Then, following the body of Water, comes the body of Air, which is subtler than Water; then the body of Fire, which is the subtlest of the four elements, the most noble, and the most intense in light. Following the body of Fire is the body of the Firmament (the Celestial Sphere), which is the pure essence of all that lies beneath it. It is distinguished by nobility over all other bodies due to its subtlety, transparency, the intensity of its lights, the beauty of its arrangement and system, and its proximity to Life—being adjacent to noble, living, and intellectual things. It is shaped by the master of all forms, the most perfect and sound: the spherical, circular form. All that it contains is likewise shaped by its form, sphere within sphere, in an order that concludes with the sphere of the Earth.

Then, following the body of the Firmament—which is the outermost of all bodies—is the Essence of the Soul. It is the giver of systematic motion and pure, noble lights to the celestial spheres. It is subtler than all the things it encompasses and contains, for all that it contains are bodies, while it is no body at all. All things below it have no life except through it; it is the possessor of thought, will, and manifestation.

Thus, whatever it connects with, it reveals its essence therein according to the reality of that thing's receptivity, and so it becomes alive. But whatever it does not connect with, there is found within it no thought, no will, no motion, and no manifestation. And whatever lacks these things is inevitably dead.