Creation cannot stop at the world of the Gods, but must con-tinue downwards through all possible levels of being and imperfection. Like twentieth century scientists such as Albert Einstein, these ancient Greek mystics derived meaning and purpose from the contemplation of nature. But instead of contemplating the wonder of visible physical reality, they contemplated the wonder of the invisible spiritual reality which they saw as the cause and ultimate meaning behind the physical reality. Plotinus believed that man should reject material things and should purify his soul and to lift it up to a communion with the One. The Hypostases Also central in Plotinus' cosmology is the a chain of hypostases .
Intelligence contemplates the One and needs nothing but it.
The One which is superior to Intelligence produces Intelligence which is the best ex-istence after the One, since it is superior to all other beings. But the logos of the Soul is obscure being only an image of Intelligence. The world of the senses. Procession and Reversion Plotinus distinguishes two stages of emanation. The first, prohodros or Procession is the formless, infinite stream of life that flows forth from the One.