(Mek MII.) 
A fire-heated conception has the firft order. 
For the mor-al who approaches to fire, will 
receive a light from divinity : and he who per- 
feveres in prayer, without intermiffion, will be 
perfected by the rapid(1) and bleffed immortals. 
Concerning divine natures, and the 
manner in which they appear to man- 
kind : 
Agwuete pty cb te Fev TaAvTe 
Dae Piet as BY EY UTILS ROY VY EVEXEV syle eens 
Mn duvapevsy “eTacyey Mowpautous TwY ew 
[aes 
BS TMV TWILETLUNY ELS VY EVE? AEVTQETINTE DUC 
Proc. in Plat. Polit. p. 359- 
. All divine natures are incorporeal, but bodies 
were bound in them for your fake; bodies not 
being able to contain incorpore eals, through the 
corporeal nature in which you are concentrated. 
idee 2 divine appearances : 
TIue e202 
He tuoetumwroy, Fey owyny mTpoBeovacys 
"H Ges TAnctoyy LADIDONES, coslets0y Ey GY. 
Akne TOV isi Owros Treey acgemloyra, 
ese S aide. Fo0tg wro1s ENOY OUIREVOY bTETEAV, 
Eparrugais » Keves eee (evs % TAALYULLI OVS 
“HG TOSEvoTE © coNWs” ETL YT IC. 
{ Procl, in Plat. Polis. p. a8c. 
-A fimilar fire extending itfelf by leaps throwch 
the waves of the air; or an unfigured fire, 
whence a‘voice runs before ; or a light beheld 
mear, every way fplendid. refounding and con- 
volved. But alfo to behold a horfe full of re- 
fulgent light; or a boy carried on. the fwift 
back of a horfe,—a boy fiery, or clothed with 
gold, or on the contrary naked 5. or fhooting an 
atrow, and ftanding on the back of the horfe. 
* Tbroancaevoyret o Geos 
Nosy jxo2gry Gwios Mpore straw. 
Procl, in Crat. 
The gods exhort us to underfiand thé fore- 
running form of lght. 
. Concerning the myftic ceremonies of 
Apollo : 
2418) Jeousyos 'o Ing rehelng rou Amardwyer 29" 
xaOrnyousrevos, a0 TwH xLIwEoEWY ELEY Flees, fey 
TEP ayo EW. 
Auzog 3 
LLOTHSOY ET NELOS OLdjare TETAAVOVS 
eV Tewlorg reves Tugos eye KUSELVWY, 
Kujsecs exivertw 9 Tey eo Saeuny El OG Ad MMs » tue 
Ong kT Aoyiov. Procl. in Crat, 
_ The Theurgitt who prefides over the myfic 
rites of Apollo, begins “the oper tions from pu- 
rifications and fprinklings. «¢ The prieft, in the 
firft place, governing the works of fire, muft. 
{prinkle wiih the cold water of the loud-found- 
ing fea,’’ as the oracle fays. 
Concerning the human foul, 
{cent, afcent, body, &c. 
Try buy “VAEANTUS EC cult prey Babes. 
Procl. in Plat. Theol. p 4. 
Filling the foul with profound love (2), 
its de- 

(1) By the rafid, the oracle means, according 
to Proclus, the intelligible gods. 
(2) Profound love muft be our guide to the 
beatific vifion of the intelligible world: and 
Plato informs us, that a better guide than this 
&aanot ke found, 
- Oracles by Theurgifts, or Loroafter. 
573 
Noncacmt re epyes rou malooe 
MeN: ELuarLEVNS TO lec ey pevyovory evaireg. 
Ey de Dew xewvres mugaays EAAOUT CL MpLELOU Sy 
Ex neale of ey xa ovleeey eD wy Levy, 4 ome TloyeRy 
Bpurrlypivy doerelas xuomwy aly oleooy ayvGoo. 
Proc! in, Tim..p..32. 
By underflanding the works of the Bathes, 
they fly from the fhamelefs wing of Fate, But 
they are placed in God(3), drawing vigorous 
torches defcending from the Father: and the 
foul defcending from thefe plucks empyrean 
fruits, the foul-neurifhing flower. 
Key yao tny deal PUY ions amonatacagar 
AA ahdany evingt Talag eves 9 pussy EVEL 
Though you fhoula perceive this particular 
foul reftored to its priitine perfection, yet the 
Father fends another, that the number may be 
Complete. 3 
°H yxnhee on xevyers vhs tncumorole soya marewy 
Wu euy NOTE yerny 27’ ovsaob ey pees EOVTOL. 
Kesar & on Pic TE, OV bere. wngece: EX Pu caias 
Ocon am ery rneyloc, ave, CEGEY NCE X, Cw ToY 
Ex ioc eZeyevovloy Midou xowrigns var’ myaryuns. 
Synes. De Infom. p. 153 
Thofe are in the moft eminent degree the mic att 
bleffed of all fouls, that are poured forth fram 
heaven onthe earth: but thofe are fortunate, 
and poffeis ineffable ftamina, who are cither 
produced fram thy lucid felf, fe) king (4), or frona 
supiter, through the ftrong neceffity of Mithus. 
Myt E MMTW VEUGELC ELS TOY [LEX Seabee £& HOT AAR 
QU Pubes usev wmicos, umecowlas tee Adug 
AU-Pinyepnc, eu Toy, ridwroy wong AVONTICS 
Keeyay WEN, CHOLES Twz0¥ Pobocs esev ehiccwys 
Aue VUPLDEUILV hayes Cems, Woy, OTVEVILGY. 
Synes de Infom. p. ro. 
Nor fhould you verge downwards into the 
darkly-fplendid world, “whofe Bottom js always 
unfaithful, and under which is fpread. Hades (5) 
a place every way cloudy, fqualid, rejoicing in 
images, ftupid, fteep, winding, a blind prefundi- 
ty, always rolling, always marrying an unap- 
parent body, fluggith, and without breath. 
Ket 0 puropoins morc, Tu oHIdse peshiec, 
Tp? wy 7022.05 MLTHTUOOVT EL. 
Procl.in Vim. p. 330. 
And the light-hating world, and the wind- 
ing flreams, under which many are drawn 
down ey ae 
EAW6S TORDETW TE Wuploy o> ayys ehevey eve Y Wet, 
Ulympiod. in Phedon. & Procl, in 1. 
Alcibiad. 
Fiery (7) 7) hope fhould nourith you in the ange- 
lic region ; 
Toc ds Cidaxloy edwxe Ououc yyw voice rNabecbas. 
Tous des umywovrac enc EVEXCLOTIG ED hairs 
‘Synes de Infom. 
TUR Le RURAERS BAGO USNS aE Eee ad 
(3) The foul, when united with deity, ener- 
gizes fupernaturally 5 and is.no longer felf- mo- 
tive, but is wholly moved by divinity. . 
(4). Apollo. | 
Gs) See the Expofition of Piellus, : 
(6) The winding ftreams fignity the. hLurmag 
body, and the whole of generation externally 
placed about us. 
(7) That is, divine hope : for the accients af- 
Gmilated a diviae nature to fire. : 
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