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4 ; 
Placing earth inthe middle, but water in the 
bofoms of the earth, and air above thefe. 
* Tove Tums swy YLLOAINEDYy ay Tv odrwy 
buwy gropeluy ev sw aiSegs ever bees Te ane 
Reycvaly. Simplic. in Phyf. p. 144. 
‘The oracles affert, that the inapeetions of 
charagters, and of other divine vifions, appear 
in ether. 
* On ye pwuginuselo tev Moywy, % tnv orolnice 
wurop (folis) ryy ev voy um: sguOT [L4O%s TMeLoe Geer 
KeeEH. ELEL YUL O MANOS HOT HAO; %, lo ohov wey 
KY GL TE yarearwy Pajacs hEyOUTs- 
Procl. in Tim. p. 264. 
The moft myftic of difcourfes inform us, 
that she wholenefs of the fun is in the fuper- 
abundane order. For there a folar world and a 
total light fubfift, as the oracles of the Chal- 
dzans affirm. 
¥ O wanSecepos mrtog oupapeshoe 
mayie, > % DaVaU YX cOvas WY UTEX IWS, Sale Inv TEL 
wuTov Twy Dewy OLONVs Frocl. in Tim p, 240. 
The more true fun meafures all things toge- 
‘ther with time, being “ truly a time of time,” 
according to the oracle of the gods refpedcting 
Bt. 
TW YKeovy Toe 
* O Sone ext rH5 eves pou Qipelas, "IAv THs 
@ ARIUS vbanwrecers ~H OUTW Of TWY LEV TREYW— 
PeEYwY BUx ek es 79 [AEG OV9 Folwy es Tpy Sens xe 
fac tehesinds unoferetce Julian. Crat: V. p.334. 
The orb of the fun revolves in od flarlefs, 
much above the inerratic phere. Hence, he 
is not the middle of the planets, but of the 
three worlds, according to the teleftic hypo- 
thefes. 
Concerning the middle of the five 
Mundane centres: 
Ket mspardoy cco oy ecrov mupioyoy eva nate, 
Bey ob vAGiwy Cungozty Tua. 
Procl, in Tim. ps 17. 
and another fifth middle fiery centre, Shere 
a life-bearing fire defcends as far as the material 
channels. 
Concerning the fummit of the earth: 
¥ mmrwe Couy oF Tw¥ Cory chwy aiSeeEr, wo Dar 
Te AOyher Ents. Olympiod, in Phed. 
The zthers of the elements, agreeably tu the 
oracles, are there (3). 
Concerning matter : af 
* Esres peBncorreGer, ¢ ese mavlog lou xorpeu Th¥ 
whny Cunnety, women %, 04 Gear Daory. 
Procl. in Tim. p. 142, 
We learn, that matter pervades through the 
whole world, as the gods alfo affert. 
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(3) The earth, according to Plato, in the 
Phzdo, is every where cavernous, like a pu- 
mice-ftone ; and its true fummit is ztherial.—- 
Agreeably to this theory, which probably is of 
Egyptian erigin, and which we fee was adopted 
by the Chaldzans, we only live at the bottom 
of four large holes in the earth, which we de- 
nominate the four quarters of the ylobe; and 
yet fancy, as Plato obferves, that we inhabit the 
true fumimit of the earth. For farther particu- 
lars concerning this curious theory, ‘fee my In- 
troduction to the Timeus of Plato, and Notes 
oa Paufanias, 
Oracles by Theurgifts, or Zoroafier. 
Sip, 
Concerning evil: 
* To xcexoy M/LEVNVOTECOY TOV JAM OVTOD ES 
Kate &3 hoyiorw " Procl,, de Pace 
Evil, according to the oracle, is more debile 
than non-entity. 
Concerning the aquatic gods : 
LUV, THY AX wetIesy 
ETL CMT ey ieee, Tou ucren geese ree 
vee sbeT ups AMAEL TOU 1¢ Gz0 UG TOVTOue. 
Procl. in Tim: p- 270. 
The aquatic, when applied to divine natures, 
fignifies a government infeparable from water: 
and heace, the oracie calls the aquatic gods 
water-twa/kers. 
Concerning Typhon, Echidna, - 
Python : : 
* Ors reprasey & yns tus cuCuyouens le» ovare- 
Ywy 0 TUDWY, ” ey idvers omuGwy, oy yandeinn 7 leg 
Teres epoca TS OTHAIVS ROGHS Snpasoueyinc. 
Olympiod. in Phad,. 
Typhon, Echidna; and Pychon, being the 
progeny of Tartarus, and Earth, which is con- 
joined with Heaven, form as : were, a certain 
Chaldaic triad, which is the iafpeCtive guardian 
of the whole of a difordered fabrication. 
Concerning the origin of irrational 
dzmons : 
¥ Amo cw assiwy aoyovlwy covbpisayles 
eAoyoL ceaspravess cto % T2 Aayscy Paci. 
Hetiny tha Incee xuywy XGoviwy rex, vy ewe 
Olympiod. in Pheed. 
Irrational dzmons derive their fubfiftence 
from the aerial rulers, and hence, the oracle 
fays, ‘* Being the charioteer of the aérial, ter~ 
‘ 
¥ To EVUE IOs EL (AEy Tw 
459 Noysey 
and 
yeftrial, and aquatic dogs.” 
Concerning terreftrial daemons: » 
Ou yar yen mesyoug ce Prerery TOW owe Tem 
Aer Gn. ; 
vas Oehyovree wet TEAET OY OTAYyOUGE. 
Procl. in I. Alcibiad. 
It is not proper that you fhould behold them, 
ull your budy is purified by initiation: for 
thefe demons’ alluring fouls always draw Sag 
away from myttic ceremonies. 
Coaremmind divine names ? 
ArRee ELV QUIOLLH TELA ChnSd aT SLOParryyis 
Kozpacus evJomoumy, xeestyny he Taloos every. 
Procl. in Crat. 
There is a venerable name with a fleepleis 
revolution, leaping into the worlds, through the 
rapid reproofs of the Father. 
Eg yuo ovorreree tae execots Bzordareey 
Avyapary ey Ter. elas ap perilay ey ovTe. 
‘There are names of divine origin in every - 
nation, which poffefs an ineflable power in may! {. 
tic ceremonies. 
Concerning the centre = 
Key weov wD "Oy % MLAS Oy LEX CLS ev TUX oy 
Iga ens. Proc]. in Eucl. p. 43. 
The centre is-that from which, and to which, 
(the lines) as far as they may “happen to éx- 
tend, are equal. 
Concerning prayer : 
H mvgiParang vara cewriony sy et TAS iyo 
Tey truss yag Poors, sana.eces Geodey Qaoz Sek 
Anduyaves yee [oeoTw mowemyor pemepES EAH OUT be 
Procl. in Tim. p. 65- 
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