"And if this is so, it is a great god, though it is not just some god; rather, one might well think that that which is all Beings is the universal god. And this nature is god, a second god, revealing itself before we see the first. That first God is seated or settled above Intellect, as if on a sort of beautiful pedestal which is suspended from it. For it had to be the case that the One, in proceeding, did not proceed to something soulless, nor indeed even proceed immediately to Soul, but that there had to be an indescribable beauty leading its way, just as in the procession of a great king, the lesser come first, and the greater and more dignified come after them in turn, and those who are even closer to the king are more regal, and those next even more honoured. After all these, the Great King suddenly reveals himself, with the people praying to him and prostrating themselves, at least those who have not already left, thinking that it was enough to see those who preceded the king."

~ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔, 𝑬𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝑽.𝑰𝑰𝑰.𝑰𝑿–𝑿𝑰𝑽, 𝒃𝒚 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒔

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