Seeing the Supreme
“And this is the true end set before the soul, to take that light, to see the Supreme by the Supreme and not by the light of any other principle – to see the Supreme which is also the means to the vision, for that which illumines the soul is that which it is to see, just as it is by the sun’s own light that we see the sun.”
–Plotinus (Egyptian-born Roman Philosopher and Founder of Neo-Platonism, A.D.205-270)
“The Soul Afire: Revelations of the Mystics” (Hans Ansgar Reinhold)
Oneness
“All things are located everywhere. Everything is all, and all is each thing; infinite splendor is radiated around. Everything is great, for even the small is great.”
–Plotinus (Egyptian-born Roman Philosopher and Founder of Neo-Platonism, A.D.205-270)
All Things Everywhere
“All things are located everywhere. Everything is all, and all is each thing; infinite splendor is radiated around. Everything is great, for even the small is great.”
–Plotinus (Egyptian-born Roman Philosopher and Founder of Neo-Platonism, A.D.205-270)
Light Everywhere
“Light everywhere meets with light; since everything contains all things in itself and again sees all things in another. So that all things are everywhere and all is all. Each thing likewise is everything.”
–Plotinus (Egyptian-born Roman Philosopher and Founder of Neo-Platonism, A.D.205-270)
{Quoted in G. R. S. Mead’s introduction to Taylor’s ‘Plotinus’ The Ancient Wisdom, Annie Besant}
