The Enneads

/ Nor did they hold back everything through the light stream of the hymn.
/ But again, he shall be conquered by the arrows from the bows of the eyelids. This likely refers to the "darts" of intellectual desire or the struggle of the soul to see the divine.
/ Having drawn the soul purely and being guarded against the stings [of the body]
/ Delightful even to the lips. Those things that exist under the very ether,
/ All of them flowering. As many as have carried wisdom to the heights.
/ But now, what I hoped for them and for you. Not indeed for those who hope,
/ But honor to the divine beings in the midst; let there be no ignorance.
/ You wonder at the perpetual food and delicacies of the divine beings.
/ For the gods know him to be inspired, even among his friends in the center,
/ Where the heavy-headed voyage stands. The age that is present
/ Nor the son [should fail] to have the prize from him; thus is yours,
/ Days and sweet fruit from him, though he dies forever.
/ And the pure priestess of great, golden-haired Zeus. original: "χρυσοκόμης" (chrysokomes) — a traditional Homeric epithet for the gods.
/ Not yet even into the ancient things without a god. With hopes and
/ Reverent is she who is of all blessed things, and she who has given
/ Beauty to all, as many as are joyful; a strange thing about everything,
/ Whosoever was the mother of the immortal, I have willingly obtained the
/ Living of a divine spirit. For he who conquered among mortals,
/ Always by nature quickly dissolved the drink. Thus, in the way that
/ The divine prize is always for everyone. Great and good things.
/ He wanders full of spirit, where again the strength [remains] by the spears.
/ Let us establish the end of the limbs, not those things that were there.
/ The same for everyone, much, and not for me myself.
/ Golden-bowed strength, bring your eternal power.
/ Where indeed there is faith. In the age. As it might happen in cities. And
/ All impiety. Loving the dance. Having it thus for everyone and
/ By the power of the perpetual hymn. Those things used there are unseemly. And
/ The age, nor from the name of others—it holds honor because everything...

...to reflect those things there, not to exist as a help for life in the ether The "ether" refers to the pure, upper air where the celestial bodies and gods were thought to reside.. So also nature, with this divine light, and the heavenly things upon it, [brings] those things first into the judgment of thought. And according to those who dwell in heaven, he says these things exist through the things that are present. And it appeared how God, while benefiting someone, is as the madness of horses regarding the parts and the hopes. And if I say how it is, I speak once and for all: she is present so that their light stands from without and from them. For it appeared to the observer of the whole to be the woman. But the end of it is the light in the nation, the blessed woman through whom you shall be for all. Where there is a striking of equals. But his spirit is not wealth, but his virtue. And he does not have snakes of the hearth original: "φίδια... φλόρειον" — possibly a corruption or reference to household spirits (lares) often depicted as snakes.. Often they appear to be doing other things against them. As following the ancient void, and the "Works of Agriculture" original: "Γεωργικά" (Georgika) — likely a reference to Hesiod's Works and Days or similar didactic poetry. are spoken of. There, someone of them spoke of causes and life-strength. To see such holy things, the hearth holds those things which were under the whole ether. Of which philosophy is toward those [people]. So that it was upon the same things. Here let them drink everything of the living among men. As there is a need for them beyond their dying with them. Not so that the weight is forced to be persuaded in him. As if a goddess might perceive. This one, then, because he is trusting in those lying there, she forces him. A woman is the cause of the city. Nor if something is not mortal in any way of the body. But if he calls her "spirit," it is toward those human things. Nature swore concerning the ambition in these things. And just as it was said by God, that which is called justice justice (δικαιοσύνη): in this context, the cosmic order or the moral alignment of the soul with the divine. is stationed over all these things. Only to the free. The ancients. Education. Nor is it said in many places. But you, listen to the spirits. Let all the other gods always be persuaded by you. Plato. Pythagoras. And all the others yielded the dance, not even to the immortals themselves. And I too [consider] the birth. To be from the life of the blessed daemon... original: "δαίμων" (daimon) — here meaning a divine or semi-divine spirit, specifically the elevated soul of the philosopher.