I now fear "Neapolitanic" will wind its way into the astral currents... :)
Note that later in this same tract, Sallustius will emphasize that (in his view) the celestial bodies are not themselves gods per se, but rather, if I remember right, vehicles for the gods' activities. He contrasts this with, if memory serves, the Egyptian view, in which (according to him) the "planets" are equated with the gods themselves.
For myself, I tend to regard the heavenly bodies as massive sunthemata (tokens) that serve as the most potent and visible conduits for the gods' expression, thus their outsized (literally and figuratively) impact on the events here in the sublunar world. This is just my person opinion, however.
On how divination and various rites impact (or rather, fail to impact) the gods, who are immutable, I would consult Iamblichus, though I think Sallustius touches on it briefly, as well.
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Re: the nature of change
Date: 2021-11-08 08:44 pm (UTC)Note that later in this same tract, Sallustius will emphasize that (in his view) the celestial bodies are not themselves gods per se, but rather, if I remember right, vehicles for the gods' activities. He contrasts this with, if memory serves, the Egyptian view, in which (according to him) the "planets" are equated with the gods themselves.
For myself, I tend to regard the heavenly bodies as massive sunthemata (tokens) that serve as the most potent and visible conduits for the gods' expression, thus their outsized (literally and figuratively) impact on the events here in the sublunar world. This is just my person opinion, however.
On how divination and various rites impact (or rather, fail to impact) the gods, who are immutable, I would consult Iamblichus, though I think Sallustius touches on it briefly, as well.
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