Miscellanies 6.3.30

And Empedocles of Acragas was called Wind-Stopper. It is said that once, when a wind blew from the mountain of Acragas, heavy and unhealthy for the inhabitants, and even causing barrenness in their wives, he stopped the wind. Hence he himself writes in his verses: “You will stop the might of the tireless winds, which rise over the earth and waste the fields of mortals; and again, if you wish, you will bring the winds back in return.” And he said that there followed him some “in need of prophecies, and others long pierced by grievous diseases.” Clearly, then, they have come to believe from our Scriptures that the righteous perform healings and signs and wonders. For even if certain powers move the winds and distribute the rains, let them hear the psalmist: “How lovely are your dwellings, Lord of powers.” He is the Lord of the powers and principalities and authorities, of whom Moses says, so that we may be with him: “And you shall circumcise your hardness of heart and no longer stiffen your neck; for the Lord your God, he is Lord of lords and God of gods, the great and strong God,” and what follows. And Isaiah says: “Lift up your eyes on high and see: who has displayed all these things?”