Select Works, Section 227 (part 2)

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

The passage references mythological personifications such as Penia (Poverty), Poros (Possession), and Aphrodite.

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

The universe is described as a 'blissful god', attributing living qualities to 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 text explicitly draws an analogy between the human constitution ('A man is the man's Soul') and the cosmic structure ('the world's Soul').

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

The reference to 'Essential-Being' from which all spirits spring suggests a singular first principle.

Division of the human being into three principles: spirit (pneuma), soul (psyche), and body/matter (hyle or soma).

The text distinguishes between 'Spirit-Kind,' 'Soul,' and 'body' within the discussion of the Kosmos's composition.

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

The text notes that various spirits are 'sprung from the same Essential-Being', indicating an underlying unity.

The material body viewed as a prison, tomb, or source of error that hinders spiritual knowledge and return.

[auto] The passage implies that the compound nature involving body renders the Kosmos needy and deficient compared to the pure Soul.

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

[auto] The text contrasts the 'compound' nature of the Kosmos (body and soul) with the Soul itself, highlighting the simplicity of higher principles.

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 passage discusses the relationship between 'Essential-Being', 'Supernals', and the 'Kosmos', implying a hierarchical structure of existence.