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My comments related to the divine forms emanating from the Nous:

The important thing to realize about the various divine pantheons, from the Sumeric to the Greek and Latin to the Hindu, and the associated ideal types or forms, is that they evolved from astrology, the study of how human nature relates to the cosmos, rather than being the source of astrology. In other words, human behavior and its observation came first. The myths came second. Likewise, the Eden myth came from the description of the original sin - which is blame - and is not the actual cause of that sin. Finally, the Satan, the tempter, started as Lucifer, the tester, who was one of the sons of God found in the book of Job in the Canaanite legends - which are also modeled after human personality. 

This is not to deny the reality of the divine, but to explain how religion needs to not take itself so seriously in the search.

The One of Plotinus has a parallel in the Book of Kings, where Elijah goes to the mountains and the wind rages, but God is not in the wind. The fire burns, but God was not in the fire. The earth quaked, but God as not in the quaking. Then, Elijah heard a small whisper, and he went into the cave and covered his face, lest he die from seeing God. The whisper is the nothingness. The quiet.