50. The influences to which the prophetess is subject.

51. Story of a prophetess who was wrongly pressed when the conditions

were adverse. The force of the exhalation affects different persons

differently. It is essentially daemonic, but not exempt from change or

decay.

52. The subject is difficult, and must remain open to discussion, as

also the question raised by Philippus about Apollo and the sun.

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