PLOTINUS
It is for the gods to come to me: not for me to go to them
-Porphyrry, Life of Plotinus, §10
This reply, given by Plotinus to Amelius, who invited him to approach the gods with the prescribed Rituals, reflects the spirit of the Solar ☉︎ path. The surpassing of the religious attitude; the transcendent dignity of the man in posession of Wisdom, whom Plotinus terms the σπουδαῖος (spoudaîos); his superiority not only to the natural world, but also to the divine world: all these are affirmed here.
It is a matter of an inner attitude that is fundamental for (magical)practice.
One must create a quality in oneself by which the...