It is, then, a relational notion vis-à-vis the one for whom he is a god: the very soul that acknowledges him as its deity models its actions on him and moves the body in which it resides in conformity with his will and with the motion he imparts. Hence the learner would call the teacher whom he imitates “god” and “lord.” It also follows that a god is an unseen agent who wields authority and power over human beings, while they have no authority over him.

He further says: “According to their doctrine, souls are active yet invisible; they exercise dominion over human beings, though human beings likewise exercise dominion over them, for human souls harm one another and dominate one another. By this they were referring to the spiritual angels—something already mentioned in the Book on the Soul, and here we shall examine it in full. Theology, then, is the science by which one comes to know first the attributes of a god in general, and thereafter the attributes of the God of gods and the Lord of lords.” Such are his exact words.