The Minor Works of Marsilio Ficino

...healthful to all. I now pass over how the Moon, not failing in light original: "lumine non deficiens" — referring to a waxing or full Moon, which was considered more potent for medicine., should be observed in relation to its aspect to the Sun in this sign and then the next; and how that sign signifies this or that limb of the body. And so, through the Moon, the power of all celestial things is to be transmitted from the Sun to nourish the limbs through medicines properly prepared at that time. For we have already said enough about these things in the Book of Life Marsilio Ficino is referring to his own influential work, De Vita Libri Tres, specifically the third book on obtaining life from the heavens..

The praises of the ancients regarding the Sun: and how the powers of the heavens are all in the Sun and from the Sun. Chapter VI.

For these reasons, Orpheus The legendary Greek poet and musician, considered by Renaissance scholars to be a primary source of "ancient theology." called Apollo the life-giving eye of heaven. And these things which I shall say are gathered summarily from the Orphic hymns: The Sun is the eternal eye, seeing all things. The pre-eminent celestial light, tempering both heavenly and worldly things. Leading or drawing along the harmonious course of the world. Lord of the world. The immortal Jupiter, the eye of the world running its circuit, holding the seal that shapes all worldly things. The Moon, heavy with stars. The Moon, queen of the stars. According to Orpheus, among the Egyptians, this was read inscribed in gold in the temples of Minerva The Roman name for Athena; here associated with the Egyptian goddess Neith at the temple of Sais.: "I am those things which are, which will be, and which have been. No one has revealed my veil. The fruit which I brought forth is the born Sun." Where it is understood original: "appetit" that the Sun is the offspring original: "partum", the flower, and the fruit of Minerva—that is, of Divine Intelligence.

The ancient theologians, with Proclus A 5th-century Neoplatonist philosopher who sought to synthesize Greek mythology into a philosophical system. as witness, said that Justice, the queen of all, proceeds through all things from the midst of the Sun's throne, directing everything. It is as if the Sun itself were the moderator of all. Iamblichus A Syrian Neoplatonist who emphasized the role of theurgy and the divine origin of the soul's power. recounts the opinion of the Egyptians thus: Whatever good we have, we have from the Sun; namely, either from the Sun alone, or if from others, it is either from the Sun absolutely or from the Sun through those others. Likewise, the Sun is the master of all elemental powers. The Moon, by the power of the Sun, is the mistress of generation. Therefore, Albumasar A famous 9th-century Persian astrologer whose works were standard texts for European scholars studying the stars. says that through the Sun and...