Kutsal Ayin Sanatı ve İlahi Tabiata Ortaklık

Furthermore, it would be absurd if the telestic art, the art pertaining to mystic ceremonies, could establish places on earth suitable for oracles and statues of the Gods, and through certain symbols could cause things created from fragmented and decaying matter to become ready to share in the divine nature, to be moved by God, and to predict future events, but that the Demiurge of the whole did not place divine souls, intellects, and Gods over the entire elements, which are the incorruptible fulfillments of the world. For was he unwilling? But how could he be unwilling, since he wished to make all things similar to himself? Was he then unable? But what could have hindered him? For we see that this is possible even through the works of the telestic art. But if he was both willing and able, it is evident that he gave existence to Gods who have roles within, and are the watchful guardians of, the world of generation. Since however the genus of daemons is every where an attendant on the Gods, there are also daemons who are the fabricators of generation; some of whom indeed rule over the whole elements, but others are the guardians of climates, others are the rulers of nations, others of cities, others of certain families, and others are the guardians of individuals. For the guardianship of daemons extends as far as to the most extreme division.