Select Works, Section 351 (part 2)

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

The reference to 'one soul' and the question of derivatives following sources implies a singular undivided principle underlying multiplicity.

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 text directly investigates whether any part of the soul is 'sundered from the total,' addressing the ontological condition of separation.

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

The distinction between the 'total' soul and the 'vestige... present in the living body' suggests a hierarchical division within the soul's manifestation.

The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.

[auto] The author uses the vestige of light as a direct analogy to explain the presence of the soul in the body.

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

[auto] It questions whether any part of the soul is sundered from the total, touching on the undivided nature of the divine principle.

Fragments of divine light or spirit trapped inside material bodies, awaiting liberation and return to their source.

[auto] It investigates the vestige of the soul present in the living body as a fragment or phase of the total divine reality.

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 explicitly references secondary phases following their priors and derivatives following their sources.

The claim that the divine realm is present inside the individual, accessible without external mediation.

[auto] The inquiry focuses on the nature of the soul actually present inside the living body as a divine reality.

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

[auto] The passage posits that the soul in the body is never cut off from its total source, implying a continuous union.

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

[auto] The concept of being simultaneously one and many transcends the binary opposition of unity versus multiplicity.

Using apparent contradiction, reversal, or riddle to destabilise ordinary understanding and induce insight.

[auto] The text presents the paradoxical assertion that souls are simultaneously one and many to provoke philosophical inquiry.

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

[auto] The passage centrally questions whether all souls are simultaneously one soul and many, asserting a fundamental unity amidst multiplicity.