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HERMJETICA
COLLECTANEA
VOL.
IX.
NUMBERS
THEIR
OCCULT
VIRTUES
MYSTIC
AND
POWER
BY
W.
SUPREME
MAGUS
WYNN
OF
THE
WESTCOTT
ROSICRUCIAN
AUTHOR
"the
isiac
tablet,"
ENGLAND
OF
"the
THIRD
OF
SOCIETY
SEPHER
YETZIRAH,"
EDITION
LONDON
THEOSOPHICAL
i6i
PUBLISHING
NEW
BOND
1911
STREET,
SOCIETY
W.
Yi^CjdMM^H^
^.(Lh
CONTENTS
PAGE
Preface
to
First
the
Second
)"
""
Third
Edition
Edition
Edition
9
I.
PART
Pythagoras,
Tenets
his
and
his
PART
Views
Pythagorean
on
X
View^n
Kabalistic
of
II
11.
Numbers
PART
16
III.
Numbers
22
IV.
PART
Properties
Followers
Numbers
the
to
according
the
Bible,
Talmuds, the
Pythagoreans, the
eval
Romans, Chaldeans, Egyptians,Hindoos, Medithe
Students
Magicians, Hermetic
rosicrucians
1.
Monad
2.
Dyad
3^.
...
6. Hexad
7.
Heptad
8.
Ogdoad
Decad
11.
Eleven
12.
Twelve
l^
41
...
and
5. Pentad
10.
33
Z^
...
...
4. Tetrad
9. Ennead
the
:"
3. Triad
Three
and
Half
49
...
SO
...
59
...
*''
...
...
...
...
72
...
88
...
93
...
100
...
102
...
13. Thirteen
Some
Hindoo
66
109
Uses of Numbers
Other
Higher Numbers
of the Apocalypse
Numbers
3
110
III
126
PREFACE
Seven
MSS.
students
the
at
mystic
of
earnest
necessarily
of
collected
quantity,
utmost
so
impossible
been
have
of
credit
the
ancient
mystic
not
in
My
paper.
so
the
to
difficulty
match
to
esoteric
as
to
convey
or
ledged
acknow-
naturally)
been
to
the
ideal
of
the
which
of
waste
information
and
work,
Adepts
to
tome
and
supply
to
fair
be
Sanskrit
Adept:
time
of
from
monk,
not
to
is
It
quoted
would
has
truths
been
Hindoo
the
which
mediaeval
loss
of
works
of
well
equally
reader
the
possible
(perhaps
author
only
cases
great
enough
refer
to
most
poet,
modern
original
least
have
author,
Greek
sage,
be
would
been
have
contemporary
historian,
give
the
might
been
learning.
list
and
have
are
inclusion
occult
quotations
only
the
the
and
is
have
the
to
for
instances,
statement
Roman
direct
and
approximate
an
numerous
book
the
even
consulted
in
many
give
to
and
contents
sources
reduced
quaint
ancient,
of
amount
of
space
friends
that
The
number
obtain
to
as
and
It
critics
character,
intentionally
written,
meanings.
volume.
immense
an
been
has
matter
this
many
kindly
fragmentary
from
these
of
to
occult
1890.
was
essay
lent
and
lore
publish
to
this
been
request
consented
since
have
pages
EDITION,
FIRST
hailv^ passed
years
the
THE
TO
have
yet
still
concealed.
I
words,
Coptic,
for
apologise
must
but
it
Chaldee
was
not
and
the
found
Greek
barbarous
appearance
practicable
type,
5
so
to
the
supply
words
foreign
of
Sanskrit,
have
had
be
to
be
transliterated.
in
is
ADNi
of
**Adonai,"
in
the
containing
erudition
supplied
ideas,
me
the
to
him.
In
of
the
conclusion,
Aut
Aut
from
per
lege
abstine
et
of
recte
and
authorities,
these
"
has
supplied
notions
mainly
was
"
intellige^
censura.
Wynn
Levi,
Maier,
readers,
W.
has
and
Eliphaz
of
which
my
of
desire
numbers
arithmetical
of
nunciation.
pro-
work
readers
any
Arithmetic
request
Michael
each
purely
the
doctrine,
works
Higgins,
elucidation
the
Pythagoreans,
the
Theoretic
"
part
great
to
quoted
have
Taylor's
Thomas
with
addition
barbarity:
added
between
analogies
the
Godfrey
Kircher,
Heydon
and
in
them
refer
Athanasius
John
into
insight
deeper
If
yod,
nun,
sheer
archaic
quotations.
valuable
with
me
of
grotesque;
Blavatsky,
of
to
so
daleth,
often
P.
fund
vast
too
been
H.
course
appearance
was
have
of
intended
the
Aleph,
of
but
have
words
Doctrine"
"Secret
The
the
would
Hebrew
of
case
of
inda
first
reversed
letters
but
should
at
was
form,
representation
it
and
converted
EngHsh
Chaldee
and
left,
to
their
in
them
Hebrew
right
from
read
Hebrew
Westcott.
of
due
PREFACE
TO
first
The
and
print,
until
but
found
edition
for
little
this
of
several
the
book
been
long
asked
matter
of
out
it,
enlarge
to
leisure
additional
the
1902.
been
has
sufficient
time
present
EDITION,
have
years
collect
to
SECOND
THE
has
been
not
which
seemed
Volume
IX.
desirable.
This
Series
my
be
entitled
form
to
seems
well
as
Numbers
on
essay
previous
suitable
received
which
volumes
Metzareph
the
the
and
Scipio
of
philosophy
Pymander
of
and
Aesch
of
verses
Egyptian
and
Hermes
the
metic
Her-
the
Golden
the
may
as
in
Alchemy,
it
it
that
Euphrates
Art,
Dream
Pythagoreans,
the
of
treated
of
which
of
hopeful
am
mystic
of
Hermetic
Arcanum,
and
part,
students
by
as
Hermetica,"
Collectanea
**
appears
now
Magic.
of
to
in
Rabbis
the
the
and
of
and
Babylon,
of
yet
tracts,
Splendour,
and
the
and
French
viz.,
Idra
the
Only
in
appeared
from
of
from
and
the
the
Suta.
three
Siphra
A
few
translations.
quotations
may,
Rabbinical
Literature
English
except
of
those
the
of
and
be
1748;
7
be
Talmudic
in
John
in
and
in
found
J.
Allen's
Rabba
Idra
read
any
Book
or
the
have
hardly
Zohar
the
to
special
treatises
language,
are
Jerusalem
made
who
Dtzenioutha,
others
contributed
who
Talmudic
few
notions
the
on
Talmuds
Rabbis
from
Many
however,
notes
many
both
Gemara
Kabalah.
the
Kabalistic
edition
this
Israel,
of
Mishnah
study
as
added
have
German
Kabalistic
P.
Stehelin's
**
Modern
of
and
Judaism," i8i6^
Franck
Hebraic
Genesis
^'Midrash
The
Greek
doctrines
of the
Kabalah
by Adolph
has
pubMiscellany," and
while
Hershon
'^Talmudic
Talmud."
Zohar"
ha
Neo-Platonism,
the
on
his
the
to
relation
the
narrates
in
lore
according
works
Ginsburg,
Christian
and
Ushed
'*
in
of
D.
H.
Parsees.
is the ''Sepher
Kabalistic
Book
Perhaps the oldest extant
of Formation," an
Fetzirah," or **Book
English translation
of which
from
has appeared in three editions
the Author's
own
The
pen.
ideas
creation
on
been
fundamentals
in
both
printed
laid
are
in
down
edition.
American
mathematical
the
Upon
readers
aspect of Numbers,
may
detail the works
of Gauss^
Disquisitiones
"
for further
consult
Arithmeticae," 1801;
Legendre,
W.
G.
O.
Smith,
1830;
Reports
"Theorie
Nombres,"
the Theory of Numbers,"
"
in
"Transactions
the
by
Hutton
further
For
in
"
Barlow's
Association," 1859;
lated
Recreations," 17 10, trans-
the
of
1814
Snart,
"
information
on
Power
The
Investigationsof the
Hindoo
Theosophical Glossary" of H.
Tukaram
modern
Taty^, and
Puranas
and
Upanishads, also
Finer
on
des
British
"Mathematical
Ozanam,
James
and
Kabalistic
that
and
French
numerical
the
of
P.
"
of Numbers
of Numbers."
Theory
philosophy,
Blavatsky, the
translations
The
works
the
of
Prasad's
Rama
"
see
of
Vedas,
"Nature's
Forces."
"Lamaism
in
is
Waddell,
information
a
on
Tibet," 1895, by
very
the
learned
work
numerical
Dr
Laurence
; it contains
occult
lore
of
Austine
vast
the
store
Lamas
of
and
Buddhists.
Egyptian
Upon
Wallis
Egyptian
much
food
product
of
; Flinders
consult
Petrie
the
works
of
E.
A.
; Sir
son;
WilkinJohn Gardner
in Ancient
and
Erman;
Egypt," by Adolf
Belief," by James Bonwick.
Mystics will find
for
thought in the Yi-King, a very curious
Budge
"Life
"
Numbers
ancient
Chinese
lore.
The
Gnostic
philosophy
has
and
G.
S.
R.
Many
still
C.
Gould
numerical
prefer
is
viewed
numbers
"
Queries
and
have
been
and
these
U.S.A.,
leave
to
the
by
students
a
the
from
in
data
instruction
their
for
standpoint
of
it, which
and
schools,
general
TO
corrections
FEW
have
pupils
THE
been
and
added
have
;
many
fellow-students
THIRD
been
of
of
these
the
have
Rosicrucian
been
of
science.
occult
and
others
knowledge
w.
EDITION,
made,
for
form;
through
certain
of
volume
information,
present
running
basis
this
declare
heterogeneous
of
of
find
to
will
critics
that
w.
PREFACE
King
W.
studied.
Manchester,
collection
scheme
able
of
find
to
recognised
be
Notes
C.
of
ideas.
undigested
an
be
will
S.
Bijou
"
of
works
the
and
suitably
be
may
prepared
there
will
of
am
be
to
by
full
are
Mead
volumes
published
basis,
numerical
deep
w.
1.
191
interesting
supplied
notes
by
Society.
w.
w.
w.
my
NUMBERS
THEIR
OCCULT
PART
Pythagoras,
Europe,
born
the
was
about
the
the
-^gean
he
of
amount
native
of
his
the
Hindostan,
gathered
succeeded
and
Esoteric
knowledge
He
of
the
learning,
of
in
fresh
with
he
in
his
turn
narrates
extended
the
the
left
Egypt,
to
that
and
he
information,
of
with
acquainted
with
as
that
Games.
History
stores
well
fact
visiting
Palestine,
and
in
Phoenicia.
the
home,
travel,
wisdom
becoming
well
an
dissatisfied
at
was
island
Olympic
Learning.
country
with
his
of
his
its
mind
well
stored
intending
home,
this
but
opposition
of
Crete
as
in
years
He
the
exoteric
popular
each.
of
to
gained
search
the
feeling
be
many
in
returned
matured,
Sidon
and
in
Wisdom
at
agility
each
from
say,
of
to
Persia,
Samos,
centres
pilgrimage
at
his
spent
great
either
at
ancient
engraver.
of
manhood
and
an
some
feats
for
of
philosophers
greatest
B.C.,
FOLLOWERS.
as
knowledge
land
most
known
HIS
AND
Mnesarchus,
580
or,
attained
Having
of
year
prizes
won
that
is
the
son
Sea,
little
Very
of
one
VIRTUES
I.
TENETS
HIS
PYTHAGORAS,
MYSTIC
AND
POWER
he
found
to
turbulent
to
be
ruler
II
open
his
and
there
impracticable
Polycrates.
judgment
a
College
owing
Failing
to
in
12
this
design,he migrated
Graecia, which
South
coast
Philosopher
which
all
Society
the
on
ever-famous
of
Students,
world
the
as
assembly
but
powers;
himself
forced
between
the
Sybaris :
he
is said
have
of
successors,
the
about
"
upon
Xheon
of
doctrines
who
B.C.
322.
doctrines
"
Aristotle.
Nicomachus
first who
40.
and
"
from
Refer
Composite
Cicero.
''De
natura
he
derive
we
and
our
his
of
mysteries of
of Orpheus.
left a fragment
the
those
who
of this author
books
his book
committed
Timaeus
to
writing
Pythagoras.
Refer
his
to
**Metaphysica,"
"Nicomachean
was
"
Prime
B.C.
the
Eratosthenes, author
*'Kokkinon"
or
'^Cribrum,"
276.
of
"
compiled
Magna,'' and
of Stagyra
'*Moralia
B.C.
three
"
of
quarrel
Smyrna.
Philolaus.
From
370.
it is believed
that Plato
probably
spiracy
con-
where
Pythagoras
speaks
B.C.
the
of
notable
380.
was
inhabitants
the
and
500 B.C.
from
whom
authors
Herodotus,
"
of
account
on
to
he
year
B.C.
he
city, owing
Pythagoreans as similar to
Archytas of Tarentum,
Pythagorean Arithmetic.
the
394.
the
followingare
"
institution, and
reaching Metapontum,
life and
the
450.
arose
in
his
the
Crotona
of
ancient
the
to
put
which
succeeded
died
of
flee from
to
people
Among
knowledge
B.C.
learned
was
rebellion
and
B.C.
end
an
was
to
the
this
that
civilized
the
over
Dorians
by
known
city in Magna
noted
colony founded
of Italy. It was
here
his College or
founded
was
became
central
Crotona,
to
his father.
of
a
Deorum.''
his
work
a
*'
Numbers.
to
Ethics."
works
Sieve
to
entitled
separate
"
"
De
Finibus
''
13
A.D.
5o
Nicomachus
"
of
Treatises
Gerasa;
metic
Arith-
on
and
A.D.
300
Harmony.
of
Porphyry
"
sometimes
the
340
A.D.
in
named
"
vita
philosopher,
Tyre, a great
Syriac, Melekh
King,
or
was
Plotinus.
mysteriis,"
"De
Arithmetic
*'De
machus
Nico-
of
Theological
"The
perties
Pro-
of Numbers."
450
A.D.
the
Proclus, in his commentary
on
Days " of Hesiod, gives information
"
and
"
Works
ing
concern-
"
Coming
authors
down
consulted:
and
follower
first eminent
of
and
; and
at
his
master:
chief
later
After
instructors
; Theorides
Heraclea
and
followed
next
and
Aspendian.
the
Aristaeus, who
was
Pythagoras;
the
dispersed,
was
Philolaus
pontum
of
previous
The
Pythagoreans.
of the
of
1660.
of
extant
was
Pythagoras
widow
the
Theano,
the
son
Mnesarchus,
Diodorus
Tidas, and
married
school
all that
doctrines
the
following
Kircher, Athanasius,
and
1650;
the
"
epitomized
concerning
times,
recent
more
Marcus,
collected
authors
be
should
Meibomius,
They
to
Bulagoras,
the
original
became
Clinias
Eurytus
Meta-
at
of Tarentum.
several
istics.
peculiar charactermember
was
obliged to pass a period of
Every new
of contemplation in perfect silence ; the members
five years
held everything in common,
and
rejected animal food ; they
of metempsychosis, and
believers in the doctrine
were
were
faith
in
with
their founder
ardent
and
implicit
an
inspired
The
and
their
them
school
teacher.
So
training, that
complete proof.
pupilswas
^^
also
did
much
autos
marked
the
element
epha^^
"
Intense
"He
fraternal
feature
of
the
of
faith
said
affection
school
enter
it""
was
between
; hence
into
to
the
their
friend
"
saying, my
to this day.
certain
and
The
studies
is my
in
teaching was
and
knowledge
instruction
of
become
self/'has
other
great
merit
by-word
secret, and
measure
allotted
were
class
each
to
sufficed
ability alone
enable
the
to
to
to
to
higher classes and
a
anyone
pass
recondite
of the
more
mysteries. No
knowledge
person
to
secret
permitted to commit
was
writing any
tenet, or
broke
the
doctrine, and, so far as is known, no
pupil ever
and
the dispersion of the school.
rule until after his death
We
thus
the
mation
of inforare
entirely dependent on
scraps
grade
which
of
amount
of
handed
down
their
and
when
ground
to
critics.
his
from
us
considerable
is
inseparable from
any
of Pythagoras
himself,
investigatethe opinions
doctrines
real
the
surer
on
are
we
his
from
and
uncertainty, therefore,
consideration
but
been
have
and
successors,
we
of his followers.
recorded
is
It
into
formulated
and
the
two
branches,
at
rest
"
The
of
arithmetic
into
division
consideration
the
in motion
was
of numbers
harmony
of his
strikingpeculiarities
most
followers
science
former
musical
magnitude
and
geometry,
and
his
to
the
"
The
magnitude.
subdivided
further
was
great divisions
two
theory
instruction
his
that
included
; the
of
latter
magnitude
astronomy.
"
doctrines
are
dent
depen-
ideas, and
conceptions,
which
his philosophy was
founded.
impersonations upon
The
were
principles governing Numbers
supposed to be
Existences
Numbers
the principles of all Real
as
are
; and
of Mathematical
the primary constituents
Quantities, and at
time
the same
analogies to various realities,it
present many
on
the
inferred
was
further
the
elements
believed
of
the
and
of
Central
ideas
successor
numerical
that
the
of
form
ReaUties.
elements
of
Numbers
were
it is
Pythagoras himself
natives
the
that
of Europe
the first teaching
owe
of the
principles of music,
properties of Numbers,
visited
that
he had
physics ; but there is evidence
there
had
mathematical
Asia, and
acquired the
which
thought
mathematical
the
introduced
Jamblicus
basis
by
and
To
of
his doctrine.
Pythagoras,
and
others, became
The
followed
known
modes
by
later
of
his
on
15
titles
the
by
Italian
**
the
of
school,"
**
the
or
Doric
school."
selection
; but
secret
others
to
and
notions.
the
monad
Hence
Intuitive
knowledge
superficies,
Imagination (form
rupa)
or
of material
Sensation
Indeed,
objects
referred
they
to
referred
was
the
to
causation
and
Reason
moderns
names
numbers
forms,
it, in
receive
to
point,
; a
triad
the
and
tetrad.
solid, the
essence
dyad
knowledge
mathematical
and
called
they
line, the
; a
by training
and
numerical
by
their
delivered
Pythagoras
pupils, fitted by
to
of
followers
The
seenT
must
"
"
"
Dyad
type.
Triad
type.
Tetrad
"
curious
type.
,,
other, in
or
type.
object, planet,
every
nujinber
some
"
Monad
and
way
mystical
idea
man,
and
which
to
in
highest
the
most
degree.
"
numerals
The
about
and
is
nature
revelation
in
to
of the
**
are
the
Secret
key
evolution
of
sacredness
and
One,
the
vol.
the
to
well
with
the
secrets
of
the
new
Blavatsky.
race
Great
nought
boundless
narrates
that
students
first classed
as
"
all systems
numerals.
the
universe."
and
the
of cosmogony
upon
with
begins
only
human
based
of
physically considered,
as
present
are
numbers
views
ancient
nature
in
P.
H.
means
the
upon
Doctrine," by
of the
ends
infinite
the
insisted
being
spirituallyas
sense,
concerning
of explaining
method
same
again
once
ideas
all
religious mysticism
of
of
the
Numbers
its broad
and
explained
he
things,"
'*
A.D.,
300
whereof
lived
or
"
The
First
zero
Isis
Cause,
symbol
"
Unveiled,"
ii. 407.
Tradition
school,
were
privileged
grades
coveted
at
of
to
Genuini,
title
of
rise
the
Exoterici
by
merit
of
Pythagorean
or
Auscultantes,
and
ability to
Perfecti, Mathematici
Esoterici.
the
or
listeners,
the
the
higher
most
i6
PART
PYTHAGOREAN
foundation
The
two
equal parts,
The
ODD
the
monad
All
division
number
even
an
in the
ON
of
also
two
follows
and
even
is divisible
monad
into
as
is into
which
one
divided
middle
was
Numbers
leaving a
when
numbers
NUMBERS.
Mathematics
being
without
number,
even
VIEWS
Pythagorean
first natural
The
ODD,
of
II.
into
between
them.
equal parts,
leaves
between
the
parts.
(except
the
dyad
"
two
which
"
is
into two
be divided
unities) may
equal parts,
into
also
and
two
unequal parts, yet so that in neither
division
will either
parity be mingled with imparity, nor
be
two
cannot
binary number
imparity with parity. The
divided
into two
unequal parts.
divides into 5 and
Thus
lo
5, equal parts, also into 3 and
imparities,and into 6 and 4, both parities; and 8
7, both
and
into 5 and
divides into 4 and
parities,
4, equals and
imparities.
3, both
number
is only divisible
into uneven
But
the ODD
parts,
and one
part is also a parity and the other part an imparity ;
thus
cases
unequal,
2, in both
3, or
5 and
7 into 4 and
simply
and
two
and
odd
The
to
be
\h^
first
equal
into
two
the
monad,
number,
even
even.
ancients
but
number.
**
also remarked
the
odd
because
number,"
numbers.
added
if
evens
to
Another
an
are
even
added
monad
to
"
it cannot
reason
number,
to
be
evens
they
be
saw
became
the
odd," and
divided
was
that
an
odd
result
is
an
i8
numbers
be parted into two
Unevenly even
equal
may
divisions,and these parts again equally divided, but the
does
not
proceed until unity is reached ; such
process
numbers
are
Odd
from
numbers
also
susceptible of being
are
three
''First
29,
28.
and
24
31
points of view,
and incomposite
of
composed
unity alone.
not
and
"Second
and
number
other
no
has
is 5 ; and
part, it is called
is composite.
Third
is of
itself
from
yet have
does not
other
divide
this
25.
sorted
"Sieve
the
nature
must
be.
is
; thus
to
of
unity,
proper
third
has a
part
as
complex,
more
with
but
9 and
are
composite,
and
divides
monograph
have
also
so
by
is of too
discursive
divided
been
the
classes
three
Eratosthenes," which
part of
to
These
25.
3 which
these
and
reference
by the
and Superabundant.
sages into Perfect, Deficient
such
as
are
Superperfect or Superabundant
Even
numbers
form
into
out
are
is second
that
measure
the
as
numbers
of them
9, 15, 21,
denominated
are
containinga foreign
it
containing a divisibility,
composite,
incomposite ; such
are
device, called,
complex
of odd
common
no
parts which
word, as well
and
second
such
have
or
contain
*'odd,''but
numbers;
from
generated
are
indeed
are
second, and
Variety
numbers
Odd
as
divisible, each
are
but
is 3 ;
part which
fifth part 3 ; hence
as
is first and
another
are
third
which
The
; such
composite"
upon
numbers,
These
25, 27, 33, and 39.
from
a
foreign number,
thus
'*
measures
other
composed
are
thus
looked
ancient
and
12
24.
Deficient
Perfect
are
such
are
their parts;
fourteenth
a
28
as
Deficient
"
part is
quotients added
In
such
8 and
as
as
half
2,
and
28
is 14, a
and
the
together are
numbers,
14.
such
equal
fourth
to
is 7,
the
a
number
seventh
twenty-eighth
is i,
of
is 4,
which
28.
as
14,
the
parts
are
surpassed
19
whole
the
by
; the
In
Superabundant,
or
as
the
12,
more
is
fourteenth
14.
whole
4,
is 10,
aggregate
half is 7,
is 2, a
less than
seventh
one
the aggresurpasses
gate
fourth is 3, a third is
the aggregate is 16, or
Superperfect numbers
they looked on as similar to Briareus,
the hundred-handed
too numerous
giant: his parts were
; the
deficient
numbers
resembled
had
but one
Cyclops, who
have
the temperament
of a
eye ; whilst the perfect numbers
middle
limit, and
between
and
excess
emulators
the
are
of
Virtue,
the summit, as some
defect,not
medium
ancients
falselythought.
Evil
Good,
is indeed
opposed
however,
is
evil, but
opposed to
both
to
never
to
good,
good.
one
but
to
two
evils.
_^
The
; whilst
number
is but
There
6; only
between
and
the
between
and
only
10,000
numbers
and
an
vices
"
496
is
that
10,
28; only
and
and
between
one
1000
is 8128.
figuresas
same
in
Geometry
see
number
even
that
100,
is
that
the
the
is formed
which
number
between
they^called Gnomons,
squares,
and
10
that
they keep
Simplicius,liber 3.
to
like
are
indefinite.
1000,
one,
in
virtues, few
the
classes
two
perfect number
one
one
100
Odd
other
like
also
are
inordinate, and
numerous,
is
numbers
Perfect
"arrenothelus."
or
definite
old
philosophers
ideas
also
The
to
the
the
worse
indefinite.
; and
it was.
In
deeply
Nature
natures,
the
"
to
in
with
its
them
Goodness
alone
imparity,
noted
that
the
the
union
of
of
acceptation,
things.
definite, that
was
indefinite
and
common
substrata
or
soul
be
imbued
more
human
parity
on
it is to
essences
good
the
notes
numbers,
were
with
of
nature
indefinite
these
indefinite
and
numerical
and
with
connection
In
the
can
exists
of
nature
define
a
or
certain
of
the
bound
evil
evil,
the
vestige
of
20
divine
and
moderates
(Buddhi); this bounds
and inequality of its desires.
that all inequality arises
demonstrated
indefiniteness
be
It may
equality,so
that
the power
of a mother
all sorts
exuberant
fertility
she
root,
in
lamblichus,
treatise
his
time
be
reduced
=^*
cyo)
in
asked
I."
another
this
Now
numbers
these
what
to
; he
friend
some
says
are
220.
said
was,
is demonstrated
parts of each
Nico-
of
284 and
as
be
equality.
Arithmetic
the
on
allow, it could
another
machus, throws
lighton numbers
like friends, they are
Amicable
numbers,
Pythagoras, being
from
it were,
obtaining,as
forth with
pours
of inequality
did space
and
; and
that all inequalitymay
also shown
and
the
goodness
to
ircpo^
be
the
generative of
of friendship.
each
other, according to the nature
French
Ozanam,
mathematician, a.d.
a
amples
17 10, gives ex-
case
in his
Numbers.
**
Mathematical
He
aliquot parts
284 is equal
4 +
; the
remarks
of
to
the
that
sum
of
is
220
the
equal
4 +
the
to
+
71
55
Amicable
of such
17,296
sum
142
aliquot parts
+ 20 + 22+44
5 + 10+11
such pair of numbers
are
Another
"
Recreations
thus
284;
are
110
and
and
220:
of
the
of
220
; thus
284.
18,416.
between
speculations as to the relation
Numbers
the character
of offspringfrom
and marriage, and
be
found
scattered
to
it, are
through the writings of the
cerning
conPhilosophers. Plato, in his
Republic," has a passage
which, divinely generated, will
a geometric number,
be
Nicomachus
also
fortunate
unfortunate.
or
speaks of
this same
and
number, and he calls it the Nuptial Number;
it to state
that from
he passes
from
two
good parents only
bad
two
come
good offspring can
parents only bad ;
; from
he
and
from
a
good and a bad parent only bad ; whence
orderly
disin a confused
the Republic againstwedlock
or
warns
from
which, the progeny
being depraved,
manner,
the
discord
will result.
on
Simplicius, in his commentary
curious
Very
"
2nd
Book
Pythagoras
Music
of
produced
Aristotle, "On
of
and
the
by
his
followers
Spheres,
the motion
to
have
of the
the
Heavens,"
claimed
heard
to
an
planets,and
remarks
have
heard
harmonic
from
that
the
sound
the
sound
21
calculated
have
to
size
of
Sun,
the
Aristotle
Animals
is
when
dogs
in
of
the
or
by
bliss.
senses,
by
the
with
and
hear
perceive,
For
motion
yet
do
why
definitely
and
known,
when
man
Some
of
that
laid
aside,
to
deaf
the
see
stars,
probity,
by
perceive,
bondage
sounds
while
yet
to
or
truth-seeker
or
the
to
purification
may
invisible
sights
when
imperceptible
in
adept
upraised,
or
religion,
still
us
by
power,
ethereal
an
abides
soul
one,
some
things
some
are
the
his
of
and
to
beyond
hear
we
To
not
come
visit
Is
heaven
Or
has
earth,
as
in
the
days
distant
more
earth
the
from
angels
grown
cold
realms
of
old
of
?
us,
with
may
mortals,
us
not
Why
the
terrestrial
the
punished,
magical
inaudible^
ears
we
which
operations
eyes
his
in
hereditary
unfolded,
with
is
be
may
body
partly
it
which
It
sounds
mantle
mensurate,
com-
alike.
body
vehicles
three
celestial,
sacred
terrestrial
whilst
in
and
of
state
had
not
every
existence.
be
"
one
luminous
their
this
might
are
them,
from
of
soul
the
to
presence
distances
great
things
and
To
difficulty
all
their
distance
of
Mercury.
sensible
and
ignorance
aerial
an
one,
in
at
thought
body,
the
sphere
scented,
complete
ancients
perhaps
everything
is
be
can
and
sublunary
this
in
nor
by
but
ratio
the
Venus
Moon,
objected,
solved
numbers
by
glory
both.
their
22
PART
THE
nations
Many
alphabets
ON
NUMBERS.
antiquity made
of
use
that
with
the
used
their
doubt
deeper
Ancient
Greek.
numbers
can
views
of
exist that
of
letters
their
for any
independent signs to typify
the Hebrew
letters as
It is with
ancient
the
to
smaller
that
show
the
exclusivelyfor everyday
added
to their practical
almost
nature,
and
records
the
conceptions.
we
are
chiefly concerned,
numerals
Greeks
KABALAH
substitutes
as
numerical
extent
of
III.
looked
existence
doctrine.
and
Egyptians
them
to
to
No
fullyaware
were
able
numbers
to
are
mysteries which
disclose, so, considering that Greece, and neither Judea nor
the empires of ancient
to
Babylon, succeeded
Egypt, it is
curious
little knowledge
of the dogmas
of the
fact how
a
literature
Greek
Hierophants of Sais, Memphis and Thebes
the
of
has
wondrous
transmitted
to
us.
of interest
much
discovered
and
so
Jewish Rabbis
the merely superficial
value of numbers,
importance behind
that
their representatives,
and
of words
as
they gradually
of numerical
developed a complete science
conceptions
The
apart from
mathematics
this took
The
letters
Greeks
as
numbers
as
aforesaid
for mental
the
Cabala, words
doctrine,
did
of
name
from
or
variously misspelt
the
root
Qbl,
develop
conceptions,yet
not
Kabalah
nor
use
in the
their
Middle
23
Ages
Hebrew
words
of
are
are
find
similars, and
Kabalah
It
often
we
on
be
must
or
words
are
but
letters
there
so
used
formed
was
read
in
borne
from
in their
mind
bastard
Greek
that
all Hebrew
in
English order.
The
and
corresponding numerals, Greek
here
given with their English names,
synonymous
transliterate
to
type.
constantly
numbers
English
here
Hebrew
the
Greek
letters
are
also
added.
Hebrew
and
the
letters,
English
24
Note
and
there
that
they
so
900,
bau, digamma)
At
for
but
hundreds
added
it is
teth
to
certain
Rabbis
this
letters in
seen
in
stanzas
to
the
Psalm
The
direct
some
our
word
Cosmogony
and
400
Another
TQ.
was
numerical
order
find
for
other
point
Jah for
of
computations
add
to
an
Aleph,
many
and
one,
the
Greeks
purposes
old
very
to
of
have
used
numeration,
their
as
books
may
of
copies
(the 24
poems
for
the
Odyssey,
example), in which
letters consecutively,in a similar
manner
letters heading the portions of the
119th
of
and
the
Hebrew
in
500
for
the
for
Colel.
we
cases
bear
written
was
permissible
the
Iliad
Homer's
Tau
used
not
were
the
it
called
some
finals
five
Kabalistic
deemed
they
In
be
call attention
In
the
write
Jews never
JH
15,
instead
Deity title,they use
9, 6 thus TV,
Kabalists
used
JH only when
they desired
in the number.
Name
to the Holy
The
vau.
for 6, 90,
"
thus
is that
Letters
"
6 ;
Greek
proper
special symbols
episemon (vau, or
koppa for 90 ; and sanpi for 900
instead
hundreds,
importance
no
used
periods
some
because
were
Bibles.
Kabalah
and
includes
Theology
as
the
well
Hebrew
as
the
Doctrines
of
Science
of
26
''
Gabriel
Mikhael
Alu
RPAL
converted
10,
I,
the
Rabbis
30,
6,
are,
i,
80,
200,
Raphael/'
ve
I,
30,
argued
that
Some
Christian
identical.
6,
30,
these
40,
also
two
Alu
Mikal
i, 30,
20,
10,
Gbrial
amounting
sets
of
3, 2,
200,
701,
and
to
three
beings
were
Kabalists
that
in
point out
Genesis
xlix. v.
find *'Yebah
10
we
Shiloh/' Yba
ShiLH,
**Shiloh
shall come,'' which
amount
to
358; and that the
word
is 40, 300,
Messiah," Mshvch
358; but so
10, 8, or
is also
Nachash, the Serpent of Moses, Nchsh, 50, 8, 300;
remark
and
I must
that the claim
translate
to
ShiLH, or,
ancient
write
Hebrew
MSS.
as
it,ShLH, by
some
Shiloh,"
is
in the sense
of Jesus Christ,
far-fetched.
is
The
word
simply *'rest,"or "peace," in its simplest meaning, but also
is the Scorpio of the Chaldean
zodiac
(relatedto Nachash,
Jacob is talking in the
serpent); and
Judah," of whom
prophecy, is the sign of the zodiac; Leo for
Judah is a
zodiac
lion's whelp" (the Chaldean
has a lion couchant),
lion."
he crouches
In this sense,
the sceptre
as
a
then,
shall not
shall not
leave
depart from Judah," /.^.,power
or
or
Leo, until Shelah, Shiloh
Scorpio shall come
up
rise.
teaches
that
Leo
from
as
Astronomy
away
passes
title
The
the
"Comforter,"
meridian, Scorpio rises.
to
"Menachem,"
MNchM,
138,
50, 8, 40, amounting
40,
and
in
the title "The
Branch," applied to the Messiah
iii. v. 8, namely, TzMCh,
Zechariah
138, are
90, 40, 8, also
number.
of the same
Metatron, the great angel MxhRxhN,
Shaddai
both
and
ShDi, translated
"Almighty," are
314.
is used
The
letter Shin, Sh,
as
a
glyph of "the
300,
Elohim
Ruch
Alhim,
spirit of the living gods," Ruach
into
which
transmutes
6, 8, i, 30, 5, 10, 40, or
200,
"
"
**
*^
"
"
300.
The
to
Kabalists
Divine
Beings,
sometimes
the
considered
celestial
to
tens
vice
or
versa
final letters of
the
construction
the
several
of
words
sentence
refer
to
bodies, hundreds
to future
things of earth, and thousands
derived
from
the
Notartcon, a word
the construction
shorthand
writer, means
initial
units
the
to
events.
Latin
of
of
notarius^
word
a
of which
from
the
sentence;
each
a,
or
word
27
begins with
in order
word
Refer
the
Deuteronomy
to
words
'*
read
and
xxx.
find
heaven
to
us
and
2,
"
Yolh
My
hashemimha,''
lenu
yeolah
My
v.
for
shall go up
of
the
sentence,
Who
"
asks,
of contraction
processes
composing a given
expansion, therefore.
letters
several
the
initials of
the
HshMVMH,
Lnu
word
the
form
Moses
that
Mylh
"Mylah,'*
or
which
Again
heaven.
**
means
the
Genesis,
of
book
the
*'In the
Berasit, translated
beginning,"but more
properly In wisdom," are the initials of the words BRAShiT
BRAshiT,
"
Rah
Alhim
IshRAL
ShvQBLU
Elohim
formed
of
gibur
initials
Namn,
of
Temura
melekh
limitations
by
others
at
"
certain
each
letter
definite
a
according
a
new
permutation there are
word,
forms.
For
example, the alphabet of 22
the two
and
the other
sets placed one
over
another
to
in
potens
Adni,
Ateh
is from
Amn,
Adni
Mlk
namen,"
King."
the
letters of
rules, and
of
with
is
word
scheme,
of which
thus
Tu
"
Amen
to
is
"AGLA,''
power,
; sometimes
transposed according
the
Law."
accept the
Faithful
and
Lord
Permutation
means
are
certain
The
"
"
rauah
"In
mean
Loulm
word
The
which
sentence,
Gbur
Ath
"Adonai
meaning
word
of Jthe
Adonai.
loulam
of
name
initials
the
Domine,"
sseculum
the
Rabbinic
famous
"Berasit
read
Turk,
placed
re-
forming
recognised
many
letters is halved
in
order,
reverse
"
ABGDHVZChThYK
T
then
=
is
V.
will be
these
that
seen
were
complete
Other
This
26.
named
set
Tz
was
Permutations
to
form
there
is
called
be
At bash
other
T, and V to P, and so
used
Sheshak, /.^.,ShShK
changed
becomes
Bbl
XXV.
Sh
on
so
Babel
by Jeremiah
or
Ax-Bsh
it
"
2 1
28
and
Irregular; these
subdividing it by 2 1
and
squares,
The
been
lines in each
writing in
then
successively from
reverse.
produced by forming
are
direction
each
most
**
called
the form
and
square
into
484 smaller
in order
letter
a
square
from
above
right to left,or
popular mode
down,
the
or
of
ever
permutation has howof the Nine
Chambers,'*
Kabalah
horizontal
of two
and
two
by the intersection
vertical lines,forming nine
and
4
spaces, a central square,
three-sided
which
and
two-sided
each
of
to
figures,
figures,
4
produced
certain
allotted
are
letters ; there
is a
and
there
this arrangement,
the
Sephiroth
This
this is
also
Ha
12,
6,
may
7 becomes
28.
After
to
and
6,
father
are
300,
HvA
so
Al
in
meaning
6,
6, 30,
Tm
5
of
are
full Yvd
20,
6, H
5,
Ha
6,
5 and
and
6 and
ShAN,
and
Jehu 10
Shaddai,
are
12,
48, and
are
and
primary
laws,
3;
and
leading
to
and
Ab
thus
are
and
21,
Almighty,
then
12
to
then
and
12,
was
26 became
others
God
and
28
as
7,
restrictive
certain
certain
with
Zain
series.
by
reducible
within
i,
30,
are
3;
Gdvlh
3.
results
of
an
of similar
in any word
for soft,or sibilant for dental ;
substitution
hard
perfect,exchange
:
was
substitution
group,
defiled
battle ; ShKL,
word
Shaddai,
i,
is the
character
3 and
becomes
3, 4,
letters of another
5, V
10,
number
number
manner,
345,
method
opposite
and
3, Ihv
ShDi, Al
are
or
Contraction
and
they contracted,
Again, Tetragrammaton
every
5,
Another
thus
Mark
consists
manner
10.
Hoa
or
analogies
10,
Gedulah
or
had
3.
4,
and
this
and
8,
In
in
spelled
extended
another
8,
or
word
every
and
numeral.
and
in
44.
or
or
equal
be
Kabalists
the
Again,
or
secret.
Kabalah
of the Numerical
development
but
26,
Vv
allotting
superficialmanner
Extension
of
processes
is considered
Y
as
Tetragrammaton
or
of
Rosicrucian
arithmetical
thus
in
mode
mystical
of
even
Masonry.
further
of
figure,but
is used
method
Master
A
this
to
modes
several
are
secure,
for T, and
Th
obtain
tranquil, becomes
Skl, foohsh.
becomes
wisdom,
ShDi, Almighty, with
soft
sibilant
ThM,
San,
In
and
the
soft
29
is
dental
Shiddah,
both
is
fallen
hard
dental,
Sittah, an
ejffected,ShThn^
hardened
letters
Sxh, Seth,
sense,
with
replace
we
meaning
of
partialchange
adulterous
wife;
a
the
wife ; if
completely change
backslider
man,
SxhN,
Satan, adversary.
of sound
a
dot
in
Sh, from
right
the
over
Shin
the
letters,explain well
Hebrew
without
I cannot,
Sh
left tooth
or
to
S, but
of
the
the
it is
change
marked
by
teeth
three
of the
letter.
A
conversion
the
of the
Shrh,
conception
ShchQ
Isaac, YxzchQ
TzchQ,
"laugh,"
or
100
covenant
made
of
the
to
of
an
of
name
Abraham,
Yod
into
their
is destroyed.
sterility
Some
of
He,
learned
curiously.
Ab
deific
Hindoo
is
the
of
name
that
is
seed
of
and
of
the
institution
the
here
Now
conversion
Sarah
be
to
The
we
meant
splits up
like
Om
is lifted
he
Saturn
then
conversion
is
"
of
; and
name
Am
son.
and
Abraham
90
essentially Female
of
case
; Rm
Power
the Father
of Abrm
5, the
and
Abraham
Br
was
thereof.
Deity.
father,
Blavatsky
in Astro-symbology ;
of the
and
they were
number
in
consider
remarks
The
H,
men
the
Brahma,
AuM,
into
or
root
and
Abram,
the
the
occasion
the
on
was
of
from
Sarah
in^token
males
addition
the
YshchQ,
when
with
occasion
the
on
or
This
by Jehovah
circumcision
Letter,
old.
years
of
account
5-15,
v.
of
Abraham
have
xvii.
Genesis
see
Genetic
the
Abram,
wife
his
of
in
of
names
that
and
Abrhm,
of
is concealed
deep mystery
up.''
identical
were
of the Pharisees
or
Jehovah,
was
Abraham.
is i, 2, 200,
or
40
the
243,
number
of
the
man
"
"
"
The
name
Hebrew
black
also
has
curious
Sarah
set
of
Sor,
; Sr
and
similars
gate
Srr,
in
SchR,
navel
30
and
Sacti
the
of
is
Brahma
note
the
columns
The
being 45.
divisions, total
136.
The
Square
side
5, total
add
to
up
16 ; each
line adds
of
is^'given here
Mars
25,
squares
side
each
side
34, and
to
up
the
way,
every
Jupiter has
of
Square
15
total
of
four
total is
the
each
example,
counting 65, and
as
an
total
325-
Similarly the
Of Venus,
666.
four
several
7, 49,
175,
numbers
of
Of
1225.
Sol
6, 36, iii,
Mercury, 8, 64, 260,
are
2080.
Of
a
Luna,
Take
name.
Dni,
9,
Din
and
Doni;
Taphthartharath,
Rawlinson, in
states
that
their Deities
the
260
then
alike
becomes
Din
and
and
2080
is
Tptrtrt.
his
volumes
Chaldeans
; thus
number
Mercury ; 64 is
is Tiriel, Tirial;
of
case
Each
to
on
the
associated
Anu, Pluto,
60
Ancient
Monarchies,
numbers
mystic
Bel, Jupiter, 50
with
;
Hoa,
31
Neptune, 40 ; Sin,
Nergal (Mars), 12;
Saturn, 10.
It will be
called
the
Moon,
Beltis
and
noticed
that
Sorath, Surt,
One
much
so
times
formed
Of
the
of
and
its
number
reverse
and
for
so
Greek
the
The
356.
only
the
666,
the
200,
rotas.
*'
of
anagram
opera
608
is
8 ; and
in
in
IHS
Latin,
I in
and
to
666,
666, is
number
500, 100,
which
becomes
is
of five
but
sun
which
about
square
directions
to
Upsilon changes
obtain
we
is
Latin,
Sol
famous
last number
20
Nin
of
Beast,
in most
first,third, and
the
these
words
mystic
the
of
Sun,
and
15;
great number
the
number
the
Mylitta,
or
the
Shamash,
30 ;
hominum
lesus
Salvator."
Kircher
the
out
Jesus
and
names
relation.
curious
take
Now
Magic
a
I
points
"
5
letters
The
"
I,
"
of
Remember
Iesous
St.
the
which
of
of
mystic
in Greek
365
was
thus,
all 888.
are
of 36
square
"
the
Arithmo-
Consult
Sybilla de nomina
ejus
Sou
fades
monades,
dekades^ ekaton
8 unitates^8 denarii^ 8 centenariiP
"
Civitate
taken
i in
from
that
the
in Greek
middle
According
A, I, R, A=i,
to
"
The
for
60,
i,
Canon,"
it
i,
note
10,
of
100,
two
100
200
says
mia^
A, I, Q=i,
V's,
sists
con-
fifth vowel.
the
was
is
10
E, for
Priscian
50.
of the Greek
each
are
the
Roman
squarely drawn,
or,
for 5 because
Hebrew
numerals
eis^ I, and
is i, 2, 100,
letters.
L's which
two
Dei,
Abraxas
word
curiosity,note
each
are
5 ; C,
remember
and
magic
in
152
compartments,
totals
888.
Set
meminit
^^illius
Augustine, De
Note
As
200
152.
the
888.
to
way
vaticinando^^^ ^^onoma
tuum
okto^^^or ** nomen
/"., nine
"
Maria
70, 400,
1
squares;
have
of Kircher.
logia
See
200,
5, then
also make
"
divisions,adding every
"
Iesous
10,
loc,
magic
of
example
Mary, and
Iesous
isnnD, 8,
Maria, 40,
i,
of
Three,
Square
2,
"
Greek
10,
for
female
To
100;
1,000.
1897,
an
anonymous
work.
32
Vesica
two
circles)
equal
symbol
were
Ancient
Apollo,
(the
piscis
of
the
represented
to
Mysteries.
the
Sun
rule
Initiates
The
god,
or
have
in
Greek
the
by
the
which
secret
gods
same
26
are
canon
intersection
the
by
dimensions
whose
hidden
formed
figure
Zeus,
numerical
and
of
is
15,
Natural
wisdom
Jupiter
relation.
laws
of
the
and
34
in the
principleof things,of
Ineffable
which
it is the
image,
all is
and in darkness.
confused, vague
void.
a
as
9. A Chasm,
its being at the
lowest
10.
Tartarus, from
extremity, is
of the
dissimilarlysimilar to God, at the highest end
series.
nature.
Styx, from its immutable
Horror, the ineffable, is perfectly
The
11.
12.
therefore
is
and
terrible.
Void
13.
unknown
Mixture,
of
from
the
simplicityof
the
of
nature
ineffable.
the
14.
15.
16.
for the
reason
Even
over
number
universal
Dyad,
esteemed
more
the
to
ones
than
numbers
Odd
The
whose
inferior
by
universal
or
the
numerals
their
were
this
was
became
first
the
even
being
father
Might."
greater Gods,
letters,
and
even
find
we
and
Arabic
old
systems
that
almost
to
commence
being chosen
task of representing the Monad.
that the Romans
began with lines,
followed
the Acute
Angle V for
doubled
X, for fiftythe angle was
two
one
fifties,
L, for a hundred,
from
became
Gentile
the
Numbers
"
of the
of
is
one
an
Hermias,
to
the
of Odd
terrestrial deities.
and
inverted
Mother;
mother, for
given
were
number
systems,
which
ones,
the
prejudicein favour
but
are
copies
and
became
D.
Ridicule
of
philosopher, author
Philosophers," quotes from the Pythagoreans
the
Christian
"
35
Monad
'*The
The
the
of
one
figure
animals
creative
Another
foot
with
they
*'
the
Kol,
shall
of
ton
and
make
we
have
in
the
man
P, the
Greek
the
vocable
P).
walking,
ing,
advanc-
which
R,
letter
among
it
of
Pan,
the
with
we
solus^
signifies
the
for
One
principle
unique
the
alone,
God,
word
God
for
echo
rest
alone
emblem
of
supreme
of
power
identical.
remorse
of
One
of
it
the
Bath
Voice.
the
that
Shekinah
One
Law.
the
reformation
for
is
and
is
man
says
studies
avail
more
achad,
to
Divine
vi.
who
AchD,
voice
the
Beraehath
upon
is
is
One
daughter
in
even
God's
or
Talmud
The
arche
advancing,"
or
Sol, Sun
are
put
head
commencing
forward,
set
Hebrew
The
often
all
Unity,
Compare
and
'^
"
man"
(paternity, phallus,
added,
'*iens," "iturus,"
adding
Power
dash
with
good
things"
signifies "living
on
Priapus,
and
gods
erect";
'*
of
sign
all
it
preservation,
and
of
Beginning
monasP
he
anion
is
pang
than
many
stripes.
indiscreet
and
has
also
by
protected
Rabbi
death
prepared
the
an
way,"
exhorted
maxim
every
day
be
attained.
work
as
and
the
is the
she
house
Lilith, who
by
alone,
said
was
Night
infants
newly-born
over
than
Spectre,
who
not
are
Amulet.
wise
should
attacked
wife
in
sleep
to
man
first
Ever
power
Nathan
"
be
may
valued
more
Talmud.
ease.
one
Adam's
been
have
for
he
that
fear
for
to
is
difficulty is
with
with
obtained
hundred
It
obtained
thing
One
advance
"
ever
Lord
the
inculcating
some
pray,
Buddha
One
"Repent
"
for
in
the
taught
day
duty
of
knowledge
road
in
winds
ancient
before
thy
being
and
ever
ness
good-
upward
India.
all
36
THE
As
to
the
was
with
the
Monad
large number
of
case
represent
DYAD.
2.
said
Dyad also was
objects and ideas ;
the
so
different
dissimilar
that it is difficult to understand
so
things indeed
such multiplicityof opinion arose.
how
first it is the
And
the
general opposite to the Monad,
dissimilitude, the
of
cause
Of
Monad.
the
equality and
in
those
allied
1.
inequality and
the
Monad
Dyad.
Infinity.
and
It
number
called
was
to
oracles
2.
the
to
itself from
its
Silence,"
Monad
are
being
Divine
the
by
;
predominate
Dyad
Audacity," from
God-nourished
characterised
difference
and
and
One
as
also
the
are
called
earliest
; from
the
but
the
Chaldean
say.
It
was
of bulk
cause
3.
separate
of
"Adytum
**
multitude
are
relation
have
sameness
between
which
figures,those
which
to
Bound
interval
It
called
because
Matter"
as
being
definite
and
the
and
the
division.
and
is called
'^
**
the
it
interval
is
between
Multitude
not
yet
**
'*
"
another
number
is formed.
37
or
IntelligibleIntellect.
7. Phanes,
of all Female
8. It is the fountain
and
Rhea
Nature,
divinities,and
hence
Isis.
Cupid, just
9.
endures
that
Monad.
the
separationfrom
first number
it is the
Patience, because
6.
Erato, from
as
for
opposite
its
desiring
partner.
In
Astronomy,
we
in
; and
Draconis
Benefic
the
planets,
Malefic.
and
Pillars
Two
The
of
aspects
Cauda
and
nodes. Caput
speak of 2
Astrology of
and
Ikin
Boz
the
at
of
entrance
King
notable
symbols of Strength and
Temple are
Beings, Kratos
Stability;they are comparable to the Two
and
Bia, who appear in the Play by ^schylus, as a male and
Solomon's
female
Chinese
The
The
murderous
just indulgences,
Hierocles
kindred, and
of
songs
which
bring
ancient
notable
world.
the
of
Heaven,
Black, Female
some
say
to
the
and
Sirens
the
; of
and
honest
repentance.
no
on
second,
Egyptian hieroglyphicwas
with
association
of
Mosaic
the
it is
only
since
thou
go"
that
the
the
and
tree
of
serpent,
the
Tree
have
Some
Serpent.
condemnation
Serpent
of
of
formed
egg, representing
with
connection
or
pair, in
account
Tempter
that
globe
celebrated
Another
is the
worship,
to
colour
aid
to life,the
says 2 things are
necessary
benevolent
sympathy of one's neighbours.
serpents in connection
two
as
Male, and
of Red,
up
the
as
the
the
dfU^ue
and
active
like
speak
made
because
Prometheus.
bind
who
potency,
referring
of
ledge
Know-
supposed
''
has
been
and
by
crawl.
it has
Note,
that
the
should
whole
read
one
In
the
been
argued,
tale
"
error
Ape
rests
"
on
(Rev.
error,
Adam
and
great churchman
that
Clarke).
too,
for serpent we
This
is substituting
for another.
orgies of
Bacchus
Maenades,
the
worshippers
had
38
twined
snakes
in their
hair and
**
danced,
sin/'
the
Clemens
See
by whom
Alexandrinus,
came
Protrept. 9.
to the fatal alternative
to Unity or
us
Duahty introduces
human
and
other
Good,
to
namely Evil ; and
many
natural
contrasts
night and day, light and darkness, wet
and dry, hot
and
and
disease, truth and
cold, health
error,
male
and
man
female, which
having fallen from his high
avoid
associating himself
estate, from spiritto matter, cannot
Two
of
with.
is a
number
fortunes
and
Death, misMourning
to our
are
History of England,
apt to follow ; turn
the unhappiness of Kings numbered
of each
the second
see
William
II. of England
name
II.,and Richard
II., Edward
"
"
all murdered.
were
The
and
Hades,
the
dedicated
Romans
2nd
the
on
the
day
2nd
it
of
month
they
Pluto, God
to
of
sacrifices
offered
to
Manes.
Pope
Souls'
instituted
XIX.
John
Day)
the
November
on
2nd,
Trepasses (All
Fete
des
the
second
month
of
Autumn.
The
have
Talmuds
Two
the
following ideas
is not
It
this
meant
next
life,as
be
leads
placed
few
north
of his bed.
Paradise
to
number
Two.
deserves
deserve
to
quaint notions,
have
to
the
have
south, and
to
There
and
two
are
one
to
that
ways
best
of
one's
should
one
before
Gai-hinnom,
tables
two
two
are
in front
who
very
w^ll as the
other
Jews, among
of the
man
every
that
There
should
of the
the
man,
the
bed
pray
one
of
place
punishment.
There
and
the
only
are
oral law
Every Jew
the
eve
of
who
the
two
of the
goes
Sabbath
written
law of
Moses,
Kabalah.
is
the
Synagogue
by
accompanied
from
to
two
his house
angels,
on
one
39
Two
better
are
old
than
their
were
somehow
when
he
point
moral
Given
hairs ; so he
well as adorn
as
firebrands
two
Talmud
one
rightand
a
male
his
one
a
be
should
from
; not
his
from
not
his
from
vain
not
his
from
his ears,
feet,lest
she
mouth,
Of
noblest
Shevuoth,
36.
Twos
The
pulled
Eve
was
eyes,
lest she
be
must
last
at
; some
say
looked
was
made
his
from
out
the
lest she
should
to
both
from
head,
should
talk too
eavesdropper ;
a
gadabout ; and not
be jealous : yet in spite of all
developed all these faults.
she
an
be
who
first
gives
in shows
nature.
negatives
Two
things
Adam
his
should
should
;V
young
green,
one
say
that
drawn
lest she
faces
two
say
that
from
of
one
others
say
not
was
has
precautionswoman
who
two
quarrel,he or
these
the
be
; not
wanton
much
rib, and
old
Which
minority
had
while
Others
and
the
so
Others
left.
female.
thirteenth
lest she
the
bald.
wood
Adam
behind,
one
to
and
are
tale.
of
that
argues
and
before
given
names
became
dry
will
dry
destroy the green.
Two
killed-ar Hon,
dogs once
always give way to a majority.
The
birth
that
wives, one
two
all the
out
out
beheve
person.
Selah
one
and
wasp^
and
one
young
inclined
to become
grey, the
the old wife
hairs, and
grey
had
forty and
was
fate of the
worth
meant
as
owners,
pride, and
their
Two.
man
pulled
one
be
may
certain
and
nature
is worth
silence
their
affect
prophetic of the
Speech
for
contemptible ; Deborah
nowadays
Many persons
were
weasel.
names
is better
youth
means
names
Hulda
this
three;
with
age
There
than
or
affirmatives
are
as
good
as
an
oath.
i.
of
the
Two
Testaments
are
two
Tables
of
the
and
out
two
sent
two
two
Disciples were
;
the
ass's
fetch
colt
to
two
sent
to
disciples were
by Jesus
;
make
buried
the
Passover
two
disciples
ready
Jesus ;
;
Caleb
and
the
two
two
rescued
Joshua were
spies;
angels
Law
the
40
there
Lot;
of
two
the
The
If
Book
Revelation
of
in
Genesis
ix.
and
animal
pairs
kingdom
of
microscope
Divine
speaks
of
candlesticks.
two
times
First
but
generation
truth
and
to
the
spring
all
beings,
discovers
the
Egypt
shows
contrasted
now
ovum,
India,
and
it
Book
foretold
truth
Kings,
of
as
chapters
xi.
The
from
Resurrection,
the
John
and
two
vi.,
Judges
St.
trees
dreamed
was
xli.,
of
oHve
two
dream
the
of
Ascension.
Witnesses,
Two
witnesses
two
were
was
to
known
Gnostics,
from
the
us
the
the
of
in
generation
sexual
female
old
to
lore
and
find
Egg.
the
the
of
philosophers
we
the
arise
and
spermatozoon
whose
Serpent
and
male
to
human
42
decans, and
planets there
the
to
the
are
sphere
On
of
delivered
Fixed
our
of
account
and
also, there
from
the
among
according
words
prior to
Infortunes;
are
Ethereal
Stars.
of
perfection
Tripod, as is
the
and
TripHcity;
Fortunes
Chaldeans
their
of
Lords
oracles
Triad,
the
related
of
were
Oracle
the
at
Delphi.
With
regard
Harmony
Diapente,
contains
and
Ezekiel
xiv.
of
mentions
Mistress, because
the
Diapason,
the
Jewish
who
men
restoration
the
be
to
Diatessaron.
14
v.
3 is said
symphonies,
the
destruction, and
Daniel
Music,
to
; Noah
world
saw
of
the
whole
world,
Job
and
Jerusalem,
creation,
of
his
personal world.
Note
of
Hindoo
the
Brahma,
Changer
Vishnu,
in
India
who
the
4 times
There
Jordan
the
West
Three
still
themselves
with
old
"
called
Judges
of Hades
Horae
Hesiod
"
Eirene
(Justice),
Romulus,
and
Caius
Cambrians
shippers,
wor-
numerous.
the
^'
blessed
3 times
Refuge
on
the
Minos,
^acus,
they
says
were
(the
side of the
East
were
B.C.
Three
753,
Marius,
and
on
Hesiod.
Rhadamanthus.
(Order),
(Peace).
founders
Camillus,
B.C.
B.C.
who
Teutons.
says
Eunomia
is ^'triformis."
Hecate
Jupiter'sthunder
triple/'
Neptune's spear is a trident, and so has
Pluto's dog Cerberus
had
3 heads.
There
of
sect
particular emblems;
Graces
"
*'
most
special
Three
Gilead, and Gozan
Bezer, Ramoth
; and
Kedesh
and
Hebron, Shechem,
Naphtali.
:
Fates : Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos.
Furies:
Dike
the
cities of
Three
,,
"
Siva;
consists
who
Brahma,
Creator, Preserver, and
blessed).
were
:
of
of
has
much
are
living were
dead
and
each
mark
Vaishnavas
The
Trinity
102,
of
the
is
Siva
always
the
Roman
the
Trisula.
Empire
called
Gauls;
hordes
of
43
Jewish
The
of
Gall,
the
second
drops
from
turns
the
carcase
Rabbis
drops
one
that
say
in
the
comes
to dust.
the
the
Sword
mouth
of
and
the
and
pallor of death,
See
Purchas,
"
has
Death
man
the
dies,
third
Pilgrimage,"
The
1613.
within
a
equilateraltrianglewas
symbol
of the ineffable name
Jehovah and was so used by the Jews.
The
have
moderns
pointed out that this form
suggests
Triune
Other
the idea that they knew
of
God.
a
something
also
of Jehovah
were
triple; thus 3 rays, and
monograms
the Shin, and three yods in a triangle.
in passing mention
the
Under
the number
3 also we
may
the
Triple Tau," three T's united:
sign, the
Royal Arch
it represents,
of its explanation,and the ideas which
manner
for description in his work.
Note
also
fit matters
not
are
of the arch, 3 Principalsand 3 Sojourners ; 3 Veils ;
3 stones
in the Craft
and
Lodges, 3 officers,3 degrees, 3 perambulations.
letter Yod
an
'*
In
the
Roman
Cultus,
the
number
is
of
constant
occurrence,
as
for
"
In
Theos
the
^^Timaeus"
God,
is called
Triad
Plato, the Divine
the Soul.
The
Word, and Psyche
of
Logos
it is impossible to
Indeed
study any single system of
worship throughout the world, without
being struck
by
in regard to
the peculiar persistence of the triple number
of deities,a triformed
as
a
or
divinity; whether
3group
headed
of
or
god, a Mysterious Triunity, a deity
3 powers,
of 3 Persons, such as the Father, Mother
a family relationship
of the Egyptians, Osiris, Isis and
and Son
Horus.
And
again in the various faiths we see the chief Dignity
"
"
"
44
of the Triad : some
to each
given in turn
rejoicein
person
in the greater glory of the Son,
the patriarchalUnity, some
the
Great
and
others
again lavish all their adoration
on
in trinities of coequal males, each
his
has
Mother;
even
this especiallyamong
the
own
special worshippers ; note
for example
the followers
where
of Vishnu
are
Hindoos,
called
Vaishnavas
each
deity
have
their
his
has
female
notice
Isle of
of the
too, in this
matters
potency
sakti,and
or
case
these
also
adherents.
own
this
Under
complicate
to
Triad
the
of
may
legs united
three
Man,
refer
we
the
at
the
to
blem
em-
this
hips ;
is
Sicilian Mariners
from
at
supposed to have been derived
in
is found
emblem
at Palermo
an
early date, for the same
old public
on
an
Sicily,and this design is there to be seen
its
building. Sicily was
anciently named
Trinacria, from
promontories.
three
is
Three
number
in
mythology of the
Norseman
Yggdrasil supported the world;
: the great Ash-tree
it had
extended
of
into Asgard, the abode
three roots
; one
into Jotenheim, the home
the Gods
of the Giants, and
; one
The
the third into Nifleheim, the region of the Unknown.
three Norns
(Fates) attend to the root in Asgard : they were
Urda
the
"
notable
; Verdandi
past
the
Skulda
"
the
"
future.
Talmuds
The
the
in
Triad,
the
third
her
husband.
who
He
of future
Moses,
ass
the
Land
second
suckles
her
infant
daily repeats
three
sorts
morning,
and
the
dream
of
given
Israel,and
dreams
dream
twice
there
which
conceits
three
are
the
times
of
there
brays, in
mother
three
quaint
ing
concern-
curious.
very
said
happiness.
precious giftswere
Three
the
the
are
many
Hebrews
first the
the
In
and
ancient
The
with
crowded
are
the
to
the
and
night watches,
dog barks, in
with
converses
is
114th Psalm
the
Jews
; the
Law
sure
of
Paradise.
is truth
is also
repeated.
; the
dreamed
last dream
by
of
bour,
neigh-
45
Three
^
and
sweet
things calm a man
; melody, scenery
and
fine house, av
three
scent:
a
things improve a man;
handsome
wife, and good furniture.
will be
is born
who
the Third
He
on
day of the week
rich and
amorous.
Three
despise their
Three
love
Three
their fellows
persons
man's
another
fellows
live
cgoks,fortune-tellers
slaves and
proselytes,
life which
is
dogs.
ravens.
lives at
life ; he who
by his wife, and he
no
is ruled
who
table, he
and
affliction.
is
who
if
step
woman
Katon,
and
8.
There
are
which
no
rain
2
and
I
which
suet
acolytes must
at
worship ; one
the
up
There
white
Friday
Thursday.
three
keeps to himself, and
keys ^vvhich God
can
gain nor use ; the key of life,the key of
Taanith,
key of the resuscitation of the dead.
the
hold
on
are
gems
three
his
on
the
to
cut
food
use
his
at
knives
three
it up, and
;
Priest
High
right,one
the
must
unlawful
was
attend
Three
to
Moed
2.
remove
in to
trimmed
be
should
follow.
may
meat
Jewish butcher of Kosher
slaughter the animal, another
to
one
the
and
The
to
man
nails
The
I.
on
never
them, mischance
over
pork
as
when
left,and
third
is.
he went
had
one
parts of
The
man.
and
the
father
whites
of
gives the"\
the
eyes
mother
"
Moed
Katon,
The
of
name
these
are
Soul
of
Nishmath
17.
the
the
i.
initials of
first
is of
Adam
Adam,
passed
Chajim,
152.
to
2.
three
letters. A,
David
David
and
and
then
and
Messiah, and
to
the
M:
the
Messiah.
^
"*
46
Cain
passed
Pinchas
ben
Yair.
into
Soul
Rabbi
of
ass
may
be
and
the
153.
transmigrated
I.
Soul
of
murderer
are
three
The
Soul
stone, so
into water.
as
to
of
slanderer
become
Emeh
silent ;
Hemelech,
of
causes
of the
to
2.
There
There
due
of
brain
to
three
are
There
are
forms
injury,brain
three
or
modes
the
disease
of
heart.
and
brain
poisoning.
death, beginning either at
Bichat, Physiologie.
the
One
both
In
Day
the
Old
into
divided
was
The
watches.
and
mediaeval
the
New
three
Testaments
watches
day
occultists
we
and
divided
find
four
the
night
the
days into
occupied a week,
of alternation
Planetary hours, the scheme
hours=i68
divisible
hours, so 168 hours
are
7 days X 24
the Seven
Planets, each day beginning with its own
among
Harleian
MSS.
different one
Herbal,"
6483, and "The
; see
18 14.
is also another
Culpepper,
There
related
to
six-hour
scheme
in
period by Ragon
which
and
the
planets
Blavatsky.
are
47
Brahmins
the
Among
Margas
or
there
salvation
of
ways
three
were
great Vedas
Gunas, the
three
; three
Satva,
Three
Tamas,
decay.
hell.
and
Patala ; heaven, earth and
Lokas, Swarga, Bhumi
Three
Jewels of wisdom, the Tri-ratnas ; Buddha, Dharma
and
human
soul, Atma,
prongs
Siva.
of
Wine
of
chalice.
the
In
crossings
Marriage are
makes
Roman
times
three
hierarchies
Manas.
There
of water
Christian
present
Church,
into
poured
Creeds
of
Aum.
Church
Baptism,
at
forehead
the
Celtic
were
three
were
we
notice
the
Banns
the
3
of
civil
in the
Elements
drops
water
angels
faithful should
In
the
of
and
with
In
and
aspects of the
three
in
three
trident, and
eyes
also the 3-syllabledHoly Word
Oblation
the
drops
Buddhi
the
being
the
Note
At
Fires
three
The
Sanga.
and
Pope
3 Aves
say
life the
usher
of
court
which
that
the
occasion.
each
on
ordered
XXII.
John
times
word
the
repeats
"
means
hear
"
or
"listen.'^
also
Note
which
has
of
three-lobed
King
should
China
his
and
Wan
Irish
the
leaf,the Oxalis
of Fo-hi
of Ancient
book
of
emblem
Trigrams
The
a
the
acetosella.
be studied
said
to
son,
Kau.
have
in "The
been
The
Yi-King,"
the
production
great
Confucius
"
and
two
lines.
short
symbols.
figures, each
these
64
lines.
of
With
these
circles,named
Some
say
that
one
Mystic expanded
composed of 6 lines of
later
associated
were
the
"
River
Fo-Hi
the
invented
system
whole
and
into
half
diagrams formed
Horse," and the
Writing of
two
"
48
Lo
"
will
these
occultists.
the
female,
30,
Books
and
Light
Sun,
with
the
total
the
of
the
Moon,
of
is
male,
Yang,
the
East";
contemplation
the
repay
the
25
the
even
'*The
also
associated
of
total
Earth,
of
with
the
odd
darkness
numbers
Yi-King."
to
and
ten.
modern
Heaven,
units.
the
See
Yin,
number
"Sacred
50
TETRAD.
THE
The
4.
said
call
the
number
Nicomachus,
the greatest miracle/^ *'a God
after another
four
manner,"
'*
manifold
fountain
of
"a
Nature," and its
divinity,"the
Pythagoreans,
"
"
bearer."
key
"
"
and
'^
the
robust
"
Exciter
an
and
Bacchus.
it
In
fury.
^olus.
the
Among
effective
Feminine,
it
harmony,
symphony
the
It is "most
and
Hercules
of
cause
discipline."
; it is
is
and
introducer
Mathematical
the
of
permanency
masculine
is
It
It
Muses,
Virility,
of
said
was
to
Rabbis
the
the
by
to
their
hide
of
tenets
secret
Divine
the
Essence
God.
Creator
Almost
for
considered
the
be
to
Hebrew
In
of
Divine
find
we
also
number,
IHIH
thus
called
of
name
them
"
Eheie
; and
AHIH
Aheie.
called
Assyrian Adad,
Greek
Latin
ThEOS,
Turkish
Esar,
In
Clemens
find the
Deity
called
Alexandrinus
"
Attention
should
be
paid
or
Sire,
Dieu,
THOxh.
Taut,
we
Syre
Gott, French
Allh, Allah, Samaritan
Itga, Arabian
German
Deus,
Tartar
In
Persians
Egyptian Amun,
"
to
the
"
Sanscrit
Ievo.
Jaou.
holy phrase.
51
*'
A urn
ingDi,padmje
syllables
aspirationor prayer of Four
hum"
the Jewel in the Lotus
"Oh,
literally,
(meaning
'^he Divine spark within man
").
Theon
of Smyrna, in the edition of Ismael
Bullialdo,1644,
"The
not
only principally
Tetractys was
147, says,
page
all symphonies
honoured
by the Pythagoreans because
the
it appears
to contain
exist within
it,but also because
their oath,
Not
hence
of all things,''
by him who
nature
souls the Tetractys
delivered
to our
(that is Pythagoras),
"
"
"
"
"
this tetractys is
I.
in the
seen
first numbers
of the
composition
3. 4.
2.
2nd
the
But
Tetractys
of
odd
and
arises
the
from
beginning
numbers
even
increase
by
tiplication
mul-
from
the
Monad.
subsists
3rd
The
is
4th
Triad-Water,
The
in
of
the
"
in thickness
The
Dyad-Air,
6th
increase
in
Tetrad-Earth.
sth is
Octahedron-Air,
The
The
according to Magnitude.
simple Bodies, Monad-Fire,
tetrad-solid.
"
7th
"
is
of
Communities;
Man,
as
Street,
House,
City.
The
9th
and
Irascible
loth
The
nth
The
lad, the
And
"
all
the
of
parts
the
Animal,
the Body
and
the
is of the
the
Rational,
proportional one
things are assimilated
a
Ages
of
Man,
the
infant,the
senex.
are
gave
of
the
winter.
Tetractys
also
and
Intellect, Science,
power:
man,
all
They
Soul
is of
autumn,
summer,
Judicial
the
Sense.
Opinion,
said
is
Sth
The
four-fold
Body, to the
to
Fortitude, Justice ; and
Health, Strength,Beauty.
to
to
hence
they
number."
distribution
Soul,
the
another, and
of
Prudence,
Body,
Acuteness
goods to the
Temperance,
of
senses,
52
Objects of desire
Power, Friendship.
The
The
celebrated
are
Causes
Aristotle
of
be
may
mentioned
here:
the
Divinity as
Matter
Form
with
reference
also
Dead
but
Living
The
thrice
number
group
character
which
to
vtt'
ov
up
ou.
or
ci
ov
ex
ou.
or
Si
ov
are
or
called
being
equal to
further, but
10,
also called
number
36,
ou.
ou.
pros
; and
Blessed
completion
is
the
Kosmos,
when
its
the
3 +
4=
also
summed
we
go
Monad.
the
because
this
up
can
no
it formed
combined
thus
2=
quaternary
has
to
World,
digitswere
1
that
return
must
we
the
4 when
perfect
so
of
body,
i, 2, 3, and
which
increase
to
di
ov
Trpo?
times
the
its elements
are
the
or
blessed.
4
that
was
of
It
which
which
through
Effect
by
"
which
from
"
"
The
cause
5 + 6=11
8=15
7 +
36
being
four
the
**
double
the
first four
numbers
odd
with
the
first
numbers.
even
Plutarch,
of
of
sum
T^Agathon,
De
Anim.
Procr."
Quaternary ;
Nous,
Psyche
consists
and
Hyle
that
is
World,
Supreme
or
vSwp.
Four
of
the
moons
or
satellites of
Jupiter
Uranus.
and
The
as
number
is the
Arabians
analysed
Female
Beauty
into
nine
fours
Four
Black
Four
White"
"
Hair,
eyebrows,
Skin,
white
of the
eyelashes, eyes.
legs.
eyes, teeth,
S3
Four
Red
Four
Round
Four
Long
Four
Wide
Four
Fine
Four
Thick
Four
Small
"
"
Eyebrows,
"
Buttocks,
"
Breasts,
"
edition
the
beings
by spirits,
thus
Man;
who
the
"
called
commonly
W.
Water
Erementals."
peopled
destiny of
the
inhabited
was
See
Michael
Godwin;
the
on
these
Undines;
by
are
Maier,
by Gnomes;
Fire
the
and
four elements
inhabited
was
Fludd
influence
have
by Sylphs
and
Nights.''
Behmen,
the
that
may
Earth
the
inhabited
was
writings of
dogma
occult
"Arabian
of the
Rosicrucian
the
find
we
Head,
Back,
Forehead,
"
Lane's
See
In
Tongue,
"
"
Lives
Maier;
by
are
of the
Jacob
Air
manders;
Salanow
mancers,"
Necro-
Behmen's
Works.
existence
The
is
Old
xvi. 14;
modern
by
at
tion,
educa-
of places
large number
the
New
inspired volume
Testaments,
for example. Judges ix. 23 ; i
: examine,
Christians
in
Ixxviii. 49;
vi. 12, ii. 2.
Acts
consider
the
Psalm
Ephesians
above
**
Benedicite
"
ye
Elementals, scoffed
reallysuggested
and
But
of
all
"
omnia
stars, O
opera
ye showers
xvi.
and
of
of
book
of
the
Common
the
Samuel
meaning
in the
in both
23;
Canticle
Prayer,
dew, O
heat, O
ye fire and
mountains
and
hills,
things, O ye
bless ye the Lord, praise him
and
magnify him for ever."
These
phrases are either folly,or else they recognise the
in the elements
and
or
beings inherent
spiritualessences
created
Ancient
things. Again, read hymn 269 in Hymns
and Modern,
orthodox
volume.
most
and
a
Principalities
watch
for thy unguarded
hours,''and
Hymn
powers,
91,
thou
dost
the
see
Christian,
them, on
holy ground. How
winds, O
ye
ye
green
"
"
the
troops of Midian
not
the
evil
Francis
compass
elementals,
Barrett
Lion, Eagle,
Man
what
mentions
and
around
thee
are
the
"
If
these
are
they ?
4
Calf, emblems
Consecrated
of
the
Animals,
Kerubim
on
54
terrestrial
the
Raphael;
plane
; 4
all end
note,
Hebrews.
the
Gnostics
The
pillaredBasis
said
that
edifice
all their
rested
on
4-
''
world
chain
of
Godhead.
Hebrew
the
On
word
Magical
AGLA,
chapter
the
on
Note
4
of the
seasons
of the
Infernal
Regions according
Masonic
Evangelistsand
the
to
Eagle^
and
Taurus
Rosicrucian
One
of
Assiah
Gospels
Kerubic
Four
and
thus
the
to
Zodiacal
Emanation
of
these
worlds
not
are
concrete
words,
of
the
of the lowest
displays 4
4
and
Vulcan
virtue,action.
; each
evil
Worlds;
an
evil actions.
gave
"
the
Kabalah
concerns
any
ordinary
existence, the
Apollo
world
has
secret
name
and
but
former
the
others
the
sense,
becoming more
manifest
Sephiroth exist on
; the ten
sublime
higher planes being more
and
plane, those
these
of
in
more
Man
Greeks
most
those
the
to
forms
rather
Pison
Matthew,
Worlds
Four
and
virtues.
and
related
angles ;
; 4
year
of Eden
4 Rivers
4 Rivers
of
the
see
and
and
each
than
number.
in opposition to each
tendencies, one
evil inchnation, evil thoughts, evil
(Isaac Myer.)
and
Diana
arrows
on
the
4th day of
55
their
Sir Thomas
Nativity: this,says
equivalent to
day.
The
Talmud
saying one
There
Sun
the
the
is
of wine
law
good
and
to
as
for
provoked
gains; he
easily
not
readily provoked
as
is
who
wicked
There
he
is
but
is with
female
little better
he who
has
loses
easily
than
more
he
is difficult
and
pious
loses ; the
sons.
no
is
who
; he
than
to
who
man,
easilypacified; and
difficultyappeased,
he
who
he
is
science;
he
who
teach
and
man.
learns
does
he
than
gains more
easily provoked
easily provoked and
is
pacified, he
he
appease,
is not
^y
is
and
three
harm,
into
her
converts
who
4th
drinking,
her
do
the
on
woman's
are
persons
dead ; the blind,the leper,the pauper
and
There
of passionate men
are
4 sorts
are
Moon
her, two
fourth
the
her, and
animal.
of
lays down
cup
demoralize
Creation
the
Gentile
is the
Browne,
and
sorts
then
will
learn
not
who
; he
pupils
teach
not
who
listens and
Four
of
are
in
who
; he
learns
and
learn
and
won't
occult
to
wants
teaches
then
; and
lastly,
can't teach.
sin
thought of whence
he comes,
the fear of where
he may
go, the conception of who
his judge will be, and
be at the Judgment.
what
his fate may
Four
should
offer up
thank
offerings; he who
persons
safe from
he who
has safelycrossed
returns
sea
a
a
voyage,
things
deter
desert, he who
released
Serpent,
the
for
the
father
At
drink
Moses,
the
end
the
even
no
ill ;
father
55.
Passion
glasses of wine,
the
Sabbat.
of
illness,and
an
of
he
who
work
of the
Benjamin,
David,
is
cvii.
in Psalm
to
Jesse
the
referred
are
from
themselves
of David.
son
These
died
they
of
from
recovered
have
men
from
man
prison.
from
Four
has
Amram
and
Chilah
2.
Fast
if the
every
Hebrew
price robs
him
should
of other
necessaries.
The
Talmud
(Pardes,
the
says
that
Garden
abstraction
Azai, Ben
Zoma,
with
of
Asher
men
Holiness) ;
of
supernal communion
only
mind.
and
God,
the
These
Akiba.
had
this
entered
meant
Beatific
were
Paradise
the
state
Vision, by
the
Rabbis
of
profound
Ben
56
The
Yoma
tractate
times
for
sin, but
will
says God
the fourth occasion
pardon
three
man
is fatal.
had power
to order
Jewish Sanhedrin
4 sorts of death
penalty; by stoning, beheading, burning and stranghng.
Sanhedrin
of Justice ceased
with the Second
The
Court
as
a
incurs the
Temple, but the Rabbis
taught that if a man
in
still
he
dies
these
death
penalty of either form
ways
if
been
have
he would
executed
fortuitously,as
by strangling,
The
will be
he
found
of suffocation.
form
had
Job
and
west
four
whichever
See
the
might
poor
quarter they
drowning
of
other
some
or
Sanhedrin, 37. 2.
his house, north, south,
to
entrances
that
so
die
to
relief from
find
and
enter
east
came.
evil
repented that he had made
; man's
the Captivity.
and
passions,the Ishmaelites, the Chaldeans
Four
things
God
has
made
Abigail,
Rahab
she
not
was
born
coloured
Of
the
only
and
golden
,'
God
Esther
of
is
which
initials
Cardinal
points, God
Maker,
the
In
Moon.
of
those
is the
Eleazar, cap.
Iutzr
the
Bvra,
Theosophists
descends
into
the
and
say,
the
of
Sthula
Spirit into
Triad
Quaternary
3.
Light,
of
of
"
OushH
Creator.
on
Matter
its
and
Former;
the
the
:
See
Cross
or,
as
Atma-Buddhi-Manas
personal Man,
the
Kama,
Sarira."
Linga
Cabeiri, or great deities of Syro-Phenicia, were
4
and
Axieros, Axiokersos, Axiokersa
Kasmillos, children of
and quoted by Eusebius.
by Sanchoniathon
Sydyk, are named
of burial, while
In
the
the
ancient
Egyptian form
body
Prana,
The
was
made
into
swathed
mummy,
the
internal
ghosts, /
to
un-\
finish it
Jacob
epithets
descent
Pole
any
Quna
limbs,
the
had
have
to
North
vii. 2, where
Jacob is called the '* small."
Christian
dogma, Christ the tripledeity
Amos
of
is related
the
be
left the
of Rabbi
Pirke
storms.
are
is said
Esther
because
included
not
Sarah,
hair.
number
The
is
; Eve
woman.
/finished,
saying, "if there
This
the others."
corner
J^like
and
V^devils
perfect in beauty
women
organs
of the
58
1
to
History
of
Ireland
from
B.C.
2242
1616.
A.D.
Magic Squares
first known
will look
Yod
the
two
Heh
It
stars
the
Vau,
n,
arms,
1,
Heh,
like
the
is stated
in
B.C., the
An
tares,
say
heart
of
eye of
this was
Southern
Thepack
of
hearts, clubs
cards
occult
ancient
years
common
and
the
Persian
Scorpio,
heart
Fish, were
like
the
final
and
works
bright
points. At
that
of
the
were
as
Leo, and
the
near
at
3102
eye
of
the
equinoctial
Taurus,
Fomalhaut,
solstitial
the
points:
ago.
playing cards
spades; the
Wands,
Cups,
4 suits ;
science
relates
had
will look
upright body,
Aldebaran,
that
Regulus,
5003
Heh
other, the
points,and
the
above, the
be
the
over
one
legs.
two
the
the
drawn
will
Vau
as
astronomers
be
head
some
placed
beginning of
the
the
will show
were
and
were
these
to
the
has
old
4suits ; of diamonds,
Tarot
Swords
Yod,
Tarocchi
or
and
Heh,
Pentacles
Vau,
Heh
of
the
Tarot
pack has also 4 Court
Tetragrammaton:
Violet
and
also
or
Knave;
cards, Cavalier, King, Queen
and
Princess
called Knight, King, Queen
mystics.
by some
the
59
PENTAD.
THE
Nicomachean
the
From
of
knowledge
th^
1
five.
It
is
is
Extracts
doctrine
Pythagorean
in
derive
we
an
because
5.
of
our
number
the
circular
number,
itself
restores
and
is
number
it
of
terminating the
change
;
dimensions
it changes
what
has
three
Quality, because
into
the
of
circularly
sameness
a
sphere by moving
and
Light is referred to the
producing light: and hence
found
"
'^
number
5.
it is the
Also
the
friendship
and
forms
two
Also
3.
Privation
"
of
of
number
even
it unites
odd
and
throwing things
from
Justice
Strife," because
into
in
the
the
light.
"
the
Also
which
be
may
and
and
*^
1st
in
from
geometrical
reason
mentaries
Aphrodisiensis,ComAristotle's Metaphysics.
Alexander
Book
of
there
extremity of Vitality,"because
rational :
three powers
of Life,vegetable, psychical, and
the Rational
is arranged according to the hebdomad,
as
the Psychical according to the hexad, so the Vegetative
Also
are
found
the
on
"
Unconquered
power
the
Smallest
falls under
Proclus
Hesiod
on
Justice,
^^
the
because
of
gives
it
of the
control
two
reasons
Pentad.
for its semblance
to
equality
intakes
and
wrong,
away
is less, to
also equalizes what
punishes
possession,
and
benefit."
Also
manner
in an
it arranges
all things celestial,divine and
natural.
named
Nemesis,
for
appropriate
6o
And
because
Venus,
the
3 triad
male
conjoined in
tilS"Lj"2a"ici"r^d
hermaphrodite, and
and
dual, odd
even
and
it : Venus
are
Gamelia,
female
even
an
'*
Also
is
which
Decad
and
to
numbers,
ing
contain-
part.
because
Pallas
(akasa)
a
thus
is
senses.
it is in
heart
presides over
which
present
our
like
because
masculine, yet
"
Element
material
well
as
Immortal,
5th
some;
marriage.
referringto
Androgynia, being odd and
And
the
is
that
or
'""""
full-bosomed.
And
was
T)earde J
was
"""""
as
female
the
the
Ether,
or
the
middle
of
the
body
of
the
"
258
369
ancients
The
had
balance,'' that is
the
"
members
let the
in
maxim,
be
not
series
"
Pass
of
cause
form
not
above
injury ;
Balance
the beam
for
of
they said,
Beam.
Thus
when
of
the Generation
the Soul
Plutarch, in his treatise on
is called '* trophos,"
according to Plato, states that the Pentad
the first of the intervals of a
which
equals Sound, because
Tone
is also
which
a
is
type of
capable
"
of
producing
sound
is the
fifth ; it
Nature."
6i
the
Seal
on
the
of
is said
and
Solomon,
ancient
this
signet-ringof
been
have
to
Grand
the
device
Master
of
the
Mysteries.
Mackenzie
Kenneth
union
of
first odd
the
of peculiar value
to
keep
out
and
Greece
and
even
used
as
Amulet
an
Talisman
or
inscribed
when
evil,and
it
spirits
;
evil
is found
ful
power-
portal,
everywhere in
on
almost
Egypt.
Diodorus
Ether."
and
from
preserve
could
remarks
"
calls five
There
the
union
5 orders
are
of
the
four
Architecture
of
with
elements
; and
5 Senses
described
known
and
commonly
are
(but the whole
seven). Geometry is technicallycalled
is the 5
the grand scheme
the 5th Science.
Masonry
^^In
also 5 Brethren
hold
can
a
points of FellowshipT^nd note
is
from
Fellowcrafts
It
also
called
the
the
Pyramid,
lodge.
of Monads,
thus
three
below, then two, then
arrangement
the system
above
them.
of 5 regular Euclidean
Note
one
of
the
human
bodies,
body
now
hexahedron
tetrahedron,
dodekahedron
cube,
or
octohedron,
icosahedron.
and
of safety. The
Pentacle,
Pentagram was the emblem
the Masons'
the
signet mark
(according to Stukeley),was
device
borne
Soter
on
a
war-banner, to which
by Antiochus
ascribed
the signalvictory he obtained.
was
The
Ancients
The
drinking ; they
mixed
from
of
females
piety and
In
of
excess
as
Wife:
as
wine, and
draught.
medical
Callicrates, describes
of
mental
for
measure
their
with
as
the
Five
and
temperance.
Roman
tapers and
number
5 parts of water
of water
to milk
Hippocrates added
^
Phintys, the daughter
virtues
this
esteemed
marriage
to
ceremonies
admit
the guests
displays 5 modes
it was
by
fives ;
of
Theology
Pantheism, Polytheism, Dualism,
the
to
customary
see
Plato
in
Conception
Unitarianism
light5
Leg. IV.
of God;
and
Trini-
tarianism.
Jewish
references
to
five
are
many
"
giftsto
the
priests,
62
things which
fruit from
eat
be
might only
a
tree
in
eaten
until it was
Not
the
five years
camp.
old.
The
to
trespass
and
the Philistines,
offering imposed on
5 golden emerods
Joseph gave Benjamin 5 suits of raiment
5 golden mice.
Pharaoh.
to
Joseph presented only 5 of his brethren
he went
David
took 5 pebbles when
to fightGoliath.
five wise
The
by fives
Jews classed a Bride's attendants
"
"
five foolish
and
There
and
five
are
Articles
Belief
of
in
"
virgins.
in the
the
prophet,
faith
Mahometan
of
day
judgment,
predestination.
duties
Five
The
stated
were
by
the
Member
Fathers
of
Sacraments;
the
To
Christian
keep holy
public worship
fasts ; to attend
and
adhere
to
the
observe
of
the
to
the
; to
church
festivals ; to
receive the
of
customs
the
church.
said
St. Paul
he
preferred
speak
to
in
5 words
in an unknown
language
"
and
6 in
the
component
the
Exogens or
Monocotyledons
of
the
numbers
or
Dicotyledons;
Endogens have
3 and
6, and
the
on
a
are
hand
the
other
predominance
constant
total
These
absence
of
and
symmetry.
There
mentioned
are
5 kinds
of
intercolumniations
in
Architecture,
by the proportions
of height and
diameter, viz.,Pycnostyle, systyle,eustyle,
a
nd
diastyle,
aerostyle.
by
Vitruvius, determined
63
an
which we
find
The Triad Societyof China, concerning
articlein the Freemasons' Quarterly
Review, 1845,P- ^^S"
Freemasonryin
or
Saturn, Muh
Venus, and
or
Ho
in its concerns.
Its
ing
anglesare 5 characters representor
or
Jupiter,ShwuY
Mercury,
Mars.
or
some
; Deadly
5 terrors and torments
terrible
horrible
darkness,unquenchable
bitterness,
howling,
heat and
and
thirst,
are
Heydon, quoting
admitted an Adept
was
some
was
never
old
penetratingstench; says
John
among
received among
the
He
Rosae Crucis,but
the Fratres
Magistri.
described:
are
styles01^ architectural columns
Tuscan, Doric,lonlcrCorinthianand Composite.
Sir Thomas
Browne, 1658, notes an ancient Greek
division of vegetables
into five classes :
Dendron, Arbor, Tree ; Thamnos, Frutex,Bush ; PhruFive
"
ganon,
herb
Suffrutex,
; and
Askion
or
and seaweed.
fungus,mushroom
the Quintuple section of a Cone
Circle,Ellipse,
Parabola, Hyperbola and Triangle.Agathe tuche,that is
Good
fortune,is the old title of Astrologersfor the 5th
gymnon,
Note
house
"
(succedent)of
the
which
Astrological
Figure,and
hazardous schemes of fortune
Heavens,
shown
as
in
an
in
offspring,
and wealth.
or
pleasure,
found
Joshua hanged 5 kings on 5 trees, they were
hidden in a cave, and were
the kingsof Jerusalem,
Hebron,
Jarmuth,Lachish and Eglon.
of the Jewish Tabernacle
Every importantmeasurement
of 5.
was
5 or a multiple
The
Hebrew
always deemed
There
letter
refers
H, Heh, 5,
of female
to
was
success
in occult
Kabalah
potency.
Solomon's Temple.
5
David Blesses the Lord 5 times in Psalms ciii.,
civ.
The
Talmud
which are
says that there are 5 littlethings
the
a terror to 5 strong things
mosquito to the lion ; the
;
gnat to the elephant; the ichneumon
flyto the scorpion
;
were
principal
parts of
64
flycatcherbird
the
the
to
leviathan.
Lewisohn,
Five
have
things
the
manna;
Sabbat,
not
the
First
in
the
57.
Sabbath
one-sixtieth
Sabbath
one-sixtieth
dream
of
of
after
here-
prophecy.
2.
kill 5 things
may
scorpion of
; the
you
Nineveh
mad
the
fly in
the
"
Hadabia
dog anywhere.
of Solomon
Temple
second
Shekinah
; the
Talmud,
Yoma,
it
part of 5 other
Talmud,
2.
121.
Rabies
one-sixtieth
the
to
Talmud."
of
; and
in
wasp
of Israel,and
the
serpent
In
death
the
on
the
stickleback
hell ; honey
one-sixtieth
of the
Berachoth,
Even
the
them
Sabbath
sleep of
Talmud,
Egypt
in
fire is one-sixtieth
things ;
;
^*
the
eagle, and
Zoology of
in
Holy
21.
the
5 things which
Cherubic
Ark;
were
Temple;
the
and
Spirit,
the
Urim
and
were
the
Thummim.
2.
dog
has
its mouth
symptoms;
gapes;
its tail
Rashi.
If
one
will
he
Five
study 5 years
never
profitby
is the number
and
it.
then
has
canon
the
in the
it ;
profitin
ChuUin, 24. i.
the number
of expiation and of sacrifice,
no
Talmud,
the
of
found
Priest
Liturgy.
made
W.
of
5 crosses
F. Shaw.
Christ.
These
inscribed
on
on
himself
were
the
at
Altar
the
virtue
The
and
natural
ancient
death.
Chinese
spoke
of
5 Elements
"
earth, wood,
66
THE
calls
NicoMACHUS
adapted
the
to
properly
**
Pliny
tells
Venus
us
the
form
6.
of
Zygeia
It is also
"
it
fabricator
universe, the
is
HEXAD.
"
of
Soul,
also
the
parts of the
Harmony,"
it
and
herself
and
were
the
of
Nuptialia,and
an
African
the
tribe
Androgynae
who
had
**dextra
laeva muliebris."
the
Fates
virilis,
Among
Lachesis.
it is Thalia.
the Muses
Among
Six is also Benevolence, Peace, and
Health, Acmon,
and
of the Cyclops {akmon^ an
Truth.
anvil),
called
Perfection
"the
By the Pythagoreans it was
mamma
who
it is
one
of
parts/'
As
"
to
Marriage," it
is
marriage
similar
It is
formed
unity) odd
union
ceremony
the
to
of
by
number
Male
and
is
number
to
sanction
equal
the
to
parent.
the
and
multiplicationof
the
Female,
the
first
(beyond
it resembles
first even,
the
in Androin Marriage or
as
of its symmetry.
Beauty, on account
called
It was
all-sufficient,
panarkeia.
iravapKua,
According to the Pythagoreans, after a period of 216
is the cube
number
which
of 6, all things are
generated,
reyears,
the
of
and
periodic time
they said this was
the re-birth of man
death.
after each
the Metempsychosis
or
When
multiplied into itself,like the pentad, six has also
always itself in the unit place, thus, 6, 36, 216, 1296, 7776.
created
On
the 6th day Man
was
according to Genesis.
the 6th day of the week
On
Jesus died on the cross.
gyneity.Health
and
"
''
67
There
six
were
In
Freemasons'
which
Brethren
transferable
four
and
also
Holy
i6.
are
World
height and
of:
See
units
the
North,
"Sepher
representing
Third^dition.
had
Creation,'* the
of
spoken
the
Temple.
Druids
number
is
of
quarters
notes.
The
v.
6.
wings.
there
"Book
Hexad
the
West, and
is the
one
Hebrew
the
Yetzirah,"
the
vi.
v.
of officers.
changes
In
from
each
xxxv.
Jewels, three of
lie open
in the
and
lodge for the
while the other three jewels are
upon,
Brother
another
to
at the periodical
moralize
to
had
Lodge
immovable
are
Numbers
Refuge.
Prov.
by Jehovah.
hated
things
of Isaiah
Seraphim
The
6 cities of
had
Israelites
The
191
of
v.
all
ii,
1.
mysterious religiouspreference
for the
their
principal ceremonies
on
and
the 6th
the 6th day of the moon,
on
day of the moon
6
together to gather the
began their year.
Tliey went
sacred
mistletoe
and in monuments
and
(misseltoe),
plates
find
6
often
of
their
extant
we
now
priestsgrouped together.
ii.
See Mayo,
239.
astronomical
An
period of 600 years, spoken of as the
**Naros," the Cycle of the Sun, the Luni-Solar
period or
SibylUne year, consistingof 31 periods of 19 years, and one
of
II
6.
and
is
years,
Mysteries.
ancient
performed
They
It
often
seems
Indians
to
referred
been
have
; it is
in
to
known
period
old
declares
of
it
works
on
the
by the Chaldeans
peculiar properties.
the most
perfect of
all astronomic
periods.
certain
If on
a
day at noon, a
certain point in the heavens,
any
at
the
expirationof
years,
at
moon
it would
the
same
took
place at
take place again
place and time,
with
600
new
the
68
and
the
and
again
afresh.
in
thus
years,
the
Adam,
again
revolution)begins
mundane
returns, another
Astraea
occurs
reign of
Saturn
new
divine
or
of
which
from
descends
heaven."
progeny
calculated
by the late Dr. Kenealy that
a
been
has
(that series
ages
course
virgin
and
Messiah,
600
the
The
commences,
It
series of
grand
sent
the world
to
every
"
first messenger
from
the
Gods
to
our
race
on
earth.
Brighou, a
Hindoo
prophet.
Zaratusht, Zoroaster, the fifth,to Persia.
Hermes
to
Thoth, Taautus, or
Trismegistus, sent
Egyptians.
the Jewish law-giver,
the seventh.
Amosis, or Moses
Lao
to China, 600
Tseu, a second
b.c, the eighth.
then
to
Jews first and
Jesus the ninth, to the
the
the
Gentiles.
Mohammed
the
Khan
Chengiz
Who
tenth
the
special
the
flourished
; he
eleventh,
a.d.
1800
600.
a.d.
Persia.
conquered
1200,
of
messenger
about
was,
the
is
author
ignorant.
The
Sacrifice
Mediatorial
Ancient
have
such
in the
the
Apocalypse
considered
been
and
the secrets
possibly an
was
of
the
of the
outward
earliest times.
writes
rate,
at
of
Circumcision
Mysteries.
sign of Initiation
Jesus, at any
God," appeared
that
Naros
the
of
secrets
the
the
9th
Naros,
and
of
the
no
one
expected.
was
messenger
Author
'*Book
of
deny
oddly
can
Juvenal,
in Satire XIII.
aetas
28, "Nona
v.
enough too, mentions
ninth
which
indeed
it was,
is the
age"
igitur" "now
it,is a mystery.
though how he knew
Sothic
The
1461 years, containing 18,000
Cycle was
"
"
lunations.
N.B,
of
the
the
"
Naros
moon
Chaldeans
of
is not
18
and
to
years
be
confused
and
Greeks,
10
a
with
"Saros,"
days, which
period after
was
the
cycle
known
expiry
to
of
69
which
the
of 223
The
lunations.
eclipsesof
the
circumference
moon
of
degrees, six
into
divided
it consists
fixed
been
has
globe
similarly:
recur
360
at
minutes, each
60
of
arrangement.
common
Berosus,
of
periods
600
confusion
the
here
with
Brahmins
**
his
used
the
Chinese
the
also used
Saros
years.
or
There
seems
and
years
did
also
of 600
60
period of
in their
years
days.
10
The
31,
says:
in
computing
The
years.
of
some
Brahmins
The
so.
three
Neros,
Naros,
Ancienne," p.
60
and
3600
numbers
period
of 18
Astronomic
Antediluvian
an
years
Saros, 3600
Chaldeans
The
of 60
Sossus
Priests, mentions
Chaldean
the
and
Bailly, in
time.
of
one
time,
years,
also
had
have
and
Tartars
computations
of time.
Under
the
the
symbol
the
Shield
Six, too,
number.
of
double
the
omit
not
must
we
triangle,Hexapla,
or
to
mention
Hexalpha,
sign in the
to
exist
blending
the
was
union
the
of
union
in
of
the
Jesus, the
of
of
the
Fire
two
and
triangleapex
Divine
Christ
and
of
the
triangles has
Water
; for
upward,
human
and
New
used
early symbol
that
of Water
fused
con-
seal.
to
press
ex-
deemed
Testament.
been
also
the
natures,
be
The
to
typify
of
the
Fire
same
70
symbols
downward
: the
apex
similar triangles,
each
The
Talmud
Six
says
; to
strange
and
Earth
scent
"
in
woman
two
were
bar.
cross
things are
night
with
Air
of
the
street
talk
to
at
walk
alone
at
to
talk with
table
with
the
ignorant
; to
wear
Sabbat.
neighbour.
Evil
and
have
Demons
127. i.
6 characters
they die
wings, they
and
they can
is
Solomon
Koheleth,
Fathers,"
There
does
"
are
fire that
fire
the
fire of
Essential
men
Talmud.
; fire that
drinks, that
and
Lemuel:
Gabriel
of
which
consumed
which
not
eat,
Elijah, i Kings
consumed
God
see
fire which
does
and
which
Altar
fire Of
drinks
Jedidiah,
Solomon,
"
the
on
future.
by six names
of
son
Jakeh, Agur and
Nathan.
Aboth," by Rabbi
6 kinds
of Fire, common
eats
the
of
end
one
called
drink
not
; like
both
moist
"The
and
eats
as
fever
xviii.
and
38
dry
other
the
fire, and
evil angels. Yoma,
consumed
2.
21.
Tables
The
breadths
38.
8.
each
long,
of
6
Hershon
Table
reckonin:^
would
Moses
wide
reckons
have
hands-breadths
were
and
3
that
said
have
to
thick.
if cut
weighed 28
as
ells,as
been
Talmud
Nedarim,
Sinaitic
out
of
tons,
but
18
inches
hands-
stone,
is in error,
instead
of 4
he
inches.
had
no
over
Angel of Death
power
and
Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron
died
These
by the Divine
Bathra, 17. i.
but it is not
definitelystated in the case
so
The
fear of scandal.
holy persons;
Miriam.
Kiss
of
Bava
of
death,
Miriam, for
71
Lion
The
ShchL,
has
The
Serpent
TzPOUNi,
Tnin
24;
the
serpent
See
Rabbi
Six
Nathan,
and
F.
Shaw
for
for
into
the
the
of
emblematic
600
still
ShKM
Bn
emblem
an
Hamor,
ChMVR,
he
verse
world
in
and
death,
vial
6th
all
were
Noah
when
was
of
that
this
but
is
he
whose
the
was
Wicked
Great
the
implied
is
name
of
corruptor
in
666
by
Dinah.
2.
the
as
end
arrive
would
repeats
of
after
reasonable
the
tion
dispensa-
present
6000
and
years,
belief
of
St.
ancient
the
Church.
Christian
Ancient
College
of
down
us
Mysterious
Ei-meri,
of the
work,
the
at
and
came
ben
expected
the
to
Flood
toil and
to
and
temptation
manna;
sentenced
identification,
xxxiv.
Jews
The
first
of
collect
was
the
of
eve
temptation
the
day
seal, trumpet
was
Schechem
Barnabas
one
666
Genesis
of
of
number
to
the
on
begun.
6th
is the
The
without
Gematria,
The
fire.
of
serpent
number
the
had
6th
woe.
Tanin,
29;
old.
prototype,
See
of
day Jesus
number
One,
had
is the
Six
the
of
years
The
that
hour
Revelations
the
xiv.
Isaiah
adder,
an
blown
were
^fsraelites
6th
Serpent
29.
world.
the
Opoh,
Seraph,
Sabbath
the
16th
and
Ari,
Apoh,
Brazen
basilisk, Isaiah
Horn
says
the
days
hour
then
at
cxxiv.
cap.
the
of
the
Nachash
the
Job
OKshuB,
NcHsh,
ShRP.
of
Shchxz.
names
crocodile
or
blasts
came
Book
the
and
Psalm
asp,
Sabbath,
sin,
has
Tzephouni,
xH.
W.
Lbia
and
an
in
names
Lish,
Kpir,
Okeshub,
Great
6, of
;
had
Egyptians
but
Words
whose
Six.
which
hardly
Aseshra
one
of
the
any
their
information
statue
Priests
highest
is mentioned
6, and
engraved
for
as
has
title is Chief
has
Master
been
of
the
come
of the
found
of
Dwelling
72
THEHEPTAD.
say the
the Greek
followers
Heptad,
The
from
called
Hebrew
the
ShBO,
7.
verb
seven,
or
"divine,"
Septos, "Holy,''
Virgin."
of
so
"Pythagoras," was
sebo/^ to venerate
(and from
satisfied,abundance), being
and
and
a
"motherless,"
**
"
Nicomachus
From
being
unmarried
proceeding
Monad
and
number,
/.^.,even
;
of
even
as
or
nor
the
from
Jove
we
that it
learn
was
called
virginal,begotten neither
from
odd
a
father, /."?.,
summit
Minerva
of the
sprang
Father
all armed
of
"Minerva,"
by a mother,
number
all
from
but
things, the
the
head
Fore-
Zeus.
Hence
"
"
"
solid.
and
is called
of
"Agelia," from
Agelai, herds, as groups
called by the Babylonian sages, over
which
herds
stars
were
ruled 7 angels.
cause
Also
Phylakikos, ^vXa/ct/cos preserving,"guardian," beuniverse.
the Seven
Planets
direct and guide our
It
74
associated
"^^
hood,
Childplanets; thus, Infancy, Moon,
Luna;
Mercury, Knowledge ; Youth, Venus, Love; Manhood,
Sol ; Full
Strength, Mars ; Maturity of Judgment, Jupiter;
Old
and
Age, Saturn.
Some
philosophers have said that our souls have 7 foci in
the material
the voice, and
the
body, viz.,the five senses,
generative power.
The
obvious
body has seven
parts, the head, chest,
two
abdomen,
legs and two arms.
There
are
internal
seven
two
two
eyes,
There
colour,
There
things
seven
are
motion
are
and
seven
The
hand
rightand
of the
makes
and
evacuations
seven
are
external
mouth.
seen,
the
for
long
and
short
grave,
sounds.
motions;
down,
up and
behind, and circular.
seven
left,before
There
and
permanency.
inflections of the
liver, heart,
parts
seven
nostrils
two
ears,
stomach,
organs,
nostrils,the saliva,the
tears
"
from
two
semen,
to
the
the
eyes, mucus
excretions
the
and
perspiration.
medical
Modern
that
in
the
knowledge
seventh
month
corroborates
the
the ancient
oflspring
human
dictum
becomes
viable.
Menstruation
The
There
Theon
adult's
a
to
in
occur
series of
four
times
seven
in an
occult manner.
certainlyrelated to Luna
lyre has 7 strings,corresponding to the planets.
in English and some
other tongues.
are
7 vowels
of Smyrna also notices
that an average
length of
and
days,
tends
is
intestine
is 28
feet, four
times
seven,
and
28
also
an
is
perfect number.
with
Clio
Nemesis,
with
As
Voice
and
with
Sound,
7 is also associated
Osiris the Egyptian deity ; with
the Muse
; with
and
be escaped from;
to
Adrastia, not
Fate,
number
The
"
Mars.
to
Hebrews,
the
sacredness
oaths
were
of
the
confirmed
number
by
seven
7,
the
note
among
witnesses
;
or
by
75
offered
victims
seven
between
Abraham
also
to
Sh
H,
sacrifice;
the
see
as
with
Abimelech
and
covenant
lambs,
seven
word
28, 21-28; the Hebrew
seven,
is
similar
Sh
is derived
to
b
a
from, or
o,
xxi.
Genesis, chap.
in
vv.
swear.
Clean
the
beasts
unclean
The
of
in
only
Goths
admitted
were
had
into
the
ark
by
whilst
sevens,
pairs.
7
Deities
from
whom
our
come
names
week
Thor, Friga,
Tuisco, Wotan,
days; Sun, Moon,
Seatur, corresponding, of course, to the planets.
title Ebdomaios,
Greek
God, had
a
Apollo, the Sun
sevenfold.
Persian
The
sacred
and
the
God
him.
to
Note
Mithras,
was
Mundana
The
Kadosh
Mysterious
other
Oheb
Plato, in his
seven
Bias
who
love
said,
"
Cleobulos
"
Periander
Soul
"
"
Solon
"
"
4.
ascent
Love
of
neighbour.
the
number
World,
Anima
from
the
were
steps
Most
men
Nothing
are
is
impossible
to
ance,"
persever-
600.
Know
"
Thales
3.
"
2.
Eloah,
that
of
B.C.
1.
number
"
Pittacus
of
of the
teaches
of Greece
men
Chilo
The
the
Oheb
side
Kerobo,
**
wise
Ladder
one
Timaeus,"
generated the
(Adam Kadmon).
seven
had
God,
-,
; the
Sun
Seven
Wonders
of the
Pyramids of Egypt.
The
hanging Gardens
World
are
thus
enumerated
the
5. Colossus
Apollo,
chief
of
of
architect.
Rhodes,
of brass, 290
an
b.c.
image
of
the
sun
god,
7^
Statue
6.
of
7. Pharos
white
of
note
Athens, by Phidias.
at
built
Egypt,
marble,
which
Sanskrit
Zeus,
283
B.C.
the
or
substituted.
is sometimes
lore has
Philadelphus, of
Palace
of Cyrus
by Ptolemy
frequent
very
reference
to
number
this
"
Sapta Rishi,
Loka,
seven
Sapta Kula,
7 castes;
cities ; Sapta
deserts ; Sapta
sages;
worlds
Sapta
Dwipa,
Sapta Para, 7
seven
holy
Parna,
; Sapta Arania, 7
principles; Sapta Samudra, seven
holy seas ; Sapta
7 human
Vruksha, 7 holy trees.
with groups
The
of sevens
Assyrian Tablets also teem
7 gods of sky ; 7 gods of earth ; 7 gods of fiery spheres :
seven
phantoms;
spiritsof seven
gods maleficent; seven
of seven
heavens
earths.
; spirits
seven
islands
"
notion
Chaldean
The
which
holy
number
The
opposite
became
sides
of
have
to
seems
nefast
been
that
7 was
conditions.
certain
under
die added
After
the
decides
7 th hour
cord
falls off, in
light,thrice
7 years,
After
at
14
years
After
2 1
the
After
28
49
is the
we
twice
the
child
days
the
the head, 7
days turns
sits firmly,thrice 7 months
months
walks
strongly.
7
teeth
is the
hair
whether
of second
set
to
grow,
eyes
gets
begins
to
appear.
generative power.
is completed.
arrival of
of Manhood
cease
months
will
at
greatest discretion,and
is greatest strength,
of
70 is the natural end
35
Life.
through
passes
full,decrease, and renewal.
The
Moon
Naaman
dips
in
was
Jordan,
ordered
to
cleanse
by
stages of
Elisha
himself
days
(an Adept)
from
in
to
Leprosy.
increase,
take
seven
77
emblematic
XXV.
of Seven
Candlestick
Golden
The
of
ornament
the
Branches
Tabernacle
of
was
notable
Exodus
Moses,
31.
for
of
Repentance;
7 churches
Asia
(or Assiah), 7 Angels with Trumpets, 7 candlesticks
of the Holy Places, 7 seals,7 trumpets, 7 kings, 7 thousands
slain,7 vials of wrath to be poured out, pace the Apocalypse.
Freemasons'
make
a
lodge perfect,although 5
7 members
Note
the
hold
may
years
seven
one.
has
said
been
with
correspond
"
Magus,"
catalogues
members
Fishes, Animals,
It
his
Barrett, in
Francis
there
are
of
apertures
seven
Birds,
body.
the
of
the
skull
the
planets.
There
Seven
of Sikha
are
Degrees in the Oriental Order
and
the Sat Bhai
of the
(7 Brothers); but I have doubts
Brahmanic
authenticityof the present Order of the name,
Archer.
which
was
introducedrby J. H. Lawrence
relative
the
the ancients
From
length of their courses
constructed
a
Symbols, thus :
Planetary Ladder, with Vowel
Mars
Sun
Moon
Merc.
Venus
Jupit. Saturn
to
ee
00
used
in mystical knowledge,
symbols were
Inscription at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi shows,
These
the
meant
Mercury;
following a
The
that
and
lAO
last of
Heavenly
Moon,
its nearest
and
Mercury
Sun
often
was
Planet, /.^.,Sun
represented
as
an
and
Dog,
Man.
Oracle
Duncan
and
Sun
as
where
of
Bodies
Claros
known
Bull, Silver
to
the
ancient
world.
Mars,
Wolf, Iron
Jupiter,Eagle, Pewter
Mercury, Serpent, Quicksilver
Saturn, Ass, Lead
Venus, Dove, Copper
Sun, Lion, Gold
Note
of 7 pipes in the Musical
ment
instrualso the number
mouth
of the old deity Pan, the Great
at the
Whole,
Sun
Rural
God
the
later
Pan).
(not
78
ancient
An
symbol
pilots,in
the
centre
idea
the
Sun
that
Aries
Note
which
the
universe
of the
first
ship,a
the
of
Lion
in Leo.
rose
supplanted
rises at
was
Taurus,
the
the
as
constellation
in
Vernal
the
equinox ; Taurus
was
it was
periods of the earth
sign at the early fabulous
The
displaced about 300 B.C.
sign becomes
changed every
by the precession of the equinoxes : Pisces has
years
2150
sun
"
Aries
followed
now
sign
Aries
the
at
positionin
actual
Subba
T.
six
as
called
Sakti
the
Vernal
is still said
Sun
about
Equinox
March
was
1900
describes
Row
Nature
; but
near
in
resumed
powers
(Mahamaya)
and
seventh.
of
Forces
Primary
related
are
Its
21st.
Pisces.
omega
the
enter
March
Seven
the
to
These
are
Kanya, /.^.,
Parasakti,force
to
sakti, the
life force
repulsion,positiveand
of
in Daivi
summarized
Our
physical
there
in
the
prakriti
=
7 forms
as
modes
or
of
highest developments
bokher,"
and
science
the
of
hearing and
understanding
to
see
Archaic
the
which
the
scheme
"
and
and
the
the
Chabrat
oldest
zereh
Sanskrit
aur
occult
"
into
materialized
attraction
Upanishads:
smell, taste, sight, touch,
Mental
6th,
preception, with 7 th, spiritual
"
beings,
in
described
as
the
known
senses
indeed
are
Mantrika
negative;
sounds,
in
shown
latter
two
noticeable
Man
Secret
belongs.
now
Doctrine
recognized
in
organs
"
Seven
of
dwarfed
not
were
this
For
H.
States
fifth
of
Race
fuller
explanation
Blavatsky. The
a
P.
and
of Matter
;
"
geneous,
homo-
or
curdlike, atomic, germinal
aeriform, nebulous
is
and
lastlythat which
fiery elemental, fourfold vapoury,
and
cold
dependent
on
vivifying Sun
for
light
and
heat.
Our
the
of
the
Fourth
Kabalah,
plane
is
; it is
79
the Sixth
World, and
generated by Jesod, the foundation
of the
after complete
purificationwill in the 7th Race
in
re-united
the SpiritualLogos and
to
7th Cycle become
been
has
Absolute.
Our
earth
the
end
the
to
already
and
thrice
each
seven
kings (as of
cycle sees
changed,
Seven
There
were
Kings of Edom, Genesis, xxxvi.
Edom).
consider
the Kabalists
these
as
V.
types of primordial
31;
is the key
failed to survive their creation.
Seven
worlds which
to the Mosaic
creation, as to the symbols of every religion.
jective
subthree are
Planes
of being, the upper
There
Seven
are
four
unknowable
and
to
are
mankind, the lower
be contemplated by man
as
metaphysical
objective and may
abstractions
there are
the seven
Principlesin Man, and
: so
of four at
triad are
the upper
the lower
parted from
group
dissolution.
are
variously
Principles constituting man
Vedantic
the
scheme,
Buddhism, by
by the
and
by other philosophies,but they correspond in idea;
first from
above
the
from
a
come
Atma,
Absolute;
ray
soul ; these are
Buddhi, spiritualsoul ; and Manas, human
the superior triad,which
death
the
from
separates at human
lower tetrad
of principles. The
lower
four are
Kama
rupa,
the
passions; Linga Sarira, the astral body ; Prana, life
Sthula
essence
Sarira,the lower body ; see the dogmas
; and
Seven
The
Esoteric
named
of Esoteric
Buddhism.
Kabalah
The
which
divides
these
into
four
planes
of the
Soul,
Chiah,
further
to
and
Assiah.
is
There
head
of
hidden
Taurus
said
"
occult
an
reference
be
Orion,
changed by
The
is Merope,
missing one
Sisyphus, and hides herself for
Seven
"
Greater
was
Holy
the
Seven
stars
in
the
Zeus
were
the
called
to
in
number
Assembly
of
''
into
in mercy
; ten
one
by
pigeons (peleia).
married
who
the
the
mortal
shame.
the
had
Rabbis
formed
who
left
it,three
the
had
8o
passed
from
the
*'The
See
'*Sod," Svd, mystery.
Lesser
Idra
Holy Assembly," or the Ha
Rabba
Quadisha and Ha Idra Suta Quadisha.
Athanasius
ancient
Kircher
the
that the
Jesuit states
numbers
follows :
to the planets as
Egyptians associated
away
Greater"
and
**
"
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Sol
.
Venus
Mercury
Luna
In
this matter
The
later
Genii
of
see
Coptic
the
World
also
Francis
of
names
of
the
Barrett,
the
Gods
"The
and
Magus."
planets
and
Ancient
not
Hearing.
The
Sanscrit
of
time
See
Rama
names
Prasad
of the
Seven
on
**The
Planets
Tatwas."
used
in Hindoo
for Moon,
Surya for the
Sun, Chandra
Astrology are
for Mercury, Guru
for Jupiter,
Kuja for Mars, Budhan
Shani
for Saturn
for Venus, and
then
Sukra
there
are
:
82
be
contradicted
on
the
The
and
fails to
man
becomes
those
Elihu
The
the
that
after
male
years
Vampire,
a
7 years
is turned
another
into
his
for 7 years,
hyaena
after another
demon.
If
after death
spine
that
says
Adam
day.
Buzite.
the
7
form
men
by Methuselah,
seen
was
unbroken
an
Shem,
saw
Even
of
7 years
his
before
Sanhedrin
A
of Barachel
Bathra
this
to
who
son
Bava
series
is
has
Ram
pestilencewill
time.
allotted
but
sounds
pipes,his
are
formed
will
Elijah,
to
man
of
the
die
treatise
horns
two
intestines
small
dictum
while
his
cause
then
predestination.
voice
one
not
This
of
statement
body makes
7
his thigh bones
large intestines
the
born
was
other
who
He
10-12.
month.
devoutly
pray
verses
serpent.
Besides
and
after
v.
same
says
another
bat, in
Thorn,
Kama
Bava
becomes
of the
day
same
Joshua
in
make
will
skin
into
make
small
trumpets,
a
cover
strings for
the
two
his
drum,
the
the
lyre, and
strings for the
harp.
In the
of
watches
man
with
the
over
the
Nathan
Judgment
in the
Rashi.
The
anger,
tongue
Wisdom,
Aretz, Adamah,
or
all the
Thebel.
week, but
Talmudic
Hershon,
Deadly
gluttony,envy
7
that
Cheled
flowed
7 Catholic
The
after death.
says
Hebrew
Tziah, Yabeshah,
says
good qualitiesavail
wisdom, righteousness, good opinions,
Seven
and
epithetsare applied
peace.
truth, grace,
Sambatyon
Talmud
his corpse
for 7
teaching that the
over
Theosophic
body for a week
Rabbi
Earth
2, of the
Sabbat, 152.
and
Sins
The
was
the
mercy,
to
Arequa,
the
Gia,
mystical River
still on
Miscellany,
are
at
the
7 th
day,
154.
Pride, covetousness,
lust,
sloth.
xi. v. 2, are
Holy Spirit,Isaiah
Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge,
Gifts
of
the
83
Piety
and
Kabalistic
and
burn
Holy
is said
There
was
of
the
W.
of
seven
the
Throne
of
God, who
is
Triune,
F. Shaw.
impart
to
of God.
Aries
declared
Order
are
between
Quaternary.
Ghost
Council
The
take
is
the
before
of Union
token
who
Man,
The
these
Lord;
Sephiroth.
is the
Seven
the
of
Fear
that
Bishops ought
Bishop.
years'probation for admission
7
Culdees.
of
to
There
are
Christian
to
7 Vestments
should
wear
the
Celtic
of
the
priesthood, and
Bishops
7 others,
Staff.
Sandals, Dalmatic, Rational, Mitre, Gloves, Ring and
of Christendom
St. George for
The
were
7 Champions
of Spain, St.
of France,
St. James
England, St. Denis
of Wales, St. Patrick
of Scptland, St. David
of
Andrew
of Italy.
Ireland, and St.lAntonio
the monkish
The
7 Sleepeirs^f Ephesus, according to
hid in a cave
under
the persecuChristians who
legend, were
tions
in the Third
of Decius
Century ; they fell into a trance
in a.d.
and
slept 200
They awaked
going
447 and
years.
him
convinced
Theodosius
of
the
the
to
II.,they
Emperor
truth of the Life beyond the grave : this done, they returned
to sleep until the Last
to the cave
Judgment.
The
of the Virgin Mary is the name
of a Roman
7 Dolours
Catholic Fast Day held on the Friday before Palm
Sunday.
The
7 Wise
stories to
save
Masters
were
officers of
King
Kurush
who
tell
Sophia) ; Khordad,
the
ruler
of
times
and
seasons
84
and
Amerdad,
there
the
are
to
these
27
devs,
built
times
The
"
Bijou
Persians
and
the
in
1887,
and
volumes
her
York.
Secret
**
at
Beckman
Lodge
and
was
was
on
in
published
Doctrine"
death
Street,
7th
1877,
published
first
published
later
the
in
first
Olcott
71
Broadway,
first
"Isis
1883;
Third
1897,
volume
after
17
Street;
president
January
and
at
elected
and
Duke
Colonel
and
tens,
17
at
Jews.
Blavatsky
Road,
published
Kingsford
S.
was
Lansdowne
her
the
P.
hundreds,
17
17
was
at
"
Lucifer
of
H.
to
the
by
by
by
Thursday
Saturday
related
days
Tuesday
that
says
sacred
as
Greeks
and
sum
completed
T.
was
'*
the
the
authors
235,
p.
used
Assyrians
Turks
lived
B.
Anna
London
the
old
xiv.,
vol.
Latin
In
Rome.
for
by
Aventine,
Some
been
curiously
is
the
Christian,
was
Capitol.
name
all
''Lucifer"
were
at
secret
Monday
the
and
Coelian,
the
Septicollis.
Society.
P.
H.
and
by
was
1887
Road;
New
the
Theosophical
units;
met
by
opposition
devs,
it
Palatine,
the
have
;
Friday
Avenue
7
week
arch
before
Queries,"
Wednesday
number
The
17
the
and
Christians
by
Egyptians
as
Notes
of
days
Sunday
''
the
Below
in
Mithras;
pagan
XJrbs
Valentia
"
Rome,
Esquiline,
called
world.
them.
Hills
Seven
was
of
speak
of
Quirinal,
it
call
we
city
upon
Viminal,
the
as
by
over
darkness,
of
devils
or
historic
was
ruled
powers
vegetable
the
over
Izeds,
27
were
The
the
ruling
her
of
veiled"
Unof
death.
the
85
OGDOAD.
THE
Is
first cube
the
within
number
of
the
all-powerful number;
eight."
Camerarius, in his
chus, calls it Universal
distinguishedby this
The
Ratio
of
is attributed
1 2
12
1
the
to
9 is
to 8 is
to
'^o
8.
is the
energy,
and
decad.
The
they
edition
had
of
Harmony,
Greeks
Proverb
the
Arithmetic
because
of
musical
Nicomaratios
are
number.
sesquioctave, this
8 is
forms
and
tone
Moon.
sesquitertian
sesquialter
is sesquitertian
12
8 is duple
is sesquialter.
12
9 is duple
9 is duple sesquitertian
18 is sesquitertian
is duple
12
8 is triple
12
sesquialter
"
Mercury.
"
Venus,
6 to
i6
to
8 to
8 to
21
to
24
to
24
to
24
to
18
to
isun.
Mars.
Attributed
to
Jupiter.
12
to
32
to
24
32
to
36
to
24
36
36
to
to
24
to
18
"
sesquitertian
quadruple
Saturn.
Are
18
sesquialter
duple
quadruple
.
ascribed
8 th
or
tic
sesquitertian
.
to
the
Inerra-
Sphere which
all
comprehends
the
rest.
86
the
Hence
Ogdoad
called
also
**
Cadmeia," because
looked
the wife of Cadmus;
and
was
as
Harmony
upon
Cadmus
the
meant
Sub-lunary World, as Olympiodorus
called also Mother, and
Rhea, Cybele and
Eight was
says.
from
being the first cube, and a cube repreDindymene,
senting
earth.
the
The
was
eight
of
synonyms
of
octaves
many
of
great gods
from
saved
persons
Samothrace;
the
flood
gods, such as
Bryant and
see
Xisuthrus
of
the
Faber
are
Cabiri
this
on
myth.
There
are
chap. V.
Eight
Beatitudes
number
is the
this Noachite
the
Royal
Royal
the
Ogdoad,
orders
Prussian
with
concerned
Knights
masons,
of
Masons.
Macrobius
says
it consists
because
the
as
of Saturn.
Moons
Masonic
several
religion,Matthew,
Master
Mark
of the
been
have
There
of the Christian
Ogdoad
evenly even
the
of
equal divisions.
tells
John Heydon
the
was
numbers,
type
and
of
on
Justice,
account
of its
number
The
the
it
there
that
and
8th
was
born
such
month
are
us
that
8 rewards
sacred
was
; the
8 Events
of the
to
isle of Naxos
befall the
Damned,
Blessed.
Dionysos,
was
who
dedicated
was
to
born
him
at
and
granted
to
the
women
of
usually reared.
accustomed
The
to practise Circumcision
on
Jews were
birth.
after
8th
infants
the
male
day
upon
Feast of Dedication
lit 8
The
or
Jews at the Chanucah
candles, and it lasted 8 days. This is the Engkainia of
the ancient
As
to conjuring among
Jews, it
John X. 22.
is said in Talmud,
Succah, 53. i, that Levi played with 8
in the presence
of the King Sapor of Persia
knives ; Samuel
8 eggs.
Rava
used
8 cups, and
used
Abaji before Rabbi
descended
the Harlot,
Rahab
from
Eight prophets were
month
are
87
viz.,
Neraiah,
and
meel,
the
was
Shallum.
grandchild
The
last
Pentateuch,
Babylon)
which
will
be
strings.
seven
W.
says
played
F.
Noah
times
was
8
=
888
is
of
the
the
the
666,
ancient
Pah-yin.
and
the
that
Messiah
the
Harps
have
will
considered
in
the
as
in
saved
were
his
descent,
Creation,
original
of
Day
Ark
the
name
8,
so
generation.
Re-
Noah,
of
Nvch
was
8
=
64.
the
number
special
Resurrecti"i"n
The
the
is
be
souls
8th
the
of
sects
prophesied
the
of
may
the
i.
2.
number
Shaw,
is
14.
(Jerusalem
before
earth
13.
were
The
Law,
Bathra,
Talmuds
It
on
the
was
there
the
seven.
Eight
and
of
Erachin,
prophetess
Mosaic
Bava
Joshua.
that
both
only
name
by
states
but
the
The
Deuteronomy,
written
Nathan
Pharisees
As
of
verses
Huldah
that
also
Hanne-
Rahab.
of
were
Rabbi
Note
Hilkiah,
Jeremiah,
Maasiah,
Seraiah,
and
number
Chinese
(G.
the
of
of
Life.'^
the
Schlegel.)
is
He
Beast,
writings
Christ
Jesus
refer
the
to
as
the
great
number
8
musical
who
"He
opponent
of
Man.
sounds,
88
THE
The
be
to
9.
first square
of an
Ocean
flowing around
odd
is the
Ennead
said
ENNEAD.
like the
within
the
hence
it is like
the
it.
We
Decad
bounded
and
by
decomposed
the
of
and
wife
that
far
it
other
is
number
all the
was
numbers
possible,
numbers
called
was
it
are
Prometheus,
because
"Vulcan,"
the
of things
just as the ascent
is as far as the sphere of Fire (the summit
the Sphere of the air is
Juno, because
by fire
air),and
as
according
to Jupiter"
arranged
because
Strife," and
is
numbers
of
find
the
elementary
Horizon
from
"Freedom
ascent
further
no
number,
as
9,
the
to
system,
novenary
its conjunction with
from
''
and
the
'*
sister
Monad.
"
"
because
the
or
Bringing to an end
Telesphoros
human
months
by the parent.
offspringis carried 9 calendar
teleios or
And
and also called
perfect for the same
reason,
is
it is generated from
because
the Triad, which
Perfect
"
And
'^
*^
called
Perfect.''
"
Attention
18
are
27;
9x4
36;
3 +
9x5
45;
4 +
54;
63;
^=^12\
81;
9x9
9
X
X
10
11
9x12
9X
X
5+4
9x15
6 + 3
7 +
9X
8 +
=9
0
108
14=
=
16=
1+8+0=9
7+1+1=9
13=117
90 ; 9 +
99;
Matter, which,
"
9x
of
never
9x3
9x6
emblem
being an
the number
destroyed ; so
9 when
number
always reproduces itself,thus :
8 plus i are
nine : and so on
below
and
as
varying, is'
multiplied by any
ever
9 times
to its
is called
126
6+2+1=9
135
5+3+1=9
144
4+4+1=9
153
18=
162
3+5+1=9
2+6+
19=
171
1+7+1=9
20=
180
8+1+0=9
17
=9
90
Santa, Fortuna
with
about
Romans
the
Nine
The
Fides.
and
Tinia, Vulcan,
the
Vedius;
266
of
gods
Etruscans
Saturn,
Etruscans
became
merged
B.C.
the
Mars,
Sabines
The
Juno, Minerva,
were
became
also
and
Summanus
Hercules,
with
united
the
Romans.
"
in
"
of
Horatius," Lars Porsena
Macaulay's poem
of Clusium
Lars
by the nine gods he swore," in 596 B.C.
Porsena
led the
then most
Etruscans
powerful
; they were
Note
from
the
Etruscans
It is
would
nines
by
much
took
Romans
their
of
law,
superstition.
and
custom
the
that
Eastern
presents
given, when
they
greatest degree, as
are
their
extend
magnificence to the
Tales."
mentioned
in Comte
de Caylus, "Oriental
1743.
Barrett's
also 9 precious stones, 9 orders
notes
Magus
he copies from
of devils, 9 choirs of angels
John Heydon.
"
**
"
marked
who
on
every
the
to
Tres
connection
letters into
market
to
Nundinas
The
days.
Nones
calendar
month.
memory
Novendiale
of
dead
the
was
and
days,
went
Latin
saying,
nundinals
of
the
are
seven
Nundina.
Novennalia
9th
every
R.C.
The
year.
Catholic
the
arose
in
feast
was
Roman
this
each
days composing
of
sets
celebrated
from
Romans,
pursuitsand
These
called
occasional
an
of
jocular
set
was
Roman
The
calamities,
avert
on
of this rite
of
the
marking out
also held
mony
a
purificationcerethe 9th day of life,hence
the
letters,a
one
parcels
the
hence
Romans
were
of
left their
faciunt.
infants
male
presidinggoddess
The
Dominical
our
on
Nundinals
days by
9th day the people
mulieres
8th
the
the
towns
type of
the
this
in
Note
fast
to
of
system
Neuvaines.
is
There
Masonic
in which
9 roses,
The
Mahometans
Jews
ist
have
in
taught
Eden,
destruction
Sinai, 6th
2nd
of
to
order
lightsand
that
at
9 knocks
have
99
God
has
the
"Nine
of
9 times
of
Moses
4th
Sodom,
Balaam, 7th to Elisha, 8th
to
Knights,"
used.
are
of
names
confusion
Elected
the
deity.
descended
to
tongues,
3rd
Some
earth
at
the
Horeb,
5th at
in the Tabernacle,
at
91
will be
ancients
fear
and
The
had
at
the
9th
hour
"
is also
Nine
Jesus
the
of
'*
Nine
number
the
loth
them
its
and
evil presage,
of
died.
Saviour
evil influences.''
under
earth
''Holy Guide,"
in the
John Heydon
his
Magonnerie
the
his
that
final.
and
Jerusalem;
Occulte," thus
and
associate
J.
M.
in
Ragon,
with
numbers
the
Planets.
Sun
Zodiacal
the
4,
6, Saturn
Venus
and
and
Leo
8, Mars
9.
Signs
thus
and
First and
the
Mercury
3,
Capricornus
7 Aries
Temples
Sagittarius
8 Libra
Pisces
11
Second
5,
"
Vi\rgo
10
Jupiter
7,
6 Taurus
Scorpio
The
Aquarius
5 Cancer
9
Moon
12
of the
Jews
Gemini.
were
both
On
Ab.
destroyed on the 9th day of the Jewish month
the 9th day of Ab
the Talith
modern
and
Jews do not wear
be spent in
Phylacteries until evening. The
day should
of work
done
that day.
on
tears, and no good comes
The
Talmud
in Soteh, 20.
that a woman
prefers
i, says
of fun to 9 of Pharisaic
one
measure
professionalgoodness.
Nine
entered
Alive into the Jews' Paradise
have
;
persons
of Abraham,
Enoch, Elijah, Messiah, Eliezer the servant
Hiram
Melek
the Ethiop, Jabez the
king of Tyre, Ebed
of Jehuda the Prince, Bathia
son
daughter of Pharaoh, and
Rabbi
Sarah
the
add
Some
Rabbis
daughter of Asher.
Yoshua
of Levi, but
he entered
not
at the
son
door, but
climbed
the
In
The
the
over
145th
Great
Demeter
See
wall.
Psalm
Eleusinian
we
Kethuboth,
find
reasons
Mysteries
Egyptian
at
the
were
7. 2.
for praising God.
the
of
successors
brated
celeOsiris, and were
of
at
Athens, in honour
9
days,
and
were
com-
92
menced
the
on
Boedromion,
five
fifteenth
day
September
took
they
third
the
of
Attic
place
month,
in
once
every
years.
The
Mysteries
Lesser
Elaphebolion,
honour
of
March,
Persephone
Candidates
after
Mysteries
and
years,
Theodosius,
a.d.
Mention
of
Gentiles
Great
only
in
time
the
the
Greater
ceremonies
in
were
for
use
the
of
in
Ceres.
in
remained
They
ceased
of
The
Epoptae.
perfectings.
were
Mystae
month
Ilyssus
daughter
became
reception
the
River
the
on
Proserpine,
or
became
they
Teletai,
called
Agrae
at
in
performed
were
1800
Emperor
395.
Worthies
9
Hector
is
found
of
son
in
King
literature
Priam,
they
were
Alexander
the
"
and
Maccabeus
and
Caesar
Julius
3
Christians
Godfrey
Jews
King
"
de
Bouillon.
"
David
Joshua,
Arthur
of
and
Britain,
Judas
magne
Charle-
93
DECAD.
THE
The
^''All
increasethe
Pythagoreans
is
reached
once
be
grand
passed ;
Monad.
the
its virtues
with
entranced
were
the
cannot
retrograde to
must
meant
and
it
called
Ten
called
Decad, from
which
was
Like
It is the
too
and
holy
thus
"
of
spoken
because
gains
ten
as
it contains
Heaven,
men.
visible
centre,
number
four
number,
thus
of the
Deistic
and
was
but
its
sight.
for
vast
all
Circle, with
of the units
sum
mentioned,
Also
it is
Deity
the
10,
tol'eceive
numbers
hence
receive, and
dechomai^X.o
ordained
circumference
are
which
we
sum
which
Panteleia,
or
fully accomplished,"
or
numbers,
of
The
Ten,
**
complete"
summit
to
number
Decad,
lO.
as
previously
4 +
3 +
in
number
every
life,
is
number
infinite.
It is also called
is the
that
Kosmos,
It is called
we
take
together
we
are
the
the
make
10,
10;
and
'*
to
half, five
next
and
so
as
above
the
of
eternal
the
middle
on
the
and
next
and
divine
Proclus
world
numbers,
which
which
are
it.
fountain
the
Universe."
also, it is the
is mundane
decad
says : The
receives
the images of all the
supernaturallyimparted
**
in
two
2
and
next
a
nature," because
number,
similar
9
and
and
manner
i
give
if
add
4,
7 and
3
the same
result.
All
nations
reckon
by
the
Decimal
scale
of
notation, to
94
which
they
counting the
It
is
doubt
no
were
digitsof
ten
spoken
others,"
custody
of
because
other
Fate, which
as
Kleidoukos,
are
comprises
all
sorts
of
supports
the
lo
it
Memory
; Urania
it consists
of the
first four
conceits
branches
**
; and
other
numbers,
it: also
from
events
called
Power
Age,
spheres of Heaven;
first Square, because
The
numbers."
that
were
of
is, "having
that
the
of
numbers
Phanes
old
hands.
magazine
because
convenience
the
^
the
Atlas,
Two
from
the
of
also
led
the
Tenth
of
wave
the
is
sea
always larger than others; and that birds laid the loth egg
of a larger size than the others.
The
word
Ten
used
was
a
by the Hebrews, instead of
be exercised
in translating
must
large number," so that care
interprets '^ten generations" of
this; thus Nehemiah
ever."
Nehemiah
xxiii. v. 3 to mean
"for
Deuteronomy
"
xiii.
1.
because
squared,
figure,thus :
circular
the
same
times
are
25 and
times
25
are
times
are
36
times
36
are
times
10
finger nails
The
100
times
10
commandments
ten
my
are
10
periphrasismentioned
old
An
10
5, 6 and
the result shows
when
unit
in the
set
called
Kabalists
The
for
in
scratching.
Mahometans
say
See
that
ten
100
numbers,
number
125
216
1000
are
were
admitted
Paradise.
1.
2.
Ass
of Balaam.
3.
Ant
of Solomon.
4.
Whale
of
Jonah.
Calf (not
5. The
instead
of Isaac, his
6.
The
7. The
Ox
of
Camel
Sleepers.
Ram)
offered
to
Jehovah
son.
Moses.
of the
prophet
Salech.
by
Abraham
to
95
8.
The
Cuckoo
9.
The
Ram
Al
10.
of Belkis.
of Ishmael.
which
Animal
the
Borek,
Mahomet
conveyed
to
heaven.
*^
from
to Noah,
10
generations from Adam
of Christianity
The
to Abraham.
10
spiritual
graces
Love, joy, peace,
gentleness, goodness,
long-suffering,
find
We
Shem
are
10
I know
Noah,
to
Under
temperance," says
gets 10 generations from
mention
falls the
Tetractys,consistingof
ten
YoDS
the
Dyad,
Tetrad
or
thus
solid.
and
Kabalists
be
may
Note
five
In
of
after the
as
notice
we
of
two
Vaus
of
the
Quaternary
the
and
Heh
one
Tetragrammaton
or
third
10
Psalms
that
and
token,
union
the
of
two
the
Commandments,
were
Holy
instruments
10
10
strings in
sung,
Ghost
descended
ten
the
days
Ascension.
Rabanus
Tucer,
numbers
forms
Hehs,
Masonic
the
Jewish
Psaltery,
fourth
Fellowship.
the Bible
which
to
is used
ten
in
points
the
line
second
put conversely.
that
Union,
and
four
letters IHVH
final,being the
they
72,
Yoc^s,three
trianglefour
the
form
to
the
Monad,
upper
the Triad, and
representingthe
Adam
angle,
Pythagorean Triequilateraltriangle
enclosing
an
of
is the
the
third
the
G.
not.
also
10
Dr.
and
faith,prudence, meekness,
he
Oliver; although where
to
and
Air,
to
Raymond
Fire, 6
associate
Lully
Earth
to
and
the
to
12
Water.
Apuleius
customary
that
that
states
to
fast
10
used
among
days before
lo-day week.
The
Ten
the
Sephiroth form
dogmatic Kabalah, a subject which
says
to
be
entered
glance
from
they
at
the
the
upon
in
this
volume
Egyptians
and
sacrificing,
of
of
essence
is too
of
view
vast
the
is
it
was
Budge
the
Hebrew
and
complex
numerals.
on
emanations
Sephirotic
point
mathematical
the
Absolute
all that
mere
Deity
can
be
96
**
attempted;
referred
Introduction
to
Kabalah"
the
may
be
to.
From
Am
my
SuPH
Passive
Absolute
the
Limitless, and
the
Negativity Ain,
then
Ain
Suph
proceeds
Aur
less
Bound-
is
or
triangle.
trinity,
Malkuth,
Mlkt,
emanations.
She
the
Sun,
the
Manifested
The
Logos;
Briah,
Yetzirah
Assiah
alone
and
spiritual,
viewed
are
Sephiroth
also
in the
angelichost
seven
succedent
the
these
visible
of every
and
in
exist
in
are
to
supernal
triad is veiled
to
the
tangible
are
the
part
our
all
the
Aziluth,
plane
of
universe.
creation
universe
things;
in
Worlds
of
the
on
prototypes
of
Four
Worlds
Malkuth
uninitiated, but
obvious
reigning over
as
Assiah.
and
is the
Ten
These
is
she
Existence;
of
Planes
or
is the
Tenth
Universe.
Ten
whole
the
these
of
everything
the
lower
seven
manifestations
are
the
profane.
subjective and
are
seven
objective and compreincomprehensible to man\
hensible
thus
Seven
and
are
commonly
named,
archangels
;
have known
only of Seven great planets of our system.
we
Some
occultists phrase
it thus
"
three
are
98
The
Rabbis
if for
years
weddings by
ten
drunk
^ere
had
at
four
and
supper,
recited
were
and
at
by lo men,
Ten
bridegroom.
cups
including
the
party
three
funeral
wife,
offspring.
no
men
his
divorce
should
man
funerals, condolences
At
6/
10
that
taught
she
after the
"
meal
before
the
at
three
supper,
recitation
of
at
four
the
blessings.
Abraham
in
Egypt
times
lo
;
of
to
Ten
Sea.
the
limes
tested
was
did
Miracles
lo
Israel,and
afflict the
to
Red
the
at
lo
Ten
Egyptians.
Wilderness.
in the
times
at
the
Garden
in
cviii. 9 ;
iii. 8 ; at the Red
Sea, Psalm
Egypt,
Sinai ; at the Temple ; in the Pillar of Cloud
Mount
;
of Olives, see
xiv. 4; the loth
is
the Mount
Zechariah
of Eden
in
omitted
come
the
; at
Tower
into
of Babel
the
Sodom
; at
;
;
Exodus
see
on
the
down
world
Ten
on
Shekinah
performed
were
the
Nathan,
d' Rabbi
chap.
34.
There
10
designate Idols, and
be spared for 10 righteous men
to
was
Joy.
;
took
-Gideon
Boaz
the
servants
to destroy
Altar of Baal;
10
witnesses
for
his
chose
with
Ruth
10
marriage
; Joab's armour
borne
men.
was
by 10 young
Jesus speaks of 10 talents,
cities, 10 pieces of silver,and
10
a
parable of 10
gave
There
has many
dimensions.
Virgins. The Tabernacle
10
Bible names
of God, 10
10
are
Canticles, and 10 necessaries
are
Hebrew
10
for
Sodom
for man's
life.^ Ecclus.
There
were
Buddhists
the
In
^areph
''
will be
Testament
they
found
;
Hindoo
The
God
Vishnu,
are
Virtues
Rosenroth
von
Volume
10
IV.
they
are
there
Puranas
the
of
for
names
of
the
Initiation,and
of Perfection.
Alchymico-Kabalistic tract
referred to by Eliphaz Levi,
forming
and
26.
39.
Paramitas
10
of Knorr
Zohar
to
Pythagorean
10
teach
words
and
my
Gold
related
tell
us
Preserver
periodicalincarnations
of
and
into
all extracted
of
the
of
the
from
Sephira
10
God.
English,
the
Old
Geburah.
of
Avatars
Brahmanic
the
the
Hermetica,"
"Collectanea
the
from
collected
translated
to
Met-
"Aesch
called
the
Religion;
First
as
the
99
Fish,
Matsya;
Boar
Narasingha,
4.
Dwarf;
Buddha;
9.
and
These
come.
Garuda
Pattinson
the
In
edited
by
the
it
is
mystical
tion
explana-
''
Light
notable
to
yet
given
been
of
very
Krishna;
8.
Horse,
has
Order
Oriental
Bradford,
the
in
by
Frater
mystic
the
and
Divine
her
Esoteric
as
an
some
related
on
essay
very
the
to
Valmiki,
curious
mystical
Aum.
or
lotus,"
found
be
contains
numerals
10
of
Ramayana
will
this
and
the
mani
Aum
Mitra,
on-id-est,
Om
Maha
Lala
on
syllable
to
"
Vasishtha
Vihari
information
the
of
cosmogony
of
Yoga
Om-Tat-Sat,
in
susceptible
the
student.
occult
**
of
Kalki,
the
Vamana,
5.
Chandra;
the
loth,
are
of
plane
Temple
H.
T.
the
Varaha,
3.
;
Rama
7.
Avatars
the
on
Man-Lion
the
Parasu-Rama;
6.
Tortoise;
the
Kurma,
2.
hum
padme
and
within
is
taken
me,"
section
"
literally,
means
mystically
as
of
was
fully
Theosophists.
to
Oh,
"
"
mean
explained
the
by
the
jewel
spark
Blavatsky
of
100
ELEVEN.
This
been
have
to
seems
of
type
is the
Sephiroticnumber
all
of
essence
form
is
that
of
all
good
sinful,harmful
with
number
The
peoples.
among
the perfection of the Decad,
it with
is the
the
all
reputation
evil
II.
an
Kabalists
trasted
con-
and
just as the
things,so eleven
and
imperfect ;
the Eleven
Averse
Sephiroth they contrasted
and
Sephiroth, symbols of destruction, violence, defeat
with
Ten
the
On
death.
oldest
the
Tarot
cards, the
called
trump
the
shows
the Ten
by Lightning, number
XVI,
Divine
side
and
the
Eleven
Averse
one
Sephiroth on
the
other
Tarot
side; modern
designs are
Sephiroth on
struck
Tower
debased.
much
very
John
Devils
Heydon
their
and
Adam's
confinements
nature
wife,
first
hence
know
by it we
Jews understand
; the
she-devil, dangerous
the
on
they wrote
that
LiLiT, that
Chvo
ChvH
says
is, ''Adam,
Eve,
the
bodies
it
by
to
Lilith,
in
women
walls
out
of
"
of
Adm
doors
Lilith.''
their word
; and
mentioned
are
It is called
because
is
less
Perfection.
from
ShDiM
God,
the
the
number
twelve, which
But
as
cvi. 37.
"Number
of
says
the
in Psalm
it exceeds
than
that
Jews
Field are
and
similar, being
(evil deities); the Siddim
Demon
(fields),and
ShDiM
doctrine
in
sometimes
the
case
Sins"
of
the
is the
of
the
number
eleven
even
man
the
"Penitent,"
and
Corrimandments,
and
who
of
Grace
receives
was
called
and
favour
in the
lOI
eleventh
hour
the
as
pay
Rabbi
Jochanan
by
holy
fall
In
as
Achad
the
yet
received
the
of
spices
same
that
says
God
to
eleven
Moses
sorts
Sinai
Mount
on
as
were
suitable
incense.
Eleven
the
who
others.
mentioned
for
vineyard,
the
to
was
of
Judas
Hebrew
Osher,
the
number
of
Disciples
the
of
Jesus,
after
Iscariot.
the
Language
Ai,
or
One
and
word
Ten.
eleven
was
expressed
102
TWELVE.
This
number
all the
in
or
concealed
learned
believe
the
of
tribes, are
used
"
the
form
to
Twelve
1.
Jacob,
To
2.
To
Simeon,
To
attack
5. To
the
Judah,
the
Zebulun,
his father
6.
To
7.
To
Dan,
their
the
men
rapid advance
the
Craft
degrees.
the
to
of
the
Lodge
"
land
he
prepared
the
signal in
"
he
gave
of Shechem.
of
the
land
that
"
tribe
first
land.
prayer
him
fell on
advance
may
which
Masonry,''
of
of the
"
the
the
"
in
to
to
blessingof
and
prayer
preference
circumambulation
required
and
Shechemites.
entrance
the
the
son.
promised
Issachar,
tribe,who
the
on
of
many
of
opening
signal
or
heavens
the
of the
report
Zodiac,
referred
initiation,
of
preparation
the
are
in
lectures
referred
destruction
entered
Points
first-born
Levi, the
the
4.
the
the
Jacob,
allegoricalonly. We
ceremony
was
of
perfect cycle of
further
sign was
sons
given by Mackey
are
was
the
3. To
the
Reuben
he
twelve
part of the
in
There
Grand
Twelve
a
events
of
Signs
obviously
the
decans.
three
founders
mention
sons
into
who
twelve
allied,either
the
with
character, and
antiquity. Almost
360 arithmetical
sub-divided
of
be
to
manner,
times
twelve
found
partitionsof
signs or
twelve
be
will
twelves
notable
perfect and
nations
by most
highly esteemed
was
"
has
12.
to
"
Issachar.
an
indolent
leader.
the
Altar
"
idolatry.
for
contrast
to
I03
8. To
the
Gad,
obligation
"
of
account
on
Jephthah's
vow.
9.
To
resembled
"
10.
To
the
the
Naphtali,
the
tribe of
by
Joseph,
Fathers
of their land.
investment
Naphtali
blessings
had
'*Free''"
declared
and
givers
peculiarfreedom
Moses.
11.
To
the
N.E.
corner
"
Ephraim
because
(grandsons) represented
Manasseh
him,
and
newest
comers,
12.
To
Benjamin,
the
last
the
closing
of the
son
of
the
Lodge
"
as
being
Patriarch.
Flowers
of Birds, Animals, and
following associations
with heavenly bodies
has the authority of the Greco-Romaa
mythology :
The
"
The
of the
astrologers associated
Zodiac,
thus
With
"
,,
""
j"
colours
with
the
"
Pisces, white
Aquarius, blue
Capricorn, black or brown
Sagittarius,
yellow or green
brown
Scorpio,
Libra, black or crimson
Virgo, black
and
blue
twelve
Signs
104
With
,,
"
"
Taurus, white
"
Zodiacal
The
of
contrast
with
associated
Sex,
Nocturnal
Aquarius
Capricorn
Sagittarius
Scorpio
Male
Diurnal
Female
Nocturnal
Male
Diurnal
Female
Nocturnal
Libra
Male
Diurnal
Virgo
Female
Nocturnal
Leo
Male
Diurnal
Cancer
Female
Nocturnal
Gemini
Male
Diurnal
Taurus
Female
Nocturnal
Aries
Male
Diurnal
of
and
again, there
importance,
are
thus
other
:
which
characters
astrologers
"
Pisces
Water
Northern
Common
Aquarius
Capricorn
Sagittarius
Scorpio
Air
Western
Fixed
Earth
Southern
Cardinal
Fire
Eastern
Common
Water
Northern
Fixed
Libra
Air
Western
Cardinal
Virgo
Earth
Southern
Common
Barren
Leo
Fire
Eastern
Fixed
Barren
Cancer
Water
Northern
Cardinal
Fruitful
Gemini
Air
Western
Common
Barren
Taurus
Earth
Southern
Fixed
Aries
Fire
Eastern
Cardinal
"
twelve
the
Night.
Female
Lastly, the
houses
and
also
are
yellow
Pisces
And,
deem
Day
Signs
and
signs are
allotted
to
the
Fruitful
Fruitful
planets as
their
io6
said
Rabbis
The
Name
of
God
eleventh, and
abode
he
sin
not
even
Compare
given by Eliphaz
"
the
of
12
the
of
of
the
the
of
"
first
in the
True
71.
i.
hours;
12
in
judged
was
Garden
in his
the
Kiddushin,
Hour,
the
Nuctemeron
in
letters.
events
day
Levi
first revelation
tenth
out
one
the
2.
in
cast
was
at
the
narrates
fell into
Adam
word
was
Mishna
The
that
twelfth
the
; so
Apollonius of Tyana,
**Rituel
de la Magie," Paris,
his
1861.
The
Stones
named;
Diamond,
"
Onyx,
High
Priest's
Breast-plate were
Sardius, Topaz, Carbuncle, Emerald,
Sapphire,
Jacinth, Agate, Amethyst,
Ligure or
Beryl,
Ancient
Version^ Exodus
Jasper. See Hebrew
12
and
xxviii.
The
Foundations
12
Revelations
the
"
Sardonyx,
Jacinth and
The
Hebrew
12
April),lyar
Months
Abib
were
Nizan
or
Ab,
or
(March-
inter-calarymonth
the
Ve-Adar.
The
were
Pachon,
Egyptian Months
Thoth,
Phaophi, Athyr, Choiak,
12
Mesori,
Phamenoth
and
Pharmuthi
; the
last
Paoni, Epiphi,
Tobi,
beginning
Mechir,
March
on
27th.
12
Sons
Zodiac
by
The
the
schemes
and
of
of
the
Jacob
related
were
Rosicrucians
attribution
are
in
given by
the
to
correct
12
Signs
order;
Athanasius
of
other
Kircher
others.
That
by
Sir
William
Drummond
is
"
Aries
to
Gad,
to
to
Ephraim, Gemini
Benjamin, Cancer
Libra
to
Issachar, Leo to Judah, Virgo to Naphtali,
Asher,
Scorpio to Dan, Sagittaryto Manasseh, Capricorn to Zebulun,
and
Levi.
Aquarius to Reuben, and Pisces to Simeon
Simon
The
1 2
Peter, Andrew,
Apostles of Jesus were
;
of Zebedee,
Philip,Bartholomew,
James and John the sons
of Alphaeus,
called
Matthew
also
Levi, James son
Thomas,
Taurus
to
"
107
and
Lebbaeus
called
Judas
and
Iscariot.
Judas
the
Signs
scheme
of
allotment
the
names
is to
be
Manilius," by Edward
"Notes
and
Queries/'
Marcus
See
p.
the
Westcott
211.
Christian
In
allusions
to
ordinary pack
an
The
God,
He
thrice
All
is
with
there
there
also
are
the
are
1 2
4 Cavaliers.
12-lettered
"fuit,
Court
est,
of
Name
erit,"
"
Triple Tetragrammaton,
the
of
secret
Societyof England
Ben
meaning
matter;
had
the
among
many
Qosh,
Father, Son
Society
Colour
Ruch
Ab
Rosicrucian
shades
a
Reports gives
Ros.
Playing Cards
Rosicrucian
of the
Fratres
Ruach-ha-Kodesh
12
U.S.A.,
or,
"
Ihvh
written.
familiar
The
xiv., Manchester,
meaning
was
the
in Soc.
greatly esteemed
esoteric
to
Zodiac.
Pack
HiH-HvvH-ViHiH,
is, will be.
was,
Less
be
of
proposed
apostles, and a
found
in
"The
Sphere of
Sherburne, London,
1675.
Vol.
the
Canaanite,
the
Bede
of
Zodiac
the
on
Simon
Venerable
The
with
rename
Thaddeus,
scheme
of
distributing
Signs,
schemes
erroneous
Ab-Ben-ve-
Holy Spirit.
and
Zodiacal
will also
but
have
this
been
published.
The
12
Signs
beginning with
the
of
Aries
Zodiac
are
named
in
Hebrew,
brothers
sheep ; Kin nieu, golden bull ; Shang huing, two
;
Kin
hiai, crab; Sin, lion; Sha niu, the house
girl; Tien
Kie, the scorpion ;
tchingh, the claws of a scorpion ; Tien
Gun
horse
Ma, the man
Thien, the hill sheep ; Pao
; Mu
pingh, precious vase; and Shang Yu, two fishes.
Hindoo
The
old Sanskrit
used
names
by astrologers at
the present time are ; Mesha,
Rishaba, Mithuna, Katakam,
Tulam,
Vrishchika, Dhanus,
Makaram,
Simha, Kanya,
Kumbha
The
and
12
Minam.
simple
letters
of
the
Hebrew
Alphabet
have
io8
affinities with
is
Zodiacal
the
Signs, but
of relation
order
the
Rosicrucian
private doctrine.
recorded
There
were
1 2
Appearances of Jesus after his
death ; to Mary Magdalene, to the Galician
to two
women,
disciples,to Peter, to ten apostles, to eleven apostles, to
at
seven
fishing,to 500 brethren
apostles and others when
to
James the Less, to eleven apostles, to Stephen at
once,
his Conversion,
his
the
and
Paul
to
at
to
martyrdom,
apostle John.
a
The
cardinal
the
visible.
and
sun,
and
the
The
Lay
said
watch
points, if
the
the
flat and
watch
the
then
south
time
face
be
can
is correct,
point
will be
the
half way
used
and
the
hand
hour
between
find
to
is
sun
the
to
hour
that
figureXII.
Porphyry
be
to
the
of
author
Hesiod, and
are
in
marked
hours
1 2
of
Hymns
state
emblems
Orpheus,
that the
of the
sun
1 2
Scholiast
the
Labours
on
of Hercules
in its passage
through the
''
the
Mystagogus Poeticus,"
"
Janus
is drawn
of
the
with
Romans
altars
12
is the
beneath
of Diomedes.
God
of the
his feet.
1 2
months,
He
is the
as
of
Eastern
and
same
nations
'*
"
,,
"
"
26
27
109
THIRTEEN,
Thirteen
of Yucatan
as
of
by
many
method
weeks
year
the
of
13
28
contains
52
years
formed
weeks
love,
is
13
number
is the
Four
and
Achad,
of
number
the
13
"Ancient
^'
were
or
52,
years
this
Old
Ahbh,
Ahebah,
authors
notion
the
from
arose
for
of
Jesus, yet
not
was
started
it has
(see
Mexicans").
that
state
married
to
idea
was
Gods"
Snake
word
unity.
was
*'
13,
Hebrew
the
Priests
agreement
procure
among
ancient
reckon
lore did not
the
people. Hebrew
as
unlucky;
13
Last
the
Supper
since
of
Gama's
AchD,
used
one
them.
to
Vestiges/' Their
i day over,
just as
Thirteen
day over.
years, the 1 3 days over
times
there
of
Mexican
the
Gods
were
Dunlop's
13 days and
of
week.
forming another
their cycle. In Yucatan
Steven's
"Yucatan," and
13
Sun
among
days and
Indiction, a week
an
of
and
Stars
computation
days; consult
of
contained
ours
people
Indians,
tribes of North
American
of many
of antiquity : this had an astronomical
nations
connection, because
The
and
twelve
so
of the Mexicans
number
the sacred
was
13.
number
fate of
some
been
Judas after
centuries, but
prevalent among
all Christians.
The
applied
the
to
Name
for
Rabbi
the
The
Temple
tables, and
13
Th
Ablana
Eliezer
of
of which
end
used
sometimes
are
Analba.
account
on
of Cards
for purposes
of divination.
inscribed
often
with a 13-lettered
are
gems
pack
months
lunar
13
God,
fasts,at
suit of
of each
Gnostic
The
13
cards
13
13
devotional
drought proclaimed
serious
rain
fell at
once.
collecting horns;
reverential
bows
and
in it
used
were
were
13
in the
full service.
When
began
The
Hebrew
to
boy
word
Covenant
the
reached
full time
is written
age
girlbegan
times
13
of
at
13
twelve
in the
years
he
years.
chapter
on
Circumcision.
The
In
Metzia
Bava
Liturgy are
the Hebrew
the
gives
law.
Hershon,
for
reasons
found
the
"Talmud
good breakfast.
terpreti
13 logicalrules for inMiscellany," p. 167.
a
no
SOME
In
HINDOO
ancient
were
said
ocean
vowel:
used
Tylor.
or
pairs
in
fire
and
3
:
for
for
nails,
in
or
Earth
such
guna,
or
gunas
6
12
they
they
meaning
the
to
as
for
for
said
those
numbers
knew
of
4
:
or
hands
they
for
One
Three
they
Zodiac;
and
and
feet.
of
used
they
Ramas,
used
they
words
many
for
of
for
Seasons
Sun
arm
words
for
used
they
wing,
qualities
used
low
they
certain
language,
Two
eye,
NUMBERS.
OF
Sanscrit
the
equivalent
as
Moon
Rama,
fire
India,
used
things
USES
kinds
Veda,
used
age
Sage
for
Edward
20
of
or
or
they
B.
Ill
HIGHER
OTHER
The
into
which
the
sacrificed
on
There
are
used
to
Books
14
in Geeek,
originally
of 14
partake
of the
In
Hebrew.
Booth
the
month:
during
Paschal
The
of
amulet
an
they
14
written
were
An
Israelite
the
Feast
Lamb
chap, i., we
find
series
names,
three
of
14
the
on
the
genealogy
the
and
under
parts
type of Christ,
Apocrypha;
in
never
killed
Matthew,
in
divided
14
had
to
nacles.
of Taber-
14th day
Nisan.
Month
recited
of the
degree:
sick.
the
cure
in the
meals
Israelites
The
Master^s
been
points has
Burial, in the
of
days
14
NUMBERS.
under
judges, the second
priestsand governors.
ancient
physicians considered
of
archs
Patri-
first under
kings, and
that
the
Jesus
the
third
14th day
was
crisis of fevers.
the
Moon
The
15
the
was
Principles in
15
Hud.
is the
There
but
The
each
Pairs
of
scheme
by
Gematria
of
of
of
for 14
The
days.
^ons,
or
Holy
Valentinus.
the
8th
Sephira Hod,
15 steps in the
Israel and the Women's
between
the anteTemple
Court, and in these were
Psalms
of Degrees; Psalms
cxx.-cxxxiv.
15
of Jah, a name
of God;
the Jews who
so
for numbers, never
wrote
Jh, 10, 5, for 15,
letters
Tv,
wanes,
Gnostic
number
the
15
sung
is the number
wrote
number
the
were
of
court
and
waxes
9, 6
15.
great day of
joyful
recreation
for
Jewish
Maidens
112
the
Ab.
The
15th day of the month
Deluge covered
the hills to the depth of 1 5 cubits.
A
to begin the
Jewish boy in the olden time was ordered
when
of age.
study of the Gemara
15 years
16
number.
There
16
means
Felicity; a square
are
Cards
Court
in a Tarot
pack.
In
treatise
the
'*De
Iside et Osiride," Plutarch
17.
says
Osiris was
killed on
the 17 th day of the moon,
and
hence
was
when
the
moon
Egyptians abominate
Pythagoreans
they
it
oblong
number
18
Isaiah
18.
of
years
Golden
from
the
17,
that
and
of
Antiphraxis (obstruction),
number
square
denunciations
18
on
he
day
18
four
cycles,or
B.C.
330,
does
to
The
not
marry
least
at
diarrhoea
is to
after
the
hen
flower
sits
existence
of
number
of
revolutions
her
lived
changes
433
discovery
B.C.;
the
at
period is,
exact
Calippic period of
invented
by Calippus,
that
the
Heydon
says
God
20
years
may
curse
old,
for
his
who
man
life is
Bava
die
The
menses.
2, says
when
transgression. A
children
to sixty;
up
none.
21.
29.
and
18
The
Kiddushin,
will have
The
year.
days.
10
his
At
Liturgy.
have
Meto
published
above
and
years
constant
bear
he
the
to
returns
solar year,
facilitates births
19
20.
in
she
the
Athenian;
however,
number
of
Games
Olympic
which
after
an
the
hands-breadths
18
was
18
are
same
was
and
16
against Israel.
Nuptial Canopy.
age a girlshould
go to the
Candlestick
of the Temple
moon,
the
the
protectionagainst thieves.
made
There
the
did
so
Hebrew
Blessings in the
There
were
only 18 High Priests during the
the First or Solomonic
Temple at Jerusalem.
number
as
being the
19. The
19 is famous
Metonic
in the
Cycle; the cycle of the
years
tall.
the
reason
18.
deemed
was
in
called
falls between
and
"
number
the
"
because
full
the
at
was
woman
pure.
21
falls.
days,
and
the
Almond
is
ripe 21
days
114
The
parts.
and
names
in Arabic.
and
the
29.
30.
Quinsy.
Joseph
David
At
was
31.
until
32.
number
of
did
Joshua
not
slain
had
he
31
number
The
age
when
was
The
old
years
Yetzirah, being
he
he
stood
and
30
sons.
Canaan
of
Wisdom,
of the
letters of
22
pieces
30
30.
conquest
of
Paths
Pharaoh;
reign ;
Jair had
to
the
before
and
Al.
Sephiroth
10
30
began
complete
kings.
the
in
received,
God
El,
of
Taurus
once
of
years
30
was
of silver
31.
30
when
period
about
of
country
of
Astronomy
is 29 days and
meal
of Lentils
Revolution
in Sanskrit
Zodiac.
of the
Hashanha
Rosh
Solar
B.C., in
2170
at a
latitude, and
first constellation
The
that
about
signs arose
36 degrees of north
the
obtained
be
can
believes
Proctor
12
was
symbols
the
Sepher
Hebrew
alphabet.
33.
The
in
Jerusalem 33 years
human
spinal column.
35.
listic
The
life of
the
of
years
number
of
See
in
the
Kaba-
27.
less
than
36 holy
Shekinah
the
whom
reigned
composite
page
never
David
vertebrae
of
Agla, Agla,
wonder-working name.
36. Abaji said there are
generation upon
any
of
King
number
the
Jesus
men
does
not
rest.
"
36. Plutarch,
De
Iside
of the number
power
oath of the Pythagoreans
the
the
and
obtain
39.
Church
40.
40
and
on
this
it
; and
sworn
the
Tetractys
the
was
greatest
denominated
was
even
and
add
16;
are
and
and
and
8, and
36.
number
The
Articles
of
of the
Christian
Protestant
belief
Up
to
drinking
an
36,
calls
Osiride,''
of the
of its being composed
consequence
numbers
and
the first four odd
; for i and
World,
first four
3
in
et
40
of
years
suits best.
affliction has
had
age
He
eating
who
his reward
has
is best
for
passed
40
in this life.
man,
days
after
out
with-
IIS
40
Israelites
The
is notable
42
taught by
of Osiris.
on
the events
The
Talmud
166,
42.
the
of
of
were
in the
Judges
42
God,
of
name
ment
Judg-
Religions,"
Bettany, The World's
the 42nd day after death.
Babylon in Kiddushin
71, mentions
it is given by Ignatz Stern
and
as
''
Divine
the
of
42-lettered
See
42-lettered Name,
composed
there
Philistines.
the
years among
because
of the
40
Kabalists
the
Hall
p.
were
Names
the
of
Bible
Eheieh
; thus
2, 5j 2, 5, 4,
5, 2,
2, 4
42.
curious
It is very
that the
the
attributes
will
of God
added
this
together, and
number
same
common
45.
among
number
The
45.
The
49.
of
is
uncleanness
to
preserved
been
the
of each
50. The
number
Understanding.
reached
the
Edition,
191
48
called
last one,
Gedulah,
was
as
for
sake
the
of
45
righteous
The
in
prophets
Israel:
48
cities
Levites.
49
so
the
Kabalah
See
for
reasons
thing :
of
49th.
1.
be
the
Adm.
Adam,
received
Moses
before
for and
are
92.
have
assigned
were
added
letters
Kabalists.
world
48. There
denote
which
these
when
show,
; if Chesed
42
Chullin,
persons.
Sephiroth
Ten
my
says
The
Gates
states
the
and
cleanness
Talmud.
of
Binah
that
**Sepher
even
(Binh)
Moses
Yetzirah,"
the
only
Third
ii6
Nch.
58. Noah,
stated
Aristotle
60.
and
years,
The
sits 60
Chinese
The
60.
of wines
61.
days
naturally 60
60
and
years,
call
it
period Chi-tam.
refers to 60
deadly drugs, and 60 sorts
bears her litter in 60 days.
Am,
Negative existence of the Deity.
Talmud
sow
number
The
of
cycle
Malabar
of
lives
eggs.
time
people
; the
Crocodile
the
60
on
have
The
Kya-tse.
that
call this
65. The
and
of Hs,
of
number
(Adni)
"Lord''
silence.
Hes, keep
67. The
translated
Adonai,
of
Binah,
Supernal
the
Mother,
3rd
Sephira.
The
70.
of
number
Sod,
Sud,
earliest
meant
70
The
71.
has
72
large
angels bearing
also
of
God
from
of
their
Cyrus.
Sanhedrin.
references
the
to
"
derived
"
The
languages.
reckoned
of the
nations,
70
accession
the
mystic
of
names
Kabalah
were
70
Members
number
the
known
to
of the
number
there
that
captivity are
Nebuchadnezzar
by
conquest
the
of
years
the
and
secret.
Rabbis
considered
70. The
and
Mordecai
is said to have
Jewish
for
name
doctrine
secret
72
Exodus
from
72.
Hebrew
Rabbis
ordered
help
of
each
God
This
but
2nd
The
out
wrote
to
in
each
Mosaic
the
out
the
to
that
separate
Law,
that
and
words.
same
and
room,
by
the
Megillah
of
i.
is similar
account
different
73.
that
Philo
of
number
of
of
hence
Chokmah
and
Aristaeus,
Septuagint.
the
Wisdom,
Josephus
the
name
(ChKMH),
Sephira.
78. The
r6
each
9.
confined
write
to
Talmud,
the
and
court
number
cards
and
of
22
cards
in
Trumps.
Tarot
pack
40
numerals,
117
80.
80.
of
First
the
of the
Fourth
90.
Ikin,
Yesod,
Hillel
Rabbi
the
According to
Emperor
112, an
81.
B.C.
of
venerable
The
entrance
Temple.
number
The
Pillar at the
brazen
79- Boz,
to Solomon's
China
of
rank, 9 of the
should
Second,
3 concubines
have
of the
27
Third
and
81
Rank.
the
Jachin,
Pillar
right-hand
of
Solomon's
Temple.
is the
91
number
and
of Amn
(Ihvh, Adni).
96. According to Vitruvius
is 96 digits,which
adult man
99.
Mahometans
The
This
100.
the
number
of
it is the
and
Rabbi
fasted
Zira
Talmud
of
Obadiah
considered
was
concealed
because
he
103.
The
family
of
which
Metzia,
enable
typical
six feet.
or
God.
to
strife,
means
of the
Herod
85.
him
Talmud
be
worthy to
prophets in a
100
of
attributed
Mdvn,
to
in favour
Babylon,
palms,
24
names
Bava
times
100
height
lawsuits.
beginning of 100
Jerusalem Talmud,
The
natural
99
Adonai
Tetragrammaton
equalled
have
is the
of
that
says
i,
forget the
of Jerusalem.
called
prophet,
to
cave.
Asmonaeus
ruled
Jewry
103
years.
For
120.
kreutz
by
number
penance.
the
to
add
120,
Kabalists
the
as
and
Alihv,
make
the
had
Christian
Rosen-
ordered, 1484
Blessings, were
18
that
after
This
number
word
1604.
to
composed
the
prophet,
is referred
Hnbia
net
40,
number
by
the
fasted
to
these
Elijah,
names
to
The
Adam
curse
of letters.
this, the number
Mystical Square (rectangle)or Kamea
10
Virgin,being
153.
said
Rabbis
The
years
152.
he
as
of
Elders.
130.
Alihv
Esreh,
vault
secret
unopened,
Shemaneh
120
130
the
years
remained
The
120
i, 100,
of
the
Apostles
10,
great
after
the
152.
fishes
name
caught
Resurrection.
for
in
The
of
Mary
an
broken
un-
ii8
number
The
200.
This
207.
is
and
Boundless,
human
Ain
Svp, the
Adonai
01am,
Suph,
and
Light,
body.
of
Universe.
of the
cube
Ain
of
Avr,
Aur,
Lord
Ovlam,
Adni
number
the
in the
bones
of the
the
6; 216
period
years,
Pythagorean Metempsychosis.
in heaven
contains
The
221
221.
Cup of David
wine : (about 20 gallons) says the Talmud.
The
216.
The
231.
of
of
sum
numbers
the
to
the
21,
Circles
243.
Anpin
of the
reversal
There
248.
Zoir
of
without
Hebrew
members
248
are
number
; the
252.
dissected
It is said
low
it does
the
woman's
the
and
woman,
found
says
into
all
in
is
ones
Niddah,
times
Lunar
the
number
The
284.
28
of
them.
Mercy.
Ishmael
once
members;
252
were.
Greater
or
Talmud
RchM,
had
she
tions,
permuta-
body,
Holy Assembly.
that
says
280
Hebrew
the
days.
human;
"
ten
day period.
in Greek
Theos, God,
of
Church
and
Ekklesia, The
also Melchisedek,
King of Salem.
letters.
the
Rodon,
294.
Rose,
and
Mithras.
300.
riches
The
300.
mules
to
Korah
of
314.
Mttrun.
were
number
The
This
Almighty
God
300
them.
carry
318. Helios,
345.
it took
that
vast
so
were
There
aside,
of
Kalisch.
Rabbi
disciplesof
the
Talmud,
The
271.
that
the
Letters.
of
the extra
say what
of the Idra Rabba,
not
Worlds
70.
The
logs of
Gates
of
anathema
enters
Eiruvin, 53. 2, and an
word
The
ChRM, accursed, is 248, but so
the
Yetzirah.
Sepher
but
of
the
also
ShDi
Shaddai,
and
of
draw
number
of
ShMH
of
MshH,
of
El
Shaddai,
(Shemah),
Moses,
and
the
Name
ShDi, God
Al
of
it
Metatron,
Sun.
is the
; and
:
of
prieststo
the
ShiLH, Shiloh.
lute
Abso-
119
The
364.
the
on
365.
manic
The
and
373.
Logos.
375,
ShLMH,
394.
There
400.
David
in
talis-
Gnostic
but
man,
this
were
of
See
number
of
law-courts
in
the
the
First
The
Temple
the
at
miles
400
400
who
men
young
of his army.
410 years, and
burial.
to
head
stood
Temple
the
Second
420.
number
The
474.
union
of Chokmah
loth
of
Daath,
Secret
Dot,
the
Wisdom,
Binah.
and
number
496. The
of
(Mlkt),
Malkuth
the
Kingdom,
Sephira.
Kosmos.
500.
number
The
543.
I am
that
of the
"
(Ahih
am
ShMiR,
550.
is
very
mystic
AshR
Shamir, the
the
for Solomon's
608
Microprosopus.
of
thought
precepts, Dukes
Solomon.
golden chariots
410.
stones
the
period.
kingdom
carried
The
body of Joseph was
is said to have
had
a
guard of
Jerusalem
"
tempt
can
Abraxas,
of
contains
HjShxhN,
the
of
Directions
of
370.
Idra Rabba,
5. 537.
the
Nchsh
word.
Babylon,
rode
he
year
of Atonement.
numeration
Greek
365. Days
of
Shathan,
each
days of
365th, the Day
all these
364, and
and
life.
of
the
Satan,
name
Mshich
Messiah,
of
Serpent symbol
the
nachash,
not
number
The
3S8.
Aheie
name
Ahih).
magical
insect
asher
which
Aheie,
the
cut
Temple.
notable
number,
representing
the
Sun.
Martianus
"The
is
Sun
Capella, of the 5th century, says:
called
in Italy the
'God
Sol'; at the Nile, Serapis; at
at
Memphis, Osiris; he is also Attis; Adonis
Byblos; and
Ammon
in Libya ; also Typhon,
Pluto ; his
Mithras, and
number
608.''
is of
In
holy name
letters, which
3
Chaldee
also
+
8 +
and
means,
200
Hebrew
608
is
'*heat."
In
Greek
Y.H.S.
Tyre, TRch,
is also
608.
Cham,
Ham
or
from
an
(Chn),
U.H.S.
example
which
=400
of 608.
120
Zeus.
1 2.
words
613. The
Lord
God
of
Gematria
the
and
by
number
613 Precepts
Jewish
them
David, it is said, reduced
Habakkuk
six, and later to two.
both
IshRL
Alhi
and
Rbinu;
MshH
of
The
Moses.
to
Rabbi,
our
Israel, Ihvh
613.
delivered
Moses
live
which
holy garment
were
to
to
Faith.
by
had
law
the
600
five knots.
number
The
620.
of
Kether,
the
Ktr,
Crown,
ist
or
Sephira.
622
L^^or flight of
L Mahometans
\
632 years
reckoning
the
place
Mahomet
their
is the
a.d.
from
Shemesh,
three
646.
being
Alhim,
final Mem,
I
+3
get the
1+
sequence
relation
of
650
and
Menes,
been
has
king Yezdegird.
Sun,
ShMsh
above
the
30
600
5 +
10
placing
;
+
these
notable
we
get Sh,
or
Aleim
of
avoiding the use
neglecting the tens
40;
figures in a circle, we
of
value
the
of
tt, or
the
circle.
every
Noah,
to
is Nvch
Hebrew,
Mysteries
Ancient
water
or
plural word.
Godfrey Higgins
in
Noah,
as
of
waters.
Elohim,
circumference
to
singular and
referred
by
Bacchus.
the
of
10
and
other,
mode
is
Mem
sinking below
+
the
year
Persian
the
the
3*1415,
diameter
is both
Elohim
which
their
one
and
4,
of
numeration
30
get
we
Hegira,
of the
calendar.
and
total
The
date
from
Mecca,
foundation
letters
lire,
risingabove
sun,
is the
era
from
reckon
years,
is
640
the Christian
from
years
64.
or
Episteme
and
Science.
"
is the
666
Rasit
pet number
(Rsvt),
Wisdom
or
"
has
been
hundred
word
others.
for the
Sun.
are
the
with
It is also
It
occurs
which
400,
believe
of
associated
Godfrey Higgins, as
6 +
of Genesis
number
The
666.
60
most
as
first words
The
200
of
"
Beginning
Beast,
the
number
of
in Revelations
or
to
means
Principle:
beginning.
the
number
Satan, Mahomet,
the
insists
he
be-rasit.In
referred
the
Svrt,
of
Pope
the
xiii. 18.
Man,
and
Hebrew
122
numbers
did
months
month.
one
human
and
as
writingof
in the
were
this
Law
length
the
At
demn
number
One
Holy
Judgment,
he
man,
The
1000.
Hindoo
before
he
The
him
of
the
shall be
created
plead
serpent is Sesha
eternity.
daughter of Pharaoh,
999 who
for him.
of
forms
1000
1000
and
is the
taught
cube
of
him.
is
1000
ells;
an
If you
of
abyss
have
B.C.
1004
Ten,
of
thickness
this is
the
married^
instruments
musical
idols.
Solomon
whom
move
The
con
Ananta,
or
perfection.
Potiphar's wife tempted Joseph with
failed to
her personal charms
silver,when
earth's
the
crust
The
of Solomon's
Consecration
Tiphereth, the
the Sun, Beauty, Microprosopus, Sun-God.
Gnosis.
of the word
1263. The number
1.
The
number
127
1.
He
Gnosis,
of
Gnosis, and
The
talents
1000
of 15,000 ells.
Succah, 53.
in
secret, tell it only to One
08
Man
of
chants
symbol
if One
saved
be
there
although
looo-headed
emblem
1000.
of
Noah
long period between
life by eleven-twelfths.
of
the
generations from
human
the
by
the
as
years
was
World.
999.
him
reduce
the
of 70
such
no
could
There
974.
and
five
of
years
earliest
year
years,
perhaps the
spoke
was
but
solar
our
David
life ; there
David
told
mean
thirty days,
of
only
not
of
below
2.
1000.
Temple.
central
Stauros, the
Sephira,
cross
of
Jesus.
1322.
Rameses
1378.
kreutz,
1408.
First
II.
came
The
to
reputed
founder
Christian
Egyptian
of
year
of the
the
year
cycle
of
Sothis, B.C.;
throne
of
Rosicrucian
Rosenkreutz
Rosen-
philosophy.
founded
his
arcane
society
in Germania.
Romance
writing of the Hermetic
by C. R.
The
by the
Period, calculated
1 46 1.
Egyptian Sothic
heliacal risingof Sirius,the Dog Star, at the solstice.
Anointed
numeration
\
: meaning
1480. Christos, in Greek
date of the
The
1459.
of the Chemical
Wedding,
123
according
"
to
scientific
built,it
upon
of
The
part
priestlyastronomers
of
1484. Christian
his
body
after
1
1
6 14.
of
years
The
Fama
7 17.
Grand
120
died
of the
of
C.
the
theology
derived
was
R.
he
was
the
from
-i"
his
by
Crucis
Rosae
successors
printed.
was
founded.
was
changed
Day
over
benevolence.
and
of Freemasons
March
from
to
25
*^
January I.
Wentworth
1^65. Frater Robert
crucian
Society of Freemasons
^
closed
founded.
had
opened
Fraternitatis
Year's
Vault
the
Order
study
secret
Lodge
1252. New
of
Egypt.
secrets
Vault
1604. The
and
tant
impor-
an
foundation
Christian
Gnosis
Rosenkreutz
the
and
exhibits
the
was
which
pantheism
was
this number
Cosmos', and
of the
measure
'*
Canon
The
Little founded
of
the
in
England,
Rosi-
its present
form.
1885.
1892.
Dr. Wm.
191
This
of the
1.
Hindoo
2000.
objects
see
The
3000.
Rav
Geeek
the
proverbs.
were
forgotten.
3102.
Black
In
Age
B.C.
of
before
years
4231
will be
4291.
the
mourning
Years
After
to
their
years
through,
this
43.
is the
2.
spoke
Solomon
Moses
Kali
to
to
the
3000
precepts
3000
the
Yuga,
Brahmins.
3761
commence
Era.
dispersion, said
the
these
that
for
years.
Rabbi
Christos.
calculated
was
Christian
restored
distance
February the
began, according
Era
after
he
in
humanity
the
paces.
looked
2000
of lesous
says
3102,
432,000
telescope. Eiruvin,
number
Jewish
3761. The
was
cubits
2000
Hammunah
At
year
is to continue
which, when
at
suggestion of
2368.
became
Yuga
day's journey
made
Supreme Magus.
Supreme Magus.
of the Kali-Yuga
5013th
; this
tube
Westcott
is the
a.d.
became
Woodman
Wynn
year
had
could
earliest
Wm.
sages
Sabbath
Gamaliel
he
Dr.
Robert
Jews
land.
own
the
the
Rashi,
wars
of
Gog
and
Magog
will
cease,
the
Kiddushin
but
of
they
verses
are
in
the
usually
Pentateuch,
counted
as
says
5845.
124
The
6ooo.
2000
world
Disorder;
of
years
Messiah
before
delayed by
Sanhedrin,
should
97.
the
Law:
6000
and
years:
more
2000
his
Coming
says
the
Talmudic
been
has
treatise.
i.
Ezekiel
to
surrounded
was
in
roods
25,000
last
to
but
iniquities; so
our
Jerusalem
of
2000
come
According
25,000.
intended
was
Oblation, and
it
by
was
for
value
of
the
measuring
The
Holy
of
priests,the sons
square
this he
of
use
of
city
mystical
and
length,
the
space
called
the
Zadok.
the
3*14159,
of
And
we
the
obtain
Uranus
astronomical
and
Platonic
is
Uranus.
to
years;
Norman
period
equinoxes, or
constellations
or
years;
is the
equinoxes by
equinoxes moving
10
28
16
planets to
Virgo.
Libra
When
the
of
means
wherein
time
of
their
a
Tycho
Cassini,
the
stars
places
respect to
constant
precession. The
or
respectively; they
names
were
of
and
in
former
backwards
to
now
determined
space
to
these
Sun,
westwards,
are
in
now
given
the
the
meet
In
time
the
of the oldest
constantly earlier.
in the first
observations, the equinoxial points were
and
196
the
Greek
Sun
Aries
100
52
1781.
great Period, according
Ricciolus, 25,920
years;
time
return
the
192
Lockyer
of
96
in
Year,
25,816
48
24
12
of the ancient
order
seems
03
numbers
discovered
was
24,800
ference
circum-
to
.444444
relation
the
Jupiter, Saturn,
is missing, and
the
them
distance, in the
Brahe,
arithmetical
numbers
of
each
to
show
These
It
curious
series of
the
4
The
diameter
"
Add
to
of
Take
as
is
Law
problem
ratio
circle.
Bode's
the
tt,
stars
Pisces
sun
of
and
entered
'\
125
Aries
coincided
still
is
calling
equinox
is
first
the
changed.
entered
at
and
equinox,
do
they
now
really
now
Sign
Vernal
the
at
Sign
time
such
Precedent
Taurus.
not,
do
so
spring
of
in
Pisces
to
Aries
Sign
be
not
Aries,
:
by
confused
the
although
2160
every
the
constellation
and
Sun
at
our
Sun
years
the
Vernal
the
126
APOCALYPTIC
THE
St
2nd
Resurrection, Revelation
Death,
xx.
Witnesses,
NUMBERS.
5.
xx.
14.
xi. 3.
throne
\ SlJsticks
[before
2-Horned
number
who
hke
spoke
of the
Dragon,
Earth,
xi. 4^
xiii. 11;
his
is 666.
Woes,
Beast
ofGod
1/3 part
Blood, and
ix.
12.
Vegetation killed,viii.
of
do.
of
Fish
died, viii. 8
"
do. of Sea
7
do. of Waters
"
Beasts, full of
and
eyes
be
xx.
became
became
12.
8.
have
''
livingbeings. W.).
Horses, White, Red, Pale, Black.
of the golden altar before
Horns
God,
Angels of the Euphrates, ix. 14.
of the 4 corners
of
Angels of the Winds
Months
should
4
4
4
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
"
the
Locusts
ix. 13.
the
Earth, vii.
to
Men, ix. 5-10.
power
(livingbeings),full of eyes, iv. 8.
had
i.
hurt
127
7-eyed Lamb,
7"horned and
the 7 Spiritsof
lo-horned
Dragon
and
lo-horned
Beast
Ten
on
with
lo-horned
12
xvii. 3.
Tribes
of Israel.
12
Apostles
1 2
Gates
1 2
Angels guardmg
12
Foundations
12
Stars
of the
of the
on
sorts
12
Sea,
had 7 heads, xiii. i
which
around
42
months
the
xi.
of the
on
the
was
1 2
Walls
the
i.
of the
xii.
Woman,
i.
of Life, xxii.
Tree
Throne,
Gentiles
Jerusalem.
New
on
24
tread
2.
the
over
court
outer
of
2.
months
42
them
head
Elders
Jerusalem
of the
24
Temple,
xii. 3.
xiii. i.
of
V xxi
of Fruit
xxi. 14.
Lamb,
New
the
is
with
Dragon
lo-horned
are
which
on
Crowns,
out
rose
of beast
horns
Beast,
7 heads, xii. 3.
of sea, xiii.
with 7 heads
Beast
out
rose
which
with
Scarlet
Beast
7 heads, on
lo-horned
woman,
Scarlet
lo-horned
and
Crowns
10
Throne
the
near
God.
and
7-headed
xvii. 3.
Woman,
7-headed
7-headed
6 ;
v.
the
7-headed
Beast
to
have
Walls
of the
New
to
power
blaspheme,
144
xxi.
xiii. 5.
cubits,the height of the
Jerusalem,
17.
1260
1260
of
years,
the
years,
Souls
the
days,
days, the
''
bound
Dragon
of
two
Beast."
The
for,
Faithful
the
Witnesses
Woman
to
Tribe
chosen.
12,000
of each
12,000
furlongs,length
to
xx.
Uve
2-3.
and
in the
of the
4.
xi. 3.
prophesy,
be
reign, xx.
wilderness, xii.
sides of the
New
6.
Jerusalem,
xxi. 16.
144,000
chosen
or
100,000,000,
round
the Throne,
PRINTED
from
ten
the
thousand
v.
11.
BY
NEILL
of the
whole
AND
times
CO.,
LTD.,
ten
Tribes.
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