitous.

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.

[auto] The text describes a flow from the unified Reason-Principle to the less unified, multiplicitous world of sense.

Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.

[auto] The passage concludes that souls receive punishment and reward at the end based on their conduct within the assigned role.

The divine reason, word, or ordering principle through which the universe was created; mediates between the transcendent God and the material world.

[auto] The passage explicitly centers on the 'Reason-Principle' as the ordering force and source of unity for the world of sense.

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

[auto] The text emphasizes a 'warmer desire for unification' and the urge towards fullness of life.

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

[auto] Partial members are described as straining towards their completing principle and desiring unification.