Select Works, Section 444 (part 2)

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

The Intellectuals are described as 'invisible' and 'still more characteristically so' than seed principles.

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

The Soul's permanence depends on 'living in that other,' suggesting a state of union or attachment with the divine source.

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

The Soul is described as having no permanence except by 'attachment' and 'living in that other,' implying a need to remain connected to the source.

A form of meditation that uses imagery, imagination, or symbolic thought rather than purely empty stillness.

[auto] The passage discusses the act of 'seeing' the Intellectual Realm and itself as a primary activity of the Intellectual-Principle.

Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.

[auto] The text negates material attributes, stating one should not look for 'colour or shape' in the Intellectual realm.

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

[auto] The source is explicitly characterized as 'brilliant' and the Intellectuals are described in terms of visibility versus invisibility.

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

[auto] The source is described as 'self-intent' and the Intellectuals are of 'one same nature,' indicating 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.

[auto] The passage describes a hierarchy where the Soul is an image of its source (the Intellectual-Principle), which itself sees the Intellectual Realm.

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

[auto] The passage focuses on what the Intellectual-Principle 'sees' in seeing itself and the Intellectual Realm, emphasizing direct vision.

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

[auto] The text explicitly mentions the 'Reason-Principle' in seeds as identical with the soul or life-principle.

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

[auto] The source is described as 'self-sprung and self-intent' and 'primarily existent,' aligning with the concept of a simple first principle.

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

[auto] The text states that the Intellectuals are of 'one same nature with the Intellectual Realm which contains them.'