FOURTH ENNEAD, BOOK FOUR.
Questions About the Soul. (Second Part.) [30-45]
STARS, AS WELL AS THE SUN, HAVE PRAYERS ADDRESSED TO THEM.
BENEFITS ARE GRANTED TO MEN THROUGH THE WORLD-SOUL’S MEDIATION.
STATEMENT OF THREE QUESTIONS.
NATURAL ACTIONS ARE BOTH ON WHOLES AND ON PARTS.
MOST OF THE ARTS ACHIEVE THEIR OWN ENDS.
ABSURDITY OF PTOLEMEAN ASTROLOGY.
NO CRIMES SHOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE INFLUENCE OF SUBLUNARY DIVINITIES.
HAVING CONFUTED ASTROLOGY AND DEVILTRY, WORLD INFLUENCE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD-SOUL.
THE STARS’ MOTIONS COMPARED TO A PREARRANGED DANCE.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE UNIVERSE SHOULD BE PARTIAL ONLY.
ASTROLOGICAL INFLUENCE MERELY INDICATION.
ASTROLOGICAL INFLUENCE MAY BE PARTLY ACTION; PARTLY MERE SIGNIFICANCE.
EARTHLY EVENTS SHOULD NOT BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE STARS’ BODY OR WILL.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE STARS CONSISTS IN THEIR CONTEMPLATION OF THE INTELLIGIBLE WORLD.
STAR INFLUENCE IS EXPLAINED BY THEIR NATURAL RADIATION OF GOOD.
SPECIAL FIGURES HAVE INDIVIDUAL EFFECTS, DUE TO THEIR CHARACTERISTICS.
NOTHING IN THE UNIVERSE IS ENTIRELY INANIMATE.
CONSCIOUSNESS DEPENDS ON CHOOSING; EVERYTHING HAS POWERS, THOUGH HIDDEN.
PRODUCTION IS DUE TO SOME PHYSICAL SOUL, NOT TO ANY ASTROLOGICAL POWER.
ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS ARE ONLY CONCATENATIONS FROM UNIVERSAL REASON.
THE GODS CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ILLS.
MAGIC OCCURS BY LOVE WORKING AS SYMPATHY.
HOW PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED.
AS THE STARS ANSWER PRAYERS UNCONSCIOUSLY, THEY DO NOT NEED MEMORIES THEREFOR.
THE PRAYERS OF EVEN THE EVIL ARE ANSWERED, IF MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATURAL LAW.
THE WORLD-SOUL AND STARS ARE IMPASSIBLE.
HOW THE WISE MAN ESCAPES ALL ENCHANTMENTS.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GUARDIANS.
AN ACTIVE LIFE MAKES MEN MORE LIABLE TO ENCHANTMENTS.
MAGIC HAS POWER OVER MAN BY HIS AFFECTIONS AND WEAKNESSES.
HONESTY ESCAPES MAGIC ONLY BECAUSE IT RESULTS FROM CONTEMPLATION OF THE INTELLIGIBLE.
HOW TO AVOID MAGIC ENCHANTMENTS.
EVERY BEING THEREFORE IS A SPECIALIZED ORGAN OF THE UNIVERSE.
HUMAN NATURE IS INTERMEDIATE, SUFFERING WITH THE WHOLE, BUT ALSO ACTING ON IT.
BY A SECRET ROAD EACH ONE IS LED TO DIVINE RETRIBUTION.
EXISTENCE OF HEAVEN; HELL’S TORMENTS ARE REFORMATORY.