Sympathetic Theater

As far as they are divided, find no limit,
Wherefore he says many things concerning the small bodies
And atoms, with which the keen dog finds its prey,
And concerning the hammered Sun
In any way, so that they may flash with the light of an example.
Yet not in a single way (he adds afterward)
Are these attracted, but they often emulate
Filtration, by which liquid seeks the pole,
Or often follow the laws of the attracting fire of the moisture; but they are glued more strongly
Where nature is most in agreement,
When weight and the Scales add their own calculation,
So that they respond in all things in this way.
Whose nature, however, is widely different,
So that to contract them is a labor of the greatest kind.
He shows this by the Chaos of moisture, which he relates in a few words
Are to be kept in a certain glass vessel,
So that they may indicate what the order of natural things is
And the position of the four things, the Great Sophos the wise man
Whom he subsequently calls the first elements,
Figure, Quantity, Imagination,
Are believed by Him to be of even the greatest weight.
Indeed! The power of Imagination is great,
Figure and Quantity are worth very much.
Hence, when someone yawns, another yawns,
Hence the equable harmony of the lyres;
Hence the bite of a Tarantula makes one jump with the foot.
To these the Author adds the last thing, which is thus:
That truly the body attracting these spirits,
And whatever lies adjacent to them, attracts with itself.
Hence when boiling milk is spilled,
And experiences the force of fire in the coals,