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art 1 . PY T HA GO R A S H IS T E N E T S A N D H IS p , F O L L OW E R S

— ‘ !part 2 . PY T H A GO R E A N V I EVV OF N U MB E R S . — mart 3 . K A B. B A L I S T I C V I E W OF N U M B E R S

[part 4 —I’ R OPE R T I E S OF T HE N U M B E R S V I D U A I L Y

— [Da rt 5 . H I G HE R N U M B E R S

- [part 6 . N U M B ER S OF T H E A PO CA L Y PS E

P R E F A C E .

E - i n ce w r it e n S V E N s t M S S . years have passed this essay was , and the pages have been lent to many friends an d students o f mystic lore an d

o f occult meani ngs . I t is only at the earnest request these kindly I critics that have consented to publish this volume . The contents are

c of a f a c a a n a ne essarily r gmentary h r cter , a d h ve been collected from an im mense n u mber o f sources ; the origin al m atter has been i ntention ally

to a reduced the least possible qu ntity , so as to obtai n space for the

c o f a an . i n l usion of the utm ost amou nt ncient , quaint , d occult learning

I t is i mpossible to give eve n an approxi m ate list o f works which have been con sulted direct quotations have been ack nowledged i n n u merous n a n a i stances , and (perh ps atur lly) m any a statement might hav e been

o f c a me di aav a l equally well quoted from the book a ontemporary author ,

an a o r : mon k , a Rom histori n , a Greek poet , a H i ndoo A dept to give

the credit to the modern author would not be fair to the ancie n t sage , to refer the reader to a Sans cri t tom e would be i n m ost cases only loss

o f an a of a fic n time d w ste paper . My gre t dif ulty has bee to supply

c o f n n o t i nform ation mystic en ough to m at h the ideal the work , a d yet

s o esoteric as to convey truths which higher Masters have ordered to be c n a a still oncealed . Esoteri c knowledge is Ope to l l who with rdour

n f t o combined with hu mility seek i t, bu t it is ot to be of ered the scorner c as an obj ect for ontu mely .

I a a o a e nce o f n m ust apologise for the b rb r us pp ara foreig words, bu t a n ac c a a i t w s ot foun d pr ti able to supply S nscrit , Coptic , C h ldee and

an . a Greek type, so the words have had to be tr slated Hebrew nd

of c an fi C haldee should ourse be read from right to left , d it was at rst n f i ntended so to pri nt them i n their co verted orm , bu t the appearance

o f H ebrew in English letters reversed was t o o grotesque ' AD N I is a

n a o f o f I N DA represe t tion the Aleph , daleth , n un , yod , Ad onai , bu t is ( 2 )

sheer barbarity : i n the case o f H ebrew words I have added the

pronunciation .

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. o f The Secret D octrine of M me Bl avatsky , a work immense

erudition containing a vast fund of archaic doctrine , has supplied me

w a re i i th val uable quotations , which the only recent addit ons to this

treatise . I f any read ers desire a d eeper insight into the analogies

an I to o f between nu mbers d ideas , refer them in addition the works i e El phaz L vi , Athanasius Kircher , God frey Higgins , M ichael M aier, and I i j ohn H eydon ; have quoted from each of these author ties , and Thomas Taylor ' s “ Theoreti c Arithmeti c has supplied me with a

t o f a o f a grea part the purely rithmetical notions the Pythagore ns , the

o f l i on I a . I co n c us elucidation which was m i nly due to him n , request

my readers ,

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o r f earnest stu dents of ei ther the Eastern Western school s o O ccul tism .

I P A RT .

Y T A O RAS H I E N E T N D H I F L W P H G , S T S A S OL O ER S .

YT H AGO RAS o f a a P , one of the greatest philosophers ncien t E urope , w s

n o f M ne s a r chu s n s o 8 B . the , an engraver , he was bor about the year 5 0 C . i t i n [E e a n a i e her at Samos an sland i the g Sea , or as some s y, at S don

V o f i n Phoenicia . ery little is known his early life, beyond the fact that he w o n prizes for feats of agility at the O lym pic Games ; having

n of n attai ed manhood , and feeling dissatisfied with the amount k ow

t o a a ledge be gai ned t home , he left his native l and nd spent m an y m years i n travel , visiting i n turn ost of the great centres of Learning . H istory narrates that his pilgri mage i n search 0 1 wi sdom extended to i Egypt , H ndostan , Persia , Crete, and Palestine, and that he gathered

of n c be from each cou ntry fresh stores i nform ation , a d su ceeded i n com ing w el l acquai nted w ith the Esoteric W i sdom as well as with the

popular esoteric knowledge of each . i He returned with h s m ind well stored , and his j udgmen t m atured , to

o f his home , i ntending to open there a College learning, but this he found to be i mpracticable owing to the opposition of its turbulen t ruler

Cr o to n a Polycrates . Fa il ing i n this design he m igrated to a noted

i a i i n city n M agna Gr cia , wh ch was a colony founded by Dor a s on the South coast of I taly . I t was here that this ever famous Phi lo

lle r Co e o i t t , i sopher foun ded his g _ Soc e y of Studen s wh ch became known all over the civi lized world as the central assembly o f th learned o f Europe and here i t was i n secret conclave that Pythagoras taught that occult wisdom which he had gathered from the Gymn o i I i i t soph sts an d Brahmins of nd a, from the H erophan s of Egypt , the

O t Id ze a n a racle of Delphi , he cave , nd from the Kabbalah of the Hebrew

a Fo r a i Rabbis and Ch ldean M agi . nearly forty years he t ught his pup ls , an d exhibited hi s wonderful powers bu t an end was put to his i n s ti tu

a to i tion and he himself w s forced flee from the city, ow ng to a conspiracy and rebellion which arose o n account o f a quarrel between the people o f Cr o to na and the inhabitants o f Sybaris : he succeeded i n reaching M e ta on tu m 0 B 0 . p where he is said to have died about the year 5 C. A mong the ancient authors from whom we derive o u r knowledge o f i o f a fo lo v . the life and doctrines Pythagor s , and his successors , the ing are n otable

- i . . o f of ha B C. 450 Herodotu s who speaks the myster es the Pyt

s g or e a n s as sim ilar to tho e o f O rpheus . — B . C. o f P ha . 394 Archytas Tarentum who left a fragmen t upon yt

o r e a n g Arithmetic . B — . C 8 . 0 . T n 3 heon of S myr a . — C. B . o f 37 0 . Philolaus from three books this author it is believed that Pla t o compiled his book Ti mze u s ; he was probably the fi it i t rst who com mitted to wr ng the doc rines of Pythagoras .

” — h s i ca B . C. 2 2 . t i M e ta i n 3 Aristo le refer to h s p y , Moral a mag a

” ' N i co ma chus S ta r and Nicomachean Eth ics . of gy a was his

father . “ B 2 — C. 6. . w n 7 Eratosthenes , author of a ork entitled Kokkino “ “ o r Cribru m a S ie v e to separate prime from composite ” numbers . B — “ C. 0 . . 4 Ci cero refer to his works De Fi n ibus an d De n atura ” D e or u m . D — A . o 0. N i c ma chu s 5 . of Gerasa ; Treatises o n Arithmeti c an d

H armony . — . A . D 00 . 3 Porphyry of Tyre , a great philosopher , sometimes

M ele kh o r o f L n named i n Syriac King, was the pupil ongi us a nd Plotinus . A D — ” . m li c 0 . . a b u s m s te r ii s P tha or ica 34 J wrote De y , De vita y g , “ ” “ o f N i co ma ch us o f a T T e The arithmetic Geras , and he h o

logical properties . of N u mbers 4 — A D . o n \V o r k s D 450. . Proclus i n his com mentary the and ays i t i of H esiod , gives information concern ng he Pythagorean v ews f o n umbers . A D — . i t 560 . . Simpl cius of C ilicia a con emporary of J ustinian .

A D — i t c 850 . . . Photi us of Constant nople has lef a Bibliothe a of the i deas of the older philosophers .

Coming down to m ore recent times the followin g authors should be

: M e ur s i u s 1 62 0 M e ibo mi u s 1 6 0 consulted , J ohannes , ; , Marcus , 5 ; and

i 1 660 . i i t K rcher, Athanasius , They collected and ep tom zed all hat was

o f P th or e a ns extant of previous authors concern ing the doctri nes the y g .

The first em i nent follower o f Pythagoras was A r i s tze u s who , married The a no the widow of his master next followed M n e s a r chu s the son of

t B ula or a s i D i o d or u s A s e n d i a n Py hagoras ; and later g , T das , and the p . After the origi nal school was dispersed the chief i nstructors becam e Cli n i a s and Philolaus at Heraclea ; The ori d es and Eurytus at Meta

o f po n t u m and A rchytas the sage Tarentu m . The school of Pythagoras had several peculiar characteristics every new member w a s obl iged to pass a period of five years o f contemplation

“ r e i n perfect silence ; the members held everything in com mon , and je cte d an i mal food ; they were bel ievers i n the doctrine o f me te mpsy chos is ; and were i nspired w ith an ardent and i mpl i cit fai th i n their

o f fou nder and teacher . So much did the element faith enter into thei r

i a u tos g / m i tra ning that p He sa d it was to them complete proof, I ntense fratern a l affect ion between the pupils was also a marked feature ” o f i i t be the school , hence their saying my fr end s my o her sel f has

- come a by word to thi s day . The teaching was i n a great measure i S i t secret , and certa n tud es and knowledge were allot ed to each class and grade of i nstruction : merit and ab il i ty alone sufficed to enable anyone to pass to the higher classes an d to a k nowledge of the more recondite

t i . N it i i i o r mys er es o person was perm ted to com m t to wr t ng any tenet, i i i i secret doctr ne , and so far as s known no pup l ever broke the rule, unt l

t i t t i i o f af er h s dea h and he d spers on the school . We are thus en t i rely dependent o n the scraps of i nformation which t i i i have been handed down o us from h s successors , and from h s and the r f it i . i o i i cr cs A cons derable am ou n t u n certa nty, therefore, is nseparable

i ti o f t t i o f t from any cons dera on he real d oc r nes Py hagoras himself, but we are on surer ground when we i nvestigate the opi nions of his

! follow rs . I t is recorded that his i nstruction to his follow ers was formulated i nto

i i i of t o f : two great d v sions , the sc ence nu mbers , and he theory magnitude t i i i i he former d v sion ncl uded two branches , ar thmetic and m usical harmony ; the latter was further subd ivi ded i nto the consi d eration of i t t — t i i ti — t magn ude at res g eome ry, and magn tude n mo on as ronomy . The most striking pecul iarities o f hi s doctrines are dependent on the i mathem atical conceptions , nu merical ideas , and m personati ons, upon which his phi losophy was founded . The principles governing Nu mbers were supposed to be the pri nciples o f all Real Existences and as N umbers are the pri m ary cons ti tuents o f i i i i Mathematical Q uant t es , and at the same t me present many analog es i i to various real ties , it was further nferred that the elements of numbers

o f e i . t i were the elements R al ties To Py hagoras h mself, it is believed that the n ati ves o f Europe o w e the first t eaching of the properties of

o f i i o f t i Numbers , the princ ples of mu s c , and physics ; but here is ev dence i t i t that he had visited C entral As a , and here had acqu red he m athematical ideas whi ch form the basis of his doctrine . The modes of thought i n tro d u ce d a mbli chu s by Pythagoras , and followed by his successor J and ” i t c o r others , became known later on by the t l es of the I talian s hool , the

Dori c school . fi The followers of Pythagoras delivered their knowledge to pupils , tted i i i by selection , and by tra n ng to rece ve it , in secret ; but to others by nu merical and m athem atical n ames and noti ons . H ence they called

a n a a s u er fi ci e s forms numbers ; a point , the monad li e , the d u d p , the

i a a . tr d nd a solid , the tetrad I ntuitive knowledge was referred to the Monad type (9 — Reason and causation D uad type 0 0 I magination (form o r rupa) Triad type A Sensation of material obj ects Tetrad type D I n a deed , they referred every obj ect , planet , m an , ide and essence , to s or ome nu mber other , i n a way which to most moderns must seem curiou s and mystical i n the hi ghest degree . “ ” 00 The nu merals of Pythagoras , says Porphyry, who lived about 3 “

D . A . , were hieroglyphic symbols , by means whereof he explained all c i ” i ideas on cerning the nature of th ngs , and the same method of expla n i ng the secrets o f n ature is once agai n being insisted upon by the new f o e . revel ation the Secret Doctrine, by M adam Blavatsky — Nu mbers a r e a key to the an cient views of cosmogony i n its broad

i o f sense , spir tu ally as well as physically considered , and to the evolution the present human race ; all system s of religious mys ti cism are based upon numerals the sacredness of n umbers begi ns with the Great Fi rst

O — o f C ause, the ne , and ends only with the nought or zero symbol the ”

i . i . 0 . infinite and bound less universe . I s s Unveiled , vol i 4 7 Trad ition narrates that the stu dents o f the Pythagorean school at fi rst

i A u s cu lta n te s i classed as Exoteric or , listeners , were pri v leged to rise by

n i o f i M a thema ti ci merit a d ability to the h gher grades Genuin , Perfecti , , or t o f i i the most coveted itle Esoter c . T P A R I I .

PYT H AGO REAN V I E WS ON N U M B E RS .

HE foundation o f Pythagorean M athematics was as fol lows T n i i N EV E N OD D T he first atural d v sion of u mbers is i nto and . A n EV E N number bei ng one wh ich is divis ible i nto two equal t a OD D parts , wi hout leaving monad between them . The nu mber when d ivided into tw o equal parts leaves the monad i n the middle betwee n the parts . — — All even n umbers also (except the d uad tw o which i s simpl y t w o

n t w o t w o n u ities), may be divided into equal parts, and also into u equal n i parts, yet so that i neither division w ll either parity be mingled with i a i : n t w o n o mparity, n or imp rity w th parity the bi ary n umber can t be divided into two u nequal parts . T 1 0 i i a a i m hus d v des into 5 and 5, equal parts , lso i nto 3 n d 7 , both a a 6 i s 8 n o an p rities , nd into and 4 both par tie ; and divides i t 4 d 4 e n qu als and parities , and i to 5 and 3 both imparities . B ut the OD D nu mber i s only d ivisible into uneven parts and o ne part is i t a o r also a parity and the other part an impar ty, hus 7 into 4 nd 3, 2 a a o dd n 5 and i n both c ses , u nequal , nd and eve . The ancients also remarked the monad to be odd and to be the fi r s t ”

a ca a . odd nu mber, bec use i t nnot be divided i nto two equ l nu mbers Another reason they saw was that the monad added to an even n c a n a n u mber , be ame n odd u mber, but if evens are dded to eve s the result is an even number . Aristotle i n his Pythagoric treatise remarks that the m on ad partakes

of “ of o d d also the n ature the even n u mber, because when added to the d d a o i . it m akes the even , nd added to the even , the s formed “ ' o f Ta re n tu m a of the H ence it is called evenly odd . Archytas w s same opinion . The Monad then is the fi rst ide a o f the odd number ; and so the “ ” “ Pythagoreans speak o f the two as the first i dea of the i ndefin i te ” i 2 i i duad , and attr bu te the number to that wh ch s i ndefinite, u nknown , and i nordinate i n the world j ust as they adapt the monad to all that i s i n t i o f definite and orderly . They noted also that he ser es nu mbers from unity, the terms are i ncreased each by the m onad once added and 2 i I I o r i so their ratios to each other are lessened , thus s , double ts 2 2 predecessor ; 3 is not double , but and the monad , sesquialter 4 to i it i s es u i u i n ta n 3 is 3 and the monad , and the ratio s sesqu ert an the q q

6 s e s u i u a r ta n to 5 is less also than its forerunner , the q q 5 and 4, and so on through the series . They also noted that every nu mber is o ne half of the total o f the

a n i of 6 an . nu mbers bout it, i the natural ser es thus 5 is half d 4 And t o f also of he sum the nu mbers again above and below this pair, thus 5 i it i is also hal f of 7 and and so on t ll un y s . reached for the Monad

t o n e o n e alone has not two erms , below an d one above, it has above ” o f it only, and hence is said to be the source all multitude . “ Evenly even is another term appl ied anciently to o n e sort o f even

i i t w o numbers , such are those which div de nto equal parts , and each i i i i t i part d vides evenly, and the even div s on is cont nued u ntil uni y s

i 6 . i reached , such a n umber s 4 These nu mbers form a ser es , in a duple “ ”

t : 1 2 8 1 6 2 . i n ra io from unity thus , , 4, , , 3 E venly odd appl ed to a i t i 6 1 0 I 2 8 i i even number, po nts out tha l ke , , 4, and , when d v ded i nto

i i i . two equal parts , these are found to be ind vis ble nto equal parts A s o f a o f eries of these nu mbers i s formed by doubling the items series a. o dd numbers , thus

1 2 6 1 0 1 1 8 . , 3, 5, 7 , 9 , produce , , , 4,

U nevenly even numbers may be parted i nto two equal d ivisions, and

i i n these parts again equally d v ded , but the process does ot proceed 2 unti l unity is reached ; such numbers are 4 an d 2 8 . O dd numbers also are susceptible o f being looked upon from three

o f e points vi w, thus “ a 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 n o First and i ncomposite , such re 3, 5, 7 , , 3, 9 , 3, 9 , 3 , o i t t o f ther number measures them but un ty , hey are no composed other

n . umbers , but are generated from unity alone “ ” “ o dd n d Second and composite are in deed , but co tain an are a 2 2 com posed from other n umbers , such re 9 , 5, 7 , 33, and 39 ; t i i o r hese have parts which are denom n ated from a fore gn nu mber, w n i i ord , as well as proper u ty, thus 9 has a th rd part which is 3 ; 1 5 has a third part whi ch is 5 ; and a fifth part 3 ; hence as contain i ng a a n a c a i i foreign part, i t is c lled seco d , and s ontai ning d visibility, i t s c omposite . The Third Variety of o dd n um bers is more complex and is o f itself c n second and omposite , but with reference to another is first a d i n co m

os i te : 2 i i a of i p such are 9 and 5 ; these are d vis ble , e ch them that s second and composite , yet have no com mon measure ; thus 3 which divides the 9 does not divide the 2 5.

O a o u t i c d d n umbers re sorted nto these three lasses by a device , “ ” called the Sieve of Eratosthenes which is o f too complex a n ature to

o f form part a monograph , so discursive as this must be . Even n umbers have also been divided by the ancien t sages into f n an . Per ect, Deficie t d Superabundant

o r Superperfect Superabundant are such as 1 2 an d 2 4. 8 1 Deficient are such as and 4. Perfect are such as 6 and 2 8 equal to the number o f their parts a s

Q s fi ha lf i 1 t i i 2 s 4, a four h s 7 , a seventh is 4, a fourteenth part s and the t w - i i 1 2 enty e ghth s which quotients added together are 8 . D fi i t n 1 t b he I n e c en u mbers such as 4, he parts are surpassed y t ( 8 )

n 2 a 1 whole ; o e seventh is , a h lf is 7 , a fourteenth is the aggregate is 1 0 o r an 1 , less th 4.

1 2 I n Superabundant as , the whole surpasses the aggregate of i ts 2 t i i 6 a parts thus the sixth is , a four h s 3, a third s 4, a half is , and I a i 1 6 1 2 . twelfth is nd the aggregate s , or more than S uperperfect n umbers they looked on as s i m i lar to Briareus the

- i n u i hundred handed g a t, his parts were too nu mero s ; the defic ent nu mbers resembled Cyclops who had but one eye ; w hi lst the perfect n umbers have the temperamen t o f a m i ddle lim i t and are the emulators of V ce irtue, a medium between ex ss and defect, not the summit as some an cients falsely thought .

n . Evil is indeed opposed to evil , but both to o e good Good , however , i s i never opposed to good , but to two ev ls . c The Perfe t n umbers are also like the virtues, few in number whilst the

o e i c i i . ther two class s are l ke the vi es , nu merous, inord nate and ndefi nite T one u 1 1 0 a 6 n here i s but perfect n mber between and , th t is ; o ly o ne 1 0 1 00 2 8 n n 1 00 n between and , that is ; only o e betwee a d i 6 an n a l a that s 49 ; d betwee nd on y one, th t is O c n a a dd numbers they alled Gnomons , because bei g dded to squ res ,

fi i . they keep the same gures as n Geometry see Simplicius , liber 3 A number whi ch is formed by the multiplication o f an o dd and an “ ” r o helus even n umber together he called Hermaphrod i te o r a r e n t .

I n c o n fi n i an d onnection with these notes parity and imparity, de te

n o ld i e i definite nu mbers , i t is to be noted that the ph losophers wer — deeply i mbued with the union o f n umerical ideas with Nature i n its c acc n a a to n a n ce or a a o r ommon eptatio , n d lso the tures, esse s substr t things .

T n to a fi a o f nd fi an he ature of good them w s de nite , th t evil i e nite d s the more i ndefi n ite the nature of the evi l the worse it was . Goodne s

e an o r I n a alon c define bound the i ndefinite . the hum n soul exists a

i o f i i n an mo e a certain vest ge d vine goodness (Buddh ), this bou ds d d r tes

i n d e fi ni te n s the e s and i nequal i ty o f i ts desires .

I i Ifr o m t m ay be demonstrated that all nequality arises equality, so i e of m a that obtaining as t were the pow r a other and root, she pours forth with exuberant fertility all the sorts of i nequal ity ; and did space an d time allow it could be also shown that all i nequality may be reduced t o i equal ty . I a mbli chus i n his treatise on the Arithmetic o f Ni co ma chus throws a o n a e a re nother light n umbers he says some re like friends, th y 2 a 8 2 2 0 . A micable n umbers , s 4 an d

i i é r e o e' a) an Pythagoras , be ng asked what a fr end was , said p s y other

I . N t ow this is demons rated to be the case in these numbers , the parts o f each are generative of each other accord i ng to the n ature o f friendship . Oz a n a m t ti i AD . 1 1 0 i v i , a French m a hema c an , 7 , g es exam ples n his ” M athemati cal Recreations of such Am icable N umbers . H e remarks ( 9 )

2 20 2 8 1 that is equal to the sum of the aliquot parts of 4, thus

1 2 8 i 2 2 0 7 and 4 is equal to the su m of the al quot parts of , thus Another such pair of numbers are and

V w n a nd ery curious speculations as to the relation bet ee Numbers , a Of f marriage and the ch racter of spring from it , are to be found scattered f o i . i a through the writings the Ph losophers Plato in h s Republic, has passage concerning a geometric number which divi nely generated will be

i coma chu s f t or a . ortuna e unfortun te N also speaks of this same number, and he calls it the Nuptial number and he passes from it to state that from tw o f good parents , only good of spring can come from two bad parents only bad : an d from a good and a bad parent only bad : whence he

a i a or i a w rns the Republ c ag inst wedlock i n a confused d sorderly m nner,

i i . from which the progeny being depraved , d scord w ll result Sim “ pli ci us in his commentary on the 2 n d Book of Aristotle o n the Heaven s ” remarks that Pythagoras and his followers claimed to have

c o f n a heard the musi the Spheres , to have heard a h rmonic sound pro d uced o f by the motion the planets , and from the sound to have cal cula ted t a o f by numbers he ratio of distance nd size the Sun , Moon , V i enus , and Mercury . To th s A ristotle objected , but perhaps the diffi culty might be solved : in this sublun ary sphere all things are not

c n . ommensurate , or is everything sensible to every body alike Animals ca i o a n be scented , and the r presence definitely kn wn by dogs when t i great distances from them , and when man is i n complete gnorance of

i i n of c i the r ex ste ce . Some the an ients thought the soul had three veh cles

o n e a the terrestrial body, an aerial i n which it is punished , nd an ethereal o ne luminous and celest ial i n which the soul abides when i n a

o f a o n e o f state bliss . I t m y be that some by purification the senses ,

a o r i by heredit ry magical power, or by probity, by the sacred operat ons o f i a a his rel gion , may perceive, with terrestrial body l id aside , things c n a i i im per eptible to us , and hear sounds i udible to us st ll n bondage ; o r o r - i with mantle partly u nfolded some adept truth seeker may perce ve , i i i i e t i a w th eyes upra sed , sights i nvis ble to m ortals , wh lst y h s e rs are ‘ For a e deaf to the sounds beyond us both . why do we see the st rs, whi l yet we hear not their motion Why come not angels from the real ms of glory

To a a i of ! visit e rth , s n the days old I s heaven more distant O r has earth grown col d !

P A RT I I I .

E K B B ON B TH A ALAH N U M E RS .

Many nations of antiqu i ty m ade use of the letters o f their alphabets as substit u tes for any i ndependen t s igns to typify numerical conceptions . I t I O

is with the Hebrew letters as nu merals that we are chiefly con cerned , A and to a smaller extent with the Greek . ncient records show that

the Greeks used their n umbers almost exclusively for every - day pur poses ; whi le the J ewish Rabbis added to their practical value special t i i peculiar purposes, and looked to hem to furn sh deeper v ews of n ature , i i i ex stence, and doctrine . No doubt can ex st that the ancient Egypt ans w ere fully aware o f the wondrous mysteries which numbers are able to i d sclose, so considering that Greece, and neither J udea nor Babylon , suc

ce ed e d i o f i i to the emp res ancient Egypt, t is a cur ous fact, how little

o f o f i of kn owledge the dogmas the H erophants Sais, Memphis and

i i . Thebes, Greek l terature has transm tted to us The Jewish Rabbis d i scovered so much of interest and i mportance behind the merely superficial value of numbers an d of words as their r a i epresentatives , that they gradually developed complete sc ence of n umeri cal conceptions apart fr om m athem atics ; this took the name of

a o r o r K bbalah Q abalah, Cabbala, even Cabala, words variously mis B L H— i B L i spelt from Q the Rece ved doctrine, from the root Q mean ng

o t Receive . The Greeks as aforesaid did n ot develop n or use their letters as

n M id d le numbers for m ental conceptions , yet i the Ages we often fi nd

tt t i t s i mi la rs Greek le ers used to ransl tera e Hebrew , and so there was

o n formed a bastard Greek Kabbalah the Hebrew type . I t must be constantly borne i n mind that al l Hebrew words or n umbers

or o f i are read from right to left, the reverse English words ; but in the r

i . Engl sh transliteration , they are here in English order T i n he correspond ng numerals , Greek and Hebrew letters, are here give i i a i with the r Engl sh n mes, and the Engl sh synonym letters are also added .

A B G D H V Z C H T H Aleph Beth G i mel D aleth H e Vau Zain Heth Teth N D J 7 n 7 i n L’) I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

' Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Eps ilon Epz s e/zz ozz Zeta Eta Theta a B !y 3 e s ' !f 7) 6

Y o r I o r J K L M N S O P Yod Kaph Lamed Mem N un Samekh Ayi n Pe 3 is J D y a 1 0 2 0 30 40 50 60 7 0 80 Iot a Kappa Lambda M u Nu ! i O m icron Pi

1. la A. u. u , f o qr I I

K M P TZ Final Kaph Final Mem Fi n al Nun Final Pe Fi nal T z a ddi Dotted Aleph

’ D r) v N 500 600 800 9 00 1 000

' Phi Chi O mega s pz Alpha dashed ! a) g 9

e e 6 0 a 00 Note that th r were no proper Greek Letters for , 9 , nd 9 , so they

’ e z semozz v a n or a a for 6 t o w used special symbols , p ( , b u , digamm ) p/ ' — for 9 0 ; and s mzpz for goo s b

fi w n n At some periods the ve finals ere ot used for the hu dreds , but i nstead Tau was written for 400 and other hundreds added ; thus 500 w a s T o f O. A n other point i mportance is that the Jews never write J H 1 a i i 6 Jah for 5 bec use t is a Deity title , they use nstead 9 , thus TV the Kabbalists did use J H because they desired to call atten tion to the holy name i n the number . I n some cases we fi n d the Greeks to have used their letters i n direct

for of of order purposes numeration , as m ay be seen in some copies very ’ o ld poems (the 2 4 books of the H omer s I liad and O dyssey for example) i a to in which the stanzas bear the letters consecutively, in a s milar m nner the Hebrew letters heading the portion s of the 1 1 9 th Psalm i n our

Bibles . The word Kabbalah includ es the Hebrew Doctrines o f Cosmogony l and Theology as we l as the Science of Numbers . The former is speci fied L c a . as the Dogmati Kabbal h , the latter as the iteral Kabbalah By means of associ ati n g the an cient doctri nes o f Numbers with the

of a a a a letters the alph bet, the Pl nets , Stars , Zodi cal signs n d other

a o f a i ! Astronomical terms , form divination became pr ct sed , by which n n the professors attempted to foretell the future, life a d death, good a d

i o n a a o f c ma f . ev l Fortune , detection theft etc , a ample expl n tion whi h y ” o f be studied by the curious i n the H oly Guide John Heydon .

o f With this system is associ ated the practice pure Astrology, the “ i n o f i d vinatio of Fate by means the Heavenly bod es , especially the — form ation o f the s o - called Horoscopes schemes o f the arrangement o f i a i a e the Planets at the moment of Birth , from wh ch ll the mportant ph s s of — the life can be i n ferred by som e few persons . H E Kabbalah became a m eans of handing down from one genera

i i t i i o f t on to another h dden ruths , rel gious not ons, secrets t i c i t i n na ure , deas of Cosmogony, and fa ts of h s ory , a form which was un i n telligi ble to the un i n i t i ated ; and the revealing o f the

o f i t i a secrets and the methods nterpre at on was veiled in mystery, nd only to be approached through Religion . The more practi cal part of the system was involved i n the three processes of : AT R I A KA E M NOTAR I CON EM U . G , , and T

' Gel/mi n d t ac a a h Hebrew le tte r , a me hod depending on the f t th t e c a t had numerical value . When he sum of the numbers of the letters composing a word was the same as the sum o f the letters o f another i t word however d fferen , they perceived an analogy between them , and considered them to have a necessary connection . Thus certain n umbers i h got to be well known as mean ng certain t ings ; and not words only,

i : but sentences were treated in th s m anner thus , as an example , referring ” 2 10 h n n a h i ii . V e e to Genesis xv , v , we find the words and , three men , , V H N H S HL SH H n 6 0 shalisha, , this set down i nu mbers becomes , 5, 5 “ 00 0 00 i 0 1 : n h 5, 3 , 3 , 3 , 5, wh ch amount to 7 ow the word s t ese are ” “ ” i i i i v e M chael , Gabr el , and Raphael , Alu M khael Gabr el Raphael , A L V A GB R I AL 1 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 M I K L V RP A L converted are , 3 , , 4 , , , , 0 2 200 I O 1 0 6 200 80 1 0 i t 0 1 t 3 , 3, , , , , 3 , ; , , , 3 , also amount ng o 7 , and he

o f Rabbis argued that these two sets three beings were i dentical . Some

Y bah i i t . . 1 0 e Christ an Kabbal sts poi nt ou that in Genesis xlix , v we fi nd ! ” Y EA H 8 a nd Shiloh , S I LH , Shiloh shall come , which amount to 35 “ the i M S I—I Y CH o 00 1 0 8 8 that word Mess ah , is 4 , 3 , , , or 35 but so is also

N a cha s h o f N CHS H 0 8 00 a the Serpent Moses , , 5 , , 3 ; and I must remark th t

H s c w . the claim to translate S I L H , or, as ome an ient H ebre M SS wri te it, “ ” S HL H i - , by Sh loh, i n the sense of J esus Christ, is far fetched . The “ ” “ ” i i : i word is s mply rest , or peace , n its simplest meaning but also s

i n i N a cha s h the Scorp o of the Chaldea zod ac (related to , serpent) ; and “ ” J udah o f whom J acob i s talking i n the prophecy i s the sign of the “ ’ zodiac , Leo, for J udah is a lion s whelp (the Chaldean zodiac has a lion “ “

a i . c couchant), he crouches as l on I n this sense, then , the s eptre a n i shall not depart from J udah, power sh ll ot leave Leo, unt l Shelah ,

i i . Sh loh , or Scorpio shall come up or r se Astronomy teaches that as i “ ” Leo passes away from the meridian , Scorpio r ses . The title Comforter , “ ” M na M N HM 0 0 8 0 1 8 e chem , C , 4 , 5 , , 4 , amounting to 3 , and the title

I 4

o f he re v erse . The m ost popular mode perm utation has however been “ N ” t the form called Kabbalah of the ine Chambers , p rod uced by he

t c o f i t i i i i n erse tion two hor zon al and two vert cal l nes , form ng nine spaces , — i - i a central square, and 4 three s ded figures , and 4 two s ded figures , to each a r e allotted certai n letters ; there are several modes even of this arrangement . This method is used in a superfi cial manner in Mark Master Masonry and is completely explained i n the teaching of the “ Hermetic students ” o f the G . D . A further developmen t o f the Numerical Kabbalah consists of arith meti cal proces ses of Extension and Contraction ; thus Tetragram maton Y 1 0 6 o r 2 6 is considered as , H 5, V , H 5, , but also may be spelled i n full Y V D 2 0 6 V V 1 2 A 6 , H A , , H , or 44

a i i n Z o r Again the K bbal sts extended a number by ser es . Zai 7

“ I 2 6 2 becomes and and 3 and 4 and 5 and and 7 or 8 . A fter another

2 8 2 8 o r 1 0 : i m anner they contracted , as was equal to and aga n T 2 6 2 6 8 etragramm aton became and , or , so every number was

i n u m l i t i r e s tr i c e r a . reduc ble to a primary I n th s m anner, wi h n certai n

i a tive l aws , every word had analogies wi th certa n others , thus , AB f ther

I 2 I HV 1 0 6 2 1 2 1 . and are 3, J ehu and 5 an d are , and are 3 A L

S H D I Sha d d a i i I 0 00 1 0 1 2 , A l , God Alm ghty , , 3 , 3 , 4, or 345 becomes 2 I HV A 6 I 1 2 t and then and are 3 or H oa , , , are , and hen 3 ; and ; / 5

DV L e u l 2 G H G d a h 6 0 8 1 . 3, 4, , 3 , 5, are 4 , and are and 3 A nother method o f substitution lead i ng to results of an opposite character is the substitution i n any w ord o f si m ilar letters o f another

t o r i TM = e r fe ct group, hard for sof , sib lant for dental , thus in p ,

H T H i d efile d H exchange T for T , and obtai n M mean ng ; S A N secure,

i N S HKL i . tranqu l , becomes S A battle ; wisdom , becomes S KL fool sh

t Sha d d a i S HD I i t i i I n he word Alm gh y, w th soft s bilant and soft denta l or Shidd a h i i i , a w fe ; if we repl ace w th a hard dental , a part al change of i f S HTH H i i mean ng is ef ected S ttah , an adulterous w fe ; both letters H a a a a hardened completely change the sense ST Seth , f llen man , b ck i S T HN a sl der , Satan , dversary .

I ca nn o t e of , without Hebrew l tters , explain well the change sound H H i i n the Shin S , from S to S , but it is marked by a dot over the r ght t o f f or lef tooth the three teeth o the letter . A deep mystery is concealed i n the Genetic account o f the conversion o f the n ames of Abram A B R M i nto Abraham A B R HM and that o f his

- i a H i S H R H i i . . 1 w fe S rai S R I nto Sarah , see Genesis xv , v 5 5, on the occasion of the conception o f Isaac Y TZ CH Q or Y S HCH Q from the “ ” t S I I CH T Z CI- I h 0 roo Q or Q laug , when Sarah was 9 and Abraham

1 00 i i o f years old , th s was on the occas on the covenant made by i t A i i ti i J ehovah w h bram , and the nst tu on of c rcu mcision of males i n r t f. N t i i n token he eo ow here we have he add t on of an H or 5, the esse tia ll o f A s f y Female Letter to the name braham , an d a conver ion o a Y o d Y n i s into H e , i nto H , i the case of Sarah , and then their sterility destroyed . Some learned men consider Abraham to be a conversion o f Brahm a

The . i . i i i the H ndoo Deity name spl ts up cur ously A B s father , B R is “ i O M o r d e ific t son , A M is l ke A U M a name of Power ; RM mean he ' a n d r is l ifted up . Blavatsky remarks that Abraham Satu n were iden

- t i tical i n Astro symbology, the Father of he Phar sees was J ehovah , and

o f they were o f the seed Abraham . o f A B R M 1 2 2 00 0 2 of an The nu mber is , , , 4 or 43, the number the m fi m i r t gure Seir A p n , epresen ing M icroprosopus . ’ i i f o f n Read Pistorius , A rs C abal st ca, for the ef ect addi g H 5 to men s n 6 i i a a ames, see page 9 9 ; also I nman , Ancient Fa ths , art cle Abr h m ;

. 8 1 1 . a . . i Secret Doctrine i 57 , 7 7 lso C W K ng, The Gnostics .

T o f s i mi la r s S R H he name Sarah also has a curious set i n Hebrew, ,

- O S CI I R O princess ; SA R , flesh ; S R , gate ; , black ; S R , hairy seir ;

S R R S a cti o f S RT , i ncision ; S R and , n avel and note the B rahma i s

- L a khs mi i Sara swati , watery ; Sara refers to S R I , , Aphrod te, and all are o f c a related to Water and Lun a, Vach Sophi a the Gnosti s, and the ide l i H oly Ghost, all femin ne .

M a re r . cG o 2 S . L g M athers says 243 of Abram becomes 48 by addin g

1 0 0 o ff i for t H , and Sarai 5 becomes 5 5 by taking 5 , putt ng H Y , and he o f n i 2 8 i n u mber ‘ o f total the two ames s unaltered , being 7 53 4 s the the M o f o f R CH or . members Microprosopus and , rechem Mercy a i t c Before le ving th s subj ect , a reference must be m ade o the Magi

o f . n a n Squares , the Pl anets etc to each pla et belongs a speci l u i t, and secondarily other nu mbers .

o f a a an n Thus the Square Saturn h s three compartments each w y, d i a I t each subdivision is unit , to 9 , so arranged that he col umns add up 1 a i o f i a to 5 every way , and the tot l be ng 45. The Square J up ter has s o f a 1 6 a n a a is ide four divisions, tot l , e ch li e dds up to 34, and the tot l

1 36 .

T a o f a a e ac i a he Squ re Mars is given here s an ex mpl , e h s de five, tot l 2 c n n n 2 6 . squares 5, each side ou ti g 5, a d total 3 5

1 1 24 7 20 3 4 1 2 2 5 8 1 6 I 7 5 I 3 2 1 9 1 0 1 8 1 1 4 2 2 2 3 6 1 9 2 1 5

o f 6 6 1 1 1 666. O Similarly the four several numbers Sol are , 3 , , f

V 2 2 8 6 2 60 2 080 . 1 1 . O enus 7 , 49 , 7 5, 5 f Mercury , , 4, , O 8 1 6 2 1 . f Luna 9 , , 3 9 , 33 Each number then becomes a name take 6 D N I D i D 2 60 i s the case of Mercury ; 4 is alike D I N and , n and on i Ti r i l T R T e T I R I AL 2 0 80 i T a htha r tha r a th T PT R . , , and s p , ( 1 6 )

The i t i w i t i D i i t Chaldeans assoc a ed myst c numbers h the r e t es , hus to A 60 0 0 0 2 0 N 1 2 nu , Bel 5 , H oa 4 , Sin 3 , Shamash , ergal (Mars) , and 1 Beltis 5.

i or r e a t o f 666 S o r a th I t w ll be noticed that the number Sol is , called , o f S U RT , the number the Beast , about which so m uch folly has been

. O i i o i written ne famous square of five times five d vis ns , amounting n

666 i r a zor a r e a zen- er most directions to is formed of the myst c words , p , , o r r s m e a am . O 666 o e p , f these the fi rst , third , and last number , but p 6 60 . 8 and its reverse nu mber only 35 The number is notable , being in PHR E 00 1 00 8 V 00 Coptic, , the Sun 5 , , and i n Greek we find H S , 4 , w i i a Y hich becomes I H S i n Lat n , for the Greek U ps lon ch nges to “ i n a ai of I ho mi nu m and I Latin , nd so we obt n the anagram esus ” Salvator . K i rcher points o u t a Greek example o f m agi c squares ; the names

I E S O I e s ou s U S . j esus and M ary, and M A R I A have a curious relation = i 1 0 8 2 00 o 00 z oo 888 . 0 I 1 00 1 0 s , , , 7 , 4 , Now take Maria, 4 , , , ,

I 2 i o f i t Set 5 n a Magic Square Three, n ne compar ments , thus , — — — — — f 1 2 2 1 2 1 888 . o 5 , 5 , 5, then the totals are all The letters I e s ou s i 6 i i to also make a mag c square of 3 d ivis ons , add ng every way

8 88. A r i thmolo i a o f Consult the g Kircher .

' ' ' ‘ ’ Remember memz i z z z Sy bi l/( z d e n omz fla ej zts

’ ’ ‘ ” 072077e s ou mozza a es d et a a es e/ém ozz fa d es okra o r 71 0mm 1 1mm 8 , ,

5 5 — 21 71 1 0 15 8 D Ci r! 0 6 5. 8 . i e , See St A ugust ne, .

i A i s 2 1 0 I 60 I z oo m 6 i n k 1 0 . Note the myst c word braxas , , , , , , 3 5 Gree letters . ’ A s a curiosity n ote that the R oman ! for 1 0 is two V s which are

’ E or 1 00 i i each five ; C , or, squarely drawn , , cons sts of two L s wh ch ’ o n e k o m i o f are each 50. Priscian says I for was ta en fr i in the m ddle

’ m z a o f 6 55 o n e t the Greek female , , and V for five because it was the fif h

a A I 1 0 1 00 a n d vowel . To remember Hebrew numer ls note e , , ; in

A I R A z i 1 0 1 00 Greek , , ,

P A RT I V.

THE I N D I V I D U AL N U M E RALS . — HAPTE R I I I E ON AD . C . T M

T I I E nu mber O ne or the Monad has been defined by the M a thematician “ f r i o f nu mbe: s i i Theon o Smy na as the pr nciple and element , wh ch w h le

i s i i t i o f e mult tude can be lessened by ubtract on , s i self depr ved very number and remains stable and firm hence as number it is i nd ivis i ble , t i t i t i i t i remains mmu able , and even mult plied in o tself rema ns i sel f only, i i ti ti i t s nce once one s s ll one , and the monad mul pl ed by he monad remains the i mmu table monad to i nfin i ty . I t remai ns by i tself among 1 7 )

n or e t fo r r ca a a , numbers, no numbe be taken from it , sep r t d from its uni y fi Proclus observed the rst monad is the world itself, the second is the

i e e the o f inerrat c sphere , then thirdly succ d spheres the planets , each a i n un ty, then lastly are the spheres of the elements which are also Mo ads and these as they have a perpetual su bs istence are called wholenesses lz alotetes in Greek . i t o r th O i e u The Monad , Un y, e nu mber ne rece ved v ry nu mero s a i i meanings . Photius tells us that the Pyth goreans gave t the follow ng n ames

o f a . 1 . God , the First ll things , the maker of all things i 2 . I ntellect , the source of al l deas — c o d d 3. Male and Fem ale both together produ e all things from the proceed both o dd and even .

of i . 4. Matter, the last developmen t u n versality i a i i i i i n d iffer e n t t on . 5. Chaos , wh ch resembles the nfin te,

8 . i . O i t I 6 . Confusion . 7 . Com mix on bscurity, because n he neffable

c o f of a prin iple things , which it is the i mage, ll is confused , vague and in darkness . ’

A a . 9 . Ch sm , as a void a a 1 . 0 T rtarus , from its being at the lowest extremity, is dissimil rly

o f . similar to God , at the highest end the series

I 1 . . The Styx , from its i mm utable n ature

w i . 1 2 . Horror , the i neffable is perfectly un kno n an d is therefore terr ble f o of i o f t o t i . I 3. V id Mixture, from the simpl city the na ure he neffable

n I . L 4 ethe, oblivion , ig orance . f Vi o . 1 . 5 A rgin , from the purity its nature

1 6 . n . Atlas , i t con nects , supports , and separates all thi gs

8 . . r a li s P o . 2 . . 1 A 1 . 1 . 0 . 7 The Sun pollo 9 y , dweller i n fire M orpho 2 . 2 . s i o f the 2 . 1 . . 2 The A xis Ve ta, or the fire n the centre earth 3 “ ” “

a n . 2 . w i t i i Spermatic Re so 4 The poi nt h n a c rcle, the Central Fire ” Deity .

2 . T u I 5 he Lingam , pright pillar, figure . The Monad being esteemed the Father o f number i s the reason for the universal prej udice i n favour of O dd N u mbers over Even o n es which are

o f D i but copies the first even number the uad , or un versal Mother the “ ” for i father being more esteemed than the mother, M ght .

O n to an n e dd numbers were give the greater Gods , d eve on s to the inferior and terrestri al deities .

one i an The number s represented in the Rom and A rabic systems , by a n upright simple line, but i n many old systems whose numerals were a t i their letters we fi nd that lmost universally the let er A , from be ng

o f o f chosen to com mence the set letters, had the task representing the hd on a d . t t a I n Nu meration note tha he Rom ns began with lines I , I I , I I I , I I I I , a n d t A V i e then followed the A cu e ngle for 5, then for ten th s was doubl d f ! for , n a n d e L fi ty the a gle was l aid down becam , for a hundred , tw o o n e er t , D fif ies inv ted became C , for five hundred C and L became D . “ i th e i i i t o f i t Herm as , C hr st an ph losopher , au hor R dicule of he Gentile

h r Philosop ers , quotes f om the Pythagoreans . The M o n a d i s the ’ ” i i a ll a r orz e ton u n i on lz e mou r n Beg nn ng of things [ . The o f o n e i i i figure s gnifies , dentity, equal ty, existence , and preserva i i “ i “ t ” i t on , it sign fies liv ng man alone among ani mals erec on add ng

o f , i of a head we m ake it P the s gn creative Power, (paternity, Phallus , i s i i Pan , Pr apu , all com menc ng w th the Vocable P). h an n a i A nother das added , and we have m walki g, dvan c ng, with foot “ ” r a the i i e n set fo w rd , i n letter R which s gnifies s , i tur us o r ” advancing .

s ola r s o! C ompare U nity, , alone, the u nique principle of good ; with , o f a S un God, the emblem supreme power ; nd they are identical .

T H E D U A D .

T H IS also was said to represent a large n umber o f different obj ects and ideas things indeed so dissimilar that a modern is at his wi ts ’ en d i i to u nderstand how such mult pl city arose.

e n e r a l i a And first it is the g oppos te to the monad , the c use of dis

e O similitude, the interval between multitud and the monad . f figures , i i l those wh ch are character sed by equa ity an d sameness , have relation to the Monad ; but those i n which inequal i ty and d i fference pr e d o mi nate are allied to the D uad . Monad and D uad are also called Boun d and I nfinity . I . I t was called A udacity from its being the earliest number to separate itself from the D ivine O ne from the Adytum of God - nour

i shed i . S lence , as the Chaldean oracles say “ 2 i o f . I t was called Matter as be ng definite and the cause Bul k and division . “ t 3, I t is called the interval , between Mul itude and the Monad ,

t ti i i . O because it is n ot yet perfec m ul tude , but is partur en t w th it f

i i of i c l e this we see an mage n the d uad Ar thmeti , for as Proc us observ s “ The duad is the med i um between u nity an d n u mber , for un i ty by i i ti i i i ti add t on produces more than by m ul pl cat on , but n u mber by add on produces less than by m ul ti pl i cation ; whi lst the D uad whether added

i i i t . to itself, or m ult pl ed by sel f produces the same “ “ ” i o f . 4 . Founta n Symphony, and Harmony i i 5. Erato , because t attracts the Monad , l ke Love , and another nu mber is formed .

i e a i 6 . Pat nce , because it is the first n um ber th t endures separat on from the Monad .

t i i t . 7 . Phanes, or I n ell g ble I ntellec I e a o f a F 8 . t is th fount in l l emale d ivinities , and hence Nature, Rhea and I sis .

a i a a n . 9 . C upid , j ust as Er to , from desir ng its opposite for p rt er

o f 2 i I n Astronomy, we speak nodes , C aput and C auda Dracon s ; and

M le fi c 2 o f B e ne fi c a . n in Astrology of aspects the planets , and I

- 2 i 2 i . M asonry we especially note P llars , and parallel l nes

i o f o f a The Ch nese speak Blue , as the colour H eaven , bec use m ade u p f o f a o Red , Male, and Black, Fem ale ; the active nd the passive ; the brilliant and the Obscure .

f f o f o a o . The followers Pyth goras , spoke two kinds enj oyment

n a l o f i First, lascivious ess nd indu gence the Belly , l ke the murderous

of n i o n songs Sirens ; Second , ho est and j ust ind ulgences , wh ch bring n o repentance .

Hie rocles a 2 a a of a , s ys things re necess ry to li fe , the aid kindred , nd ben evolent sympathy . A notable ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic was formed of two serpents

c n o r i . in on ection with a globe egg, represent ng the world A nother c a n a i n o f elebrated p ir, i n connectio with worship , is the associ t o a tree a n a o f nd a serpent, referri g as some say to the Mos ic account the Tree

n . o f K owledge, and the Tempter Serpent Some have supposed that it “ ” is only since the condemnation on thy Belly shalt thou go that the n a Serpe t h s been limbless , and obliged to crawl .

a a to o Note , it has been rgued nd by a great churchman , that the “ ” a on n a whole t le rests error , a d that for serpent , we should re d Ape

(Adam C larke) . This is substituting one error for another . n o f ae i ha d I the orgies Bacchus M nades , the worsh ppers snakes n an ca twi ed in their hair d danced , singing Eve, Eve, by whom me the ” d n Pr o tr e t. . si , see C lemens A lexan rinus , p 9

a a n or Du lity introduces us to the f tal alternative to U ity Good , n amely EV I L ; an d to m any other human and n atural contrasts n an a n a ight d d y, light a d d rkness , wet and d ry, hot and cold , health

nd ea n n w a dis se, truth a d error, male a d female, hich m an having fallen t i from his high estate, from spirit to ma ter, cannot avoid associat ng f . T n o i a himself with wo is a umber Mourn ng and De th, misfortunes

a o u r o f are pt to follow ; turn to H istory England , see the unhappiness

o f n c n o f i I . w . Ki gs numbered the se o d each n ame , W lliam I , Ed ard I I ,

o f and Richard I I . England were all m urdered . The Romans ded icated

2 n d God o n 2 n d o f t t the month to Pluto, of Hades, and the day i hey I ! e e ! . offe r ed sacri fic s to the Manes . Pope J ohn instituted the F te des

T é s é o n e 2 n d of r pas s ( All Souls Day) Nov mber , the second month

Autum n . TI I T RI A E D .

HOTI U S observes that the Triad is the first o dd nu mber in i t i i energy, s he first perfect number , and s a m ddle and analogy. The Pythagoreans referred it to Physiology ; it is the cause o f all that has the triple d i mension . i i I t s also the cause of good counsel , intell gence, and knowledge, and

t o f i i i is a M is ress M us c, m stress also of Geometry, possesses authority n whatever pertains to Astronomy and the nature and knowledge of the i f heavenly bod es and connects and leads them i nto ef ects . i i Every virtue also is suspended from t and proceeds from t. I n Mythology it is referred by N i co ma chus to

2 . I . i . n . Saturn , T me, past , present , an d future Latona 3. The Hor

m n o f i . . i a Amalthea, the nurse of J up ter 4 Polyhymn a , y g the Muses . i t ti Nu mber being more ncreased by mul iplica on than it is by addition , i i a n i the number 3 s , properly speak ng, the first n umber, s e ther the

D uad nor Monad are so i ncreased . “ ” I t is a M iddle and Analogy because all comparisons consist o f three ”

a i . terms , at least and nalog es were called by the ancients middles I t was cons idered the M istress of Geometry because the triangle is the princi pal of Figures . t i n T Wi h regard to the Heavenly bod es , the umber hree is important ti i there are 3 quaternions of the celes al s gns , the fixed , the movable, and the common . d eca n s I n every Zodiacal sign also there are 3 faces , and 3 , and 3 lords o f thei r Triplicity ; and among the planets there are 3 Fortunes ; i t and 3 I nfortunes accord ng o the Chaldeans also, there are 3 ethereal worlds prior to the sphere of our Fi xed Stars . O i i n account of the perfect on of the Triad , oracles were del vered from

i O . a Tripod , as s related of the racle at Delphi t t i a Wi h regard o M us c, 3 is s id to be Mistress because H armony i contains 3 symphon es, the

Diapason , the Diapente , and the Diatessaron . a c i . 1 ti Ezek el , xiv , v . 4, men ons 3 men who saw reation , destruction , i N D i i and a restorat on oah of the whole world , an el of the Jew sh world

i i t . J erusal em , and J ob of h s pr va e world N i i i o f i ote the H ndoo Tr n ty of Brahm a, who consists Brahma, V shnu

i a . and S va C re tor , Preserver, and Changer

2 2 a a o n a ac dor tion the Gre t Mother even i n trinities of coequal males , e h ow n i t has his special worshippers , note this espec ally among he H indoos , where for exam ple the followers o f Vishn u are called Vaishnavas : to c i a i a c ompl cate m tters too, in this case each de ty has his fem le poten y or a a n s kti , nd these also have their ow adherents .

TH E T ET RAD . 4

T N i co ma chu s he Pythagoreans , said , call the number four the ” “ ” “ ” a Go d n a a i gre test miracle, a after a other m nner, man fold divi nity, “ ” “

n N . I the fou tain of ature , and its key bearer t is the i ntroducer ” o f I s an d cause of the permanency the M athematical disc ipline . I t “ ” “ c lus I ZEo . most masculine and robust ; it is H er ules , and t is A c n c . . a Mer ury, Vulcan a d Ba chus mong the Muses , U rania They lso c i of i i a i o f a alled it Femin ne, effective Vir l ty, nd an Exc ter B cchic fury. I n harmony i t was said to form by the quadruple ratio, the symphony disdiapason . They called i t J ustice, as the fi rst evenly even nu mber .

a o f a As a type of Dei ty, we ll know the famous Hebrew title Tetr gr a mma to n or u n pronounceable n ame J ehovah I HV H this n ame was c c a n ac a to dis losed by the Kabbalisti Rabbis s a bli d to the popul e, nd hide their secret tenets . Almost all the peoples of Antiquity possessed a n ame for Deity con n of n o f c to a sisti g four letters , a d many them onsidered 4 be Divine n umber, thus

Y ehov a h I HV H n I HI H Ehei e n A HI H H ebrew , a d called , a d called h i A e e .

Assyrian A DAD . German G O T T.

Egyptian A M U N . French D I EU .

n I . Persia s SYRE or S RE , Turkish E SA R

H O ITGA . Greek T E S, Tartar La n a an AL L H ti D EU S , Ar bi , Allah .

S a ma r i a n The o r J AB E see do et . H an O T . Egypti TEU T , TAU T , T H

S a nchon i a thon I n we find the Deity called I EV O .

I n Clemens Alexandrinus J A O U .

T i i B u llia ld o he Tetractys says , Theo of Smyrna in the ed t on of Ismael 1 6 1 a i t t 44, page 47 , w s not only princ pally honoured by he Py hagoreans i i i i because all symphonies ex st with n t, but also because t appears to “ c n o f i i a N i ontai the nature all th ngs , hence the r o th ot by h m who delivered to o u r souls the Tetractys (that is Pythagoras) this tetractys 2 is seen i n the COM POS I T I O N o f the firs t nu mbers I . . 3. 4. But the 2 nd Tetractys ari ses from the increase by M U LT I PL ICAT I O N of odd and even numbers begi nn i ng from the Monad .

rd The 3 subsists accord i ng to Magn itude .

T th n i - i D - - VVa te r he 4 is i simple Bod es , Monad F re, uad Air, Triad

t - h Te rad Eart . f 2 3

- o - Ai r a F e . O c a d n The 5th i s of the figures of Bodies , Pyr mid ir t he r ,

- - I . cosahedron Water, Cube Earth

T 6th i i - o r ; a n he of Vegetat ve L fe, Seed Monad point if i t inc—re se i — - — - length duad ling ; in breadth triad s upe r fi cie s ; in thickness tetrad solid .

e . Th 7 th is of Communities as Man , House , Street , City

. w . The 8th is the J ud i cial po er I ntellect , Science , O pinion , Sen se T A i a I a n he 9 th is of the parts of the n mal , the Ration l , r scible a d

i c t i . Ep thymeti soul , and he Body they l ve i n of The 1 0th Tetractys is of the Seasons the Year, spring, summer,

u . a tumn , winter a f of an an e ad e The l 1 th Tetr ctys is o the Ages M , the inf t, th l , th

a n . m n , a d the senex And all are proportion al one to another and hence they said “all things are assimilated to number .

- of to They also gave a four fold distribution goods the soul and Body, to i a d the Soul , Prudence , Temperance, Fort tu de, J ustice nd to the Bo y

n o f n . Acute ess se ses , Health, Strength , Beauty

O c of e a : . n The bje ts d sire re 4 viz , Prosperity, Re own , Power,

Friendship . a a The celebr ted 4 Causes of Aristotle, m y be mentioned here — ’ Divinity as the cause by which ; or v 7r ou up ou .

— r 6 a Matter from which ; o 5 v ex ou . ’ — or 81 a v Form through which ; di ou .

f — o u Ef ect with reference to which or 7 rpos u pros o . The Dead also are called 4 times Blessed ; and the Living but thrice blessed .

c o f of The number 4 being the ompletion the quaternary grou p point, i s u er fici e s 1 2 l ne, p and body , has also this character that its elements , , 1 0 i i 3, and 4 when summed up are equal to , wh ch s so perfect that we ca n t go no fur her, but to increase we must return to the Monad . I e t was also called Kosmos , the World , because it formed th number 6 3 , when its digits were thus comb i ned I + 2 = 3 7

36 being the sum of the first four odd numbers with the fi rst four ev en numbers .

Pr ocr . 1 2 of . 0 c Plutarch , De Anim 7 , says the world onsists a double ’ a o f T A a thon Quatern ry 4 the intellectual World , g , Nous , Psyche and i Hyle that is Supreme W sdom or Goodness , Mind , Soul , M atter, and

of i o f four the Sens ble world , forming the Kosmos Elements , Fire, Air,

7 u m e 7 r u a p 5 . Earth and Water pur, aer, g and udor p, p , 7 7, p 2 4

o f or of Four is the n umber the moons satellites J upiter and Uranus . The Arab i ans analysed Female B eauty i nto n i ne fours as

Four B lack H air, eyebrows, eyelashes, eyes . F o f our White Skin , white the eyes , teeth, legs .

F e i . our Red Tongu , l ps, cheeks , gums

a . Four round Head , neck , forearms, ncles

Four long Back , fingers, arms , legs .

Four wide Forehead , eyes , seat, lips .

fi . Four fine Eyebrows , nose , lips , ngers

F i . our thick Buttocks , th ghs, calves, knees

Four small Breasts , ears , hands , feet .

n N . See Lane, Arabia ights I n i i o f fi n the Rosicrucian wr t ngs Behmen , Fludd , and Meyer, we d c i the o cult dogma that the four elements are peopled by spir ts, beings who may have influence on the destiny of Man ; thus the Earth was inhabited by Gnomes the Air was inhabited by Sylphs the Fire was i n habited by Salamanders and the Water by U ndines these are now “ ” c n . n c . om mo ly called Elementals See Lives of the Necroma ers, W

’ Godwin Michael Maier J acob Behmen s Works .

T c of f he existen e Elementals , scof ed at by the ed ucated classes , is really suggested i n a large nu mber of places i n both O ld and New

of fo r a Testaments, the inspired volume the Christians examine , ex m

2 . 1 . . i 6 ple , J udges ix . 3 I Samuel xvi . 4 ; Psalm lxxviii 49 ; Acts xvi ,

2 1 2 . 2 . 1 . . i i . xix 3, xxvii 3 ; Ephesians vi , i n Francis Barrett ment ons the 4 Consecrated A imals , Lion , Eagle,

o f o n Man and Calf, emblems the Kerubim the terrestrial plane ; 4 c i i a n Ar hangels , M chael , Gabr el , U riel , Raphael note, ll e d i n the Deity l ' a e z . e. . n me , , A L, of the H ebrews B ut above all consider the mean i ng of the Canticle Benedicite omni a ” “ o f O O opera i n the book Comm on Prayer, ye stars , ye showers and O O i O O dew, ye fire and heat , ye w nds , ye green things , ye mountains ”

i i i . and hills , bless ye the Lord , pra se h m and magn fy hi m for ever i These phrases are either folly, or else they recogn se the spiritual essences or i i A i be ngs inherent in the elements and created th ngs . ga n , read hym n

2 6 a n i t d . n 9 n Hymns Ancien Modern , a most orthodox volume Pri ” ci a li ti e s a 1 p nd powers , watch for thy unguarded hours , and hymn 9 ,

i o n o f Christ an dost thou see them , the holy ground , how the troops ” Midian compass thee around . I f these are not the evil elementals, what are they ! The Gnostics said that all thei r edific e rested on a 4 pillared B asis ;

i i . Truth, I ntell gence , S lence, Bathos

o n th a Note the Earth was formed the 4 day, according to the llegory ” found i n the J ewish Genesis .

o f i a The figure 4 , as Ragon remarks , is the upr ght m n , carrying the

o r D i i h e o f t . triangle iv n ty, a type of Trinity Godhead 1 2 5

Note 4 elements , 4 sides of a square and 4 angles i 4 qual ties , cold , hot , dry , damp , 4 humours 4 seasons o f the year ; 4 quarters of the hori zon of a i i 4 Rivers Eden Euphr tes , G hon , H ddekel and Pison of t a 4 Rivers the I nfernal Regions ; Phlegethon , Cocytus , S yx nd Acheron

ti . 4 elements of Metaphysics Being, essence , virtue , ac on

4 Masonic virtues .

a a a n . 4 Ev ngelists nd Gospels M tthew, Mark , Luke, Joh O ne of the abstruse dogmas o f the Kabbalah concerns the Four Worlds of a a Atz ilu th Y e tz i r a h A s s i a h n Em n tion ; , Briah , and ; these are ot

an i t o f worlds i n y ord nary sense, but ra her planes development and x n i e iste ce, the former the most d aphanous and exalted , the others becoming more and more concrete and man i fest ; the ten Sephiroth

i on i e i n ex st each plane, those of the higher planes be ng mor subl me tha

of those the lowest each world has a secret name and nu mber . Vulcan gave Apollo and Diana arrows o n the 4th day o f their Nativity : this says S i r Thomas B rowne i s the Gen tile equivalen t to the

r h C eati on of the Sun an d Moon on the 4t day .

THE E N TAD . P , 5

‘ From the Nicomachean Extracts we derive our kn owledge of the

Pythagorean doctri ne of the n u mber five . I t is an eminently spherical and circular n umber because i n every o a multiplication , it rest res itself nd i s found terminating the nu mber it w i is change of Quality , because it changes hat has three dimens ons i nto the sameness of a sphere by m oving circularly an d producing light : and hence “ Light is referred to the n u mber 5. ” A l s o it is the Privati on of Stri fe because i t u n ites i n friendship the tw o o f odd 2 forms n u mber even and ; the an d 3. A lso J ustice from throwing things i nto the l i ght Also the “ unconquered from a geometrical reason which m ay be

A hr odi s i en si s I found i n Alexander p , Com mentaries on the st B ook of ’ Aristotle s M etaphysics . “ A lso the Smallest extremity o f Vital ity because there are three of L i i powers ife, vegetable , psych cal , and rat onal and as the Rational i a ac i s arr nged cording to the hebdomad , and the Psychical accord ng to

o f the hexad , so the Vegetative power falls under the control the

Pentad . Proclus on Hesiod gives two reasons for its semblance to J ustice a i bec use it punishes wrong, and takes away inequal ty of possession . and ”

t . also equalizes what is less , to benefi N i t i Also named emesis , for arranges n an appropriate manner all t i hings celestial , d vine and natural . 2 6

A the i 2 o r nd Venus , because male 3 tr ad and the female dual , odd and even are conjoined i n it : V enus was sometimes considered herma

i te d w ell hr o d . p , and was bear ed as as full bosome d

i t . An d Gamel a, hat is referring to marriage A Odd d i a n And ndrogynia, being an mascul ne, yet containing n eve

female part . “ D i - a o f D i Also a em goddess , because it is h lf the ecad , wh ch is a

d ivi n ity . And D i dymus because i t divi des the Decad into two equal

. i i parts But they called t Pallas , and I mmortal , because Pallas pres des t th t i i over the E her , or 5 Element (akasa) which is indes ruct ble , and s not

' ' mo lor z o l . Ca r di a ti s Co r d ia li s i to our present senses And or , because l ke a o f t heart it is in the m iddle the body of he numbers, thus 1 4 7 2 5 8 3 6 9 The ancien ts had a maxim Pass n ot above the be am o f the balan ce — that is be not cause of inj ury for they sai d let the members i n a series form a Balance Beam

thus when a weight depresses the Beam , an obtuse angle is formed by t D i i o n he epressed s de and the Tongue Vert cal , and an acute angle the o f . i i other Hence t is worse to do, than to suffer nj ury, and the authors

i . inj ury s nk down to the infernal regions , but the inj ured rise to the gods i i i i i n i S nce however inj ust ce perta ns to i n equal ty, equal zatio s necessary i which is effected by add iti on and subtract on .

' Pluta -r e h in h is treatise on the Generat i on o f the Soul according to “ ” t ro ho s P lato, states that the Pentad i s called p whi ch equals Sound because the first o f the i ntervals o f a Tone which i s capable o f produc ”

i t i o f . ng a sound , is the fif h t is also a type Nature t of n The Pen alpha or 5 pointed star, an en dless complex set a gles ,

t o f t i o f a was he emblem Heal h , Hygeia ; t forms 5 copies the capit l letter i t t o f A . It s also called he Pen acle, and erroneously the Seal Solomon , and was said to be a device o n the s ignet of the Anc ient Grand Master

o f the Mysteries .

Kenneth M ackenzie rem arks that being formed by the un ion of the

o dd o f i first and even numbers , 5 was considered pecul ar value and e used as an Amulet o r Tal ism an powerful to preserve from vil , and

w i i i i t i i hen inscr bed on a portal , could keep out ev l sp r s t s found almost

e verywhere in Greece and Egypt .

o f . The e a rly Christi ans referred to the Pentad the 5 wou nds Christ ( 2 7

“ D i od or us calls fi ve the un ion of the four elements wi th Ether . There are 5 orders of Architecture ; and 5 Senses of the human body now

’ k no w n a n d commonly described (but the whole are seven) . Geometry i s techn i cally called the 5th Science . I n M asonry the grand scheme is the 5 points o f Fellowship an d note also 5 Brethren can hold a Fe llow cr a fts I t i o f lodge . t is also called he Pyram d , from the arrangement Monads,

t o ne . N o f thus three below, hen two, then above them ote the system 5 regular Euclidean bodies , tetrahedron , hexahedron or cube , octohedron , d o d e k ah edr on and icosahedron . t a ’ The Emblem of heal h and s fety the Pentacle , the Masons signet mark ( accord ing to S t u k e ly) was the device borne by An tiochus Soter

- i on a war banner , to which was ascribed the signal victory he Obta ned . a i The Ancients esteemed this number as measure for drink ng, they i c mixed 5 parts of water with their wine, and H ppo rates added of water to milk as a medical draught . Phi ntys the daughter of C allicrates describes the Five virtues o f a Wi fe Mental and Bod i ly purity ; abstaining from excess of ornament in dress s tayi ng at home refrain ing as females then did , from celebrating public mysteries ; piety and temperance . I n Roman m arriage ceremonies it was customary to light 5 tapers and

a . . to dmit the guests by fives , see P lato i n Leg IV ’ — The Jews classed a Bride s attendants by fi v e s fi v e wise a nd fi ve foolish virgins . nc a a — Jewish refere es to five re m ny 5 gifts to the priests , 5 things t i a which might only be ea en n the c mp . Not to eat fruit from a tree until

fi old f o n i i i i t was ve years . The trespass of ering imposed the Ph l st nes , 5

n n n o f golde emerods a d 5 golden m i ce . J oseph gave Be j amin 5 suits — Raiment J oseph presented only 5 of his brethren to Pharaoh . David i took 5 pebbles when he went to fight Gol ath .

T a i o f a —i n a here re F ve Articles Belief i n the Mahomet n faith All h ,

n o f i . i Angels , i n the prophet , the day j udgmen t, and predest nation The Five duties o f a Member of the Christian church were stated by the Fathers : To keep holy the festivals ; to observe the fasts to attend public worship ; to receive the Sacraments an d to adhere to the customs o f the ch urch .

St . Paul said he preferred to speak 5 words i n a l anguage u nderstood by his hearers than i n an unknown tongue . I n arranging an Horoscope some astrologers used only 5 aspects o f the — “ i i a planets the conj unction , the opposite, sext le , tr gonal and tetragon l ; and the evil o r good fortune o f the person seemed to depend on them . Among the Romans a display o f 5 Wax Candles ind i cated that a M arriage was being celebrated ; and spec ial prayers w ere also made o n

c t i n V D . such o casions o these 5 deities, J up ter , J u o, enus, Pitho, and iana

i . 2 0 . See Rabela s , 3 O n e o f the two m ain division s of Flowering Plan ts is characterised by ( 2 8 ) a predominan ce of the nu mbers 4 and 5 ; these plan ts have almos t a total absence of the nu mbers 3 and 6 i n the componen t parts of the i r

o r flowers . These are the Exogens D icotyledons ; on the other hand the M onocotyledons o r E n dogens have a constant predom i nance o f the 6 n umbers 3 and , and a total absence of 4 and 5 sym metry . i i i There are 5 kinds of intercolumn at ons in Arch tecture , mentioned by i i Vitruv us , determ ned by the proportions of height and diameter, viz :

s t le i a a e r o . Pycnostyle, systyle, eustyle, d astyle, nd y i i i i fi a The Tr ad soc ety of Ch na, concern ng which we nd an rticle i n the ’ s f r / v w 1 1 6 f F r oomo s o/z m fo R e i e 8 . o s y , 45, p 5, boasts great antiquity ; it resembles Freemasonry i n some poi nts : five is a chief mystical number in

. t i i r e r e its concerns I s seal s pentangular , on ts angles are 5 characters p O O o r o r S HW U Y o r senting T Saturn , M U H J upiter , Mercury, K I N

O a . or Venus , and H or M rs \V D I n the I nfernal orld are 5 terrors and torments ; eadly bitterness , i i horrible howl ng, terr ble darkness , u nquenchable heat and thi rst, and a penetrating stench ; says poor old J ohn H eydon quoting some medi aeval

a tre s father o f the C hurch . H e was admitted a Zelator among the Fr

M i r i a s t . Ros . C ru . but was never received among the g

o f a i : T c Five styles architectur l col um ns are descr bed uscan , Dori ,

I n . o i c , Corinthian , and Composite 1 6 8 n an a e n of Sir Thomas Browne , 5 , otes ncient Gre k divisio vegetables in to five classes

Sci/ (S a y Dendron p , Arbor, Tree ;

Tha mno s Ha / 0 m 9 , Frutex , B ush ;

Phr u a n o n v a a v ov g q / , Suffrutex , herb ;

Po a 7 r oa a a , H erba , gr ss ; nd

A s ki o n mno n a a mov o r u / oz) or gy y m , fungus , mushroom and sea weed . i o f — i Note the Q ui ntuple sect on a Cone C rcle, Ellipse, P arabol a,

n n . t t i Hyperbola , a d Tria gle Aga he tuche , hat s Good fortune, i s the o ld i th o f t tle of Astrologers for the 5 house (succedent) the H eavens , as

i i i c i n shewn i n an Astrolog cal F gure , and which refers to offspr ng, su cess

d c e o f . hazar ous s h m e s fortune or pleasure, and wealth

so )

6 and on the 6th day o f the moon began their year . They wen t [ t mis s e lto e ogether t o gather the sacred mistletoe ( ), and in m onu ments and plates now extant we often fi nd 6 of their priests grouped together .

2 . See Mayo I I . 39

i o f 600 a N a r os A n astronom cal period years , spoken of s the , the

i o r i o f Cycle Of the Sun , the Lu ni Solar per od Sibyll ne year, consisting

o f 1 1 1 i old 3 1 periods 9 years , and one of years , s often referred to i n works o n the Mysteries . It seems to have been known by the Chaldeans f i i o i i . i a and anc en t I ndians ; t is a period pecul ar propert es Cass ni , great astronomer, declares it the most perfect of all astronomic periods .

I o n n f a certain day at noon , a new moon took place at any certai i i o f 600 point in the heavens, t would take place aga n at the expiration a ye rs, at the same place and time, and with the planets all in si milar positions . I t is supposed that on e recurrence of this period is referred to in the

h o f i 4t Eclogue Virg l , the poem , which , as is well known , has been

o f . spoken as an allusion to the Messiah , J esus “ a n the The period sung by the C um ean Sibyl has now arrived , a d grand series o f ages (that series whi ch occurs agai n and again in th e

b aea course of a mundane revolution) egi ns afresh . The virgin Astr a c n ce a a n returns, the reign of S turn om me s , nd ew progeny descends ” from heaven .

I a a . t has been c lcul ted by some savants , by the late Dr Kenealy in a o r i in t to d particular , that Messiah , d v e teacher, has been sen the worl e 600 very years , thus

o u r Adam , the first messenger from the Gods to race on earth . 6 0 0 . E noch , the second, years after

F O- hi , the third , to China i n particular .

B r i o o B r i h o u i g , g , a H n doo prophet .

Z a r a tu s ht t , Zoroaster, the fifth , o Persia .

T a u t u s a i . Thoth , , sent to the Egypt ans ( Hermes Trismegistus P)

A mos i s o r - i , Moses the J ewish law g ver , the seventh .

L 600 D . i . C . ao Tseu , a second to China, the e ghth

J esus the ninth , to the J ews first and then to the Gentiles . 6 t AD . 0 . Moham med the tenth , he flourished abou 0

he n i z 1 2 C AD . 00 i g Khan the eleventh , conquered Pers a .

o f 1 800 a a r n an Who the special messenger w s, the utho is ig or t . N i t i The secret Of the aros , the Apocalypse, and the Med a or al sacrifice

o f h ave been con sidered z/z o secrets the Great Mysteries . Circumcision

o f was possibly an out w ard s ign I nitiation .

o f Of a d J esus , at any rate, writes the author the Book God , appe re

th N a ro s o n e at the 9 , and no can deny that such a messenger was

t oo ! . t i . V . 2 expected J uvenal , oddly enough , men ons in Satire I I I 8,

‘ N ze i i i — i a ona tas g tur now s the ninth age wh ch indeed it w s,

“ w a thoug h how he kne it is mystery . 1 ( 3 ,

N B —N a r o s o f n . . is not to be confused with Saros, a cycle the m oo o f 1 8 1 0 years and days , which was known to the Chaldeans and Greeks , a period after the expiry o f which the ecl i pses o f the moon recur si milarly .

T c a e 60 e he ircumference of globe has been fix d at 3 degre s, six 6 o f 6 0 0 . sixties ; the hou r divided i nto minutes , each seconds The

' a o f 60 a n o a a Tartars had period d ys , the C hi ese als ; nd the A si tics of 60 generally a period years .

i a N a r os The Babylonian great per od w s years , the multiplied “ 6 T i i i i u by . he L ly wh ch in all the Old A n nun c at on pict res Gabriel V 6 t 6 presents to the irgi n has leaves , an d he flower shews petals al l a a n - i i like, around ce tral three headed stigma as s botan cally correct . O ne o f the three m ain divisions i nto which pl ants are arranged by a fi a n 6 B ot nists, is typi ed by predomi nance Of the n umbers 3 a d , i n all

a of 6 a 6 a a p rts the flowers , leaves forming perianth , st mens , an d 3 a 6 a lobed stigm a with 3 or celled ovary is the common rrangement .

O o f Berosus , ne the C haldean Kings , mentions three periods tim e

os s u s 60 N a r os or of 600 a S of years ; a , Neros years , and the Saros ,

years . T here seems som e confusion here with the S aros of 1 8 years and 1 0 days . c 1 Bailly in his A stronomie A n ien ne, p . 3 , says The Brahmans used 60 the numbers and in computing ti me . The C haldeans also did i i i 600 a so . The Brahm ns have also an A nted luvian per od of ye rs . The Tartars and Chinese also used a period of 60 years i n their computa tions Of ti me . to o n U nder the number six , we must not omit to mentio the symbols of the double triangle o r Hexapla used at present as a sign i n the f degree o the Royal Arch in Englan d . I t must not be confused with

’ the Pentalpha the true Solomon s se is the He xa lpha

f a a o i . I the Pent lph is the Pythagorean sign Hygie a , Health n Chris tian C hurches we fi nd this symbol used to express the union o f the a n t n i o f Divi ne nd hu ma n atures , deemed to exis i J esus , the Chr st the i o f an a New Testament . The blend ng the two tri gles has lso been u sed to typify the union o f Fire and Water ; for the whole symbol o f fi re a w s the triangle apex upward , and that of Water the same apex down

: i ac ward the symbols Of A ir and E arth were two s milar triangles, e h

with a cross bar . THE E TAD H P . 7 . “ a o f The Hept d , say the followers Pythagoras , was so called from ” t S HB O the Greek verb sebo, to venera e (and from the Hebrew , seven , ” ” o r i satisfied , abundance), be n g Septos Holy, divi ne, and mother ” i ” less , an d a V rgin . ' F r o m N i co ma chu s um we learn that it was called Minerva, being

' a V i z o m rried and irg nal , begotten neither by a mother . . . even nu mber, ( 32

' m f h z . o. nor from a fat er, odd number but proceeding from the su mit o a n a the Father of all things , the M onad even as M inerv spra g ll armed from the Forehead o f J ove or Zeus .

Obr i mo a tr é o r a a Hence also p , daughter of mighty father, nd Glau

i axexeta A metor an A e le i a copis , shin ng eyed , and and y , d g , she that carries Off th e spoi l . ” f i . A nd Fortune, for t decides mortal af airs “ ” t a i n A nd Voice, for there are seven ones in every voice , hu m n and a s tr u me nta l : because they are emitted by the seven planets, nd form

o the m usic f the Spheres .

T r i to e n i a a of I Also g , because there are 3 p rts the Soul , the ntel i it i i lectual , Irasc ble , and Ep hymetic (des r ng), and 4 most perfect virtues

o f are produced . J ust as the three i ntervals , length , breadth , and depth , t a — i s u er fici es here are four boundaries in corpore l existence point, l ne, p and solid .

A ela i o f a a I t is called Agelia from g , herds, as groups st rs were c lled by the Babylonian sages, over which herds ruled 7 angels . “ ” Ph la kik o s ( iot a /cums a a Also y , b preserving, guardi n , bec use the o u r Seven P lanets direct and guide universe .

i s o r e o f a Also n , from Pallas Athene, M in rva, the bearer the bre st

o r m i s T e les hor os a to a th plate g , also p , le ding the end , bec use the 7 fi a a an month is proli c ; nd J udgment , bec use their Physici s, looked for th a crisis on the 7 day, i n m any diseases . A mong other curious problems and specul atio ns the Pythagorean philosophers attempted to prove that offspring born at the full term , 9

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i z . e. i months , or at 7 months, were v able , m ght be reared , but not those

8 8 t w o o dd born at months, because consists of numbers (male only) 5 i and 3 but i n 9 and 7 , m ale and female nu mbers are u n ted , as

n i or and whilst eight ca only be div ded i nto two odd two evens,

si milar sexed numbers . i I n respect to l fe and its division s , they rem arked the ages are measured by the number 7 .

I n the fi rst 7 years the teeth are erupted .

n a o n i seco d 7 ye rs comes abil ty to emit prolific seed . f i o t . th rd 7 years , the growth he beard as manhood

fourth 7 years st rength reaches its maxi mu m .

fifth 7 years is the season for marri age .

of sixth 7 years the height intelli gence arrives .

i . seventh 7 years , the matur ty Of reason

i i o f . e ghth 7 years , perfect on both i i ninth 7 years , equ ty an d m ldness , passions become gentle .

i i . tenth 7 years , the end of des rable l fe

a i Solon the Athenian Lawgiver, nd H ppocrates the physician , also

t i i o f i used h s 7 year d vision l fe . 33

a n n n T a The Pleiades, a grou p of seven st rs i the co stellatio aurus , w s thought of mighty power Over earthly destiny there were seven also o f i the Hyades , daughters of Atlas and the seven stars which gu ded the

’ i i S a ta r i shi sailors . U rsa Maj or, in wh ch the H ndoos locate the p , seven

a o f i fi anc e s ges prim tive wisdom , are a grou p of the rst i mport e and ar

easily recognised . a i i o f i Dunc n , n h s Astro Theology, gives 7 stages life with assoc ated i planets thus , I nfancy, Moon , Lucina ; C h ldhood , Mercury, Knowledge ;

V S o l a i Youth , enus, Love Manhood , Full Strength, M rs ; M atur ty of

O . J udgment, J upiter ; and ld Age, S aturn Some philosophers have said that o u r souls have 7 foci i n the

. a material body, viz , the five senses , the voice, nd the generative power . a i a The body h s seven obv ous parts, the head , chest , bdomen , two legs

and two arms . a ea n There are seven internal organs , stom ch , liver, h rt, lu ngs , splee w and t o kidneys .

a for The ruling p rt , the head , has seven parts external use, two eyes ,

tw o ca rs . , two nostrils and a mouth

a n v n There re seven things seen , body, i ter al , m ag itude, colour, m otion n and permane cy . a n a a c c There re seven inflectio s of the voice, the cute, gr ve, ir u mflex ,

rough , smooth , the long and the short sou nds . a n a to a The h nd m akes seve motions up nd down , the right nd left, n i a before a d behind and c rcul r .

c a a o f There are seven eva u tions , te rs from the eyes , mucus the nostrils

a . the s liva, the semen , two excretions and the perspiration Modern medical knowledge corroborates the ancien t dictu m that in f the seventh month the hu man Of spring becomes viab le .

n o cc 1i r of Me struation tends to i n series four times seven days, and is certainly related to Luna i n an occult manner .

n The lyre has 7 stri gs , corresponding to the planets . t There are 7 vowels i n English and some o her tongues . o f ’ Theo, Smyrna also noti ces that an average length o f an adult s n 2 8 2 8 intesti e is feet , four ti mes seven , and also i s a perfect nu mber . V The nu mber 7 is also associated with oice and Sound , with Clio the

O th F a té —Ad ra sti a M use with siris e Egyptian deity ; with Nemesis, , , n ot to be escaped from an d with M ars .

o f As [to the sacredness the number 7 , note among the Hebrews o aths were confirmed by seven witnesses o r by seven victims offered in sacri fice ; as see the covenant between Abraham and — c 2 . . 1 2 8 2 1 2 8 Abi mele h with seven lambs , Genesis, cap , v , the w a H O H ebre word seven , lso S B H , i s derived from , or is a similar to H O S B to swear . e C lean beasts wer ad mitted into the ark by sevens , whilst the unclean n o ly i n pairs . 34

The Goths had 7 Deit ies from whom come our names of week days

M T u i s co \V i S ea tu r i Sun , oon , , oden , Thor , Fr ga, , correspond ng , of

t . course , to he planets

k E o m i o s Gr e e bd a f d . A pollo , the Sun God , had a title , seven ol

t . The P ersian M ithras , a S un God , had he nu mber 7 sacred to him Note the Mysterious K a d o s ch Ladder o f 7 steps ascent and 7 steps

i Oh eb o f Ohe b Ker obo descent , the one s de Eloah , Love God the other , Of love the neighbour .

i Ti mze u s Plato , i n h s , teaches that from the nu mber seven was gene f K a O A a a d mon . r ted the soul the World , nim a Mund n a (Adam ) The seven w ise men o f Greece w ere

w ho B . i C. 0 . Bi as sa d Most men are bad , 55

B . C. 0 Chilo Consider the end 59 .

le o ulos D. . 8 C b C 0. Avoid extremes , 5 N B . C. Periander othing is i mpossible to perseverance, 6 00 .

B 6 C. . ac . Pitt us Know thy opportunity , 5 9 ” B 6 C. 00 . Solon Know thyself, . ” B a . C. 0 . Th les Suretyship is ruin , 55 The Seven Wonders o f the World are thus enu merated

o - v Pyram ids of Egypt .

Q A m tis I B abylon , Gardens for y . of M a u s Olu s o f a Tomb , King C ria, built by Artemisia , his

Q ueen .

. 2 B C. 4 Temple of Dian a at E phesus , 55 . C tesiphon was the

chief archi tect .

. o d o f 5 Colossus Of Rhodes , an i mage of the su n g , Apollo, brass

2 B . 9 0 C.

6 o f . Statue Zeus , by Phidias .

o f o f . t i 7 Pharos Egyp , bu lt by Ptolemy Philadelphus , white 2 f 8 B . . o ti C . marble , 3 or the Palace Cyrus i s someti mes subs tuted

Sanskrit lore has very frequent reference to thi s number : note

S a ta i a S a t a p Rish , seven s ges p Kul a, 7 castes

S a t a i p Loka, seven worlds Para , 7 c ties

S a t a D w i a S a ta A r a n i a p p , seven holy p , 7 deserts

i S a ta slands p Parna, 7 hum an principles .

k s h S a ta a S a t a V r u a . p Samudr , seven holy p , 7 holy trees seas The Assyrian Tablets also teem with groups of sevens

7 gods o f s ky 7 gods Of ear th ; 7 gods of fiery spheres .

ma lcfi c e nt i i f 7 gods ; seven phantoms ; sp r ts of s even heavens , spirits o seven earths . 0 1 0 U

H E Chaldean n otion seems to have been that 7 was a holy number

which became nefast u nder certai n cond i tions . The opposite sides

o f a i the a die dded together are always seven n total nu meration ,

6 1 . 4 Opposite 3, Opposite , and so on I a t used to be asserted , says J ohn H eydon , th t every seventh M ale n n ’ born without any female comi g between , ca cure the King s Evi l , by

or . Word, Touch f . . . 1 a o . St J ames , i ii v 7 gives the 7 ch racters wisdom th After Birth the 7 hour decides whether the chi ld will live , in 7 days

c o ff n a the ord falls , i twice 7 days the eyes follow a light , thrice 7 d ys t w i c 7 turns the head , 7 months gets tee h , t ice 7 months s ts firmly, thri e

n . months begi s to tal k , after 4 ti mes 7 months walks strongly

o f After 7 years , teeth second set appear . f After 1 4 years is the arrival o generative power .

o f After 2 1 the hair M anhood is completed . 2 8 c n After we ease to grow, at 35 is the greatest stre gth , at 49 is the L a n n 0 . gre test discretio , a d 7 is the natural end of ife a e o f a r a c a The Moon p ss s through stages 7 d ys i n inc e se , full , de re se , an d renewal . N aam an was ordered by E lisha (an i nitiate) to take n Seven dips i n J ordan , to clea se hi mself from Leprosy note the

n a fo r c o f i A s s i a h Seve ye rs Repentance ; 7 hurches As a (or ), n n n c Seve A gels with Trumpets , 7 ca dlesticks Of the H oly Pla es , a n a Seven se ls , 7 trumpets , 7 ki gs , 7 thousands sl in ,

o f out a ce c Seven vials wrath to be poured , p the Apo alypse ,

n on e . Seve members make a l odge perfect , although 5 m ay hold c a i ” Fran is B rrett , in h s M agus catalogues 7 Birds , Fishes , A nimals ,

m a of . et ls, stones , an d members the Body I t has been said there are seven apertures o f the skull to correspond a with the pl nets . There are Seven Degrees i n the O riental O rder o f Sikha and the ’ S AT B H A I . (7 B rothers) bu t I have grave doubts of the authenticity f Of the present order o the n ame . From the relative length o f their courses the an cien ts constru cted a an V Pl etary Ladder, with ow el Symbols , thus

M e n M oon r e . Venus Su Mars a e e e i o ( 36

T a a I n hese symbols were used i n mystical knowledge , s n nscriptio at i a the Temple Of A pollo at Delph shews , where E I meant the S un nd its nearest S un an d Mercury ; and Mercury w a s Often; r epr e

n n n . se ted as a Dog , fol lowi g a Sun M a I 1 8 I O T O a n a . he racle Of C laros ( Macrobius , S tur lia, ) said that A

i a n n o f a a (the Gnost c Deity), w s the Sun a d the first a d last the pl net ry

n n . set , he ce the 7 Co cen tric spheres D uncan assigns these M inerals an d A ni mals to the 7 Old H eavenly

Bodies . M l I Moon , B ull , Silver ars , Wo f, ron c a Mercury, Serpent, Q ui ksilver J upiter , E gle , Pewter V D a L enus , ove, C opper S turn , Ass, ead i S un , L on , Gold Note also the n umber o f 7 pipes i n the M usical i nstrument at th e

o f a a n er mouth the old deity P n , the Great Whole, S u God (not the lat

Rural Pan). c o f n n n An an ient symbol the u iverse was a Ship with seve pilots , i the of a L fi e centre the ship, ion possibly from an idea that the Su n rst ros i n Leo .

N a r a o f V ote Aries has now suppl anted T u us , s the sign the ernal equi nox Taurus was the sign at the early fabulous periods of the earth

i t was displaced abou t 300 B . C. The sign becomes chan ged every years by the precession o f the equinoxes Pisces will follow Aries .

R o w o f M r . Subba describes the Seven Pri mary Forces Nature as six powers resu med in a seventh . These are called S akti (Mahamaya) a 6th a n a and are related to Kanya Virgo , s the Zodiac l Sig they re

Pa r a s a kti i a I na n a s a kti c I tcha s a k ti , force of l ght nd heat , i ntelle t ;

K r i a s a k ti o f cause of volu ntary m ovements ; y , energy will Ku nda lini i c t n sakt , the life force shewn i n attra tion and repulsion , posi ive a d

' i M a n tr ik a a negat ve ; sakti , the power of sounds , vibr tion , music , words and speech ; these are su mmarized i n D a i v i pr a k r i ti = the Light o f the

Logos . O n a a i n ur physical se ses known as 5, are n incomplete set, there re

o f ti a deed 7 forms or modes percep on , s appears i n the highest develop ” o f bokhe r ments the Chabrat zereh aur , and as described i n the oldest

o f — i Sanskrit occult science the Upanishads smell , taste, s ght, touch, — 6 th i i n heari ng and th , Mental perception , wi th 7 , sp r tual u ndersta ding t he two latter w ere n ot dwarfed and materialized i nto noticeable organs t F o r a fuller i o . n this fifth Race of beings , which Man now belongs ex “ ” f planation see the Secret Doctrine o M me . Blavatsky . The A rchaic

i o f - scheme recogn zed Seven States M atter homogeneous , aeriform

cu r d lik e i n n a o v nebulous or , atom c, germi al fiery eleme t l , fourf ld apoury, and lastly th at whi ch i s cold and dependent on a vivifying S unfor light and heat .

1 6 to 1 2 i s sesqui tert ian 1 6 to 8 is duple

1 8 t 1 2 i i t o s sesqu al er . 1 8 to 9 is d uplex

2 1 to 9 is duple sesqu iterti a n 2 4 to 1 8 is sesquitertian

2 1 2 . 4 to duple 3 a a ttl i bu tc d to 2 4 to 8 i s tri ple J up i ter 1 8 to 1 2 sesquialter 1 2 to 8

32 to 2 4 sesqu i tert i an Saturn 32 to 8 quadruple Are ascribed to 36 to 2 4 sesquialter the 8 th or I n e r r a 36 to 1 8 duple ti c Sphere w hi ch 36 to 8 quadruple comprehends all 2 4 to 1 8 sesqu i tertian the rest

n Ca d me i a w a s H e ce the ogdoad was also called , because H armony looked upon as the wife of C admus ; and C admus meant the Sub Lunary

l i o a O m d or u s . World , s y p says Eight was called also M other, and Rhea, i n c Cybele and D ndymene, from bei g the fi rst ube, and a cube represent ing the earth .

f o f n o f The eight persons saved rom the flood Ge esis , are synonyms

c o f 8 o f many o taves gods , su ch as the Cabiri great gods Samothrace

n see Bryant and Faber o this myth . a 8 of i n There re Beatitudes the Chr stian religio , Matthew, cap . v.

o f o f Eight is the number the M oons Saturn . There have been several Mason i c orders concerned with this N o a chite

O a i i o f o r o f gdoad , s the Pruss an masons , Kn ghts the Royal Axe , Prince

L i ba nus oa chite s a ic i a s u bs i , the N , and the Royal Ark M ri ners , wh h s diary order to the M ark M aster M asons . O of a M acrobius says the gdoad was the type J ustice , bec use it con

o n n o f i i i i . sists Of evenly even numbers , and accou t ts equal d v s ons 8 D e J ohn H eydon tells us that Events befall the amned , and that ther are 8 rewards o f the Blessed . 8 n 8 The nu mber is sacred to Dio ysos , who was born at the th month : the isle of Naxos was ded icated to hi m and i t was granted to

o f N h i 8 the women axos , t at their ch ldren born i n the th month should

for live, whereas it is usual such to die, although those born i n either the 7 th or the 9 th month are usually reared . T e e e acc a i c c i o n 8t he J ws w r ustomed to pr ct se C ir u m is on the h day. THE N N AD . E E . 9

o f o dd a H E Ennead is the first square an nu mber, it w s said to be like the O cean flowi ng around the other nu mbers within the i Decad ; no further elementary n umber is possible, hence it s like the H orizon because all the n umbers are bounded by i t . We fin d that “ i V be it was called Prometheus , and Freedom from Str fe , and ulcan ,

Of o f cause the ascent numbers is as far as 9 , j ust as the ascent things

fi o f i o f decomposed by re is as far as the sphere Fire (the sum m t the air), a o f c nd J uno because the Sphere the air, is arranged a cording to the n ” ovenary system , and sister and wife to J upiter from its conj u nction “ ” with the Monad . And Telesphorus o r Bringing to an en d because

' f Zoloz os the human of spring is carried 9 lun ar mon ths by the paren t . An d o r c ca perfect for the same reason , and also called Perfe t be use it is “ a i . gener ted from the Triad , wh ch is cal led Perfect Attention is called to its being an emblem Of M atter which ever varying is never destroyed so the nu mber 9 whe n m ultiplied by any a — 2 a 1 8 8 1 n umber alw ys reproduces itself, thus 9 times re an d plus are ni n e : and so o n as below

7 + I + I =9 6 + 2 + I =9 5+ 3 + I =9 4 + 4 + I =9 3 + 5 + I =9 8 + I =9 9 ! 1 9 = I 7 I ; I + 7 + I =9

’ I 1 662 he n J ohn Heydon s Holy Guide , we fin d that asserts the n umber 9 to have other c urious properties I f writ or engraved on

o r a o ne a Silver, S rdis, and carried with , the wearer becomes invisible , s

Ca leron - i h - o f a n a , the Brother law Alexander, did , nd by this mea s l y with his B rother ’s concubines as Often as he did hi mself Nine also

o f th o u r obtaineth the love Women . And the 9 hour Saviour breathed his last o n the 9 th day the ancients buried their dead after 9 years Nu ma rece ived hi s laws from J ove ; note the 9 C ubits stature o f Og

of o f king of Basan , who i s a type the Devil , and there are 9 orders n a n Devils i Sheol (what we c ll H ell). I t prevails against Plagues a d ( 40

i Fevers ; it causes Long l fe and Health , and by it Plato so ordered events that he d ied at the age of n in e t i mes D 8 1 A A . . There are Nine orders of ngels , says Gregory 3 , in H om ily i i 34, Seraphim , Cherubim , Thrones , D omi n ons , V rtues , Powers,

c a n d . Prin ipalities , Archangels, Angels From a Christian poi nt o f view the nu mbers represen t

2 o f 1 . Un ity of the Godhead . the hypostatic union Christ .

. 3. Trinity . 4 Evangelists .

6 . of . 5. Wounds of J esus . is the n umber sin

2 . i . . 1 . 1 o n 7 . Gifts of the spir t Rev and J esus 7 times spoke the

8 . i c ross . Beat tudes .

O . 1 0. . 1 1 . e 9 . rders of A ngels Comm andments Apostles besid J uda s

O . 1 2 . riginal Apostolic College

1 3. College completed by St . Paul . The N ine Muses of ancient Greece were called daughters of Zeus and i M nemosyne (Memory), and were Calliope, poetry ; Clio, h story ; i i Melpomene, tragedy ; Euterpe, m usi c Erato, love, nsp ration and i n c a a a pantomi me Terps chore, da ing ; U rania, stronomy ; Th li ,

c . omedy ; and Polyhymnia, eloquence

N ov e n s ile s : v i z — The are the ni ne Sabi ne Gods Hercules , Rom ul us ,

l i u s fEn e a s AEscu a a . p , B cchus , , Vesta , Santa , Fortuna and Fides The

Sabines became merged with the Romans about 2 66 B . C.

o f V ca The Nine gods the Etruscans were J uno , Minerva, Tinia, ul n ,

a V e di u s a Mars , S turn , Hercules , S ummanus , and ; the Etrusc ns also

became united with the Rom ans . ’ ” “ Note in Macaulay s poem of H oratius Lars Porsena o f Clusium

i n 6 B n e . C. L by the gods , he swore, i n 59 ars Porsena, led the Etruscans ; they were then most powerful from the E truscans the

o f Romans took m uch their law, custom , and superstition .

I t is by nines that Eastern presents are given , when they would extend n e thei r magnificence to the greatest degree, as mentioned i C omt d e ’ I O . C aylus riental Tales , 7 43 ’ c Barrett s Magu s notes also 9 precious stones , 9 orders Of devils , 9 hoirs f —he o angels copies from J ohn Heydon .

n un di n a ls a Note i this connection the N , the Romans m rked the d ays

o f 8 o n th by letters i nto parcels days, and every 9 day the people left their pursuits and went to the towns to market ; these n u n di n a ls are a ! D 8 . type of our ominica letters , a set of seven marking out the th days They also held a purification ceremony on M ale i nfants on the 9 th day of

i i o f N a i . L fe, hence the pres ding goddess this rite was called nd na a i N l i There is M ason c order of ine E ected Knights, n which 9 roses ,

9 lights and 9 knocks are used .

The Mahometans have 9 9 names o f the deity . Some J ews have

a Go d c I 2 nd t taught th t had 9 ti mes des ended to earth st in Eden , a the ( 4 !

o f r d o f th con fusion tongues , 3 at the destruction Sodom , 4 to M oses at th 6th th i 8 t i Horeb , and 5 at Sinai , to Balaam ; 7 to E l sha ; h n the Tabernacle ; and 9 th in the Temple at J erusalem ; and that hi s l o th c i oming as the Mess ah would be fin al . i n i i The anc ents had a fear of the umber Nine and ts mult ples , c 8 1 o f a i an espe ially they thought them e vil pres ge , i nd cating change d fragility . n of o f th Ni e choirs Angels , 9 orders Devils , at the 9 hou r the Saviou r died .

N i ne is also earth under evil influences . ” a i M a o n ne ri e O c J ohn Heydon H oly Guide , n d Ragon i n h s c culte thus associate n umbers with the Planets .

Su n 1 and 4 Moon 2 and 7 J upiter 3 M ercury 5 an d the Zodi acal Con stellation s thus

I Leo 2 Aquari us 3 Capricornus 4 Sagittarius 5 Cancer 6 Taurus 7 Aries 8 Lil i a 9 Scorpio 1 0 Vi rgo I I P isces 1 2 Gemin i

T E D H E C A I O . D ,

T o r PA N TEL E I A n he Decad , nu mber ten , which mea t A ll complete “ ” o r n t o f n fully accomplished , is the gra d sum mi numbers , which o ce r eached can not be passed ; to i n crease the su m we m ust retrograde to the M on ad . a a nc e c The Pyth gore ns were entra d with its virtues and alled it, Deity ,

a n n . He ven , Eter ity and the Su

T c o r a D en being the re ipient receptacle of all nu mbers w s called ecad ,

' d oo/z oma z =to c a c a from re eive , nd hen e H e ven , whi ch was ordai ned to n receive all me . c n c n ce Like the Deity it is a Circle , with visible e tre , but its ircum fere

too vast for sight .

I o f o f t is the su m the u nits the nu mber four as previously mentioned , a c 1 1 0 an holy an d Deisti number, thus are , d thus ten gains

splendour from its parentage . “ n o f i i a n a n Also spoke as Etern ty , wh ch is infinite li fe, bec use it co t i s

i t . every nu mber in itsel f, an d nu m ber s i nfi ni e

t U i . I t is also called Kosm os , that is he n verse Procl us says The

u i w a decad is m ndane also , t is the orld which receives the i m ges of all the i i i div ne numbers , which are supernaturally m parted to t . “ ” i o f t I t is called the fou nta n eternal nature , because if we take he half, fi i t ve as the m ddle nu mber, and add together the next above and he next 6 42

6 w e 1 0 l i . t i i be ow , v z , and 4 make and he next two in a s m l ar m an ner 7

1 S 2 1 i t t and 3 are 0 ; and so on and and 9 and g ve he same resul .

A ti s the D i ti t i w ll na on reckon by ec mal scale of nota on , o wh ch they ere no doubt led from the conven ience of coun ting the ten digits o f the hands . “ i i o f I t s al so spoken of as that s , having custody others , t o f t t he magazine he other nu mbers , because o her n umbers are branches

: i o f : A from it also called Fate , which compr ses all sorts events ge,

A t i t t 1 0 o f Power ; las , because supports he spheres Heaven ; Phanes ; “ i of t Memory ; U rania ; and The first Square, because it cons sts he first ” r four numbe s .

‘ Two old co n ceits were that the Tenth Wave o f the Sea is always larger than others and that Birds laid the l oth egg of a larger size than the others . “ s n The word Ten was used by the Hebrew , i stead of a large number, t e i r i so hat care must be xercised n t anslating this , and thus Nehem ah “ i 2 m t t n . an . interpre s en generat ons of D eutero omy , 3, v 3, to e for ever 1 I N i . ehem ah , 3, 6 1 0 r a The Kabbalists called 5, and circula numbers , bec use when a fi squared , the result shews the s me n u mber i n the gure thus

5 t imes 5 are 2 5 and 5 times 2 5 are 1 2 5 6 times 6 are 36 6 times 36 are 2 1 6 1 0 times 1 0 are 1 00 1 0 ti mes 1 00 are

“ ’ o ld i Te n A n periphrasis ment oned by Shakespeare is , I d set my ” t fo r C om mandmen s i n your face , meaning her finger nails , scratching.

c 2 I S e . . Henry V I 3.

The M ahometans say that ten an imals are admitted to Parad ise .

K r a ti o f . 1 . m t , the dog he Seven Sleepers

2 o f . Ass Balaam .

o f . 3. Ant Solomon

n . 4. Whale of Jo ah

ffe h n e of I not 5. The C alf o red to J ehova by Abraham i st ad saac (

Ram). 6 Of . . The O x Moses

S a lcch 7 . The C amel of the prophet .

The 8 . C uckoo o f Belkis .

9 . The Ram of Ismael .

1 0. i i h n Al Borek , the an mal wh ch conveyed Ma omet to heave .

1 0 i 1 0 We find generat ons from Adam to Noah , from Shem to

1 0 i i o f i i i Abraham ; an d sp r tual gr aces Chr st an ty, Love , j oy , peace , long s i t i t u ffer ng , gen leness , goodness , fa h , pruden ce , meekness , and tem ” h r D . . O i t w c e t 1 0 i perance , says r G l ver ; al hough he ge s generat ons

A a t N w t from d m o oah , I kno no , 43 1

1 ti o f t i t U nder 0 also falls the men on he Pythagorean Tr angle, Te ractys consis t ing o f an equilateral triangle enclosi ng ten YO D S : thus the upper

he i i i is t Monad , the second l ne the D uad , the th rd the Tr ad , a n d th e 4th the Q uarternary o r Tetrad : representing the f i s u e r fi cie s i o . four forms po n t , line, p and sol d A i a i si milar form is g ven by H ebrew Kabb l sts , to form 2 n t 7 the deity nu mber by placi g in a triangle four Yods , hree Hehs ,

o n e fi I HV H two V a n s and Heh nal , being the letters of the Tetra

n gr a mma to . f w i Note that ten i s used as a sign o fello ship , love , peace , and U n on ,

i i o f i i n the m asonic th rd token , the un on two five points of Fellowsh p . I i w e t 1 0 1 0 i t t n the B bl e no ice Com mandments , nstrumen s o which 1 0 J ewish Psal ms were sung, strings i n the Psaltery , and that the H oly

Ghost descended ten days after the Ascens ion .

T uce r R a ba nu s a 8 , , and R ymond Lully associ ate the numbers to ai r ,

6 1 2 . 5 to Fire , to Earth and to Water Apulei us states that among the Egyptians it was customary to fast 1 0

a i . d ys , before sacrific ng The Ten Sephiroth form the essence of the Hebrew dogm atic a i to o Kabbalah , subj ect which s vast and complex to be entered up i n this vol ume o n n umerals . A mere glance at the S e phi r otic emanations of the absolute D eity from the mathematical poi n t o f view is al l that

o f c n can be attempted ; the Kabbalah Unveiled my Rosi rucia Frater , d S . L . M acgregor M athers , should be studie . e a c O From the Absolut P ssive Negativity, A I N pro eeds A I N S P H i O the L mitless , and then A I N S P H A U R B oundless Light which n i t i co centrates i n the first m an ifestat on of the Sephiro h , wh ch is the

n KTR Ke ther : Kether CHKM H Cho chma h Cr ow , , from proceeds , , c a n Wisdom , an active m as uli ne potency, and B I N H , B in h , Understa d

a n . ing, s passive femini e power

the These three form Supern al Triad . The fourth an d fi fth are CHS D n GB V R H Ge bu r a h , Chesed , M ercy, active a d m ale, and , ,

Strength , passive and fem ale .

n T PA R T Ti he r e th The sixth sephira is the otable , p , Beauty , the c n a a i : c a e tr l sun , the logos , the M n fested Son this om pletes second l o f triang e , the reflection the former .

N T Z CH e t z a ch n umber seven is N , N , Victory , active , a d the eighth is

HV D i Y S V D Y es o d , Hod, Splendour, passive ; the n n th is , , the i Foundation , complet ng the third tri nity, or triangle .

M L K T M a lk u th i t , , the Tenth Seph ra, completes he em an ations , she

i o f i i is the B r de M icroprosopus , the Son , the S un , logos , she is the n fer or

the v Mother, Queen , and Manifested U ni erse . The whole Ten are viewed as reigning over Fou r Worlds or Planes Of E xistence there are

o f A z ilu th i e t z i r a h A s s ia h M a lku th the Worlds , Br ah , Y , and . on the A s si a h i t i i t i i pl ane of alone s he v s ble ang ble un verse . I

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i t n These ten Seph roth are the prototypes Of everythin g spiri ual , a d also of every part of creat ion : they are traced i n the angel ic host and i n t our universe , three superior , and seven succedent exist in all hings the lower seven are obvious to the uninitiated , but in some manifestations the supernal triad is veiled to the profane . Some occulti sts phrase i t thus— three are subj ective and unattainable

w o n c a to , seven are obje tive nd com prehensible thus , seven archangels

n o f are com monly named , and we have k now only seven great planets o f our system . B ut in some cases even the w hole o f seven are unknown ; w e a c knowledge but five senses in m an , but there are two m ore awaiting comprehen sion .

These Ten Sephiroth are not only viewed as triads from above below ,

i t o f but are also maged i n three col um ns enti led the Pillars Severity,

o f o r M and M ercy, with the median Ben ignity ildness .

i S e hi r otic But this scheme is not for this treat se , nor can the p alliance w ith the Planetary symbol s , the angelic host , the divi ne names , and the t B ook of Thoth , or Tarot be here descri bed ; these subj ects presen a

o f l - Of t gold m ine wisdom all concea ed an d undreamt by he outer world , but amply explained and illustrated i n the secret ri tuals and dogm as o f the mystic order n ow partly k nown to the world as the “ Hermetic

o ld ha br a th Students o f the G . D . being the Kabbal isti c C zereh aur ” bo khe r w a i , from hose p rent stem t he Rosicrucian Fraternit es also arose .

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I o f t d — he t . To Reuben was referred the Opening he Lo ge was he

fi r - s t born son .

t —he d e s tr u c 2 . To Simeon , the preparation of he land prepared the

tion of the Shechem ites .

) To i — he o n 0 Levi , the report or s gnal gave the signal i n the attack

the men of Shechem . f — . t o fi n 4 To J udah , he entrance the land that tribe rst e tered the

promised land ,

To — 5. Zebulun , the prayer the prayer and blessing of his father fell i i on h m n preference to I ssachar .

6 To I s s a ch a r —a n . , the circu mambulation indolent tribe, who required

a le a d en

T o — . A 7 Dan , the advance to the ltar for a contrast to their rapid

advance to idolatry . ’ — h a h s 8 . i t i o n h e t . To Gad , the obl ga on account Of J p vow TO — . t i t i i 9 A sher, he entrust ng ; wi h r ch M ason c blessings resembled t i l the Fa hers of the r and . “ To — f 1 0 . N t i t t i o aph al , he inves ment and declared Free the tr be i i i Naphtal had a pecul ar freedom g ven by Moses . ’ the N — E . 1 1 . i To J oseph , corner because Ephra m and Manasseh ,

grandsons) represented hi m , newest comers .

2 — o f 1 . i i t To Benj am n , the clos ng of he Lodge as being the last son

the Patriarch .

i o f n w t The follow ng associ ations Birds , A imals, and Flowers , i h — heavenly bod ies has the authority o f the Greco Roman mythology

L a i n B i rd V t r e k . t A n ima l e e a ble G e . . g . Pallas M i nerva O wl She - goat O l ive

Aphrodite Venus Dove He - goat Myrtle Hel ios Sol Cock B ull Laurel Hermes Mercury Ib i s Dog H azel

Zeus J upiter Eagle H art Horse - chestnut Demeter Ceres Sparrow Sow Apple Hephai stos Vulcan Goose A ss Box

A r es M ars Magpie Wolf Dog - wood Artem i s D iana D aw H i nd Palm H estia Vesta H eron Lion Pine H era J uno Peacock Sheep Thorn Posei don Nept une Swan H orse El m

the The astrologers associated colours with the twelve Signs of Zodiac, thus i t W h Pisces , white With Virgo , black and bl ue A i quar us , blue Leo , red and green i n C apr corn , black or brown C ancer , green and brow itt i i i Sag ar us , yellow or green Gem n , red

i w w i t Scorp o , bro n Aries , h e

i o r i t L bra, bl ack cr mson Tau rus , whi e and yellow 47 ,

T i o f D hey are also associated w th Sex , and the contrast ay and Night . Pisces Fem ale N octurnal Vi rgo Fem ale Nocturnal Aquari us Male D iurnal Leo Male D i urnal C apricorn Female Nocturnal C an cer Fem ale N octurnal Sagittarius M ale D i urnal Gem i n i Male D i urnal Scorpio Female Nocturn al Taurus Fem ale Nocturnal Libra M ale D i urnal A ries M ale Diurnal c a a And , again , there are other h racters which strologers deem of i m portance , thus . P i s ces Water Northern Com mon Fruitful Aquarius Air Western Fixed Capricorn Earth Southern Card i nal Sagittarius Fire Eastern C om mon Scorpio Water N orthern Fixed Fruitful Libra Air Western C ardinal Virgo Earth Southern Common Leo Fire E astern Fixed C ancer Water Northern C ardinal Gemini Air Western C om mon Taurus Earth Southern Fixed Aries Fire Eastern C ard i n al L astly, the twelve signs are allotted to the planets as their houses P i sces—the night house of J upiter — Aquari us the day house o f S aturn ( Uran us) — Capricorn the n ight house o f Saturn — Sagittari us the n ight house o f M ars — L ibra the day h o use of Venus Virgo— the n ight house of Mercury Leo—the sole house of Sol C ancer—the sole house of Lun a — Gem ini the day house o f Mercury Taurus—the n ight house of Venu s — A ries the day house of M ars . i i an This s very fully explained by Coley n his Astrology, d also by

1 6 . J ohn Middleton i n his A strology, 79 H erodotus tells u s that the Egyptian s fou nded the system of a twelve d t Go E u e r . i t i w theology p iv . The H ebrews certa nly at mes orshipped li o f the S n , Moon , seven planets , and the S tar Rulers the Twelve 2 2 i : i i i i . i ii . Zodiacal S gns see K ngs xx , 5, and J ob xxxv , 3 D unlop , in i ” h h s Vestiges , rem arks t at Of the nam es Of the twelve months i n use a t t i t o f i i mong he J ews , several are iden ical w h names De t es , as Tam muz , A t ti i i i b , E lul , B ul . Groups of welve Gods are to be no ced n the rel g ons o f t i i t a many of he anc ent nat ons , as he Chaldeans , Etrusc ns , Mamer ti t nes , Rom ans , e c .

— n ifi I n Scand i navi a the great O d i n had 1 2 n ames pe r s o e d attributes . Z 48

The Kabbalists esteem the 1 2 permu tati ons Of the Tetragram t I HV H V H I H H I HV HV H I I HHV I V HH HV I H V I HH ma on , , , , , , , , , HHV I HHIV H IV H V HH I , , , .

I I I R TE E T N . Thirtee n was the sacred n umber of the Mex i can s and peopl e o f

t : t w i N i Yuca an elve of many tr bes of orth A merican I nd ans , as of so

i i i t : i t many nat ons of ant qu y this had an astronom cal connec ion , because the Stars an d Sun were Gods to them . The method of computati on

’ among the Mex ican Priests was by weeks o f 1 3 days consult Dunlop s ” 2 8 of ti . t i 1 1 Ves ges Their year con a ned weeks 3 days and day over ,

2 o n e j ust as ours contains 5 of 7 d ays and day over . Thirteen years i 1 i formed an I nd ction , a week of years , the 3 days over form ng another

i 1 2 w a s week . Four t mes 3 or 5 , years thei r cycle . I n Yucatan there “ ’ “ ’ 1 c i were 3 Snake Gods (see Stevens Yu atan , and Gam a s Anc ent ” Mex i can s ) 1 2 i J anus of the Romans is the God of the months , an d is drawn w th 1 2 i . A i altars beneath h s feet H e is the sam e as Assyrian n , I on , J an ; O s i D ’ ” N of Ea tern nat ons ( unlop s Vestiges, J ohn Heydon gives the followi ng i n form ation Prosperous nu mbers are 1 2 3 4 7 9 1 1 1 3 1 4 Very good 1 6 1 7 I 9 2 0 2 2 2 3 I o 2 6 2 7 I nd ifferent 5 6 8 1 2 1 5 1 8 2 1 Very bad 2 4 2 5 2 8 2 9 30 1 A A HD O C . 3 is the number of the Hebrew word chad ( ), un ity ld authors state that 1 3 i s a nu mber used to procure agreement among marr ied people . [An u nlucky n umber at a meal !

’ 1 o f i i : 1 w 4 d ays Bur al , n the M aster s degree 4 parts into hich the

o f O i i i o n t 1 t body siris was d v ded a type of C hrist , sacr ficed he 4 h day o f t : he month has been used to cure the sick .

1 i i o f 5 s a token of spiritual ascensions al so the de ty name J ah , and 8t ‘ the h Sephira Hod . 1 6 i i means Fel c ty ; a square n u mber . “ ”

1 . I ti D i e t O O 7 n the trea se e I s de siride, P lutarch says siris was 1 t t killed on the 7 th day of the moon , and hence when he moon was at he — i i 1 full and from that reason the Egypt ans abom nate the n u mber 7 , an d

t t —! i t A n ti hr a xi s i so did he Py hagoreans they called p (Obstruct on), because it falls betw een the square nu mber 1 6 and the oblon g 1 number 8 . 1 8 i was deemed a protect on against thieves . 1 1 9 . The nu mber 9 i s famous as bei ng the nu mber o f years i n the i ti t i Meton c Cycle ; the cycle of the revolu ons Of the m oon , af er wh ch she t t t returns o have her changes on the same d ay of he sol ar year . Me o

. w a s l ived 433 B . C he an Athen i an he publ i shed h i s d iscovery at the

o 8 O i i . t i i 1 lym p c Games n the ab ve year The exac per od s , however ,

- 1 0 . i i i o r t i years and days The Cal pp c per od of fou r cycles, seven y s x 49

0 to . w a s n i B . C. years , i vented by C al ppus , 33 , correct Meto J ohn

Heydon says that the n umber 1 9 fac i l itates bi rths and menses . 2 f 3. This d ay o Septemb er i s notable because the moon which comes to i i o f i i the full w thin a fortn ght t , i s cal led the harvest moon , wh ch rises o f a i . three days i n succession at the same ti me , inste d getti ng da ly later 2 o f 4 is an evil nu mber, referri ng to C ain , Q I N , but not his numera I OO I O 0 = 1 60 1 00 tion , which is + + 5 , or else + 2 6 I HV H . The nu mber of J ehovah , , f 2 8 . i 2 8 o A d ivis on of the Zodiac i nto m ansions the moon , was probably earlier than the solar d ivision i nto 1 2 par ts . Proctor believes

o f 1 2 n ou t 2 1 0 B . C. n that Solar Astronomy the sig s arose ab 7 , i a country 6 o f n t T fi c of about 3 degrees or h latitude, and aurus was the rst on f stellation o the Zodiac . f . o L a c a c o 35 The nu mber Agla (A G A), omposite Kabb listi w nder n worki g name . “ 6. I et O a e o f 3 Plutarch , De side siride , call s the Tetr ctys the pow r

e 6 o n a a o f th number 3 , and this w s the greatest o th the Pythagoreans n a n a o f swor nd i t was denomi ted the World , in consequence its being composed of the first four even an d the fi rst four odd nu mbers ; for 1 and 6 an a 1 6 a 2 a an 6 a a . 3 and 5 d 7 re ; d d nd 4 d an d 8, nd obt in 3

1 o f = . T n L 1 3 he umber El , God A . + 30 .

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2 . T he o f o f of S e h er Y etz i ra h 3 nu mber the Paths Wisdom , the p , 10 2 2 bei ng Sephiroth and l etters of the H ebrew al phabet . 0 f 5 . The n u mber of the Gates o Binah (B I N H ) the U n derstanding a e o f n a 1 (see M th rs , Book C o ce led Mystery, ,

2 a ca e o f 2 - n a o f God a 4 is not ble be us the 4 lettered me , t ught by the a K bbalists .

. of a M 45 The n u mber Ad m ( A D ).

6 . T o f n a L D I A N . 5 he nu mber A do i , translated ord ( ) 6 7 . T a r d a . he n u mber of Bin h , Supernal M other,—the 3 Sephir 7 2 has a large n umber o f mystic referen ces to the 7 2 angels bearin g n a o f — I 2 0 2 1 the mes God derived from E xodus xi v , 9 , , , by the Kabba e a h 2 ch c lists ; ther is important set of 7 pentacles whi , pla ed i n pairs , forms a series of 36 talism an s it is also the n umber o f C hesed (CHS D )

a - c the Sephir Mer y .

. The of Chocma h CHKM H 2 n d e a . 7 3 number ( ), Wisdom , the S phir 1 M I HV H 9 is the nu mber of A N and of Tetragram m aton Adon ai ( , I A D N ). 80 Y e f th . . n of s o d a The umber , ou nd ation , 9 Sephir

2 1 6 6 2 1 6 o f M . a an e e The cube Of ; years , the peri od the Pyth gore t m psychosis . 2 f . o An i n 43 Circles Seir p .

6 f . . o a a a d 3 5 The Greek nu meration Abr x s , tal ismanic wor

2 0 . of a o r . 7 Worlds the I dra R bba, Greater H oly Assem bly D I 1 b of S a d i S H . . T n h d a 3 4 he um er , A lmighty ( ) ( 50 )

T o f Sh a dd a i S HD I n of HM 345. he nu mber El (AL ) ; a d S H

She ma h . ( ), the Name

c of . 37 0. Dire tions thought

6 o f M a lk u th M L KT K l th o . 49 . The number ( ), the ingdom , the Sephira

D a a th O 474. The nu mber of , D T , Secret Wisdom . “ Ahe ie Ahe ie I I 543. The nu mber of the mystic n ame asher , am that I am (A HI H A S HR A H H).

608 . a is a very notable number, representing the Sun M artianus C pella , “ o f th : n i I Go d the 5 century, says The Su s called in taly the Sol at the a O i i a Nile, Serapis ; t Memphis , s r s ; he is also Attis ; Adonis at Byblos ; nd

a t l i o f A m mon i n Libya ; lso Typhon , M i hras , and P uto h s holy name is

608 . I a 608 three letters , which number n Chaldee nd Hebrew is C ham , — ” r I M . Y H S . . o a 1 c n . . H m (C ), whi h also mea s heat I n Greek from U H . S . T R CH a ls o a of 6 Tyre ( ) is n example 08 .

o f Ke the r KTR I a 620 . The nu mber ( ) the Crown , or st Sephir .

62 2 o f a o r years from the C hristian era is the date the H egir , flight of a a a an Mahomet from Mecc , from which ye r the M homet s reckon their a a c lend r . 6 2 AD o f a n of ec n n 3 years . is the fou ndation the Persi mode r ko i g years ,

z ir from thei r king Y e d eg d .

6 6 a o f o r Aleim AL HI M n 4 . The tot l numeration Elohim , ( ), bei g o r fi n a avoiding the use of l mem , we get +40 ; neglecting the tens and placing these figures i n a

c 1 1 a s W or i circle, we get the sequen e 3 4 5, notable the val ue of , the relat on

o f o f a d i ameter to circumference every circle . 6 S HM S I I a ac 40 is Shemesh , the Sun ( ) ; Mem is w ter ; pl e the three

o n n H letters e above the other, a d we get S , fire sun . rising above and sinking bel ow the waters . 6 0 a t o M n an 5 h s been referred by Godfrey H iggins Noah , e es, d

ac n H o r 8 . B chus . Noah , i Hebrew, is N C 5 666 n of i a to R a s it R SV T is the pet u mber Godfrey H igg ns , s referred ( ), — which he i nsists means Wisdom or as most believe

i o r Beg nning Principle .

80 1 o f n a I + 8OO a or is the number alpha a d omeg , , the Perister D ove, vehicle o f the Holy Ghost ; being 80+ 300+ 5+ I OO+ I 80 1 .

a n A R A R ITA i a a 8 1 3 is the numer tio of , a very mport nt Kabb listic i o f n O word , ts letters being collected from the initials the se tence, ne

of o n e n o f c principle his un ity , begi ning his individuality, his vi issitude

o n e is .

I O - o f n OO headed serpent is Sesha or A nanta , emblem eter ity.

1 8 1 o f Ti he r eth i 0 . The number p , the central Seph ra, the Sun , Beauty,

- M icroprosopu s , Son God . f B 1 2 2 i o f o . C. a a 3 . F rst year Egyptian cycle Sothis , R meses I I . c me

o t the throne . ' 8 - 1 A . S t o f o f 89 . Las t year D is the 49 9 I year the Kali Yuga t he H ind u sages this Yuga is to conti nue years .

1 2 i i 0 Of B . 3 is the n umber years . C which correspon ds to the beg n n ng of

- Or o f i . the H nd u Kali Yuga Black Age , era the last del uge II 1 1 t o f Of . 3 4 59 , he val ue , ratio diam eter to circu mference of a circle B ode ’s Law is a curious arithmetical and astron omical puzzle T ake the series of n u mbers 0 3 6 1 2 24 48 9 6 1 9 2

' Add 4 to each o f them 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 A nd obtai n the n u mbers 4 7 1 0 1 6 2 8 52 1 00 1 9 6

T o f n an hese show the relation the a cient pl ane ts to the S u n , as to dist ce, M V in the order ercury, enus , E arth , M ars , J upiter, S atu rn , Uranus . The n 2 8 i s n ce planet correspo ding to missi g , and seems to be repla d by the

- . I asteroids Uranus was r e discovered in 7 8 1 .

a o r a cc n T e I S The Platonic Ye r, Gre t Period , a ordi g to ycho Brah ,

2 - R icci olu s a a n ea an years , ye rs ; C ssi i , y rs ; Norm a Lockyer now gives ye rs .

‘ o f ti me d ete r mi n e d f n I t is the period by the revol ution o the equi oxes , o r the space of ti me wherei n the stars an d constellation s return to thei r

o f a former places in respect to the equinoxes , by means a const nt pre

. T o r n cession he equinoxes movi ng backwards westwards , meeting the Su

n a . n o f consta tly e rlier I the ti me the oldest Greek observations , the e qu i noxi a l points were i n t he fi rst stars of A ries an d Libra respectively ;

' the a re V a n n y now i n Pisces and irgo . When these n mes were give the S u V n t a entered Aries at the ernal equinox , and sign and co s ell tion coi ncided

d o n o t fi o f now they do not , so be confused by our still calling the rst sign n a c c spring Aries , although the Su is re lly at su h ti me in Pis es every n a A a years the sig is ch nged . Precedent to ries the S u n at the Vern l Ta ’ equinox entered urus .

P A RT V I . T HE PO CALY PT I C U M B E RS A N . 1 c st Resurre tion , Revelation xx . 5. 2 nd 1 Death , xx . 4. 2 Witnesses, xi . 3. 2 O l ive Trees 4 o f o d o f a . . before throne G the E rth , xi 4 2 C an dlesticks J

666. - n a n . I I n 2 H or ed Beast who spoke like Drago , xiii his u mber is

1 2 . 3 Woes , ix , — o f a a f a . . , 1 /3 part o Veget t ion killed , viii 7 do Se bec me B lood and — — o f o f t . 1 1 . n 8 d o . , , do . Of Fish died , viii . Waters became bi ter viii do Su

1 2 . M oon , Stars , viii .

i a , . 9 . 3% days , B od es l y unburied xxi

8 . o f . 4 quarters the E arth , xx “

. u o f 6 w m s IV . 6 a 4 Beasts , f ll eyes and have g , 9 ( Be sts should b — li v i ng t/z i rzg r W . )

i a . 4 H orses , Wh te , Red , P ale , B l ck

— G I! . 1 2. I I n r n q o f t h e o ld e n a l t a r before God . A t . 1 . 4 ngels of he Euphrates, i x 4

n o f n o f v n . 1 . 4 A gels the Winds of the 4 cor ers the E arth ,

6 o f 8 Wings of the Beasts (living things), full eyes , iv . .

. 2 0 . 7 Churches , i

2 0. . 7 C andlesticks , i . Represen t the 7 Churches

f . . 2 0 n I n a o 7 Stars , i . . Represe t 7 ngels the C hurches f 2 o 0. 7 Angels the C hurches , i .

n . 7 Lamps sta d near the Throne, iv 5.

c tc . a . 7 Se ls, v 5, opened by the Lamb , produ e 4 horses , e

. 2 . . 7 Trumpets, viii G iven to 7 A ngels

n . . 7 Thu ders utter their voices , x 3 n 1 a . . 7 Pl gues held by 7 A gels . xv f V a o . . 7 i ls Wrath , xv 7 6 7 Spi rits of God , v . .

- n an - 6 o f La . T e 7 hor ed d 7 eyed mb, v ; near the hron are the 7 Spirits

Go d .

- - x ad d an I O o n e Sca a on c a an v u . 7 he e d h r d rl et B e st , whi h is Wom , 3

- - a an I O n a n . . 7 he ded d hor ed Dr go with 7 C rowns , xii 3

- - . I o of . 1 a an O a ut a . 7 he ded d horned Be st rose se , xiii I f . 1 0 n o n n o a a . Crow s Te horns be st which h d 7 heads , xiii

I - O n a n a . hor ed Dr go with 7 he ds , xii . 3

- 1 0 a ou t a . 1 . horned Beast with 7 he ds rose of se , xiii

- I O c a o n c a a . horned S arlet B east with 7 he ds , whi h w s a wom n , xvii 3

2 . of 1 - I a Tribes sr el .

‘ 1 2 of L a x i A . x I postles the mb . 4. 1 2 Gates of the New J e rus a le 1 2 xxi . . 1 2 An gels guarding them 1 2 o F un dations of the Walls of the New J erusalem . 1 2 a o n e of I . St rs the h ad the Woman , xii .

1 2 of r of 2 sorts Fruits on the T ee Life, xxii . .

2 a o n 2 i - 1 0. 4 Elders round the Throne, 4 seats , v . 4

2 n n t o f 2 4 mo ths the Ge tiles tread over the outer cour Temple, xi , .

- 2 n a a . . 4 m o ths the 7 headed Be st to have power to Bl spheme, xiii 5

' f 1 1 c of o a . . 44 ubits , the height the Walls the New J erus lem , xxi 7 f 666 u o . , n mber the Beast

- 1 000 . 2 . years , Dragon bou nd for, xx 3

1 000 o f a an years , Souls the F ithful to live d reign , xx . 4.

1 2 60 a n . d ys , the two Wit esses prophesy , xi . 3

x1 1 6 1 2 60 . . days, the Woman to be in the wilderness , o f a e ch Tribe chosen . f 6 o . 1 . furlongs , length of the sides the New J erusalem , xxi

chosen from the whole o f the Tr ibes . o r a a A ten thous nd times ten thous nd ngels , round the 2 Throne, v . .