Select Works, Section 355 (part 2)

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 explains that each item is a member of the whole and that modification in parts serves the durability of the All, implying interconnectedness.

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 describes the 'fulfillment of the natural unhindered life' and a 'final purpose,' indicating an ordering toward intelligible ends.

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

The text acknowledges the 'single thing' as a concept distinct from the multiplicity of forms, referencing the principle of undivided being.

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.

Mentions of 'forms of being' and 'stages' imply a structured hierarchy of existence flowing from the source.

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

The 'final purpose' and ordering of forms suggest an underlying rational principle directing the cosmos.

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

[auto] The text explicitly describes the ultimate reality as a 'one living being' possessing a 'natural unhindered life' that is active and dynamic.

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

[auto] The reference to the 'single thing' that could not stand alone alludes to the Neoplatonic One or Monad as the source of multiplicity.

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

[auto] The passage presents the philosophical paradox that the permanence of the All demands varying forms and modification rather than static unchangeability.

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

[auto] The passage centrally argues that all forms constitute a single 'one living being' and emphasizes the concern for the whole to which each item is a member.