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Chaldean Oracles

Matter.
Neoplatonic trans. William Wynn Westcott • c. c. 2nd century CE
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The Matrix containing all things.
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Wholly divisible, and yet indivisible.
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Thence abundantly springeth forth the generations of multifarious Matter.
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These frame atoms, sensible forms, corporeal bodies, and things destined to matter.
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The Nymphs of the Fountains, and all the Water Spirits, and terrestrial, aërial and astral forms, are the Lunar Riders and Rulers of all Matter, the Celestial, the Starry, and that which lieth in the Abysses.
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According to the Oracles, Evil is more feeble than Non-entity.
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We learn that Matter pervadeth the whole world, as the Gods also assert.
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All Divine Natures are incorporeal, but bodies are bound to them for your sakes. Bodies not being able to contain incorporeals, by reason of the Corporeal Nature, in which ye are concentrated.