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Excerpt I: Of Piety and True Philosophy — section under repair Excerpt II: Of the Ineffability of God — section under repair Excerpt III: Of Truth — section under repair Excerpt IV: God, Nature and the Gods — section under repair Excerpt VII: Of Bodies Everlasting and Perishable — section under repair Excerpt VIII: Of Energy and Feeling — section under repair Excerpt IX: Of the Decans and the Stars — section under repair Excerpt X: Concerning Providence, Necessity and Fate — section under repair Excerpt XI: Of Justice — section under repair Excerpts XIV–XVII: Of Soul — section under repair Excerpt XVIII: Of Soul (continued) — section under repair Excerpt XIX: Of Soul (continued) — section under repair Excerpt XX: The Power of Choice — section under repair Excerpt XXI: Of Isis to Horus — section under repair Excerpt XXIII: From Aphrodite — section under repair Excerpt XXVI: The Virgin of the World (continued) — section under repair Excerpt XXVII: From the Sermon of Isis to Horus (Part 1) Excerpt XXVII: From the Sermon of Isis to Horus (Part 2) Excerpt XXVII: From the Sermon of Isis to Horus (Part 3) Excerpt XXVII: From the Sermon of Isis to Horus (Part 4) Begin reading — Excerpt XXVII: From the Sermon of Isis to Horus (Part 1)
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