Trying to understanding the various hypostases that exist between us mortal and The One—for Plotinus I believe there are three (?), for Proclus I think there are many more—is where I start to lose my bearings.

It's not obvious to me where these rather amorphic principles connect with the gods we have from myth, or the Demiurge of Plato. Nor does it seem as though there's complete agreement among Neoplatonists, but I could be wrong on that.

Not the most helpful comment, perhaps, but that's where I am at.

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