What are the Gods?
Because of today’s degeneracy, before this question is answered we must reiterate what was emphasized by Sallustius, at the beginning of his work “On Gods and the Cosmos”, i.e., that those with a desire to know about the Gods need to have been educated correctly and not to have been brought up with absurd beliefs. To have a good disposition and logical composition, so that they can accordingly understand matters as well as comprehend common meanings. The Gods are non-personal beings, possessing both knowledge and immortality. They flow unhindered through and around the whole material world and act upon it. As functionaries of the sacred Mysteries, they participate in ‘eternal formation’, i.e., the continuous synthesis and de-synthesis of forms. The Gods’ spheres of influence do not overlap. They are responsible for the regulation of the Natural World, whose laws they serve. They act flawlessly and without retreat, do not unite into one being, are not replaced, do not cease to exist, an
