EXCERPTS FROM STOBJSUS. 119 



the Soul, not simply generate along with it. But some of 

 them energize along with the generating the Man, heing 

 together with (a) the Soul as to things irrational ; but the 

 purer energies according to change of the age energize 

 along with the rational part of the Soul. But the Energies 

 themselves are dependent (6) from the bodies. And from 

 the Divine bodies, these the bodymaking come into things- 

 mortal ; and each of them energizes either about the Body 

 or the Soul. And they are congenerate (c) with the Soul 

 itself apart from body. Always are there energies, but 

 not always is the Soul in mortal body, for it is able to be 

 apart from the body; but the Energies cannot be apart 

 from the bodies. This is a sacred word, Child! Body 

 indeed cannot subsist apart from Soul, but the To Be (d) 

 can. 



Tat. How sayst thou this, Father ! 



Hermes. Understand thus, O Son! The Soul having 

 been separated from the body, the Body itself remains; 

 but this the body during the time of the remaining (e) is 

 energized, being dissolved, and becoming formless (/) ; but 

 the body is not able to suffer these things apart from 

 Energy. There remains then with the Body the energy 

 itself of a separated Soul. This then is the difference of 

 immortal body and of mortal, that the immortal indeed 

 consisted of one matter, the other not, and the one makes, 

 the other is passive (#); for everything that is energizing 

 rules, but that energized is ruled, and the ruling indeed 

 being ordinative (A) and free, leads, but the servile is led. 

 The Energies then not only energize the Bodies with Souls, 

 but the bodies without souls ; woods, stones, and the others 

 like, both increasing and making fruitful, and cooking, and 

 corrupting, and liquefying, and putrefying, and breaking up, 

 and energizing the like, such as bodies without Souls are 

 capable to suffer. For Energy is called, O Child ! that very 

 same thing whatever ever is the thing generate ; for ever 



(a) opov. (6) 9)pT7if/.ivoii. (c) avyyiyvorroti. 



(d) TO tUvai. (e) TJJJ ?r/^o!/jj. (/) eisibsg. 



(fj) Tcaujy^i. (h) t 



