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PREFACE TO THEF IRSTE DITION 5

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THE TALMUDS,

T H E PYTHAGOREANS,

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OMAN S,

CHALDEANS,

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GYPTIANS

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H INDOOS,

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since this essay was written,

andtheM

SS

. pages have been lent to

many friends andstudents

O

f mystic lore and occult meanings.

It i s only

at the earnest request Of thes

e kindly crit ics that I haveconsented to

publish this volume.

The contents are necessarily Of a fragm entary character

,

and have beencollected from an immense number Of sources

;

the originalmatter has been intentionally reduced

t

o

the least possiblequantity

,

s

ast o

Obtain space for the inclusion O f the ut

m

ost amount Of ancient,

quaint and occult learning. Itis

impossiblet o

give evena

n

approximate list Of works whichhave been consulted;

direct

quotations have been acknowledged in numerous instances

,

an d(

perhaps naturally)

many a statement might have been equally well quoted fromt

h

e book Of a contemporary author,

a mediae

val monk

,

aRoman historian

,

a Greek poet,

o

r a Hindoo Adept:

t

o

give the credit to them odern author wouldn

o

t bef airt

o

the ancient sage, to refer the readert o a Sanskrit tomewould be in most cases only loss Of time and waste O

f

paper. My great difficulty has been to supply informationmystic enought o match the i deal Of the work

,

and yetnotS O esoteric as to convey truths which Adepts have stillconce

a

led .I must apologise for the barb

a

rous appear

ance Of foreign

words, but it was not found practicable to supply Sanskrit,Coptic,

Chaldee and Greek type,

s

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o be transliterated . Hebrew and Chaldee shouldO f coursebe read from ri

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htt o left,

and it was at first intendedst

o

print them in their converted form,

but the appearance Of

Hebrew in English letters reversedw

a

s

o

o grotesque;AB

NI is a representation Of the Aleph,

daleth,

nun,

yod,

Of Adonai,

but INDA would have been sheer barbarity:

in the case Of Hebrew words I have Often added the pro-n .n

u

n

c

i

a

ti

o

n .

The Secret Doctrine Of H . P. Blavatsky,

a work oferudition containing a vast

f

und Of archaic doctrine,

has

supplied me with valuable quotations.

If any readers desirea deeper insight into the analogies between numbers andideas

,

I refe

r them in additiont o the works Of Eliphaz Le

vi

,

Athanasius Kircher,

Godfrey Higgins,

Michael Maier,

andJohn Heydon I have quoted from eachO f these authorities

,

and Thomas Taylors Theoretic Arithmetic has

suppliedme with a great part Of the purely arithmetical notions Of

the Pythagoreans, the elucidationO f which was mainly dueto him.

In conclusion,

I request my readers,

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T

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this little bookha

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been longo ut Ofprint

,

and fors

1 years I have been askedt o enlarge it,

but until the present tim e s ufficient leisurehasot been

fo

und t

o

collect the additional matter which seemeddesirable.This essay

o

n Numbersn

o

wappearsasVolumeI X. Ofmy Serie s e ntitled Colle ctanea

H

erm

e

ti

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a

,

Of which it seems to form a suitable part

,

and I am hopeful that it mayb

e

a

swellr

eceived by studentso

f mystic philosophyastheprevious volumes which treated

o

f

Alchemy,

in the Her

metic Arcanum, Hermetic Art, Euphrates and AeschM

e

t

z

a

r

e

p

h

;

t

he Dream Of Scipio

andt

h

e

Golden verses Oft

h

e Pythagoreans,

thePy

m

a

n

d

e

r Of Hermes and EgyptianMagic.

I have added in this edition many noteso n the notionsO

f the Rabbis Of Israel,

both from those who contributedto the Mishnah and GemaraOf the Talmuds Of Jerusalem

and Of Babylon, andf

rom theR

abbisw

h

o made a specialstudy Of theK ab

l

ah

Only a few Talmudic treatises haveas yet appeared in the

E

n

g

l

i

s

language,

andh ardly anyKabalistic tracts

,

except three from the Zoharo

r BookO

f

Splendour,

viz.

,

the'S

i

p

hr

a

t

e

n

i

out

h

a

,

the Idra Rabbaand the Idra Suta

.

A few other

s are to be read in Germanand French translations

.

Many Talmudic and Kabalistic

quotations may, however, bef ound in J.

P.

S

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n

s

Rabbinical Literatureo f 17

4

8

;

in John Allens Modern7


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Judaism,

1 8 1

6

,

and in worksO n theK a

b

l

a

h by AdolphFranck and Christian Ginsburg

,

whileHe

rs

on

has publ

is

e

d

Hebraic lore inhs

Talmudic Miscellany,

and

Genesis according to the Talmud.

The Midrash haZ Ohar Of D.

H . Joel,

Leipzig,

1

8

49

,

narrates the relation between theKa

b

l

a

handP latonism

,

Neo-Platonism,

Greek philosophy and the Zoroastriandoctrines Of the Parsees .

Perhaps the Oldest extant Kabalistic Book is the S e

p

h

e

r

Y

e

t

z

i

r

a

h

Or BookO f Formation,

an English translation

Of which has appeared in three editions from the Author

sown pen . The fundamentalsO

f the numerical Kabalisticideas

o

n creation are laid down in that treatise;

it has alsobeen printed both in French and German

,

and there is anAmerican edition .

Upon the mathematical asp

ect Of Numbers,

readers mayconsultf or further detail the works

O

f Gauss,

D i

s

u

i

st

i

o

n

e

s

A

r

i

t

h

e

t

i

c

ae

,

1

8

0

1

; Legendre,

Th

orie des Nombres,

1

8

3

0 W. G.

O.

Smith,

Reportso n the Theory Of Numbers,

in the TransactionsO

f the British Association

,

1

8

5

9

JamesO

z ana

m

,

Mathematical Recreations,

1

7

1

0

,

translated by Hutton in1 8 1

4

S

u

a

rt

,

The Power Of Numbers;

and Barlows InvestigationsO f

the Theory Of Numbers.

For further informationo

n

Hindoo philosophy,

see The

Theosophical Glossary

Of H.

P.

Blavatsky, the worksO fT u

k

a

r

am Tatya

,

and modern translationsO

f the Vedas,

Puranas and Upanishads,

also Rama Prasad s Natures

Finer Forces.

Lamaism inT

ibet,

1 8

9

5

,

by Dr Laurence AustineWaddell

,

isa very learned work;

it contains a vast storeO

f

informationo

n the numerical occult loreO

f the Lamas and

Buddhists.

Upon Egyptian Numbers consult the works Of E

.

A.

Wallis Budge;

Flinder

s Petrie;

Sir John Gardner Wilkinsn

;

Life in Ancient Egypt,

by Adolf Erman;

and Egyptian Belief

,

by James Bonwick . Mystics will findmuchf

o

od for thought in the Y i- King,

a very curiousproducto f ancient Chinese lore

.

The Gnostic philoso

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has a deep numerical basis,

and the works Of C.

W.

Kingand G . R . S. Mead may be suitably studied

.

Many volumes Of Bijou Notes and Quer

es have been

published by S.

C.

Gould Of Manchester, and theseare full Of numeric

al ideas.

I am prepared to find that critics will declare this volumeto be an undigested collectionOf heterogeneousinformation

,

still I prefert

o

leave the data in their present form;

f

o

r

there is a scheme Of instruction running through it ,

whichwill be recognised by students Of certain schools

,

and others

will be able to finda basis for a general knowledge Ofnum bersv

i

e

d from the standpoint Of occult scie

nce.

:

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PREFA

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AF E W co

rrections have been made,

and interesting notes

have been added manyo f these have been supplied by mypupils and fellow- students Ofthe Rosicrucian S

o

ciety.

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PARTI .

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YTHAG

ORAS,

H

IS

TENETS AND H IS

FOLLOWERS

.

PYTHAGORAS,

o

ne Of the greatest philosophers Of ancientEurope,

w

a

s

h

e

s

n

OfM nes

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c

h

u

s

an engraver. Hew

a

s

born about the year5

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B

.

C

.

,

either at Samos,

an island inthen

ean Sea,

or

,

as somesy

,

at Sidon

i n P ho

enicia.

Very littleis

known Ofh searly life,

beyond the fact thathew

o

n

prizesf

o

r featsO f agil i ty at the Olympic Games.

Having attainedm anhood and feeling dissatisfied with the .

amountO f knowledget o be gained at home,h

lefth

s

native land and spent many years in travel,

visiting in turnmostO f the great centres Of Learning

.

History narratesthat his pilgr

i

mage in search Of wisdom extendedt o Egypt,

Hindostan,

Persia,

Crete and Palestine,

and that he gathered from each country fre

s

h s tores Of informatio

n,

and succeeded in becoming well acquainted with the

Esoteric Wisdom as well as

with the popular exotericknowledge Of each .He returned withh smind well stored andh

s

judgmentmatured

,

t

o

his home,

i

ntending to open there a Collegeo

f learning,

but this he foundt o be impracticable owing totheOpposition Ofi tsurblent/ruler Polycrates . F

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this design,

he migratedto

C

ro

t

o

n

a

,

a noted city in MagnaG

r

ae

c

i

a

,

which was - a colony founded by Dorianson

theSouth coastO f Italy

.

It was here that this e verfamous

Philosopher founded his College or SocietyO

f

Students

which became known all over the civilized world as thecentral assembly Of the learned

O

f Europe and here it wasin secret conclave that Pythagoras taught that occult wisdomwhich he had gathered from the Gymnosophists andBrahmins Of India

,

from the Hierophants Of Egypt,

theOracle of Delphi

,

the Ida

ean cave,

and from theK ablah

Of the Hebrew Rabbis and Chaldean Magi.

F

o

r

nearlyforty years he taught his pupils,

and exhibited his wonderfulpowers

;

but an end was put t o

his institution,

and he himself was forced to flee from the City

,

owing to ac onsi

r

a

c

y

and rebellion which arose on accountO

f a quarrelbetween the people Of

C

r

o

ton

a

and the inhabitants OfSybaris

:

he succeeded in reachingMe

t

a

p

o

ntu

m

,

where he

is said to have died about the year5

0

0 B

.

C

.

Among the ancient authors from whom we deriveou rknowledge Of the life and doctrines Of Pythagoras and hissuccessors

,

the following are notableB

.

C

.

4

5

0

.

Herodotus,

who speaks Of the mysteriesO fthe Pythagorean

s

as similar to those OfOrpheus .B

.

C

.

3

9

4

.

Archytas Of Tarentum,

w

h

o

left a fragment

upon Pythagorean Arithmetic.

B

.

C

.

3

8

O

.

T

heon Of Smyrna.

B

.

C

.

3

7

O

.

Philolaus . From three booksO f this authorit is believed that Plato compiled his bookT im m ushe was probably thefirst who committedt o writingthe doctrines Of Pythagoras .

B

.

C

.

3

2 2 .

Aristotle.

Refer to

his M etap

h

y

sc

a

,

Moralia Magna,

and Nicomachean Ethics.

N

i

co

m

a

c

hu

s

f

S

t

a

g

y

r

a

was his father.B.

C

.

2

7

6

.

Eratosthenes,

author O

f a work entitledKokkinon

o

r Cribrum,

a Sieve to separatePrime from CompositeN um bers .

B

.

C

.

4

O

.

Cicero.

Refer toh sworks DeF inibusand De naturaD

e

o

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D

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N

i

c

o

m

a

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h

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s

Of Ge

rasa Treatises On Arithmetic and Harmony.

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A

.

D .

Porphyry Of Tyre,

a great philosopher,

sometimes named in Syriac,M

e

le

k

h

0

r

King,w

a

s

the pupilo

f Longinus and Plotinus .

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D

.

J

a

m

bicu

s

wro te De my

s

e

r

ii

s

Devita P

y

t

h

a

g

o

ric

a

,

The Arithmetic Of Nicom

ac

h

u

sf Gerasa,

and The Theolog

icalP

r

o

p

er

t

i

e

sOf Numbers .

4

5

0 A

.

D

.

Pr

oclus,

in his commentaryo

n the Works

and Days

Of Hesiod, gives information concerning an views Of numbers .5

6

0

A

.

D

. Of Cil icia,

a contemporary Of

8

5

0 Constantinople has left aB i

b

i

o

t

h

e

ca Of the ideasOf the Older philosophers.

Coming down t o more recent times,

the following

authors should be consultedz

M

e

ur

s

u

s

Johannes, 1 620M

ei

b

m

i

u

s

Marcus,

1

6

5

0

;

and Kircher,

Athanasius,

1 6

6

0

.

They collected and epitomized all that was extant Of pre

viousauthor

s

oncerning the doctrinesO f the Pythagoreans. Thefirst eminentf ollower

o

f Pythagoras wasA ris

w

u

s

w

h

o

marriedT hea

n

o

,

the widow Of his master: ne

x

/

f

o

ll

o

w

e

d

Mn

e

s

r

c

hus

thes n Of Pythagoras;

and laterBu

l

a

g

oras

Tidas, andDi

o

d

o

r

u

s

theAs

e

n

di

a

n

.

Afterth

e originalschool was dispersed,

the chief i nstructors becameC

lini

a

s

and Philolaus at Heraclea T he

o

ri

d

esand Eurytus at Meta

p

o

ntum

;

and Archytas,

the sage Of Tarentum.

The school Of Pythagor

as had several peculiar characterisics

Every new member was obliged to pass a period Offi

v

e

years Of contemplation in perfect silence;

the me

mbers

held everything in common, and rejected animal food theywere believers in thed

octrine Of metempsychosis,

and wereinspired with an ardent and Implicit faith in their founderand teacher .

S

O much did the element Of faith enter intotheir training

,

that autosf

ka

H

e said it - was tot

hem complete proof. Intense fraternal affection between thepupils was also a marked featureO f the school

;

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ce their


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saying,

my friend is my other self,

ha

sbe

comea

b

-wordt

o

this day. Theteaching wasin a great measure secret,

andcertain studies and knowledge were allotted to each Class

and grade Of instruction:

merit and ability alone suffi

cedto enable anyone to pass to the higher Classes andt

o

aknowledgeO f the more recondite mysteries .

N

o

personwas permittedt o committ o writin

g

any tenet,

o

r

secretdoctrine

,

and,

SO far as is known,

n

o

pupil ever broke therule until after his death and the dispersion Ofthe school

.

We are thus entirely dependento n the scraps Ofi n

f

o

r

mation which have been handed downt

o

us fromh

s

successors,

and from his and their critics.

A considerableamount

O

f uncertainty,

therefore,

i

sinseparable from anyconsideration Of the real doctrines Of Pythagoras himself

,

but we are on surer ground when we investigate the OpinionsOf his followers .

It is recorded thath sinstructiont o his fo

llowersw

a

s

form

ulatedi

ntot w

o

great division

s

the scienceO

f

numbersand the theoryO f magnitude. Thef ormer div

ision includedtwo branches

,

arithmetic and musical harmon

y;

the latte

rwas further subdivided into the

C

onsiderationo f magnitudeat rest geometry

,

and magnitude inm

otion astronom

y.

The most striking peculiaritieso fhs

doctrines are dependent

O

n

the mathematical conceptions,

numerical ideas,

and

impersonationsu pon which his philosophyw

as

o

u

n

d

e

d

.

T

h

e

p

r

i

n

c

i

p

l

e

s

governing Number

s were supposedt

o

bethe

p

r

i

n

c

i

p

l

e

sOf all Real Existences;

and as Numbers arethe primary constituents Of Mathematical Quantities

,

and atthe same tim

e

present many analogiesto

variousr ealities,

itwas further inferred that the elements Of Numbers werethe el

e

ment

s Of Realities. TO Pythagoras himself itis

belie

ved

that the nativeso

f

Europeo w

e

the fi

rst teachingO

f

the properties Of Numbers,

Of the principles Of music,

and

Of physics;

but there

is evidence that he had visitedCentral Asi

a

,

and therehad

acquired the mathema

ticalideas which form the basis Of

h

sdoctrine. Th em odes Ofthought introduced by Pythagoras

,

and followed by hissuccessor

J

a

m

bi

cu

sand others,

became known latero

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by the ti tleso

f

the Italian school,

o

r the Dorics

h

o

o

L

The followersof

Pythag

oras delivered their knowledg

e

t

o pupils, fitted by selection and by trainingt

o

receive it,I

n

secret;

but to others by numerical and mathematicalnamesand notions

.

Hence they called forms,

numbers a point ,

the monad a line,

the dyad;

as

p

e

r

fi

c

i

esthe triad;

anda solid

,

the tetrad .Intuitive knowledge wasreferred to the Monad type.Reason and cau

s

ation Dyad type .

Imagination

(

formo r rupa)

Triad type.

Sensation of material Objects Tetrad type.Indeed

,

they c t,

plan

et,

m an

,

idea andessence to some in a way whicht o mostmoderns must

5

mystica

l in the highestdeg

ree.The numer

a

ls0

f Pythagoras,

says Porphyry,

w

h

o

lived

about3 00 A.

D

.

, were hieroglyphic symbols, by meanswhereof he explai

ned all ideas

concerning the nature Ofthings

,

a

n

d

the same method Of explaining the secrets Ofnature

i

s

onceag

ain being in sisted u po n in the n ewrevelation Of the Secret D octrine

,

by H. P. Blavatsky.

Numbers are a keyt o the ancient views Of cosm ogonyini

t

s

broad sense,

spirituallyaswellasphysically considered,

andt o the evolution Of the present human race; allsystemsOf religious m

ysticism are based upon numerals.

Thesacredness

o

f numbersbegins with the Great First Cause,

the One,

and ends

only with the nought0 r zero symbolOf the infinite and b

o

undless universe. Isis Unveiled,

v

o

l

.

ii .4

0

7

.

Tradition narrates that the students Of the Pyth

ag

orean

school, at first classedas

Exotericio r Aus

u

l

t

a

n

t

e

s

listeners,were privilegedt o rise by merit and ability to the highergrades Of Genuini

,

Perfecti,

Ma

t

h

e

m

at

i

c

i

o

r

the mo st coveted title Of Esoterici.


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6

PART I I.

P

YTHAGOREANV IEW S ON NUMBERS.

TH E foundationo f Pythagorean Mathematics was asf

ollows:

The first natural divisiono

f Numbers is into EVEN andO

D

D

,

an EVEN number beingo ne

which is divisible intotwo equal parts

,

without leaving a monad between them.

TheO DD number,

when divided into two equal parts,

leaves

the monad in the middlebetween the parts .All even numbers also

(

except the dyad two which issimply two unities

)

may be divided intot wo equal parts,

and al so in to two u ne

qual parts,

yets

that in neitherdivision will either parity be mingled with imparity

,

norimparity with parity. The binary number two cannot bedivided into two unequal parts

.

Thus1 0 divides into5

and5

, equal parts, also into3 and7

,

b

oth imparit

ies,

and into6 and4

,

both pa

rities and8divides into

4

and4

,

equals and parities,

and into5

and

3

,

both imparities .But the

O

DD number is Only divisible into uneven parts,

ando

n

e

part is also a parity and the other part an imparitythus

7

into4

and3

,

or5

and2

,

in both cases unequal,

and Odd and even .The ancients also remarked the m onad to be odd

,

andto

be thefi

rs Odd number,

because it cannot be dividedinto two equal numbers . Another reason they saw was thatthe monad

,

added to an even number,

became an odd

number,

but if evens are added to evens the result is aneven number.


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Unevenly even numbers mayb

parted intot woe

qualdivisions

,

and these parts again equally divid

ed,

but theprocess does n

o

t procee

d unt il unityi

sreached;

such

numbers are2 4 and2 8.

Odd numbersa lso are susceptibleo

f being looked uponfrom three points

o

f view,

thus: First and incomposite

;

such

are3

,

5

,

7

,

1 1

,

I

3

,

1

9

,

2

3

,

2

9

,

3

1 no other number measuresthem but unity;

they arenot composed

o

f

other numbers,

but are generated fromunity alone.

Second and comp

osite

are Indeed Odd,

but containand are composed from other numbers;

such are9

,

1

5

,

2 1

,

2

5

,

2

7

,

3

3

,

and3

9

.

These have parts which are denominatedfrom a foreign numbe

r

,

or word,

asw

ella

sproper unity,

thus9

h

a

s

a third part whic

his

;

1

5

has a third partwhich is

5

and a fifth part3

hence as containing a foreignpart

,

it is called

s

econd,

andas

containing a divisibility,

it

i

s

composite.

The Third Varietyof

o

d

d numbe

rs is more complex,

andiso f itself second and composite

,

but with referencet oanother i s first andincomposite such are

9

and25

.

Theseare divisible

,

eachof

them thati ssecond and composite,

yet have no common measure;

thus3

which di

vides the9

doesno

t divide the25

.

Od

d numbers are sortedou t into these three classes by adevice,

ca

ll

e

d

.

the

Sieveo f Eratosthenes,

which iso f too

complex a natureto

form parto

f a monograph sdiscursiveas this must be.

Even numbers have also been divided by the ancientsages into Perfect

,

Deficient and Superabundant.

Superperfect or Sup erabundant are such as

2 and

2

4Deficient are such as8 and14

.

Perfect are suchas

and2 8;

equalt o the numbe

ro

f

their parts;

as2 8 halfi s4

,

a fourthis

,

a seventh is4

,

a fourteenth parti s

,

and the twenty- eighth is I,

whichquotien

t

s added together are2 8 .In Deficient numbe

r

s,

such as14

,

the parts are surpassed


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I

9

by the whole:o

n

e

seventh is2,

a half is7

,

a fourteenthis

1

the aggregate is1 0,

or less than 14

.

In Superabundant,

a

s

2

,

the whole surpasses theagg

r

e

gateO

f

its parts thus the sixth is2

, a fourth is3 , a th

irdi s

4,

a half is6,

and a twelfthis

and the aggregateis

6

,

o

r

more than1 2.

Superperfect numbers the

y lookedo n as s imilar to Briareus,

theh

undred-handedg

iant: hs

parts wer

e too numerous thedeficient numbers resembled Cyclops

,

who had buto ne

eye whilst the perfect numbers have thetemperamento f a

middle lim

it, and are the emulators Of Virtue, a m e diumbetween excess and defect,

n

ot

the summit,

as some ancientsfalselythought.

Evil is indeed Op t o evil,

but botht o one

good .G

o

o

d,

however,

i

s opposedt

o

good

,

butt o tw

o

evils,

The Perfect num like the virtues,

few in

number ; whils

t the othertw

o

C

lasses are like the vicesnumerous,

inordinate,

and indefinite.Therei sbut

o

n

e perfect number between I and1

0

,

thati

s

;

o

n

lyo

n

e

betwe

en 1 0 and10

0

,

that is2 8;

onlyo ne

between 1 0

0 and 1

0

0

0

,

that is4

9

6

;

and be tween1

0

0

0

and only one,

thatis

1

2

8

.

Odd numbers they

called Gnom ons,

because,

being added

t

o squares, they keep the same figuresas

in Geometry:s

e

Simplicius,

liber3

.

A number which is formedby the multiplicationo

f anO d

d

and an even numbe

r tog

ether they called Hermaphrodite,

o

r

a

rr

e

n

o

th

e

l

us

In connection with these noteson parity and imparity,

definite and indefinite numbers,

i t i s to be noted that the

Old philosophers were deeply imbued with the union ofnumerical ideas with Nature in

i

t

s

ommon acceptation,

and alsot o the n atures,

essenceso

r substrata Of things .Th

e

nature of good to them was de finite,

thato

f evilindefinite

;

and the more indefinite the natureo

f the evil,

the worse it was. Goodness alo ne can defineo

r bound theindefinite. In the human soul exists a certain vesti

g

eo

f


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0

divine goodness(

Buddhi)

;

this bounds and moderates thei

n

d

e

fi

n

i

te

n

es

s

and inequalityo f its desires.

It may be demonstrated that all inequality arises from

equality, so that Obtaining, as it were, the power of a motherand a root,

s

e

pours forth with exuberant fertili

ty all sortso

f inequality;

and did space and time allow,

i t could bealso shown that all inequality may be reducedt

o

equality.

I

a

m

b

i

chu

s

in his treatiseon the'

Arithmetico

f

Nicom

a

c

h

u

s

throws another lighto n numbers;

he says some arelike friends

,

they are Am

icable numbers,

as2 84

and22

0

.

Pythagoras, being asked what a friend was, said

re

p

o

s

e

y

w

=

an ot

her I .

Now this is demonstrated to be thecase in these numbers

;

the parts of eacha

r

e

generativeo feach other

,

accordingt

o

the natureo f friendship.O

z

a

n

am

,

a French mathematician,

A

.

D

.

1

7

1 0

,

gives examples in

h

s

Mathemat

ica

l Recreationso

f such AmicableNumbers . He remarks that2 2

0

is equalt o thes

m

o

f the

aliquot partsof

2

8

4

; thus I 2

4

+

7

1

1

4

2

2

2

0

:

and2

8

4

is equalto

the sumo

f the aliquot partso

f

2

2

0

;

thus

Another such pairo

f numbers are andVery curious speculations -

a

s

o

the relation betweenNumbers and marriage

,

and the charactero

f offspringf romit

,

areto

be found scattered through the writingso f the

Philosophers.

Plato, inh

s

R

epublic,

h

a

s

a passagec oncerning a geome

tric number,

which,

divinely generated,

willbe fortunate

o

r unfortunate.N

i

c

o

m

a

chu

salso speaksO fthis samen u

m

b

e

r

,

,

a

n

d

he calls it the Nuptial Number;

andhe passes from it to state that from two good parents onlygood o

ff

springc

a

n come;

from two bad parents only bad;

and from a good and a bad parent only bad;

whence he

warns the Republic against wedlock in a confusedo r disorderly manner,

from which,

the progeny being depraved,

discord will result.

Simplicius,

in his commentaryo n thez

u

d

Booko

f Aristotle,

On the Heavens,

remarks thatPythagoras and his followers claimed to have heard theMusic

o

f

the Spheres,

t

o have heard an harmonic soundproduced by the motion

o

f the planets,

and from the sound


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1

to have calculated by numbers the ratioo f distance andsize

o

f the Sun,

Moon,

Venus a nd

Mercury.

T0 thisAristotle objected

,

but perhap s the di fficulty might be

solved:

in this sublunary spherea l

l

things aren

o

t

co

m

mensurate,

noris

everything sensiblet o every body alike.Animals can be scented

,

andtheir presenced

e

fin

i

t

e

l

y

k

n

o

w

n

,

by dogs when at great distances from them,

and when manis in

complete ignoranceo

f their existence.

Someo f theancients thought the soul had three vehicles the terrestrialbody

,

an aerial one in which itis

punished,

and an ethereal

o

n

e

, luminousan

d

celestial, in which the soul abides whenin a state ofbliss.

It may be that some one,

by purificationo

f the senses,

by hereditary magical power,

o

r by probity,

o

r by the sacred ns

f h

s

religion,

may perceive,

with a terrestrial b aside ,

things imperceptible to us,

and hear soun us still in bondage ;

or withmantle partly unfolded

,

some ,

adepto r truth- seeker may

perceive, with eye

s u praised, sights invisible to mortals,whilst yeths

ears are deafto

the sounds bey

ond us both .R

O

I why do wes

e the stars,

while yet we hearn

o

t

theirmotion

:

Why comeno

t

a

ngels from the realmso f

gloryTo visi

t

earth,

a

s

in the dayso

f

o

l

d

?

Is heaven more distantOrh a

s

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PART I I I .

TH

E

KABALAKO

N NUMBERS.

MANY nationso f antiquity made useo

f the letterso f theiralphabets as substitutes for any independent signs to typifynumerical conceptions. Iti swith the Hebrew letters asnumerals that we are chieflyconce rn

e

d

h

a

n

d t

o

a smallerextent with the Greek. Ancient records Show that the

Greeks used their numbers almost exclusivelyf

o

r

everydaypurposes while the Jewish Rabbis addedt

o their practicalvalue special peculiar purposes

,

and lookedt o

them tofurnish deeper viewso f nature

,

existence and doctrine. No

doubt can exist that the ancient Egyptians were fully awareo

f the wondrous my

steries which numbers are able t odisclose

,

s

,

considering that Greece,

and neither Judea nor

Babylon, succeeded to the empireso

f

ancient Egypt, iti

s

a curious fact how little knowledgeo f the dogmas of theHierophants of Sais

,

Memphis and Thebes Greek literaturehas transmittedt

o

us

The Jewish Rabbis discovereds

mucho f interest andimpo

r

tance behind the merely superficial valueo f numbers,

ando f words as their representatives,

that they gradually

developed a complete scienceo

f

numerical conceptionsapart from mathematics;

this took the nameo f Kab

l

a

h

o

r

Qabalah,

Cabbala,

or even Cabala,

words variously misspeltfrom

Q

BL

H

the Received doctrine,

from the rootQ

B

L

,

meaningto

Receive.

The Greeksasaforesaid didn ot

developno

r use their

letters as numbersfo

r mental conceptions,

yet in the Middle


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3

Ages we often find Greek letters usedt o transliterateHebrew sm ilarsand sthere

w

a

sform ed a bastard GreekKa

bl

a

h

o

n the Hebrew type.

I t m u s t be constantly borne in mind that all Hebrewwordso r numb

ers are read fromr

ightt o

left,

o

r the reverseo

f English words;

but in their English transliteration theyare here in English order

.

The corresponding numerals,

Greek and Hebrew letters,

ar

e here given with their English names,

and the Englishsynonymous let

t

ers

are also added .

A B G D H U o r V ZAleph Beth Gimel Daleth Heh Vau Zain

N

3 J

l

I

I

2

3

5

6

7

Alpha Beta Gamma Delta ,

J

E

p

S

i

l

o

n

Zetaa

B

y

3

Ch Th Yor

Io r J K L MHeth Teth Y

od

Kaph Lamed Mem Nunn

n

3

5

D

J

8

9

I

o

20

3

0

4

0

5

O

Eta Theta Iota Kappa Lam bda Mu Nu

1

)

9

t

K

A

p

.

v

S O P T z RSamekh Ay in P e

h

Tz add

i

ReshD

1

D

3

' '

I

6

0

7

0

8

0

9

0

2

00

Xi Omicron Pi

K

a

pp

a Sigma

6

o 11 I

2

p

0

-

01

;

Qoph

I OO

Rh

o


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Sh T NShin Final NunW n

I

3

0

0

4

00

7

0

0

T

a

u

Upsilon Ps

1

'

v

1

P T z

Final Peh FinalT z ad

d

i Dotted Aleph

1

Y N

8

0

0

9

0

0

1

0

00

Om ega Alpha dashedw

7

1

)

9

Note thatt here were no proper Greek

Lettersfo

r

6

,

9

0

,

and9

00

,

so they used special symbols ep

z

k

e

m

o

n

(

van

,

or

bau, di

gamma)

f

o

r

6

;

k

a

pp

a

f

o

r

9

0

; ands

n

p

z

'

f

o

r

9

00

5

I

1

At some periods the five finals wereno

t used for thehundreds

,

but instead Tau was written for4

00 and otherhundreds added

;

thus5

0

0 wasT

O

.

Another pointo fimportance is that the Jews never

, writeJ

H

Jah for15

,

because i t i s a De i ty .

title,

theyu s

instead9

,

6 thus TV,

tethv au.

The Kabalists usedJ

H only when they desiredto call attentiont o the Holy Name in the number.In certainK abalistic numerical computations many

Rabbis deemed it permissiblet o

add an Aleph,

o

n

e

,

andthis they called the

C

o

l

e

l

.

In some cases we find the Greeks to have used theirletters in direct order for purposeso f numeration

,

as may

be seen in some copies of veryO ld poems(

t

h

e

2

4 books ofHome

rs I liad and Odyssey,

f

or

example)

,

in which thestanzas bear the letters consecutively

,

in a similar mannerto the Hebrew letters heading the

,

portions of the 1 19

t

h

Psalm inou

r Bibles .The wordK

ab

l

ah includes the Hebrew Doctrineso fCosmogony and Theology

a

s

well as the Science of

K MFinal Kaph Final Mem

'

1

c:

5

00

6

0

0

Phi Chi < I

7

=

1

53

3

9

X

9

=

8

1

3 9

X 1

8

=

1

6

2

;

9

X

I

O

=

9

0

3

9

X I

I

=

99

3


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9

0

Santa,

Fortuna and Fides. The Sab

ines be

came mergedwith the Romans about2 66 B.

C

.

The Nine gods of the Etruscans were Juno,

Minerva,

Tinia

, Vulcan, Mars, Saturn, Hercules, Summanus andV

e

d

i

u

s

the Etruscans al so became united with the Romans .

Note in Macaula

ys poemo f Horatius,

Lars Porsenaof Clusium by then ine gods he swore

,

in5

9

6

B

.

C

.

LarsPorsena led the Etruscans

;

theyw

ere then most powerful:from the Etruscans the Romans took much of theirl

a

w

custom and superstition.

I

t

i

s

by nines that Eastern presents are given,

when theywould extend their magnifice

n

ce to the greatest degree,

asmentioned in Comte de Caylus

,

Oriental Tales . 17

4

3

.

Barretts Magus notes also9

precious stones,

9

ordersof devils

,

9

choirs of angels he

Copies from John Heydon .No

t

e in thi s connection theN und

in

a

l

s

f the Romans,

who marked the days by letters into parcels of8

days, ando

n every9

t

h day the peo

ple left their pursuits and wentto the townst o market

;

hence the jocular Latin saying,

T

r

e

s

ul

z

'

e

r

e

s

N

u

n

d

i

n

a .

:

f

a

e

z

'

aa t

.

Thesen und

i

n

a

l

s

are atype of our Dominical letters

,

ast

of s even marking outthe8 th days

.

The Romans also held a purification ceremony on male infants on the

9

t

h day of life,

hence

the

presiding goddessof

this rite was calledN

undina.

The Nones ,wereone of the setso f days compo sing each

calendar month.

The- RomanN o

v

e

n

n

a

l

i

a

was a feast inmemoryo f the dead celebrated every

g

t

h yea

r. TheNovendiale

w a

s

an occasional Roman Catholic fast toavert calamities

,

from this arose the RC

. system o fNeuvaines

.

There is a Masonic order of Nine Elected Knights,

q

in which9

roses,

9

lights and9

knocks are used .The Mahometans have

9

9

names of the deity.

SomeJews have taught that God has

9

times descended to eart

h

;

I

s

in Eden,

2n

d

at the confusiono

f tongues,

3

r

d

at thedestruction of Sodom

, 4

t

h t

o

Moses at Horeb,

5

t

h atSinai

,

6

t

h

t

o

Balaam,

7

th

t

o

Elisha,

8

t

h int he

Tabernacle,


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1

and9

th

i n t h e Te

mple at Jerusalem and that his r othcoming as the Messiah will be final

.

The ancients had a fearo

f the number Ninea nd its

multiples, especially8

1

they thought themo

f

evil presage,indicating

change and fragility.A

t the9

t

hhour Jesus the Saviour died.Nine is also the earth under evil influences.

John

Heydon in the Holy Guide,

andJ . M . Ragon, inhis

M a

c

o

n

ne

rie

Occulte,

thus associate numbers with thePlanets.

Sun 1 and4 , Moon 2 and7

, Jupiter3 , Mercury5

,

Venus6,

Saturn

8

,

Mars9

.

and the Zodiacal Sig

ns thus

1

L

e

o

ius 3

Capricornus 4

S

agittarius

5

Cancer 6s

7

Aries 8

Libra

9 Scorpio 1 0 I I Pisces 1 2 Gemini .

The First and the Second Templeso f the Jews were bothdestroyed

o n

the9

1

h day of the Jewish month Ab.

Onthe

9

t

hdayo

f

Ab modern Jewsd o not wear theT alith an dPhylacteries until evening

.

The day should be spent intears

,

and no good comes of work doneo n that day.

The Talmud in Sotch, 20 . 1 , says that a woman prefersone measure

o

f funt

o

9

of Pharisaic professional goodness .Nine persons have enteredA li

v

e into the

J

ews ParadiseEnoch

,

Elijah,

Messiah,

Eliezer the servanto

f Abraham,

Hiram ki n

g of Tyre,

Ebed Melek the Ethiop,

Jabez thesn of

J

e

hu

d

a the Prince,

B

at

h

a

daughtero f Pharaoh,

andSarah the daughter

o f

Asher. Some Rabbis add Rabbi

Y

o

s

u

a

s

n o

f Levi, but he enteredn ot at the door, butclimbed overt h

e

wall.

SeeKe

t

h

u

b

th

7

.

2

.

i

g

In the14

5

th Psalm we find9

reasonsfo

r pr

aising God}

The Great Eleusinian Mysteries were the succes

sorso

f

the Egyptian Mysterieso

f

Isis and Osiris,

an

d

were celeb

a

t

e

d at Eleusis and possibly also at Athens,

in honouro fDemetero r Ceres

;

they occupied9

days,

and werec o m


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2

t

m

e

nc

ed

o

n

the fifteenth dayo

f the third Attic month,

Boedromion,

Septem ber: they took place once in everyfive years .

i

The Lesser Mysteries were perfor

m ed inth

e

monthElaphebolion,

March,

at Agree on th e RiverI

l

y

sss

inhonour of Persephoneo r Proserpine

,

daughtero

f Ceres.

Candidates after reception becameMy

sae

:

in the GreaterMysteries they becameE

p

O

p

t

ae

. The ceremonies werecalled

T

e

l

et

a

i

,

p

e

r

f

e

c

t

i

n

g

s They remained in usef

or

1

8

00

years,

and were only ceased in the time of the Emperor

Theodosius,A

.

D

.

3 9

5

.

I

Mentiono

f

9

Worthies is found in literature;

th

ey were

3

Gentiles Hector son o f King Priam,

Alexander theGreat and Julius Caesar

3

Jews Joshua,

David and JudasMaccabeu s

3

Christians King Arthuro

f Britain,

Charle

magne and Godfrey de Bouillon .


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3

T

H

E

D

E

C

A

D

.

I

o

.

V

TR

E Decad, numberT

e

n

,

o

r PA

NTE

L

E

I

A

, which meant All complete or fully accomplished,

i

s

the grandsummit

o

f

numbers,

which once reached cannot be pass

edtoi n

g

e

a

s

thes

m we must retrograde to the Monad .

z

/

The Pythagoreans were entra

nced with its virtues andcalled it Deity

,

Heaven,

Eternity and the Sun .Ten

o

r receptacle of all numbers was

called

'

=

t

o receive, and hence Heaven,which waso

r

d

a

i

n

e

Like the Deity i t i s a Circle ,

with visible centre,

buti

t

s

Circumfere

nce toov

ast for sight.

It is the sumo

f

the unitso

f the number four as previouslymentioned

,

a holy and Deistic number,

thus 1are1 0

,

and thus ten gains splend

our fromi ts

parentage.

Also spoken o f as Eternity ,

which i s infin ite life,L

/

be

c

au

s

it contains every number in itself,

and number isinfinite.

It is also called Kosmos,

that isth

e Universe.

Proclussays: The decad

i

s

mundane also,

i t i s the world whichreceives the images

o

f

all the divine numbers,

which are supernaturally imparted to it.

It is called the fountaino f eternal nature,

because ifwe take the half ,

fivea

s

the middle number,

and addtogether the next above and the next below

,

vi

z

.

,

6

and4

,

we make1 0,

and the next two in a similar manner7

and3

are 1 0;

ands o

n 8

and2 and9

and 1 give the sameresult.

All nations reckon by the Decimal scaleo f notation,

t

o


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4

which they weren o doubt led fromt

h

e

convenienceo

f

counting the ten digitso f the hands.

It i s al so spoken o f asK

l

eia

o

a

k

o

s

that 15

,

having

custodyo

f

others,

the magazine of the other numbers,be

cause other numbers are branches from it:

also calledFate

,

which comprises all sortso f events:

Age,

Power;

Atlas,

because it supports the 1 0 sphereso f

Heaven;

Phanes;

Memory;

Urania;

and Thefirst Square,

becauseit consists

o

f the first four numbers.

Twoo ld conceits were that the Tenth waveo

f thes

a

is

always larger than others; and thatbirds laid ther

o

t

h

eggo

f a larger size than the others.

The word Ten was used by the Hebrews,

insteado

f

alarge number

,

so that care must be exercised int

r

a

ns

a

t

ing this;

thus Nehemiah interprets ten generations ofDeuteronomy xxiii

. v

.

3

t

o

mean for ever. NehemiahX

1

1

1. 1

.

The Kabalists called5

,

6

and 1

0

circular numbers,because when squared,

the result shows the same numberin the unit figure

,

thus:

5

times 5

are 25

and5

times 25

are 12

5

6

times 6 are 3

6

6 times 3

6 are 2 1 61

0

times1

0 are1 00 1 0 times 1 00 are1 000

An old periphrasis mentioned by Shakespeare is,

Ids

t my ten commandments in your face,

meaningth

e

finger nails for scratching. See2 Henry VI.

i.3

.

The Mahometanss

y

that ten animals were admittedt oParadise

.

1

.

K

ra

t

i

m

,

thed

o

g

o

f the Seven Sleepers.

2

.

Ass of Balaam.

3

. Ant of Solomon .

4

.

Whaleo f Jonah.

5

. The Calf(

not Ram)

offeredto

Jehovah by Abrahaminstead

o

f Isaac,

his sn .6

.

TheOxo f Moses .

7

. The Camel of the prophet Saleeb


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9

5

8 .

The Cuckooo f Bel

ki s.

9

.

The Ramo f Ishmael.

1

0

.

Al Borek

,

the Animal which conveyed Mahomett o

heaven.

We find 10

generations from Adam to Noah,

1

0 fromShem to Abraham. The

1

0 spiritual graceso f Christianityare Love

,

j oy,

peace,

long- suffering,

gentleness,

goodness,

faith,

prudence,

meekness,

an d temperance,

saysD r. G.Oliver

;

although where he gets1 0 generations from Adamto Noah

,

I knownot

.

Under1 0 also falls the mention of the Pythagorean Triang

le,

Tetractys,

consisting ofan equilateral triangle enclosingtenY OD S: thus the upper is the Monad

,

the second linethe Dyad

,

the third the Triad,

and the fourth the Quaternaryor Tetrad: representing the four formso

f

point,

line,

superfi

c

i

es

and solid.

A similar form is g iven by HebrewKab

alists to the deity number,

by placing in a

triangle four twoV ans

and one He hfinal

,

being the Ho

f the Tetragrammaton o

r

they may be put conversely.

Note that ten is usedasa Signo

f fellowship,

love,

peace,

and Union,

in the Masonic third token,

the uniono

f t

w

o

five pointso f Fellowship.

In the Bible we notice1 0 Commandments,

1

0 instruments

t

o which Jewish Psalms were sung, 1 0 strings in the Psaltery,

and that the Holy Ghost descended ten daysafter the Asc

e

nsion .T

u

c

e

r

,

R ab

n

u

s

and Raymond Lully associate th e numbers8

to

Air,

5

t

o Fire,

6 t

o Earth and 1

2

t

o

Water.

Apuleius states that among t he Egyptians it was

customaryt o fast 1 0d

ays before sacrificing, and Budgesays that they used a1 0- day weekThe Ten Sephiroth form the essence

o

f the HebrewdogmaticK ablah a subject which is too vast and complexto be entered upon in this volume on numerals . A mereglance at the

S

e

p

hr

o

t

i

c

emanationso

f the AbsoluteD

eityfrom the mathematical pointo f Vie w i s a ll that can be


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6

attempted;

my Introductiont o theK abl

a

h

maybe

referred to.

From the Absolute Passive Negativity

A

I

N

,

pro

ceeds

A

I

N SUFH the Limitless, and thenA IN SUFHA UR Boundless Light,

which concentrat

es in the first manifestationo

f

the Sephiroth,

which is the Crown,

K

T

R

,

K

e

th

e

r

:

fromK

e

t

h

e

r proceedsC

h

KM

H

,

C

h

och

a

h Wisdom,

an activemasculine potency

,

andB INH,

Binah,

Understanding,

apassive feminine power .

These three form the Supernal Triad.

The fourth and

fifth areC

h

S

D

, Chesed, Mercy, active and male, andG

B

V

R

H

,

G

e

b

u

r

a

h Strength,

passive and fem ale.

The s ixth Sephira i s the notable T PA

R

T

,

T i

p

h

er

e

th

Beauty,

the centrals n,

the Logos,

t

h

e ManifestedS

on :

this completes a second triangle,

the re flection of the former.

Number seveni sNTz ch Netz ach Victory,

active,

and

the eighth isH VD , Hod, Splendour, passive; the ninthisY

S

VD

,

Y

e

s

d

,

the Foundation,

completing the thirdtrinity

,

o

r triangle.M

LKT

,

M

a

lk

u

t

h the Tenth Sephira,

completes theemanations. She is the Bride of Microprosopus the Son

,

theS

u

n

,

Logos;

sheis

the Inferior Mother,

Queen,

andthe Manifested Universe.

The whole Ten are viewed as reigning over Four Worldso

r

Planes of Existence;

these are the Worlds ofAz

i

l

u

t

h

Briah,

Y

e

tz i

ra

h andAs

sa

h

Ma

l

k

u

t

h on the plane o f A

s

sa

h

aloneis

the visible tangible universe.These Ten Sephiroth are the prototypeso f everything

spiritual,

and also of every part of creation: they are tracedin the angelic host and in our universe t

h

ree superior,

and

seven succedent exist in all things; the lower seven areobvious to the uninitiated,

but in these manifestations thesupernal triadi

s

veiledt o the profan e.Some occultists phrase it thus three are su

b

ective andincomprehensible

t o

m

a

n seven are objective and compreh

e

n

s

b

e

;

thus Seven archangels are commonly named,

andwe have known onlyo f Seven great planetso f our system

.


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8

The Rabbis taught that a man should divorce

h

s

wife,

i

f

f

O

r

1

0

years she had no offspring.At funerals

,

condolences were recited by1 0 men,

and at

w

e

ddings by ten men including the bridegroom.

Ten cupsw

ere drunk at a funeral party three before supper,

three ats

upper,

and four after the m eal at the recitationo f the fourb

lessings.

Abraham was tested1 0 times 10

Miracles were performed{

I

n

Egypt to help the Childreno

f Israel,

and1

0 at the RedS

ea

. Ten plagues were made to afflict the Egyptians.

Ten

t imes the Jews offended God in the Wilderness.

Ten times did the Shekinah come down into the world.a t

the Garden of Eden at the Tower of Babel atS

odom'

i

n

Egypt,

see Exodus iii. 8 at the Red Sea,

Psalm cviii.9

o

n

Mount Sinai;

at the Temple;

in the Pillaro

f Cloud;

o

n

the Mounto f Olives,

see Zechariah xiv.

4

;

ther oth iso mitted in the original reference

,

A

v

o

th

d Rabbi Nathan,

c hap.

3

4

.

There are1 0 Hebrew wordst

o

designate Idols,

and1 0for Joy. Sodom was to be sparedf or 1 0 righteous men;G ideon took1 0 servants to destroy the Altar

o

f Baal;

Boaz.

c

hose1 0 witnessesfor his marriage with RuthJ

o

ab

s

armourw

as

borne by 1 0 young men.

Jesu

s speaks of1

0

talents,

1

0 cities,

1 0 pieces o f silver,

and gave a parableo

f

1

0

V irgins.

The Tabernacle has many1 0 dimensions.

Therea

r

e

1

0 Bible nameso f God

,

1

0

Canticles,

and1

0

necessariesf

o

r

m an s life.

Ecclus.

3

9

.

2

6

.

There were1 0 Pythagorean Virtueso

f

Initiation,

and theB

uddhists teach1 0 Param itasf Perfection.

In the A lchy

m

i

c

o

- Kabalistic tract called Aesc

h Met;z

a

r

e

p

h referredt o by Eliphaz Le

vi,

and collected from the

Z

O

h

a

r

o

f Knorr vonR os

n

r

o

t

h

and translated into English

.andf orming Volume IV. of my CollectaneaH e

rm

e

t

i

ca

,

will be found1 0 names for Gold all extracted - from theOldTestament

;

they are there related to the SephiraG

e

b

r

a

h

The Hindoo Puranas tell uso

f

the 1

0

Avatarso f theGod

Vishnu,

the Preserver of the Brahmanic Religion;

theya re periodical incarnationso

f

the God.

Firstas

the


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9

Fish,

Matsya 2.

Kurma,

the Tortoise; 3

. Varaba,

theBoar

;

4

.

N

a

r

a

s

n

g

ha

,

the Man-Lion;

5

. V

a

m

a

n

a

,

th eDwarf

;

6.

Parasu- Rama 7

. Rama Chandra;

8

. Krishna;

9

.

Buddha ; and the 1 0

t

h

Kalki, the Horse , is ye tt

o

c

ome. These Avatarsa

r

e

susceptibleo f a mystical explanationo

n

the planeo f

cosmogony it has been g iven in theGaruda Temple

o

f the OrientalOrdero f Light by FraterT

.

H.

Pattinsono

f Bradford,

a very notable mystic andoccult student.

4

In the YogaVassha

Maha Ramayana o

f Valmiki,

.

e

dited by Vihari Lala Mitra, will b e foun d an e s

sayo

n

C

m

-Tat- Sat,

ou

-

i

d

- est,

and this contains some very curiousinformationo n the1

0

numerals as relatedt

o

the mystical;

,

s

yllableO

M

o

r

A

U

M

.

Aum_manipadmehum

means literally,

Oh,

the jewelin th

y m

us,

and is takenI n

y

s

i

c

a

l

l

y

to mean the sp

arko ft

h

e

,

Divine within me,

a

sw

a

sfully explained by Blavatskyt

o

herE

SO

t

C

I

l

fl

i

C

C

T

l

O

H

o

f Theosophists.


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L

E

V

E

N .

1

L

THIS seems

t o

have been the typeo

f

a number with anevil reputation among all peoples . The Kabalistsco n

t

r

a

s

ed it with the perfectiono f the Decad,

and just as the S

e

p

hr

o

tic numberi sthe formo f all good things,

s

eleveni

s

the essenceo f all that is sinful,

harmful and imperfect;

with the Ten Sephiroth they contrasted the Eleven AverseSephiroth

,

symbols o f destruction,

violence,

defeat and

deat

h. O

n the oldest Tarot cards, the trump calledt

h

e

Tower struck by Lightning,

number XVI,

shows the TenDivine Sephiroth ono n

e

side and the Eleven Averse Sephiroth on the other side

;

modern Tarot designsa r

e

very much debased.

John Heydon says that by it we know the bodie so

f

Devils and their nature;

the Jews understand by it Lilith,

Adam

s fi

rst wife, as e

-

devil, dangerous t o

womeni

n

c

o

nfi

ne

m

en

t

s

hence'

they wr

ote o

n

t

h

e

t

va

l

l

s

A

D

M

C

h

V

H

C

hv

o

LILIT,

that i s,

Adam,

E

ve

,

ou

t

o

f doors

Lilith.

Jesus,

in Matt.

xii.

4

3

,

plainly allows the doctrine thatevil spirits may haunt fields

,

which Grotius says the Jewsthink

;

and their word Demon and Field are similar,

beingS

h

D

I

M

(

fields

)

, andS

hD

IM

(

evil deities)

; the Siddimare mentioned in Psalm cvi.

3

7

.

-

I

t

i

s

called the Nu mb

r

o

f Sins and

i

th

e

Penitent,

because it exceeds the number

O

f t

I

'

I

e

C

o

rr

m

an

d

m

en

t

s

andis less than twelve

,

which is the number of Grace andPerfection

.

But sometimes even eleven receives af avourf

rom God,

as in the caseo

f the man whow ascalled in the


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0

2

TW E LV

E

.

1

2.

THIS number has a per

f

ect an d notable character, andwa

s

highly esteemed by most nationso f antiquity.

Almostall the twelves will be foundt o be allied

,

either Obviouslyo

r in a concealed mann

er,

with the Signso f the Zodiac,

twelve sign so

r partitions of the great circleo f the heavens twelve times thirty degrees formin

g

the perfect cycleo f

3

6

0

arithmetic

al degreeso

f the circle: each signwa

s

furthersb

divided into threed

e

c

an

s

T

here are manyo

f

thelearned who believe the twelve so ns o f Jacob,

andtwelve founderso f tribes

,

are allegorical only. We maymention the Twelve Grand Pointso f Masonry

,

whichused

t

o

form a parto f the lectures in the Craft degrees.

Twelve events in the ceremonyo f initiation,

referred tot

he

sonso

f Jacob,

are given by Mackey:

1

.

To

Reuben was referred theOpeningo

f

theLo

dgeh

e

w

a

s

thefi rs

-

b

o

m

s

n

.

2

.

T

o Simeon,

the preparationo f

the land he preparedthe destructiono f the Shechemites

.

3

.

T

o

Levi,

the reporto r signal he

gave the Signal inthe attacko n the m en of Shechem

.

4

.

T

o

Judah,

the entrance of the land that tribe first

entered the promised land.

5

.

T

o Zebulun,

the prayer the prayer and blessingo

f

hisf ather fell on him in preferencet o

Issachar.

6

.

T

o Issachar,

the circumambul

ation an

indolenttribe

,

who required a leader.

7

. T

o Dan,

the advance to the Alta

r for a contrastt otheir rapid advance to idolatry

.


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3

8

.

T

o Gad,

the obligation on accounto

f

.

J

e

p

h

ha

hs

v

o

w

9

. To Asher,

the entrusting with rich Masonic blessings

resembled the Fatherso

f

their land.

1

0

.

T

o

Naphtali,

the investment and declared Free

the tribeo

f Nap

h

a

li

had a peculiar f reedom givenby Moses .

1

1

.

T

o

Joseph,

theN

E

.

com er because Ephraima nd

Manasseh(

grandsons)

represented him,

newestcomers

.

1

2

. T

o

Benjamin, the closingo

f

the Lodge

asb

eingthe lastsono

f the Patriarch.The following associations of Birds

,

Animals,

and Flowerswith heavenly bodies

h

as

the authority of the Greco - Romanmythology

G

re

e

k

.

L

a

t

i

n

.

B

i

rd

.

A

n

i

m

a

l

.

V

e

g

e

t

a

b

e

.

Pallas Minerva Owl She - goat Olive

Aphrodite Venus Dove H e-

goat MyrtleHelios Cock B ull LaurelHermes Ibis Dog HazelZeus Jupiter Eagle Hart Horse - chestnut:Demeter Ceres Sparrow Sow Apple Hephaistos Vulcan Goose

A S

S BoxAres Mars Magpie Wolf D o

g

wood

Artemis Diana Daw Hind P almHestia Vesta Heron Lion Pine Hera Juno Peacock Sheep ThornPoseidon Neptune Swan Horse Elm

The astrologers associated

colours with the twelve Signs;o

f the Zodiac,

thus

With Pisces, whiteAquarius,

blueCapricorn

,

black or brownSagittarius

,

yellowo r greenScorpio

,

brownLibra

,

blacko r crimsonVirgo

,

black and blue


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4

With Leo,

red and greenCancer

,

green and brownGemini

,

red

Aries, whiteTaurus

,

w

hte and yellow

The Zodiacal Signs are also associated with Sex,

andt

h

e

c

ontrast of Day and Night.

PiscesAquarius

CapricornSagittariusScorpioLibraVirgoLeoCancer

G

eminiTaurusAries

And,

again,

there are other characters which astrologersdeem

o f

importance,

thus

Pisces Water Fruitful

Aquarius AirCapricorn EarthSagittarius Fire Scorpio Water FruitfulLibra AirVirgo Earth BarrenLeo Fire Barren

Cancer Water FruitfulGemini Air BarrenTaurus EarthAries Fire

Lastly,

the twelve signs are allotted to the planets as theirhouses

Female NocturnalMale Diurnal

Female Noct urnalMale DiurnalFemale Noct urnalMale Di urnalFemale NocturnalMale DiurnalFemale Nocturnal

Male DiurnalFemale NocturnalMale Diurnal

Northern Common

Western FixedS

outhern CardinalEastern Com monNorthern FixedWestern CardinalSouthern CommonEas tern Fixed

Northern CardinalWestern CommonSouthern FixedEastern Cardinal


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6

The Rabbis said that at the first revelation the TrueNameo f

G

o

d

was a wordo f 1 2 letters.

Kiddushin,

7

1

.

I.

The Mishna narrates the events of the firs t1 2 hours;

Adam fell intos

n in the tenth Hour,w

a

s

judged in theeleventh,

and was casto ut of

the Garden in the twelfth;

s

he abode not evenon

e dayin his dignity. Sanhedrin,

3

8

.

2

.

Compare the Nucte

m

e

ron of Apollonius of Tyana,

given by Eliphaz Levi inhs

Rituel de la Magie,

Paris,

1

8

6 1

.

The1 2 Stoneso f the High Priests Breast- plate were

named

Sardius, Topaz, Carbuncle, Emerald, Sapphire,Diamond,

Ligure o r Jacinth Agate,

Amethyst,

Beryl,

Onyx,

and Jasper. See Hebrew Ancient Version,

Exodusxx

vm

.

The 1 2 Foundationso f the Heavenly City,

given I n

Revelations xxi.,

are,

Jasper,

Sapphire,

Chalcedony,

Sardius,

Sardonyx,

Emerald,

Topaz,

Beryl,

Chrysolite,

Amethyst,

Jacinth andC

h

r

y

s

p

h

r

a

s

s

The1 2 Hebrew Months were Abibo

r

N

izan(

MarchApril

)

,

Iyaro

r Z

if

,

Sivan,

Thammuz,

Ab,

Elul,

Tisri,

Bul,

Chisleu,

Tebeth,

Shebat,

Adar;

and the inter-calary monthVe

- Adar.The1 2 Egyptian Months were Pachon

,

Paoni,

E

p

i

p

h

,

Me

s

r

i

,

Thoth,

P

h

a

O

p

h

,

A t

h

y

r

,

Choiak,

Tobi,

Mechir,

P

h

a

m

en

o

t

h

and Pharmuthi the last beginning on March2

7

t

h

The1 2 Sonso

f Jacob were related to the1 2 Signso ft

h

e

Zodiac by the Rosicrucians in a correct order;

otherschemes o f attribution are given by Athanasius Kircherand others .

That by Sir William Drummond is Aries to Gad,

Taurus to Ephraim, Gem ini t o Benjamin, Cancer t oIssachar,

L

eo

t

o

Judah,

Virgot o Nap

h

a

li

,

Libra to Asher,

Scorpiot

o

Dan,

Sa

gittaryt o

Manasseh,

Capricorn to Zebulun,

Aquariust

o

Reuben,

and Piscesto

Simeon and Levi.The1 2 Apo

s

tles of Jesus were Simon Peter,

Andrew,

James and John the sons of Zebedee,

Philip,

Bartholomew,

Thomas,

Matthew also called Levi,

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Judas ca

lled Lebbae

us and Thaddeus,

Simont

h

e Canaanite,

and Judas Iscariot. The Venerable Bede proposedt orename the Signs with the names

o

f the apostles,

and a

sc

hemeo

f

allotmenti

so

be found in

The Sphereo f

Marcus Manilius,

by Edward Sherburne,

London,

1

6

7

5

.

See Notes and Queries,

Vol . xiv.,

Man

chester,

p. 2 1 1.

Westcotto

n the Zodiac inS

o

c

.

R

o

sReports gives

the Christian allusionst

o

the Zodiac.

In an ordinary pa

cko f Playing Cards there are1 2 CourtCards

,

but in the Tarot Pack there are also4

Cavaliers.

The Kabalists greatly esteemed the1 2

-

lettered Nameof

G

o

d

,

H

I

H

-

H

V

V

H

-

V

I

H

I

H

,

meaning fuit,

est,

c

rit,

o

r

,

Hew as

is,

will be.

m

m

W

Les s esotericw

asthe Triple Te tragrammaton,

I

H

VH

t

hrice written.

All Fratreso

f the Rosicru

cian Societyo f

England will alsobe familiar withA B BE N VR UCh H

Q

D

s

A

h

Ben-v

e

Ruach-

h

a

-

K

o

d

e

s

meaning

Father,S

o

n and Holy Spirit.

TheRo

s

c

r

u

g

a

n Society had : a scheme of distributing1

2

shadeso

f Colour among the Zodiacal Signs,

but thisi

sa secret matter;

many erroneous schemes have beenpublished .

The 1 2 Signso

f

the Zodiac are named In

Hebrew,

beginning with Aries Taleh,

Shur,

T

h

a

u

m

im

,

Sartan,

Ariah,

B

e

t

h

u

l

e

h

M

a

z

a

na

i

m

, Akrab,K

e

s

t

h

Gedi, Deli, andD

a

g

i

m

.

In Arabic;

AI Hamal,

Al Thaur,

Al Tauman,

AlSart

a

n,

AlA sa d,

Sunbul,

AlZ ubena,

Al Akrab,

Al Kaus,

Al Gedi,

Debi and Al Haut . In Chinese,

Pe

y

a

u

g

h thesheep

;

Kin nieu,

golden bull;

Shanghu

in

g

two brothers;

Kin hiai,

crab;

Sin,

lion;

Sha niu,

the house girl;

Tientc

h

n

g

h the clawso f a scorpion;

Tien Kie,

the scorpion;

Gun Ma, them an horse Mu Thien, the hill sheep; Paop

i

n

g

h precious vase;

and ShangY

u

,

t

w

o fishes.

Theo

l

d

Sanskrit Hindoo names used by astrologersa tthe present time are

;

Mesha,

R i

s

a

b

,

M

i

t

h

u

n

a

,

Ka

t

ak

a

m

,

Simha,

Kanya,

Tulam,

V

ri

s

c

h

k

a

,

Dh

a

n

us

Mak

a

r

a

,

Kumbha and M inam.

The1 2 simple letter

s o

f the He brew Alphabet have


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af

finities with the Zodiacal Signs,

but the ordero

f

relationi

s

aRos

crU

C

I

a

n private doctrine.

There were1 2 recorded Appearanceso

f Jesus afterh s

death ; to Mary Magdalene, to the Galician women, totw

o

disciples,

t

o

Peter,

to ten apostles,

to

eleven apostles,

t

o

seven apostles and others when fishing,

to

5

0

0 brethren atonce

,

t

o

James the Less,

t

o

eleven apostles,

t

o

Stephen athis martyrdom

,

t

o

Paul at hs

Conversion,

and to theapostle John .

The1 2 hours marked in a watch face can be usedt o find

the cardinal points, if the t imeis

correct, and the suni

s

visible.

Lay the watch flat and point the hour hand to the

(

J

s

n

,

and then the south will beh

alf way between that houra

nd

thefigure XII.

The author of the Hymnso

f Orpheus,

the Scholiasto

n

Hesiod,

and Porphyry state that the1

2 Labourso

f Herculesaresi

d

t

o

be emblems of the sun in its passage through the

I2 signs, and this is repeated by the Mystagogus Poeticus,

1 6

5

3

,

an

d

they have been allotted as follows - to Aries,

thequesto f the Golden Apples

o

f the Hesperides to

Taurus,

the slayingo f the Cretan Bull;

Gemini,

Hercules and histwin brother strangle the serpents

;

Cancer,

the takingo

f

the Herdso

f Geryon Leo,

the slayingo

f t h e Ne

m

aea

n

Lion;

Virgo,

the victory over the Amazon Queen;

Libra,

the deatho f theE rym anth

e

an boar ; Scorpio, the death ofthe Lerna

ean Hydra;

Sagittarius,

the s hooting of t he Stymphalian Birds

;

Capricornus,

takingo f the hind alivet

o

Mycena

e;

Aquarius,

cleaning the stables o f AugeasPisces

,

the captureo

f the horseso f Diomedes .Janus

o

f the Romans is the Godo f the1

2 months,

andis drawn with

1

2 altars beneath his feet. He is the same

as Assyrian Ain, Ion, Jan;O

N of Eastern nations(

Dunlops Vestiges,

John Heydon gives the following statementsProsperous numbers are 1 2

3

4

7 9

1

1

1

3

1

4

Very good I6 1

7

1

9

2

0

2

2

2

3

1 0

26

2

7

Indifferent 5

6

8

1 2

I

5

1

8

2

1

Very bad 24

2

5

2

8 2

9

3

0


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S

OME H INDOOUS

E

S

O

F

N

U

M

BE

R

S

.

I

N ancient India,

in the Sanscrit language,

certain wordsw

ere used as equivalent to the low numbers:

for One theys

aid Moono

r Earth:

for Two they used many words oft

hings in pairs

such as eye,

wing,

arm:

for Three they usedRama

,

fireo r guna,

for they knew of3

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