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Passages similar to: The Three Principles of the Divine Essence — Chapter 16: Of the noble Mind of the Understanding, Senses and Thoughts. Of the threefold Spirit and Will, and of the Tincture of the Inclination, and what is inbred in a Child in the Mother's Body [or Womb.] Of the Image of God, and of the bestial Image, and of the Image of the Abyss of Hell, and Similitude of the Devil, to be searched for, and found out in a [any] one Man. The noble Gate of the noble Virgin. And also the Gate of the Woman of this World, highly to be considered.
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The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 16: Of the noble Mind of the Understanding, Senses and Thoughts. Of the threefold Spirit and Will, and of the Tincture of the Inclination, and what is inbred in a Child in the Mother's Body [or Womb.] Of the Image of God, and of the bestial Image, and of the Image of the Abyss of Hell, and Similitude of the Devil, to be searched for, and found out in a [any] one Man. The noble Gate of the noble Virgin. And also the Gate of the Woman of this World, highly to be considered. (16)
For the Region of the Air must here drive the Work through the Throat, where then all the Veins in the whole Body tend and concur, and bring the Virtue of the noble Tincture towards that, and mingle themselves with the Word; and there also all the three Regions of the Mind come, and mingle themselves with the Distinguishing, [Framing, Articulating, or Separating] of Words; and there is a very wonderful Form, [or Manner of Work.] For every Region [or Dominion] will distinguish [or separate] the Word according to its Essences, for the Sound goes out of the Heart, out of all three Principles.
Chapter 6: How an Angel, and how a Man, is the Similitude and Image of God. (18)
So also the tongue sharpeneth, articulateth and distinguisheth all that which the five senses in the head bring through the heart on to the tongue; an...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (79)
The word or syllable (den) conceiveth itself on the tongue again, and the spirit attracteth the power and virtue out of the word, and therewith goeth...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (99)
There the tongue is terrified, trembleth and croucheth to the nether gums, and then the spirit cometh forth from the heart, and closeth the word,...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (15)
And now when the spirits do move and would speak, the hard quality must open itself; for the bitter spirit with its flash breaketh it open, and then t...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (80)
But that the spirit layeth hold on the power and virtue of the word, and goeth another way through the nostrils into the brain before the throne of th...
Chapter 6: How an Angel, and how a Man, is the Similitude and Image of God. (15)
Then the word stands in the heart as a self-subsisting person, compacted from all the powers [combined]; it is a word and representeth or denoteth...
Chapter 21: Of the Third Day. (25)
And now as the whole earth was, together with the word, so was the fruit also; but the word remained in the centre of the heaven, which is also in thi...
Chapter 20: Of the Second Day (93)
But, that afterwards the astringent and bitter qualities awaken behind, and coimage afterwards to the framing of the word, signifieth that indeed all ...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (77)
The other syllable (den) is conceived by the tongue and upper gums, and leaveth the mouth open, and the spirit of formation goeth forth at the...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (90)
For in what proportion or harmony soever, or in what innate or instant generating or production of qualities soever, the spirit comprehendeth, conceiv...
Corpus Hermeticum
1. Poemandres, the Shepherd of Men (5)
And upwards to the height from the Moist Nature leaped forth pure Fire; light was it, swift and active too. The Air, too, being light, followed after ...