Iamblichus on the Mysteries; Psellus on Demons

and heroes, are composed of the properties of the extremes, namely the gods and the souls, but in demons there is more of the divine, and in heroes more of the human.

How the actions of the superior beings are distinguished among themselves.

The gods hold the summit of beings, souls the lowest. The gods can do all things, unitively in a moment; souls, on the contrary, can neither do all things, nor in a moment, nor as a unity. The gods perform and care for all things without being inclined; souls act with an inclination and a certain conversion. The gods are the primary causes; souls depend perpetually upon their will. The gods, with the swiftest vigor, grasp their internal ends along with their principles; souls proceed from one thing to another, from the imperfect to the perfect. The gods cannot be comprehended by any measure or form; souls are detained and overcome by inclination, habit, and will. And they are touched by an appetite for inferior things and by familiarity, and from thence they contract certain qualities.

Of Intellect and Soul.

Intellect, the maker of all things, is present always to all the gods most fully through one act remaining in itself. The soul is a participant in intellect, being more divisible and multiform...