by
G.R.S. Mead
1896
Contents:
The orders of the divine powers
The triads
The primordial triad
The noetic triad
The noeticnoeric triad
The noeric triad
The supercosmic triad
The liberated order
The cosmic order
Tables (Charts) of the Chaldean and Orphic theogony
1. The Ineffable.
( 2. Being.
( 3. Life.
( 4. Intellect.
( 5. Soul.
( 6. Nature.
( 7. Body.
1. Primordial.
(2. Noetic
(3. Noetic and also Noeric
(4. Noeric
(5. Supercosmic
(6. Liberated or Supercelestial
(7. Cosmic
Unaging Time,
the First Principle,
produces
(F.) Cronus.
(P.) Rhea.
(I.) Zeus.
—that is to say, of (a) a noetic paternal
monad, constituting seven such monads;
(b) a monad of life, constituting seven vivific
monads; and (c) of a monad of intellect,
constituting seven demiurgic monads.
{Jupiter—Celestial Jupiter
(a) {Neptune—Marine Jupiter
{ Pluto—Subterranean Jupiter
*** "The azonic Gods are the same with the liberated
order of the Greek Theologists, or that order
which is immediately situated above the mundane
Gods."