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In his Life of Isidore, Damascius indeed tells an episode of her trip to Syria and Lebanon with his master. The two philosophers could observe betyl magical properties: absolutely perfect sphere, he moved alone, changed size, emitted a sound has properties oraculaires.1 Damascius then ventured to assign a divine status, before being corrected by Isidore, which recognizes the nature of a daimon, god punished or intangible nor perfectly pure. Thus, it demonstrates the significance of this doctrine in the late Platonists, despite a possible retreat from its role in the hierarchy of the divine.