Nature smiles with love when she sees his form reflected in the water and observes his shadow on the earth. Like Narcissus, Anthropos is attracted by his reflection and incarnates. Because of his embrace with nature, man is mortal in the body but immortal in the essential man. As he is now living below the spheres, he is subjected to fate. He is androgynous because he came forth from an androgynous father.
Nature brings forth seven men, corresponding with the natures of the seven planets.
Pneuma is the vessel, or the garment of the soul. The androgyne beings are separated through god's will into males and females. Because of this separation they are able to multiply. Poimandres continues his exposition with the story of the return to the androgynous father. Man frees himself from his material bonds.