Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume II

3The third essence, however, is the form of itself—indeed, is form itself—and is a form free from matter. It is therefore related to God through itself. As it is related, so it exists; hence it also exists through itself. It is related through its own essence, and that essence is stable. Related to the stable God through its own stable essence, it therefore remains stable. For this essence is the cause of its own relation, and that relation is the source of its perfection. It never abandons itself; therefore it never ceases to relate itself and never ceases to perfect itself through that relation. God always overflows, and the soul always draws from him. Thus, from both sides—from what is drawn and from the one who draws—the soul forever drinks being itself and remains immortal.