514; 
Doy ay lerod Snes yOovos ornsourtys 
_ . (c) The wild beatis of the earth fhall inha- 
bit thy veffel. 
Exletves muotvay youy 
Epyov ex’ EUTESINC, REUSOY % TWLAe TayTels. 
By extending a fiery intellect (d) to the work 
of piety, you will alfo preterve the flowing 
body. 
Ex 2 apa nodrwy 
Faris Jowousuor yGoviot xuyecs ovmel oAndec 
Enc Bouwlw evdor teinyurlec. 
From the bofom theréfore of the earth ter- 
reftrial dogs (e) leap forth, who never exhibit a 
true figs to mortal man. 
Weevle Vor Eker: EGE m1 % BA) Trencedwne 
Brvleow, ov mewlay xritelas eye, CLO LW. 
The Father (f) perte€ted all things, and de- 
Iivered them to the fecond intelle& (g), which 
the nations of men call the firft. 
Al Tsbyet mevorrwy wylesceet. 
‘The furies are the bonds of men (A). 
Eup Sorw ysee meeloinog VOOS EC TTELDE THs buyers. 
The paternal intelie&t difieminated fymbols (i) 
in fouls. 
Bir cwue dimoviwy buyar undeowlelar. 
(£) Thole fouls that leave the body with vio- 
Tence are the moft pure. iN 
“Or: -buyn rue Cuvapree melpas ovces PweLyoVy 
Adevelos Te prever % Cons Seamlic ect. 
Ket toy et x97 f40U Toda, TAnewiLele ROnTOV. 
The foul being a fplendid fire, through the 
power of the father remains immortal, is the 
mi(trefs (/) of life, and poffeffes many  perfec- 
tions of the bofoms of the world. 
* Tielne ov poSov avSowrnels mew do? emiy sete 
The father did not hurl forth fear, but in- 
fufed perfuafion (m). 

divine powers about the Father of the univerfe ; 
and the empyrean beauties of the demiurgic 
fountains. 
(-) By the veffel is meant the compofite 
temperature of the foul; and by the wild beats 
of the earth, terreftrial demons. Thefe, there- 
fore, will refide in the foul which is replete with 
irrational affetions. . , 
(4) i.e. An intelle& full of divine light. 
{¢) 7. e. Material dzemens. 
(/) i.e. Saturn. 
(g) i.e. Jupiter. 
(4) That is, the powers that punifh guilty 
fouls, bind them to their material paffions, and 
in thefe, as it »vere, fuffocate them: fuch pu- 
uifhment being finally the means of purifica- 
tion. Nor do thefe powers only alia the vi- 
clous, but even fuch as convert themfelves to 
an immaterial effence ; for thefe, through their 
connection with matter, require a purification of 
this kind. ‘ 
(7) That is, fymbo!s of all the divine natures. 
(4) This oracles praifes a violent death, be- 
caule the foul, in this cafe, is induced to hate 
the body, andvrejoice in a liberation from it. 
(/) The fowl is the miftrefs of lite, becaufe 
it extends vital i!luminations to body, which is, 
of itlelf, deftitute of life. 
(m) That is, as divinity is not of a tyranni- 
cal nature, he draws every thing to himlelf by 
perfuafion, and not by fear. 
Collection of the Oracles of Zoroafter. 
| [ Sup. 
Eavioy o rulue woracey 
Oud’ ev en duyerpret voegee uAcsoas idiay TUB. 
The father(n) has haftily withdrawn himfelf, 
but has not fhut up his proper fire, in his own 
intellectual power. 
Zot et vonlov, o yen ce voety vox evGet. 
Thete is a certain intelligible (c) which it 
becomes you to underftand with the flower of 
intelle&. 
Wuyns eZwsnses avervoes eUAvlot cect. 
The expelling powers {/) of the foul which 
caufe her to refpire, are of an unreftra’sed na- 
ture. 
Xon oe omevesiy to09 7d Gaeg x, meeloog muyacs 
EvSey evey.cdn cos Luyn, woduy eoompevy youve 
It becomes you to hafien to the light.and the 
rays of the Father, whence a foul was imparted 
to you, invefted with an abundance of intel. 
lect. 
Eict wevle muses evag enyeyawle. 
All things are the progeny of one fire (7). 
A yous Acyét, Tw yorLY dnTOU AEyet. 
(r) That which intelle& fays, it undoubted - 
ly fays by intelleCtion. 
A’ A’ poug de yOu xelwoueler eg renves MEX ELS. 
(:);Ha! ha! the earth from beneath bellows 
at thefe as far as to their children. 
Mn cuvavenrne THY El {LOLOLLEVNYe 
You fhould not increafe your fate (1). 
Ou yao amo mealetans aN NS UTEAES TL TQOy et Sets 
. Nothing imperfe€t proceeds, according to a 
circular energy, from a paternal principle (x). 
AAN oun eracey elecs neti; to Ochety melprnoe youg 
Mey ots ay eSerdn A19%G, hy Onn AaAUON 
Myninny eyGepeeyy meloinov cuvonineloc hyy¥ove 
But the paternal intelle€&t will not receive 
the will of the foul, till the has departed’ from 


(x) That is, Saturn the fummit of the in- 
telle€tual order, is perfectly feparated from alt 
connection with matter; but, at the fame time, 
imparts his divinity to inferior natures. 
(o) Meaning the intelligible, which imme- 
diately fubfifts after the higheit God, 
(#) That is, thofe powers of the foul which 
feparate it from the body. — 
(7) Thatis, of one divine nature. 
(r) That is, the voice of intellect is an-in- 
telle€tual, or in other words, an immate:ial and 
jndivifible energy. 
(s) The meaning of the oracle is, that even 
the very children of the impious are deftined to 
fubterranean punifhments: and this, with the 
greateft propriety 3 for thofe who, in a former 
life, have perpetrated fimilar crimes, become, 
through the wife adminiftration of Providence, 
the members of one family. ' 
(t) Fate is the full perfection of thofe divine 
illuminations which are received by Nature: 
but Providence isthe immediate energy of deity, 
Hence, when we energize intellectually, we 
are under the dominion of Providence; but 
when corporeally, underjthat of Fate. The 
oracle, therefore, admonifhes to withdraw our- 
felves from corporeal energy. 
(«) For divinity is felf-perfe&: and the im- 
perfect cannot proceed fromthe perfect. 
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