Ennead, in the ancient religion of Egypt, was a group or cycle of nine gods. The most famous of these was the Ennead of Heliopolis. A.G.H.
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The Six Enneads - translated by Stephen MacKenna and B. S. Page
The Internet Classics Archive (uses frames - select Plotinus from the list of authors) divided into chapters for easier viewing ...
Enneads, The. Plotinus. Published at, e.g.,
Fama Fraternitas. (trans.) Thomas Vaughan, 1652 (from anonymous German original, 1614).
Golden Dawn, The. Israel Regardie, Llewellyn 6th ed. 1989.
The ennead--9--was the first square of an odd number (3x3). It was associated with failure and shortcoming because it fell short of the perfect number 10 by one.
[62] Ennead VI, 5, 7
[63] See Sells, Chap. 1, esp. pp. 17-32
[64] Partridge, Eric, Dictionary of English Etymology, s.v. theater ...
Plotinus, Ennead V, I, 8. The Parmenides of Plato distinguishes the First One, or the one in the proper sense of the word; the second, which he calls the One-Many; and the third, or 'One-and-Many.' The First One is for the Neo-Platonists God Himself.
From his teachings recorded in the Enneads, we find that "goodness" is an emanated quality of the Good which itself is identified with the Monad. We have already seen that the First Principle is identical with the Monad, so what does all this mean?
There are nine known planets in the solar system, nine Muses of Greek mythology and nine is the number of deities in the Enneads of ancient Egypt.
Plotinus was a mystic and describes out-of-the-body experiences in Enneads IV.
Among these are the famous Asclepius (originally entitled The Perfect Discourse), which is both philosophical and magical, and texts such as The Ogdoad Reveals the Ennead, ...
Plotinus: Enneads
The Six Enneads By Plotinus
The Gnostic Daemon
Liberal Christians. I believe in God, not Religion: The Gospel Truth
The Forbidden Gospels Blog: Understanding what Gnosis/Gnosticism IS ...
These are ideas which create the separation the Kabbalist tries to overcome. The world, the souls, and god are links in a chain, and there is no higher or lower, spiritual or mundane - they are all parts of the same thing. Plotinus, "The Enneads", ...
 See also: World, Soul, Christ, Spirit, Ritual
  
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