On the Divine Names and the Mystical Theology — trans. C. E. Rolt
The translator’s English as printed (C. E. Rolt). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.
3. Moreover, we must bear this in mind: that when accordance with the preconceived law of their kind belonging to each one, and that the One is thus the elementary basis of all things! And if you take away the One there will remain neither whole nor part nor anything else in the world; for all things are contained beforehand and embraced by the One as an Unity in Itself. Thus Scripture speaks of the whole Supreme Godhead as the Cause of all things by employing the title of “One” ; and there is One God Who is the Father and One Lord Jesus Christ and One unchanging Spirit, through the transcendent indivisibility of the entire Divine Unity, wherein all things are knit together in one and possess a supernal Unity and super-essentially pre-exist. Hence all things are rightly referred and attributed unto It, since by It and in It and unto It all things possess their existence, co-ordination, permanence, cohesion, fulfilment, and innate tendency. And you will not find anything in the world but derives from the One (which, in a super-essential sense, is the name of the whole Godhead) both its individual existence and the process that perfects and preserves it. 2 And we also must, in the power of the Divine Unity, turn from the Many to the One and declare the Unity of the whole single Godhead, which is the One Cause of all things; before all distinctions of One and Many, Part and Whole, Definiteness and Indefiniteness, 3 we attribute a common unity to things we do so in represents the unity underlying all numbers, the second figure represents unity as a particular number among other numbers. The first figure may thus be taken as a symbol of the Godhead, the second figure as a symbol of all created unity.
1 Though created unity differs (see last note) from Uncreated Unity, yet it is, so to speak, a reflection thereof, as essence is a reflection of Super-Essence. So each number, because based on an underlying Unity, is itself a unit, and the underlying Unity of the Godhead shines through the world in all the harmonies and systems of things.
2 A tree is one tree though (1) made up of root, trunk, branches, leaves, etc., (2) green in the leaves and brown in the trunk, etc.
3 There are many oaks with different capacities of growth and productiveness, yet all belong to the same “oak species” ; and there are many species or kinds of trees (oaks, chestnuts, firs, etc.) yet all belong to the genus “tree.”
4 A man’s thoughts, desires and acts of will all spring from his one personality.
5 Just as in the series 1 X 2, I X 3, I X 4, etc., if you destroy the 2, 3, 4, etc., the I remains, so if the universe disappeared the Godhead would still remain. (Cf. Emily Bronté: “Every existence would exist in Thee.”)
6 All things possess the same Super-Essence, and that is why they are connected together in this world.
3. Moreover, we must bear this in mind: when we attribute a common unity to things, we do so in accordance with the preconceived law of their kind belonging to each one, and the One is thus the elementary basis of all things. 6 And if you take away the One, there will remain neither whole nor part nor anything else in the world; for all things are contained beforehand and embraced by the One as a Unity in Itself.
Thus Scripture speaks of the whole Supreme Godhead as the Cause of all things by employing the title “One”; and there is One God Who is the Father, and One Lord Jesus Christ, and One unchanging Spirit, through the transcendent indivisibility of the entire Divine Unity, in which all things are knit together in one, possess a supernal Unity, and super-essentially pre-exist. Hence all things are rightly referred and attributed to It, since by It and in It and unto It all things possess their existence, co-ordination, permanence, cohesion, fulfilment, and innate tendency. And you will not find anything in the world that does not derive from the One (which, in a super-essential sense, is the name of the whole Godhead) both its individual existence and the process that perfects and preserves it. 2
And we too must, in the power of the Divine Unity, turn from the Many to the One and declare the Unity of the whole single Godhead, which is the One Cause of all things; before all distinctions of One and Many, Part and Whole, Definiteness and Indefiniteness, 3 represents the unity underlying all numbers; the second figure represents unity as a particular number among other numbers. The first figure may thus be taken as a symbol of the Godhead, the second figure as a symbol of all created unity.
1 Though created unity differs (see last note) from Uncreated Unity, it is nevertheless, so to speak, a reflection of it, as essence is a reflection of Super-Essence. So each number, because it is based on an underlying Unity, is itself a unit, and the underlying Unity of the Godhead shines through the world in all the harmonies and systems of things.
2 A tree is one tree, though it is (1) made up of root, trunk, branches, leaves, etc., and (2) green in the leaves and brown in the trunk, etc.
3 There are many oaks with different capacities of growth and productiveness, yet all belong to the same “oak species”; and there are many species or kinds of trees (oaks, chestnuts, firs, etc.), yet all belong to the genus “tree.”
4 A man’s thoughts, desires, and acts of will all spring from his one personality.
5 Just as in the series 1 X 2, 1 X 3, 1 X 4, etc., if you destroy the 2, 3, 4, etc., the 1 remains, so if the universe disappeared the Godhead would still remain. (Cf. Emily Bronté: “Every existence would exist in Thee.”)
6 All things possess the same Super-Essence, and that is why they are connected together in this world.