Precisely the same course of thought led to similar results in the case of Neo-Platonism.

The ecstatic union with the divine element in all nature, which Plotinus attained four times in his life, resulted from an immediate sight of God.
In this sight is all truth given to the soul.

The unity, says Plotinus, which produces all things, is an essence behind both substance and form.
Through this essential being all souls commune and interact, and magic is this interaction of soul upon soul through the soul of souls, with which one becomes identified in the ecstatic union.

A man therefore can act on demons and control spirits by theurgic rites.

Julian, that ardent Neo-Platonician, was surrounded by diviners, hierophants, and aruspices.[20] In the Tao-te-king (Sec.Sec.50, 55, 56, etc.) it is said that he who knows the Tao need not fear the bite of serpents nor the jaws of wild beasts, nor the claws of birds of prey.