10^

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.

print

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.

Joel, Leipzig, 1849,

between
and
the Kabalah
Platonism,
the
Zoroastrian
philosophy and

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

treatise ; it has also

German, and there is an

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.

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w.

w.

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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,

early life, beyond

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

Europe ; and here it was

in secret
conclave
that Pythagoras taught that occult wisdom
which
he
had
the
and
gathered from
Gymnosophists
Brahmins
of India, from
the
Hierophants of Egypt, the
Oracle
of Delphi, the Idsean
the Kabalah
and
from
cave,
of the
Rabbis
Chaldean
and
For
Hebrew
Magi.
nearly
his wonderful
forty years he taught his pupils,and exhibited
of

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

pupil of Longinus and

wrote
Jamblicus
Pythagorica," "The
of Gerasa," and

"

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-

Pythagorean views of numbers.

of
560 A.D.
Simplicius of Cilicia, a contemporary
Justinian.V^
Photiu^
of Constantinople has left a Bibli850 A.D.
of the ideas of the older philosophers.
otheca
the
"

"

Coming
authors

down

consulted:

and

follower

first eminent

of

and

; and

at

his

master:

chief

Archytas, the sage

of Pythagoras had

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

Meursius, Johannes, 1620;

"

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

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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

Pythagoras," says Porphyry, who

'*were
hieroglyphic symbols, by
of

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

3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 19, 23,

them
but unity ; they are

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

of its parts ; thus the sixth is 2,

half is 6, and a twelfth is i ; and
than
12.

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.

because, being added

figuresas

same

in

Geometry

see

by the multiplicationof an odd

together they called Hermaphrodite,

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 Jewish Rabbis

; while
purposes
value
and
special peculiar purposes,
furnish

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

Qabalah, Cabbala, or even

from
the Received
Qblh
meaning to Receive.
"

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

right to left,or the reverse

English transliteration they

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

Circumcision," and the final

the word
letters form
or
Ihvh, suggesting
Jehovah, Yhuh
the
that
by circumcision, to
Jehovah pointed out
way,

"Mylah,'*

or

which

Again

heaven.

**

means

first six letters of

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

shyequebelu Israel torah,"

that, Israel would
beginning, God saw
The

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

possible forms, and

in order, thus, Albat, Agdat, etc. ; the
called
the
combinations
of Tziruph."
named
were
Rational, Right, Averse
must

"

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

Abrm, into Abraham,

Sarai, ShRi, into Sarah,

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

figure,Seir Anpin, representing Microprosopus.

Read
Pistorius, Ars Cabalistica,"for the effect of adding
H
Ancient
see
969 ; also Inman,
names,
5 to men's
page
Faiths," article Abraham
Doctrine," i. 578, ii. 77;
; "Secret
Gnostics."
also C. W.
The
King,

of

the

man

"

"

"

The

name

Hebrew
black

also

has

curious

Srh, princess ; Sar, flesh

Sor, hairy seir ; Srt, incision
"

Sarah

set

of

Sor,

; Sr

and

similars

gate

Srr,

in

SchR,
navel

30
and

Sacti

the

of

is

Brahma

Sara-swati, watery; Sara

refers to
Sri, Lakhsmi, Aphrodite, and all are related to
and
Water
Luna, Vach, Sophia of the Gnostics, and the
ideal Holy Ghost, all feminine.
The
becomes
248 by adding H, and Sarai
243 of Abram
for Y, and the
510 becomes
505 by taking 5 off,putting H
is unaltered, being 753;
total of the two
names
248 is the
number
of
of the members
of Microprosopus and
RchM,
rechem
or
Mercy.
Before
be
made
must
leaving this subject, a reference
the Magic Squares, of the Planets, etc. ; to each
to
planet
belongs a special unit, and secondarily other numbers.
each
Thus
the Square of Saturn
has three compartments
in each
subdivision
is a unit, i to 9, so arranged
and
way,
that

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

81, 369, 3321.

the

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

follyhas been written.

five divisions, amounting

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

sator^ arepo^ tenet^ opera^

notable, being in Coptic, PhRE,

find VHS,
Greek
we
8,
400,

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

Lethe, oblivion, ignorance.

14.

Virgin, from the purity of its nature.

Atlas, it connects,
supports, and separates all things.
Sun.
in fire.
18. Apollo.
17. The
19. Pyralios,dweller
Axis.
The
20.
21.
22.
Vesta, or the fire in the
Morpho.
the
of
earth.
^^The
centre
Reason.
23. Spermatic
24.
point within a circle," **the Central Fire Deity."
The
its Hindoo
was
lingam, an upright pillar,
symbol.
is the
The
Monad
Father
the
of numbers
being esteemed
A

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

C, for five hundred

became

Gentile

the

Numbers

"

represented in the Roman

upright simple line, but in many

5, then for ten

laid down
and

of the

of

is

one

an

Hermias,

to

the

of Odd

terrestrial deities.

and

universally the letter A,

the
the set of letters,had
In
note
Numeration,
I, II, III, nil, and then

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

signifies identity, equality, existence

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

perfect multitude, but is

parturientwith it. Of this we see an image in the Dyad of
Arithmetic, for,as Proclus observes, The dyad is the medium
between
unity and number, for unity by addition
produces
but
number
addition
than
by
more
by multiplication,
duces
prowhilst
the
whether
less than
by multiplication;
Dyad,
added
to itself or
multiplied by itself,
produces the same."
Fountain
of Symphony," and
Harmony."
4.
it attracts
like Love, and
the Monad,
5. Erato, because
Monad,"

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

passive ; the brilliant and the obscure.

kinds
of Pythagoras spoke of two
of ment.
followers
enjoylasciviousness
the
and
of
First,
indulgence
belly,

and

active

like

speak

made

because

Prometheus.

bind

who

potency,

referring
of

ledge
Know-

supposed

''

thy Belly shalt

limbless,and obliged
on

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

**

singing Eve, Eve,

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

good things of this one.

important things; first,that

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

Jewish laws, the

written

law of

Moses,

Kabalah.

is

the

Synagogue
by
accompanied

from

to
two

his house

angels,

on
one

is all in order the good

good and one bad, and if the house
a
angel confirms
blessing,but if it be in disorder the good
condemnation
to the
spoken by the
angel has to say Amen
evil angel.

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

heart, lest she 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

(a Jewish coin), but

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

all his black

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

its staff of support.

notorious
two
women

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;

Tisiphone, Alecto, Megsera.

Euphrosyne, Aglaia, Thalia,

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

389, expelled the

overthrew

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

Virgil, Eclogue 8, The

example see
of
coloured
Pharmaceutria
cord
a
priests used
3
; the
carried 3 times
round
altar.
an
strands, and an image was
diversa colore."
tibi haec primum triplici
Terna
Druids
also paid a constant
The
respect to this number
and even
their poems
noted
as
are
being composed in Triads.
here
the transcendent
It is not necessary
to enlarge upon
importance of the Christian
Trinity. In old paintings we
often see
a
Trinity of Jesus with John and Mary.

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 present ; and

"

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

incapable from bodily

Orthodox
the cuttings
Jews were
very particular about
buries
the nails ; a pious man
from
them, an orderly man
is wicked
burns
throws
them
them, but he who
; for
away

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

train of his vestment.

parts of

parts, bones, nails,brain

The

man.

and

the

father

whites

of

gives the"\
the

eyes

gives the red parts, skin, flesh,etc. : while God

gives the breath, soul, mind and senses.
Sanhedrim
could
order
three
The
as
a
punishment
degrees of Excommunication
separation for an undefined
execration
for 30
for 60 days, and
time, exclusion
days.
the

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

Jethro, his spiritinto Korah,

his body to an
and
Egyptian. Yalkut Reuben, 9. 18. 24.
Soul
of
Eve
the
The
passed to Sarah, to Hannah
of Zarepta.
Soul of
The
Shunamite, and then to the widow
Kenite.
the
Rahab
The
Soul
of Jael
passed to Heber
into the
Souls
of pious Jews pass
Some
passed to Eli.
of the Gentiles, so that they shall plead for Israel.
persons
evil Hebrew
souls have
Some
passed into animals, as that
into the she-ass
of Balaam, and
later into the
of Ishmael
The

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

breast, the liver and

of the

to

2.

There

There
due

of

brain

to

three

are

There

are

forms

injury,brain
three

brain, the lungs

or

modes
the

dropsy, depending on diseases

the kidneys.
is insensibility;
of coma,
that

disease
of

heart.

and

brain

poisoning.
death, beginning either at
Bichat, Physiologie.

the

Sign, that of Scorpio, has three emblems

;
the
the
eagle in the highest symbolism, the snake, and
scorpion in evil aspects only.
of
Astrologic Natal Figures are often erroneous
by reason
of birth
the
being incorrect : there are
alleged moment
three modes
qf Rectification,two are ancient, the Animodar
the Trutine
of Hermes
is one
of Ptolemy and
there
; and
modern
method, the Natal Epoch of W. R. Old.
Zodiacal

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

quiescence; Rajas, desire;

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

benedicpublished 3 times ; and a Bishop in tion

the sign ot the Cross
times.
3
Catholic
churches, the Angelus Bell is rung
a
day, a peaTof
heavenly
3 times
3 for the
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

warning Oyez, Oyez, Oyez,

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

nation, the Shamrock,

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

supplement to it. This book is a mystical work on

to
Symbolism
referring to Cosmogony,
Man, and to the
initial symbols are
of life. The
the Yang, male,
purposes
8 trigrams, formed
Then
follow
and
the Yin, female.
of
lines ; they are
emblematical
khien, tui, li, chan, sien^
:
and
kwan
each
kan
khan,
expressed by figuresof one
;
long
wrote

"

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

"

Mercury, Vulcan, and

Urania.
They also called
of Bacchic

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

quadruple ratio the

dis-diapason.
number.
They called it Justice,as the first evenly even
all know
of the famous
As
Hebrew
a
type of Deity, we
title Tetra-grammaton
call
or
name
we
unpronounceable
this Name
used
was
:
by the Kabalistic
Jehovah IHVH
form

Rabbis
the

the

by

to

their

hide

of

tenets

secret

Divine

the

Essence

God.

Creator

peoples of Antiquity possessed

Deity consisting of four letters,and many
all

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

Jabe, Egyptian Teut,

Sanchoniathon

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,

figures of Bodies, Pyramid-Fire,

IcosahedronWater, Cube-Earth.
of Vegetative Life, Seed-Monad
or
point; if it
length dyad-line ; in breadth
triad-superficies
;

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,

they live in.

Year, spring,

proportional one
things are assimilated
a

Ages

of

Man,

the

infant,the

senex.

are

gave

of

the

winter.

Tetractys

also

and

Intellect, Science,

power:

Epithymetic soul, and

Tetractys is of the Seasons

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

viz., Prosperity, Renown,

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

point, line, superficies and

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

1027, says the world

intellectual
of
the

and

Hyle

that

is

World,

Supreme

Goodness, Mind, Soul, Matter, and four of the

of
Sensible
Elements, Fire,
World, forming the Kosmos
and
udor, irvp, ayp, yrj,
Water; pur, aer, ge and
Air, Earth
Wisdom

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

16, xix. 13, xxvii.

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

Archangels, Michael, Gabriel, Uriel,

in the Deity name,
el, i,e, Al, of

; 4

all end

note,

Hebrews.

the

Gnostics

The

pillaredBasis

said

that

edifice

all their

rested

on

4-

Truth, Intelligence,Silence, Bathos.

the earth
formed
the 4th day, according to
Note
was
on
in the Jewish
the allegory found
Genesis," and is the 4th
;

''

spheres, say the Hindoos.

The
figure of 4, as Ragon remarks, is the upright man,
carrying the triangle or Divinity,a type of the Trinity of
in

world

chain

of

Godhead.
Hebrew

the

On

word

Magical

AGLA,

Kabalah, page 27.

and
4 elements, 4 sides of a square
qualities,cold, hot, dry, damp, 4 humours

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

Signs Aquarius, Leo,

Aquila to Scorpio is a

of

in

more

Man

Greeks

Atziluth, Briah, Yetzirah

most

those

the

to

Mark, Luke, John,

of the Man, Lion, Bull

forms

planes of development and

diaphanous and exalted, the

rather

Pison

Matthew,

Scorpio (the relation

secret).
the abstruse
dogmas of

Worlds

Four

and

virtues.

and

Euphrates, Gihon, Hiddekel

Phlegethon, Cocytus, Styx and Acheron

;
of Metaphysics ; Being, essence,
4 elements

related

angles ;

quarters of the horizon

; 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

original sin, the

did

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, /

Jacob, the Lesser

was
spelled Ioqb,

to

un-\

finish it

equal let him

my
is the home
of demons,

Jacob
epithets

descent

Pole

any

the Possessor, and

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

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1

7th century compiled

to

History

of

Ireland

from

B.C.

2242

1616.

A.D.

Magic Squares

first known

by the work of a Greek,

Emanuel
of the
i6th
Moscopulos, still existing in MSS.
Cornelius
Library of Paris.
Agrippa
century in the National
then
the Planetary Squares, which
have
been
gave
many
times
in
From
books.
matical
mathea
more
copied
subsequent
of
been
studied
in
much
point
view, they have
France
M.
Bachet
and
Frenicle, M. Poignard of
by M.
M.
de la Loubere
tion
Brussels,and de la Hire.
gives informaof Magic Squares by the Indians
of Surat.
of the use
of the cross,
To
the number
several forms
4 belong the
and
the
Maltese, Greek, Passional, St. Andrew's
Fylfot
Swastika.
Hermetic
how
the
teaches
cross"
to
philosophy
view the last as composed
of
from
a
magic square
5, giving
of which
the Fylfot takes
25
17, referring to the
squares,
is a
Elements.
There
Sun, Signs and
quaint Hebrew
association
between
the
name
IHVH,
Tetragrammaton,
the God
in his image for if Yod, ":
and
formed
man
name,
Heh,

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

guardians at the 4 cardinal

death
Kali Yuga, at Crishna's

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

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PENTAD.

THE

Nicomachean

the

From

of

knowledge

th^
1

five.
It

is

is

Extracts

doctrine

Pythagorean

in

derive

we

emin^ently spherical and

multiplication it
every

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

it is half of the Decad,

Demi-goddess,'' because
it divides
divinity. And
Didymus," because
into two
equal parts. But they called it Pallas,

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

indestructible, and is not

Cardiatis
And
Cordialis,
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

weight depresses the Beam^ an obtuse angle is formed

an
by the Depressed side and the Tongue Vertical, and
is
the
than
other.
it
do
Hence
acute
to
to
worse
angle on
sink
the authors
of injury
down
the
suffer injury, and
to
infernal
regions, but the injured rise to the gods. Since,
however,
injustice pertains to inequality, equalization is
is
which
addition
effected
traction.
suband
by
necessary

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."

Pentalpha or 5-pointed star, an endless complex set of

of Health, Hygeia ; it forms
angles,was the emblem
5 copies
It is also called the Pentagram, and
of the capitalletter A.
The

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

that, being formed

by the
considered
numbers, 5 was

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

bodily purity; abstaining

in dress ; staying at home
ing,
ornament
; refrainthen
did, from celebrating public mysteries ;

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

Allah, in Angels, in the

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

by his hearers than 10,000

tongue.
In arranging an
only 5
Horoscope some
astrologers use
planets the conjunction, the opposition,
aspects of the
and
the evil or
sextile,trine and square;
good fortune of
the person
to depend on
them.
seems
indicated
the Romans
Candles
a
display of 5 Wax
Among
that a Marriage was
being celebrated
special prayers
; and
such
also made
occasions
on
to these
were
5 deities,Jupiter,
See Rabelais, 3. 20.
Juno, Venus, Pitho, and Diana.
is
of
One
the two
main
divisions of Flowering Plants
characterised
by a predominance of the numbers
4 and
5 ;
these
of the numbers
total absence
a
plants have almost
3
understood

"

and

6 in

the

component

the

Exogens or
Monocotyledons

of

the

numbers

or

parts of their flowers.

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

boasts of great antiquity

; itresembles
number
points: five is a chief mystical
its
seal is pentangular,
on
Too
Kin

or

Saturn, Muh

Venus, and

or

Ho

in its concerns.

Its

ing
anglesare 5 characters representor
or
Jupiter,ShwuY
Mercury,
Mars.

or

In the Infernal World

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

mediaeval father of the Church.

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,

Poa, Herba, grass

; 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

spittle; its ears

hang down
; it carries
between
it keeps to the side
its legs, and
of any
path.
Yoma, 83. 2.
there
For
are
suckling mothers
are
5 things which
cucumber, melon, leeks and onions : said
injurious; garlic,
drops

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,

passions, and the 5 wounds

commemorated
ancientlyby 5 crosses
tables, and

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

Jesus 5 times foretold His passion, and gave 5 particulars

concerning it,and received 5 wounds.
Brahmins
The
speak of 5 skandhas, or attributes of men
;
ness
they are rupa^ form ; vidana, perception ; sanina^ consciousvidyana, knowledge.
; sanskaray action ; and
In China
Shangti or Thian, the God in Heaven
:
5 means
Chinese
of
the
speak
5 Blessings longevity,riches, health,
"

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

form, the only number

Soul, the distinct union

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

its parts, and

spring
production of off-

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

South, East, and

depth, and in the midst

translation; cap. i.
my

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

Cassini, a great astronomer,

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,

planets all in similar positions.

It is supposed
that
of
this period is
recurrence
one
referred
to in the
4th Eclogue of Virgil,the poem,
which,
is
of
well
has
been
as
as containingan
allusion
spoken
known,
the
to
Messiah, Jesus.
*'The
Sibyl has now
period sung by the Cumaean
arrived,
and

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

teacher, has been

sent

the world

to

every

"

first messenger

from

the

Gods

to

our

race

on

earth.

Enoch, the second, 600 years after.

Fo-hi, the third, to China in particular.

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

sixties ; the hour

The
Tartars
seconds.

into

divided

it consists

fixed

been

has

globe

similarly:

recur

360

at

minutes, each

60

period of 60 days, the

Chinese
the Asiatics
generally a period of 60
also; and
The
3600 years, the
Babylonian great period was
years.
Naros
multiplied by 6.
in all the old Annunciation
The
"Lily" which
pictures
6
Gabriel
the
flower
and
the
has
leaves,
Virgin
presents to
6
shows
three-headed
central
a
petals all alike, around
main
One
of the three
stigma, as is b^tanically correct.
divisions
into which
plants are arranged by Botanists, is
of the numbers
6, in all
typified by a predominance
3 and
parts of the flowers, 6 leaves forming a perianth,6 stamens,
and
a
3-lobed stigma with a 3- or 6-celled ovary is the
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

David, it is used at present as a

It must
not
Degree of the Royal Arch in England.
with
is the true
the Pentalpha which
Solomon's
In Christian
Churches
used
find the Hexalpha
we
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

disgracefulto a wise man

; to
oneself
for walking by day ;

things are

night

with

Air

of

the

street

talk

to

at

walk

alone

at

to

talk with

table

with

the

ragged shoes, and to be late at the house

of prayer.
Berachoth, 43. 2.
Six things lay up
also
bear
capital for hereafter, and
interest in this world
to
; hospitalitywell ordered
; comfort
the sick; prayerfulmeditation
of children
; earlyinstruction
;
Mosaic
in
charitable
the
and
of
treatment
law,
a
training

ignorant

; to

wear

Sabbat.

neighbour.
Evil
and

have

Demons

127. i.
6 characters

they die

drink, they beget and

from
pass
learn the

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

they take food

; like angels, they have
the world
to the
other,

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.

Obrimopatre, or daughter of a mighty father,

and
and
Glaucopis, shining -eyed, and
aycXcia,
afxrjTwp
and
Ametor
Ageleia, she that carries off the spoil.
affairs.
And
Fortune," for it decides mortal
in every
And
tones
Voice," for there are
seven
voice,
instrumental
because
emitted
and
human
:
by the
they are
of the Spheres.
seven
planets, and form the Music
there
Also
are
Tritogenia, because
3 parts of the Soul,
the
and
Epithymetic (desiring),
Intellectual,Irascible and
perfect virtues are produced.
Just as of the three
4 most
four
intervals, length, breadth, and
are
depth, there
in corporeal existence
boundaries
point, line, superficies
also

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

lungs, spleen and two kidneys.

The
ruling part, the head, has
use,

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.

body, interval, magnitude,

seen,

the

for

long

voice, the acute,

the

and

short

grave,
sounds.

motions;
down,
up and
behind, and circular.

seven

left,before

There

and

permanency.
inflections of the

circumflex, rough, smooth,

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.

thy opportunity,"B.C. 569.

Know
thyself,"B.C. 600.
"Suretyship is ruin,"B.C. 550.

"

2.

Eloah,

that
of

B.C.

1.

number

bad,'' B.C. 550.

"Consider
the end,'' B.C.
590.
**
Avoid
Extremes," B.C. 580.
"

"

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,

-,

steps descient, the

; the

Sun

Seven

Wonders

of the

Pyramids of Egypt.
The
hanging Gardens

World

are

thus

enumerated

Babylon, for Semiramis.

Tomb
of Mausolus, King of Caria, at Halicarnassus,
built by Artemisia, his Queen.
at
Temple of Diana
Ephesus, 552 B.C.
Ctesiphon
was

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

together are always seven

in total numeration, the 4 opposite 3, 6 opposite i, and so on.
that every
It used
to be
asserted, says John Heydon,
without
seventh
born
Male
female
coming between,
any
the King's Evil, by Word, or Touch.
can
cure
St. James iii. 1 7 gives the 7 characters
of wisdom.
Birth

After

the

decides
7 th hour
cord
falls off, in

live,in 7 days the

follow

light,thrice

teeth, twice 7 months

talk, after 4 times 7
After

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

metals, stones, and

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.

(Macrobius, Saturnalia, i. 18) said

the Sun
and
the first
(the Gnostic
Deity) was
the 7 Concentric
the planetary set, hence
spheres.
Minerals
and
Animals
the 7
to
assigns these

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

Ship with seven

possiblyfrom an

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

Virgo, as the 6th Zodiacal

Sign \ they are
heat ; Inanasakti, intellect ; Itchasakti, cause
of light and
of
of
Kriyasakti, energy
will;
voluntary movements;
Kundalini

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

sakti, the power

and

speech ; these are

Light of the Logos.
an
incomplete set,
5, are
of perception,as appears
*'

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;

vibration, music, words

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.

Earth, symbolised by Malkuth

is on
the
of a series,and
seventh

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

separated by adepts; these are

Ruach
and
Neshamah,
Nephesh, which
correspond
the
worlds
of
symbolical
Atziluth, Briah, Yetzirah
are

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

Pleiades, six present and

daughters of Atlas, who, pursued

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

Egyptians are : Saturn,

of
life;
Jupiter, Picheus, God
Rephan,
;
God
of destruction; Sol, Phre
Pire,
Moloch,
Mars,
or
Lord
love ;
Venus,
Suroth, lady of
meaning
Holy
;
of speech ; and Luna,
Mercury, Hermes, Hermanubis, God
Piooh, lady of the waters.
of Death, and
their days of
In
China
7 is the number
is the name
Star Plank
mourning are 7 times 7 : the Seven
of the bottom
plank of a cofifin in which
they bore 7 holes.
Hindoos
The
speak of 7 Tat was, the abstract principles
of existence, metaphysical and
physical,the subtle elements
the corresponding human
and
of which
only five are
senses,
five exoteric, Akasa,
So there
are
Vayu,
yet developed.
Tejas, Apas and Prithwi ; the first two esoteric yet unknown
Ani
and
first name
The
One,
are
means
Anupadaka.
is a name
and
of Brahma;
the latter
Unity, the Atom,
The
first five are
referred
means
parentless,self-existent.
and
Earth
and
to
to
primeval Aether, Air, Fire, Water
:
is
and
Air
note
Smell;
Sight, Taste
Hearing, Touch,
God

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

Ahijah the Shilonite, and

Jacob, Amram,
him, and Elijah is still alive until to-day.

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

alive,but after death

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

prophesied for Israel, there were

7
prophets, Beor, Balaam, Job^ Eliphaz, Bildad, Zohar,

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

days. Compare this

Linga Sarira broods

good qualitiesavail
wisdom, righteousness, good opinions,
Seven
and
epithetsare applied
peace.

truth, grace,

Sambatyon

it is said that the Soul

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

7-fold gift; 7 Lamps

of God.

Aries

declared

part in the Ordination

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

the life of the

officers of

King

Kurush

who

tell

King's son : they exist in Greek,

in English are called The
Book

Syriac,Hebrew, Persian, and

of Sindibad, edited by Clouston.
The
Coptic Gnostics
represented the Jehovah of the
Hebrews
of the 7 vowels, without
by a curious arrangement
Iehooua
consonant
a
(the h is the Greek
eta, long
; thus
the first O is the Greek
e ; and
long O, omega).
In the Zoroastrian
theology we read of the highest beings
the 7 Amshaspands
of life ; Bahman,
the
source
; Ormuzd,
king of this world ; Ardibehest, fire producer ; Shahrivar, the
of metals;
former
of the
earth
Spandarmat, queen
(the
Gnostic

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

only evenly even

thought it an
**all things are

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,

Axe, or Prince of Libanus, the Noachites, and

Ark
is a subsidiaryorder to the
Mariners, which

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

Naxos, that their children

it is usual
for
should
in the 8th month
live,whereas
born
in either the 7th or the 9th
to die,although those

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

9th in the Temple

coming as the Messiah

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.

multiples,especially81 ; they thought

indicatingchange and fragility.
At

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

Mysteries of Isis and

Eleusis
and possibly also
Ceres ; they occupied
or

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

Deity, Heaven, Eternity and the Sun.

being the recipientor receptacle of all

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 +

splendour from its parentage.

is infinite
Eternity," which
itself,and

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,

below, viz.,6 and

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

by Shakespeare is, "Td

the
face," meaning
your
Henry VI. i. 3.
animals

were

admitted

Paradise.
1.

Kratim, the dog of the Seven

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

sign of fellowship,love, peace,

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

point, line, superficies

similar
is given by Hebrew
form
the deity number,
by placing in a

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-

in the first manifestation

of
concentrates
Light, which
is the
the
from
Crown, Ktr, Kether:
Sephiroth, which
Kether
active
Wisdom,
Chochmah,
an
proceeds ChKMH,
masculine
Binh,
Binah, Understanding, a
potency, and
passive feminine
power.
the Supernal Triad.
The
three
form
fourth
These
and
fifth are
ChsD,
Chesed, Mercy, active and
male, and
Gbvrh, Geburah, Strength, passive and female.
sixth
The
Tpart,
Sephira is the notable
Tiphereth,
Son
:
Beauty, the central sun, the Logos, the Manifested
second
this completes a
reflection
the
of
the
triangle,
former.
Number

is

Nxzch, Netzach, Victory, active, and

the
Hod,
Splendour, passive; the ninth
eighth is Hvd,
is YsvD,
Yesod, the Foundation,
completing the third
seven

or
triangle.
trinity,
Malkuth,
Mlkt,

emanations.

She

the

Sun,

the

Manifested
The

Logos;

Briah,

Yetzirah

Assiah

alone

and
spiritual,

Sephira, completes the

Bride
of Microprosopus
the
Son,
the Inferior
Mother, Queen, and

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

they are traced

three superior,and
:

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

help the Children

made
plagues were
God
Jews offended

;
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

original reference^ Avoth

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.''

Jesus, in Matt. xii. 43, plainly allows the

Grotius
haunt
evil spiritsmay
fields,which
think

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

great circle of the

the

decans.

three

founders

mention

sons

into
who

twelve

allied,either

the

with

character, and
antiquity. Almost

thirty degrees forming the

degrees of the circle : each

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.

Asher, the entrusting ; with rich Masonic

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

Leo, red and green

Cancer, green and brown
Gemini, red
Aries, white

,,

"

"

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

dignity. Sanhedrin, 38.

of

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

Heavenly City, given in

xxi.,are,
Jasper,Sapphire, Chalcedony, Sardius,
Emerald,
Topaz, Beryl, Chrysolite, Amethyst,
Chrysophrasus.
of

Hebrew

12

April),lyar

Months

Abib

were

Zif, Sivan, Thammuz,

Chisleu, Tebeth, Shebat, Adar ; and

Nizan

or

Ab,

or

(March-

Elul, Tisri, Bui,

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

Cards, but in the Tarot

Kabalists

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,

Taleh, Shur, Thaumim,

Sartan, Ariah,
Akrab,
Bethuleh,
Mazanaim,
Kesith, Gedi, Deli, and
Al Thaur,
Al
In Arabic
Al Tauman,
Dagim.
; Al Hamal,
Sartan, Al Asad, Sunbul, Al Zubena, Al Akrab, Al Kaus,
and
Al Gedi, Debi
Al Haut.
In Chinese, Pe yaugh, the
;

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,"

signs,and this is repeated by

1653, and they have been allotted as follows : to Aries, the
Apples of the Hesperides ; to Taurus,
quest of the Golden
Bull ; Gemini,
Hercules
the slaying of the Cretan
his
and
twin
brother
strangle the serpents ; Cancer, the taking of
the
Herds
of Geryon;
Leo, the slaying of the Nemaean
Lion ; Virgo, the victory over
the Amazon
Queen ; Libra,
the death
boar ; Scorpio, the death
of the
of
Erymanthean
Lernaean
the
Sagittarius, the
Hydra;
shooting of the
alive
Stymphalian Birds ; Capricornus, taking of the hind
of
to
Aquarius, cleaning the stables
Augeas;
Mycenae;
12

"

Pisces, the capture of the horses

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

Assyrian Ain, Ion, Jan;

(Dunlop^s
Vestiges,''31).
John Heydon
:
gives the following statements
are
2
i
Prosperous numbers
4
7
9111314
3
16
22
20
10
Very good
17
23
19
Indifferent
6
812151821
5
Very bad
24
25 28
29
30
On

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

fast for the

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

body of Osiris was

the 14th day of the

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

marrying before 20 may

until forty,and
after forty
at 20
die after 20 days*^
To
Bathra, 119. 2.

Bava

die

The

menses.

2, says

when

transgression. A
children
to sixty;
up
none.

21.

29.

and

18

The

seventy-six years, was

Meto.
correct
John

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

30 years old when

the price Judas

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

days keeps off the

Jesus began his ministry ;

once

of

years

30

was

of silver
31.

30

when

period

about

of

country

of

Astronomy

says the period of the Moon's

six hours
and
forty minutes.

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

lasted, for 40 days the spies

days the Flood
searched
the promised land, for 40 days Goliath
challenged
Israel, 40 days of EzekieFs
penitence, the Jews were
40
ing
embalmbefore
the
of
in
Wilderness, 40 days
waiting
years
L
for
Genesis
the
dead.
days the woman's
40
3 ;
purification lasted after childbirth ; for 40 days Moses
fasted
twice; for 40 days Elijah fasted, and for 40 days
Jesus fasted in the Wilderness, and 40 days elapsed between
Ascension
Moses
of Jesus.
and
the Resurrection
was
40
in
in
Wilderness.
and
in
the
Midian,
Egypt, 40
40
years
For

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

eheieh, Al, Jah, Jehovah, Elohim, Jehovah Sabaoth,

El
and
Ahih
Chai
Adonai.
AshR
Ihvih;
Ih;
Ahih;
Ihvh
Al
Al;
Alhim;
Tzbavt;
Chi; Adni, or 4, 3, 4,
asher

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

64. Aletheia, truth.

number

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

private assembly : the

IiN, Yayin, wine, also

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

Kabalists; there is an important set

placed in pairs,forms a series of 36
MSS.) ;
(see Dr. Rudd, the Lemegeton, Harleian
of Chesed
the number
(ChsD) the Sephira, Mercy.
is said that Ptolemy, King of Egypt, collected
72

xiv. 19, 20, 21, by the

of 72 pentacles which,
talismans
it is also
It

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,

foundation, 9th Sephira.

80 pupils.
had
Book
of Rites
of Chao
Kung,

Yesod,

Hillel

Rabbi
the

According to
Emperor
112, an

81.
B.C.

of

venerable

The

entrance

Temple.
number

The

Pillar at the

brazen

Boaz, the left-hand

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

of 130 permutations; ten by thirteen.

of
number
The
Maria, the Greek

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

lasted 271, 272 or 273

pregnancy
of
natural
days the term
pregnancy,

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

300 sorts of devils in Sichin.

Veil of the Temple
required 300
it.
and
300 to cleanse

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

year, Negative Jewish

Streets in the City of Rome.

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.

eleven, and Isaiah to

One, viz.. The
just shall
to

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

613 also refers

fringes,eight threads

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,

651 Teletai, the Greek

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

for all the

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.;

in this year, B.C.

the birth of Christian

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

says the Talmud.

number
5888. The

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

gives 24,450 years.

by the revolution

now

determined

space
to

these

Sun,

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,

The
planet corresponding to 28
be
replaced by the asteroids.

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
"

do. of Sun, Moon,

Stars, viii.
bitter,viii. 11
3^^ days. Bodies lay unburied, xxi. 9.
"

quarters of the Earth,

Beasts, full of

and

eyes

be

xx.

became
became

12.

8.

have

wings, iv. 6-9 (" Beasts

''

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

Wings of the Beasts

Churches, i. 20.
Candlesticks, i. 20.
Represent the 7 Churches.
Stars, i. 20; ii. i.
Represent 7 angels of the Churches.
Angels of the Churches, i. 20.
the Throne, iv. 5.
Lamps stand near
Seals, V. 5, opened by the Lamb, produce 4 horses, etc.
Given
to 7 Angels.
Trumpets, viii. 2.
their voices, x. 3.
Thunders
utter
Plagues held by 7 Angels, xv. i.
Vials of Wrath, xv.
7.
Spiritsof God, v. 6.

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

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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

seats, iv. 4-10.

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.

666, the number

1000
1000

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.

thousand

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