Gods and good men (1)

Text
Iamblichus, De Mysteriis 3.31.176:
I shall tell you, indeed, the account I once heard about these matters from the mouths of Chaldean prophets. Whoever are gods in the true sense, they alone are the givers of good things, and associate only with good men, and mingle with those purified by the sacred science, and they remove from them every vice and passion. When these shine forth, that which is evil and demonic disappears and makes way for superior beings, just as darkness before light, and does not trouble the theurgists even occasionally - indeed, they receive from it every virtue, and become perfectly good and orderly; they are freed from passions, and from every unruly impulse, and are purified from godless and impious habits.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Iamblichus, De Mysteriis 3.31.176

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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