Ocellus Lucanus on the nature of the universe. Taurus, the Platonic philosopher, on the eternity of the world. Julius Firmicus Maternus of the Thema mundi: in which the positions of the stars at the commencement of the several mundane periods is given. Select theorems on the perpetuity of time, by Proclus. Tr. by T. Taylor

This facsimile reprint of the 1831 edition is a group of brief translations dealing with astrotheology. Maternus was one of the most famous early astrologers and is second in authority only to Ptolemy of Alexandria. His horoscope of the world is included from the 1533 edition of the Libri Matheseos and his discussion of the Thema Mundi. Proclus' contribution deals with the mystery of time as explained in Neoplatonism.