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Numbers, Their Occult Power and

Mystic Virtues

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Numbers, Their

Occult Power andMystic Virtues

by &" &ynn &estcott

[1911]

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This is a review of number lore by W. Wynn Westcott, an esoteric author of

the 19th century. Westcott includes information on the Pythagoreans and the

Kabbalah. The main portion of this book includes a series of chapters dealing

with everylarger numbers, starting with the !monad,! 1. Westcott had a grasp

a wide range of occult correspondences, and this short book includes many

rare snippets of information.

Title Page

'ontentsPre.ace to the First /dition, 0!1

Pre.ace to the (econd /dition, !12

Part *" Pythagoras, his Tenets and his Followers

Part **" Pythagorean Views on Numbers

Part ***" The 3abalah On Numbers

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Part IV. The Individual Numerals

The Monad" "

The 4yad" 2"

The Triad" 5"Three and 6 7al., 58

The Tetrad" 9"

The Pentad" :

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abundance, being eptos, +"oly,+ +divine,+ and +motherless,+ and a+2irgin.+

3rom 4icomachus we learn that it was called +5inerva,+ being unmarried

and virginal, begotten neither by a mother, i.e., even number, nor from afather, i.e., odd number6 but proceeding from the summit of the 3ather of all

things, the 5onad7 even as 5inerva sprang all armed from the 3orehead of

8ove or eus.

"ence also 0brimopatr:, or daughter of a mighty father, and laucopis,shiningeyed, and ;?@ and ;ABCBD;, $metor and $geleia, she that carries

off the spoil.

$nd +3ortune,+ for it decides mortal affairs.

$nd +2oice,+ for there are seven tones in every voice, human andinstrumental6 because they are emitted by the seven planets, and form the

5usic of the pheres.

$lso Tritogenia, because there are E parts of the oul, the Fntellectual,Frascible and #pithymetic -desiring, and G most perfect virtues are produced.

8ust as of the three intervals, length, breadth, and depth, there are four

boundaries in corporeal e)istenceHpoint, line, superficies and solid.

Ft is called +$gelia,+ from $gelai, herds, as groups of stars were called by the/abylonian sages, over which herds ruled & angels.

$lso Phylakikos, IJC;DLM N preserving, +guardian,+ because the evenPlanets direct and guide our universe.

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$lso Ogis, from Pallas $thene, or 5inerva, the bearer of the breastplate or

gis, also Telesphoros, leading to the end, because the &th month is prolific7

and 8udgment, because their Physicians looked for a crisis on the &th day inmany diseases.

$mong other curious problems and speculations, the Pythagorean

philosophers attempted to prove that offspring born at the full term, 9months, or at & months, were viable, i.e., might be reared, but not those born

at Q months, because Q consists of two odd numbers -male only R and E7 but in

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9 and &, male and female numbers are united, as R S G N 9 and G S E N &, whilsteight can only be divided into two odd or two evens, i.e., similar se)ed

numbers.

Fn respect to life and its divisions, they remarked the ages are measured by thenumber &.

Fn the first & years the teeth are erupted.

second & years comes on ability to emit prolific seed.

third & years, the growth of the beard as manhood.

fourth & years, strength reaches its ma)imum.

fifth & years is the season for marriage.

si)th & years, the height of intelligence arrives.

seventh & years, the maturity of reason.

eighth & years, perfection of both.

ninth & years, euity and mildness, passions become gentle.

tenth & years, the end of desirable life.

olon the $thenian Uawgiver, and "ippocrates the physician, also used this &

year division of life.

The Pleiades, a group of seven stars in the constellation Taurus, was thought

of mighty power over earthly destiny7 there were seven also of the "yades,daughters of $tlas7 and the seven stars which guided the sailors. Vrsa 5aor,

in which the "indoos locate the apta Xishi, seven sages of primitive wisdom,

are a group of the first importance and are easily recognised.

%uncan, in his +$stroTheology,+ gives & stages of life with

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associated planets7 thus, Fnfancy, 5oon, Uuna7 Yhildhood, 5ercury,Knowledge7 Zouth, 2enus, Uove7 5anhood, ol7 3ull trength, 5ars7

5aturity of 8udgment, 8upiter7 and 0ld $ge, aturn.

ome philosophers have said that our souls have & foci in the material body,vi[., the five senses, the voice, and the generative power.

The body has seven obvious parts, the head, chest, abdomen, two legs and two

arms.

There are seven internal organs, stomach, liver, heart, lungs, spleen and twokidneys.

The ruling part, the head, has seven parts for e)ternal use, two eyes, two ears,

two nostrils and a mouth.

There are seven things seen, body, interval, magnitude, colour, motion andpermanency.

There are seven inflections of the voice, the acute, grave, circumfle), rough,

smooth, the long and the short sounds.

The hand makes seven motions7 up and down, to the right and left, before andbehind, and circular.

There are seven evacuations7Htears from the eyes, mucus of the nostrils, the

saliva, the semen, two e)cretions and the perspiration.

5odern medical knowledge corroborates the ancient dictum that in theseventh month the human offspring becomes viable.

5enstruation tends to occur in series of four times seven days, and is certainly

related to Uuna in an occult manner.

The lyre has & strings, corresponding to the planets.

There are & vowels in #nglish and some other tongues.

Theon of myrna also notices that an average length of an adult!s intestine is

*Q feet, four times seven, and *Q also is a perfect number.

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The number & is also associated with 2oice and ound, with Ylio the 5use7with 0siris the #gyptian deity7 with 4emesis, 3ate,H$drastia, not to be

escaped from7 and with 5ars.

$s to the sacredness of the number &, note among the "ebrews, oaths wereconfirmed by seven witnesses7 or by

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seven victims offered in sacrifice7 as see the covenant between $braham and

$bimelech with seven lambs, enesis, chap. ))i. vv. *Q, *1\*Q7 the "ebrewword seven, also h / 0 ", is derived from, or is a similar to h / 0, to swear.

Ylean beasts were admitted into the ark by sevens, whilst the unclean only in

pairs.

The oths had & %eities from whom come our names of week days7 un,5oon, Tuisco, Wotan, Thor, 3riga, eatur, corresponding, of course, to the

planets.

$pollo, the un od, had a reek title #bdomaios, sevenfold.

The Persian 5ithras, a un od, had the number & sacred to him.

4ote the 5ysterious Kadosh Uadder of & steps ascent and & steps descent, the

one side 0heb #loah, Uove of od7 the other 0heb Kerobo, love of the

neighbour.

Plato, in his +Timus,+ teaches that from the number seven was generatedthe oul of the World,Anima Mundana-$dam Kadmon.

The seven wise men of reece were6

/ias who said, +5ost men are bad,+ /.Y. RR].

Yhilo ^ +Yonsider the end,+ /.Y. R9].

Yleob_los ^ +$void #)tremes,+ /.Y. RQ].

Periander +4othing is impossible to perseverance,+ /.Y. ]].

Pittcus ^ +Know thy opportunity,+ /.Y. R`9.

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olon ^ +Know thyself,+ /.Y. `]].

Thles ^ +uretyship is ruin,+ /.Y. RR].

The even Wonders of the World are thus enumerated6

1. Pyramids of #gypt.

*. The hanging ardens of /abylon, for emiramis.

E. Tomb of 5auslus, King of Yaria, at "alicarnassus, built by $rtemisia, hisueen.

G. Temple of %iana at #phesus, RR* /.Y. Ytesiphon was the chief architect.

R. Yolossus of Xhodes, an image of the sun god, $pollo, of brass, *9] /.Y.

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`. tatue of eus, at $thens, by Phidias.

&. Pharos of #gypt, built by Ptolemy Philadelphus, of white marble, *QE /.Y.7or the Palace of Yyrus which is sometimes substituted.

anskrit lore has very freuent reference to this number6 note6H

apta Xishi, seven sages7 apta Kula, & castes7 apta Uoka, seven worlds7apta Para, & cities7 apta %wipa, seven holy islands7 apta $rania, & deserts7

apta Parna, & human principles7 apta amudra, seven holy seas7 apta

2ruksha, & holy trees.

The $ssyrian Tablets also teem with groups of sevensH& gods of sky7 & gods ofearth7 & gods of fiery spheres6 seven gods maleficent7 seven phantoms7 spirits

of! seven heavens7 spirits of seven earths.

The Yhaldean notion seems to have been that & was a holy number whichbecame nefast under certain conditions. The opposite sides of a die added

together are always seven in total numeration, the G opposite E, ` opposite 1,

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Ft used to be asserted, says 8ohn "eydon, that every seventh 5ale bornwithout any female coming between, can cure the King!s #vil, by Word, or

Touch.

t. 8ames iii. 1& gives the & characters of wisdom.

$fter /irth the &th hour decides whether the child will live, in & days the cordfalls off, in twice & days the eyes follow a light, thrice & days turns the head, &

months gets teeth, twice & months sits firmly, thrice & months begins to talk,

after G times & months walks strongly.

$fter & years, teeth of second set appear.

$fter 1G years is the arrival of generative power. $fter *i the hair of 5anhood

is completed.

$fter *Q we cease to grow, at ER is greatest strength, at G9 is the greatestdiscretion, and &] is the natural end of Uife.

The 5oon passes through stages of & days in increase, full, decrease, and

renewal.

4aaman was ordered by #lisha -an $dept to take seven dips in 8ordan, tocleanse himself from Ueprosy.

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The olden Yandlestick of even /ranches was a notable emblematic

ornament of the Tabernacle of 5oses, #)odus ))v. E1.

4ote the seven years for Xepentance7 & churches of $sia -or $ssiah, & $ngels

with Trumpets, & candlesticks of the "oly Places, & seals, & trumpets, & kings,

& thousands slain, & vials of wrath to be poured out, pace the $pocalypse. &members make a 3reemasons! lodge perfect, although R may hold one.

3rancis /arrett, in his +5agus,+ catalogues & /irds, 3ishes, $nimals, metals,

stones, and members of the body.

Ft has been said there are seven apertures of the skull to correspond with theplanets.

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There are even %egrees in the 0riental 0rder of ikha and the at /hai -&/rothers7 but F have doubts of the /rahmanic authenticity of the present

0rder of the name, which was introduced by 8. ". Uawrence $rcher.

3rom the relative length of their courses the ancients constructed a PlanetaryUadder, with 2owel ymbols, thus6

5oon 5erc. 2enus un 5ars 8upit. aturn

a e ee i o u oo

These symbols were used in mystical knowledge, $s an Fnscription at theTemple of $pollo at %elphi shows, where # F meant the un and its nearestPlanet, i.e., un and 5ercury7 and 5ercury was often represented as a %og,

following a un 5an.

The 0racle of Ylaros -5acrobius, aturnalia, 1. 1Q said that -thenostic %eity was the un and the first and last of the planetary set, hence

the & Yoncentric spheres.

%uncan assigns these 5inerals and $nimals to the & "eavenly /odies known

to the ancient world.

5oon, /ull, ilver

5ercury, erpent, uicksilver

2enus, %ove, Yopper

un, Uion, old

5ars, Wolf, Fron

8upiter, #agle, Pewter

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4ote also the number of & pipes in the 5usical instrument at the mouth of theold deity Pan, the reat Whole, a un od -not the later Xural Pan.

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$n ancient symbol of the universe was a hip with seven pilots, in the centreof the ship, a Uion7 possibly from an idea that the un first rose in Ueo.

4ote $ries supplanted Taurus, as the constellation in which the sun rises at the

2ernal euino)7 Taurus was the sign at the early fabulous periods of the earth

Hit was displaced about E]] /.Y. The sign becomes changed every *1R] yearsby the precession of the euino)es6 Pisces has now followed $ries7 but the un

is still said to enter the sign $ries at the 2ernal #uino) about 5arch *1st. Fts

actual position in 5arch 19]] was near omegaPisces.

T. ubba Xow describes the even Primary 3orces of 4ature as si) powersresumed in a seventh. These are called akti -5ahamaya and are related to

Kanya, i.e., 2irgo, as the `th odiacal ign7 they are Parasakti, force of lightand heat7 Fnanasakti, intellect7 Ftchasakti, cause of voluntary movements7

Kriyasakti, energy of will7 Kundalini sakti, the life force shown in attraction

and repulsion, positive and negative7 5antrika sakti, the power of sounds,vibration, music, words and speech7 these are summari[ed in %aivi prakriti N

the Uight of the Uogos.

0ur physical senses known as R, are an incomplete set, there are indeed &forms or modes of perception, as appears in the highest developments of the

+Yhabrat [ereh aur bokher,+ and as described in the oldest anskrit occult

science of the Vpanishads6Hsmell, taste, sight, touch, hearingHand th,5ental perception, with &th, spiritual understanding6 the two latter were not

dwarfed and materiali[ed into noticeable organs in this fifth Xace of beings, to

which 5an now belongs. 3or a fuller e)planation see the +ecret %octrine+ of". P. /lavatsky. The $rchaic scheme recogni[ed even tates of 5atter7H

homogeneous, aeriform, nebulous or curdlike, atomic, germinal fiery

elemental, fourfold vapoury, and lastly that which is cold and dependent on avivifying un for light and heat.

0ur #arth, symbolised by 5$UKVT"of the Kabalah, is the seventh of a series,

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generated by 8esod, the foundation the i)th World, and after completepurification will in the &th Xace of the &th Yycle become reunited to the

piritual Uogos and in the end to the $bsolute. 0ur earth has been already

thrice changed, and each cycle sees seven kings -as of #dom. There wereeven Kings of #dom, enesis, )))vi. v. E17 the Kabalists consider these as

types of primordial worlds which failed to survive their creation. even is the

key to the 5osaic creation, as to the symbols of every religion. There areeven Planes of being, the upper three are subective and unknowable to

mankind, the lower four are obective and may be contemplated by man as

metaphysical abstractions6 so there are the seven Principles in 5an, and theupper triad are parted from the lower group of four at dissolution.

The even Principles constituting man are variously named by the #soteric

/uddhism, by the 2edantic scheme, and by other philosophies, but they

correspond in idea7 first from above come $tma, a ray from the $bsolute7/uddhi, spiritual soul7 and 5anas, human soul7 these are the superior triad,

which separates at human death from the lower tetrad of principles. Thelower four are Kama rupa, the passions7 Uinga arira, tile astral body7 Prana,

life essence7 and thula arira, the lower body7 see the dogmas of #soteric

/uddhism.

The Kabalah divides these into four planes of the oul, which are further

separated by adepts7 these are Yhiah, 4eshamah, Xuach and 4ephesh, which

correspond to the symbolical worlds of $t[iluth, /riah, Zet[irah and $ssiah.

There is an occult reference in the even stars in the head of Taurus called the

Pleiades, si) present and one hiddenHsaid to be daughters of $tlas, who,

pursued by 0rion, were changed by eus in mercy into pigeons -peleia. Themissing one is 5erope, who married the mortal isyphus, and hides herself

for shame.

even was the number of the Xabbis who left the +reater "oly $ssembly+7ten had formed it, three had

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passed away from the +od,+ 2%, mystery. ee +The reater+ and +Uesser

"oly $ssembly,+ or the "a Fdra Xabba uadisha and "a Fdra uta uadisha.

$thanasius Kircher the 8esuit states that the ancient #gyptians associatednumbers to the planets as follows6H

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aturn E, 9, 1R, GR

8upiter G, 1`, EG, 1E`

5ars R, *R, `R, E*R

ol `, E`, 111, ```

2enus &, G9, 1GR, 1**R

5ercury Q, G, *`], *]Q]

Uuna 9, Q1, E`9, ER*1

Fn this matter see also 3rancis /arrett, +The 5agus.+

The later Yoptic names of the & ods and planets and enii of the World of

the $ncient #gyptians are6 aturn, Xephan, od of time7 8upiter, Picheus,od of life7 5ars, 5oloch, od of destruction7 ol, Phre or Pire, meaning

"oly Uord7 2enus, uroth, lady of love7 5ercury, "ermes, "ermanubis, od

of speech7 and Uuna, Piooh, lady of the waters.

Fn Yhina & is the number of %eath, and their days of mourning are & times &6

the even tar Plank is the name of the bottom plank of a coffin in which they

bore & holes.

The "indoos speak of & Tatwas, the abstract principles of e)istence,metaphysical and physical, the subtle elements and the corresponding human

senses, of which only five are yet developed. o there are five e)oteric, $kasa,2ayu, Teas, $pas and Prithwi7 the first two esoteric yet unknown are $ni and

$nupadaka. The first name means 0ne, Vnity, the $tom, and is a name of

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to primeval $ether, $ir, 3ire, Water and #arth6 and to "earing, Touch, ight,Taste and mell7 note $ir is not "earing. ee Xama Prasad on +The Tatwas.+

The anscrit names of the even Planets used in "indoo $strology are urya

for the un, Yhandra for 5oon, Kua for 5ars, /udhan for 5ercury, urufor 8upiter, ukra for 2enus, and hani for aturn6 then there are

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'paragraph continues( Xahu, the upper Uunar 4ode, and Ketu for the lower.

8upiter is also named /rihaspati.

The word eptemtriones refers to the north, and is so called from its referenceto the & stars of Vrsa 5aor, also called the Plough, and seen in the odiac of

%enderah as the Thigh.

The Talmudic /erachoth, 1G. 1, says he who passes & nights without dreamingdeserves to be called wicked.

The Kabalists describe even classes of $ngels6 Fshim, $relim, Yhashmalim,

5elakim, $uphanim, eraphim and Kerubim.

The 8udaic "ell was given seven names by the Kabalists7 heol, $baddon,Tihahion, /ar hacheth, T[elmuth, haari 5uth, and ehinnom.

even things were formed before the world7 Uaw, Xepentance, Paradise,

ehenna -that is ai hinnom, the Throne of lory, and the 5essiah. TheTargum Zerushalmi says these were formed *]]] years before the World!s

creation. Talmud, Pesachim, RG. 1.

even things were hidden from man7 the day of death, the time of theresurrection, the final udgment, the opinion of his fellowman, the time of the

8ewish restoration, and the 3all of Persia -whatever that may mean.

Pesachim, RG. *.

The Talmud in +Yhagiah+ names & "eavens, and 0ccultists recogni[e &Planetary "eavens7 Xauie, ebul, 5akum, 5aon, agun, hereboth, and

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Fn 5icah, chapter v. verse R, we read that & shepherds shall waste $ssyria7 theTalmud says they were $dam, 8acob and 5ethuselah, $braham, 8acob and

5oses, and %avid. uccah. R*. *

0f Prophetesses there were &7Harah, 5iriam, %eborah, "annah, $bigail,"uldah and #sther.

Fn the Talmud, Kethuboth, 1&. 1, it is said that it is permissible to the 8ew to

look into his wife!s face for & days after marriage7 after this it is presumably

wrong, in their opinion.

0n the &th day of the month $dar, 5oses died and the rain of manna ceased,

says the Talmud, but this appears to

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be contradicted in 8oshua v. verses 1]\1*. "e was born on the same day of thesame month.

The /ava Kama says that after & years a male hyna becomes a bat, in

another & years a 2ampire, after another a Thorn, and after another is turnedinto a demon. Ff a man fails to pray devoutly for & years, his spine after death

becomes a serpent.

/esides those who prophesied for Fsrael, there were & other prophets, /eor,/alaam, 8ob, #lipha[, /ildad, ohar, and #lihu the son of /arachel the/u[ite.

The /ava /athra says that & men form an unbroken series to this day. $dam

was seen by 5ethuselah, then hem, 8acob, $mram, $hiah the hilonite, and#liah, who saw him, and #liah is still alive until today.

#ven & years of pestilence will not cause a man to die before his allotted time.

This dictum of the treatise anhedrin is a statement of predestination.

$ Xam has but one voice while alive, but after death his body makes & sounds7his horns make two trumpets, his thigh bones two pipes, his skin will cover a

drum, the large intestines are formed into strings for the lyre, and the small

intestines will make the small strings for the harp.

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Fn the abbat, 1R*. *, of the Talmud it is said that the oul of a man watchesover his corpse for & days. Yompare this with the Theosophic teaching that the

Uinga arira broods over the body for a week after death.

Xabbi 4athan says that & good ualities avail at the 8udgment7 wisdom,righteousness, good opinions, mercy, truth, grace, and peace. even epithets

are applied to the #arth in the "ebrew tongue7 $ret[, $damah, $reua, ia,

T[iah, Zabeshah, Yheled or Thebel. The mystical Xiver ambatyon flowed allthe week, but was still on the &th day, says Xashi. "ershon, Talmudic

5iscellany, 1RG.

The & Yatholic %eadly ins are Pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy

and sloth.

The & ifts of the "oly pirit, Fsaiah )i. v. *, are Wisdom, Vnderstanding,Younsel, 3ortitude, Knowledge,

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'paragraph continues( Piety and 3ear of the Uord7 these are seven of theKabalistic ephiroth.

even is the token of Vnion between od, who is Triune, and 5an, who is

uaternary. W. 3. haw.

The "oly host is said to impart a &fold gift7 & Uamps burn before theThrone of od.

The Youncil of $rles declared that 1 /ishops ought to take part in the

0rdination of a /ishop.

There was a & years probation for admission to the Yeltic 0rder of the

Yuldees. There are & 2estments of the Yhristian priesthood, and /ishops

should wear & others, andals, %almatic, Xational, 5itre, loves, Xing and

taff.

The & Yhampions of Yhristendom were t. eorge for #ngland, t. %enis of

3rance, t. 8ames of pain, t. $ndrew of cotland, t. %avid of Wales, t.

Patrick of Freland, and t. $ntonio of Ftaly.

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The & leepers of #phesus, according to the monkish legend, were Yhristianswho hid in a cave under the persecutions of %ecius in the Third Yentury7 they

fell into a trance and slept *]] years. They awaked in $.%. GG& and going to

the #mperor Theodosius FF., they convinced him of the truth of the Uifebeyond the grave6 this done, they returned to the cave to sleep until the Uast

8udgment.

The & %olours of the 2irgin 5ary is the name of a Xoman Yatholic 3ast %ayheld on the 3riday before Palm unday.

The & Wise 5asters were officers of King Kurush who tell stories to save the

life of the King!s son6 they e)ist in reek, yriac, "ebrew, Persian, and in

#nglish are called The /ook of indibad, edited by Ylouston.

The Yoptic nostics represented the 8ehovah of the "ebrews by a curiousarrangement of the & vowels, without a consonant7 thus F#"00V$-the " is the

reek eta, long e7 and the first 0 is the reek long 0, omega.

Fn the oroastrian theology we read of the highest beings the & $mshaspands7

0rmu[d, source of life7 /ahman, the king of this world7 $rdibehest, fire

producer7 hahrivar, the former of metals7 pandarmat, ueen of the earth-the nostic ophia7 Khordad, the ruler of times and seasons7

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and $merdad, ruling over the vegetable world. /elow there are the *& F[eds,

ruled over by 5ithras7 in opposition to these were powers of darkness, the &arch devs, and the *& devs, or devils as we call them.

The historic city of Xome, pagan before it was Yhristian, was built upon even

"ills7 the Palatine, Ylian, $ventine, 2iminal, uirinal, #suiline, and theYapitol. Fn Uatin times it was called Vrbs epticollis. ome old authors speak

of +2alentia+ as a secret name for Xome.

The +/iou 4otes and ueries,+ vol. )iv., p. *ER, says that the & days of theweek have all been used as sacred days7 unday by Yhristians7 5onday by thereeks7 Tuesday by the Persians7 Wednesday by the $ssyrians7 Thursday by

the #gyptians7 3riday by the Turks7 and aturday by the 8ews.

The number & was curiously related to ". P. /lavatsky and the Theosophicalociety. +Uucifer+ was first published in 1QQ&, and 1QQ& is the sum of 1&

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hundreds, 1& tens, and 1& units7 ". P. /. lived at 1& Uansdowne Xoad, and 1&$venue Xoad7 +Uucifer+ was published at & %uke treet7 & volumes were

completed at her death7 Yolonel 0lcott first met her at & /eckman treet, and

later at &1 /roadway, 4ew Zork. $nna Kingsford was elected president first ofthe Uondon T. . Uodge on &th 8anuary 1QQE7 +Fsis Vnveiled+ was published

in 1Q&&, and the Third volume of the +ecret %octrine+ was published in 1Q9&,

after her death.

4e)t6 The 0gdoad. Q.TH !"#!$#. 8.

Fs the first cube of energy, and is the only evenly even number within the

decad. The reeks thought it an allpowerful number7 they had a Proverb +all

things are eight.+

Yamerarius, in his edition of the $rithmetic of 4icomachus, calls it Vniversal

"armony, because musical ratios are distinguished by this number.

The Xatio of 9 to Q is sesuioctave, this forms a tone and is attributed to the

5oon.

5ercury.

1* to 9 is sesuitertian

1* to Q is sesuialter

2enus.

1` to 1* is sesuitertian

1` to Q is duple

un.

1Q to 1* is sesuialter.

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*1 to 9 is duple sesuitertian

$ttributed to 8upiter.

*G to 1Q is sesuitertian

*G to 1* is duple.

*G to Q is triple

1Q to 1* sesuialter

1* to Q sesuialter

aturn.

E* to *G sesuitertian

E* to Q uadruple

$re ascribed to the Qth or Fnerratic phere which comprehends all the rest.

E` to *G. sesuialter

E` to 1Q duple

E` to Q uadruple

*G to 1Q sesuitertian

p. Q`

"ence the 0gdoad was also called +Yadmeia,+ because "armony was looked

upon as the wife of Yadmus7 and Yadmus meant the ublunary World, as

0lympiodorus says. #ight was called also 5other, and Xhea, Yybele and

%indymene, from being the first cube, and a cube representing the earth.

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The eight persons saved from the flood of jisuthrus are synonyms of many

octaves of gods, such as the Q Yabiri great gods of amothrace7 see /ryant and

3aber on this myth.

There are Q /eatitudes of the Yhristian religion, 5atthew, chap. v.

#ight is the number of the 5oons of aturn.

There have been several 5asonic orders concerned with this 4oachite

0gdoad, as the Prussian masons, Knights of the Xoyal $)e, or Prince of

Uibanus, the 4oachites, and the Xoyal $rk 5ariners, which is a subsidiary

order to the 5ark 5aster 5asons.

5acrobius says the 0gdoad was the type of 8ustice, because it consists ofevenly even numbers, and on account of its eual divisions.

8ohn "eydon tells us that Q #vents befall the %amned, and that there are Q

rewards of the /lessed.

The number Q was sacred to %ionysos, who was born at the Qth month7 the isle

of 4a)os was dedicated to him and it was granted to the women of 4a)os, that

their children born in the Qth month should live, whereas it is usual for such to

die, although those born in either the &th or the 9th month are usually reared.

The 8ews were accustomed to practise Yircumcision on male infants upon the

Qth day after birth.

The 8ews at the Yhanucah or 3east of %edication lit Q candles, and it lasted Q

days. This is the #ngkainia of 8ohn ). **. $s to conuring among the ancient

8ews, it is said in Talmud, uccah. RE. 1, that Uevi played with Q knives7

amuel in the presence of the King apor of Persia used Q cups, and $bai

before Xabbi Xava used Q eggs.

#ight prophets were descended from Xahab the "arlot,

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vi[., 4eraiah, eraiah, 5aasiah, 8eremiah, "ilkiah, "annemeel, and hallum.

4ote also that "uldah the prophetess was the grandchild of Xahab.

The last Q verses of %euteronomy, The 5osaic Uaw, The Pentateuch, were

written by 8oshua. /ava /athra, 1G. 1.

Xabbi 4athan states that there were Q sects of the Pharisees6 but both of the

Talmuds -8erusalem and /abylon name only seven. Ft is prophesied that the

"arps which will be played on earth before the 5essiah will have Q strings.

#rachin, 1E. *.

$s seven was the number of the original Yreation, so Q, says W. 3. haw, may

be considered as the %ay of Xegeneration. #ight souls were saved in the $rk of

4oah, and 4oah was the Qth in descent, his name was 42Yh N Q times Q N `G.

QQQ is the special number of 8esus Yhrist as +"e who is the Xesurrection and

the Uife.+ "e is the great opponent of the ```, the number of the /east, the

number of a 5an.

The ancient Yhinese writings refer to Q musical sounds, the Pahyin. -.

chlegel.

T"# #44#$%. 9.

T"# #nnead is the first suare of an odd number, it was said to be like the

0cean flowing around the other numbers within the %ecad7 no furtherelementary number is possible, hence it is like the "ori[on because all the

numbers are bounded by it. We find that it was called Prometheus, and+3reedom from trife,+ and +2ulcan,+ because the ascent of numbers is as far

as 9, ust as the ascent of things decomposed by fire is as far as the sphere of

3ire -the summit of the air, and 8uno, because the phere of the air isarranged according to the novenary system, and +sister and wife to 8upiter+

from its conunction with the 5onad. $nd +Telesphoros+ or +/ringing to an

end+ because the human offspring is carried 9 calendar months by the parent.$nd teleiosor perfect for the same reason, and also called +Perfect+ because it

is generated from the Triad, which is called +Perfect.+

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$ttention is called to its being an emblem of 5atter, which, ever varying, isnever destroyed7 so the number 9 when multiplied by any number always

reproduces itself, thus6H9 times * are 1Q and Q plus 1 are nine6 and so on as

below6

9 E N *&7 * S & N 9 9 1* N 1]Q7 1 S Q S ] N 9

9 G N E`7 E S N 9 9 1E N 11&7 & S 1 S 1 N 9

9 R N GR7 G S R N 9 9 1G N 1*`7 S * S 1 N 9

9 N RG7 R S G N 9 9 1R N 1ER7 R S E S 1 N 9

9 & N E7 S E N 9 9 1` N 1GG7 G S G S 1 N 9

9 Q N &*7 & S * N 9 9 1& N 1RE7 E S R S 1 N 9

9 9 N Q17 Q S 1 N 9 9 1Q N 1`*7 * S S 1 N 9

9 1] N 9]7 9 S ] N 9 9 19 N 1&17 1 S & S 1 N 9

9 11 N 997 9 *] N 1Q]7 Q S 1 S ] N 9

p. Q9

Fn 8ohn "eydon!s +"oly uide,+ 1``*, we find that he asserts the number 9 tohave other curious properties6H+Ff writ or engraved on ilver, or ardis, and

carried with one, the wearer becomes invisible, as Yaleron, the /rotherinlaw

of $le)ander, did, and by this means lay with his /rother!s concubines as oftenas he did himself. 4ine also obtaineth the love of Women. $t the 9th hour our

aviour breathed his last7 on the ninth day the ancients buried their dead7

after 9 years 4uma received his laws from 8ove7 note the 9 cubits length of the

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ironbedstead of the giant 0g, king of /asan, who is a type of the %evil, andthere are 9 orders of %evils in heol -what we call "ell. Ft prevails against

Plagues and 3evers7 it causes Uong life and "ealth, and by it Plato so ordered

events that he died at the age of nine times 9.+

There are nine orders of $ngels, says regory, $.%. EQ1, in "omily EG6

eraphim, Yherubim, Thrones, %ominions, 2irtues, Powers, Principalities,

$rchangels and $ngels.

3rom a Yhristian point of view the numbers represent6H

1. Vnity of the odhead.

*. The hypostatic union of Yhrist.

E. Trinity.

G. #vangelists.

R. Wounds of 8esus.

`. Fs the number of sin.

&. ifts of the spirit, Xev. i. 1*7 and 8esus & times spoke on the cross.

Q. /eatitudes.

9. 0rders of $ngels.

1]. Yommandments.

11. $postles besides 8udas.

1*. 0riginal $postolic Yollege

1E. Yollege completed by t. Paul.

The 4ine 5uses of ancient reece were called daughters of eus and

5nemosyne -5emory, and were Yalliope, poetry7 Ylio, history7 5elpomene,tragedy7 #uterpe, music7 #rato, love, inspiration and pantomime7

Terpsichore, dancing7 Vrania, astronomy7 Thalia, comedy, and Polyhymnia,

elouence.

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The 4ovensiles are the nine abine ods6 vi[.H"ercules, Xomulus,Osculapius, /acchus, Oneas, 2esta,

p. 9]

'paragraph continues( anta, 3ortuna and 3ides. The abines became mergedwith the Xomans about *`` /.Y.

The 4ine gods of the #truscans were 8uno, 5inerva, Tinia, 2ulcan, 5ars,

aturn, "ercules, ummanus and 2edius7 the #truscans also became united

with the Xomans.

4ote in 5acaulay!s poem of +"oratius,+ +Uars Porsena of Ylusium by theninegods he swore,+ in R9` /.Y. Uars Porsena led the #truscans7 they were

then most powerful6 from the #truscans the Xomans took much of their law,

custom and superstition.

Ft is by nines that #astern presents are given, when they would e)tend their

magnificence to the greatest degree, as mentioned in Yomte de Yaylus,

+0riental Tales.+ 1&GE.

/arrett!s +5agus+ notes also 9 precious stones, 9 orders of devils, 9 choirs of

angelsHhe copies from 8ohn "eydon.

4ote in this connection the 4undinals of the Xomans, who marked the days byletters into parcels of Q days, and on every 9th day the people left theirpursuits and went to the towns to market7 hence the ocular Uatin saying, Tres

mulieres Nundinas faciunt. These nundinals are a type of our %ominicalletters, a set of seven marking out the Qth days. The Xomans also held a

purification ceremony on male infants on the 9th day of life, hence the

presiding goddess of this rite was called 4undina.

The 4ones were one of the sets of days composing each calendar month. TheXoman 4ovennalia was a feast in memory of the dead celebrated every 9th

year. The 4ovendiale was an occasional Xoman Yatholic fast to avertcalamities, from this arose the X.Y. system of 4euvaines.

There is a 5asonic order of +4ine #lected Knights,+ in which 9 roses, 9 lights

and 9 knocks are used.

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The 5ahometans have 99 names of the deity. ome 8ews have taught that odhas 9 times descended to earth7 1st in #den, *nd at the confusion of tongues,

Erd at the destruction of odom, Gth to 5oses at "oreb, Rth at inai, `th to

/alaam, &th to #lisha, Qth in the Tabernacle,

p. 91

and 9th in the Temple at 8erusalem7 and that his 1]th coming as the 5essiah

will be final.

The ancients had a fear of the number 4ine and its multiples, especially Q17they thought them of evil presage, indicating change and fragility.

$t the 9th hour 8esus the aviour died.

4ine is also +the earth under evil influences.+

8ohn "eydon in the +"oly uide,+ and 8. 5. Xagon, in his +5aonnerie

0cculte,+ thus associate numbers with the Planets.

un 1 and G, 5oon * and &, 8upiter E, 5ercury R, 2enus `, aturn Q, 5ars 9.

and the odiacal igns thus6H

1 Ueo

* $uarius

E Yapricornus

G agittarius

R Yancer

` Taurus

& $ries

Q Uibra

9 corpio

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5ention of 9 Worthies is found in literature7 they were E entilesH"ector sonof King Priam, $le)ander the reat and 8ulius Ysar7 E 8ewsH8oshua,

%avid and 8udas 5accabeus7 E YhristiansHKing $rthur of /ritain,

Yharlemagne and odfrey de /ouillon.

4e)t6 The %ecad. 1].

T"# %#Y$%. 1].

T"#%ecad, number Ten, or P$4T#U#F$, which meant +$ll complete+ or fully

accomplished,+ is the grand summit of numbers, which once reached cannot

be passed7 to increase the sum we must retrograde to the 5onad.

The Pythagoreans were entranced with its virtues and called it %eity, "eaven,

#ternity and the un.

Ten being the recipient or receptacle of all numbers was called %ecad, from

dechomaiN to receive, and hence "eaven, which was ordained to receive allmen.

Uike the %eity it is a Yircle, with visible centre, but its circumference too vast

for sight.

Ft is the sum of the units of the number four as previously mentioned, a holyand %eistic number, thus G S E S * S 1 are 1], and thus ten gains splendour

from its parentage.

$lso spoken of as +#ternity,+ which is infinite life, because it contains everynumber in itself, and number is infinite.

Ft is also called Kosmos, that is the +Vniverse.+ Proclus says6 The decad is

mundane also, it is the world which receives the images of all the divinenumbers, which are supernaturally imparted to it.

Ft is called +the fountain of eternal nature,+ because if we take the half, five as

the middle number, and add together the ne)t above and the ne)t below, vi[.,

` and G, we make to, and the ne)t two in a similar manner & and E are 1]7 andso on Q and * and 9 and 1 give the same result.

$ll nations reckon by the %ecimal scale of notation, to

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p. 9G

which they were no doubt led from the convenience of counting the ten digitsof the hands.

Ft is also spoken of asKleidouos, that is, +having custody of others,+ themaga[ine of the other numbers, because other numbers are branches from it6also called 3ate, which comprises all sorts of events6 $ge, Power7 $tlas,

because it supports the to spheres of "eaven7 Phanes7 5emory7 Vrania7 and

+The first uare, because it consists of the first four numbers.+

Two old conceits were that the Tenth wave of the sea is always larger than

others7 and that birds laid the 1]th egg of a larger si[e than the others.

The word Ten was used by the "ebrews, instead of +a large number,+ so that

care must be e)ercised in translating this7 thus 4ehemiah interprets +tengenerations+ of %euteronomy ))iii. v. E to mean +for ever.+ 4ehemiah )iii. 1.

The Kabalists called R, ` and 1] circular numbers, because when suared, the

result shows the same number in the unit figure, thus6

R times R are *R and R times *R are 1*R

` times ` are E` ` times E` are *1`

1] times 1] are 1]] 1] times 1]] are 1]]]

$n old periphrasis mentioned by hakespeare is, +F!d set my ten

commandments in your face,+ meaning the finger nails for scratching. ee *"enry 2F. i. E.

The 5ahometans say that ten animals were admitted to Paradise.

1. Kratim, the dog of the even leepers.

*. $ss of /alaam.

E. $nt of olomon.

G. Whale of 8onah.

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R. The Yalf -not Xam offered to 8ehovah by $braham instead of Fsaac, hisson.

`. The 0) of 5oses.

&. The Yamel of the prophet alech.

p. 9R

Q. The Yuckoo of /elkis.

9. The Xam of Fshmael.

1]. $l /orek, the $nimal which conveyed 5ahomet to heaven.

+We find to generations from $dam to 4oah, 1] from hem to $braham. The1] spiritual graces of Yhristianity are Uove, oy, peace, longsuffering,gentleness, goodness, faith, prudence, meekness, and temperance,+ says %r. .

0liver7 although where he gets 1] generations from $dam to 4oah, F know

not.

Vnder to also falls the mention of the Pythagorean Triangle, Tetractys,

consisting of an euilateral triangle enclosing ten Z0%6 thus the upper is the

5onad, the second line the %yad, the third the Triad, and the fourth theuaternary or Tetrad6 representing the four forms of point, line, superficies

and solid. $ similar form is given by "ebrew Kabalists to form &*, the deity

number, by placing in a triangle four Zods, three "ehs, two 2aus and one "ehfinal, being the letters F"2" of the Tetragrammaton7 or they may be put

conversely.

4ote that ten is used as a sign of fellowship, love, peace, and Vnion, in the5asonic third token, the union of two five points of 3ellowship.

Fn the /ible we notice to Yommandments, to instruments to which 8ewish

Psalms were sung, to strings in the Psaltery, and that the "oly hostdescended ten days after the $scension.

Tucer, Xabanus and Xaymond Uully associate the numbers Q to $ir, R to 3ire,

` to #arth and 1* to Water.

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$puleius states that among the #gyptians it was customary to fast to daysbefore sacrificing, and /udge says that they used a today week.

The Ten ephiroth form the essence of the "ebrew dogmatic Kabalah, a

subect which is too vast and comple) to be entered upon in this volume onnumerals. $ mere glance at the ephirotic emanations of the $bsolute %eity

from the mathematical point of view is all that can be

p. 9`

attempted7 my +Fntroduction to the Kabalah+ may be referred to.

3rom the $bsolute Passive 4egativity $F4, proceeds $F4 VP" the Uimitless,and then $F4 VP" $VX /oundless Uight, which concentrates in the first

manifestation of the ephiroth, which is the Yrown, KTX, Kether6 from

Kether proceeds YhK5", Yhochmah, Wisdom, an active masculine potency,and /F4", /inah, Vnderstanding, a passive feminine power.

These three form the upernal Triad. The fourth and fifth are Yh%, Yhesed,

5ercy, active and male, and /2X", eburah, trength, passive and female.

The si)th ephira is the notable TP$XT, Tiphereth, /eauty, the central sun,

the Uogos, the 5anifested on6 this completes a second triangle, the reflection

of the former.

4umber seven is 4TYh, 4et[ach, 2ictory, active, and the eighth is "2%,"od, plendour, passive7 the ninth is Z2%, Zesod, the 3oundation,

completing the third trinity, or triangle.

5UKT, 5alkuth, the Tenth ephira, completes the emanations. he is the/ride of 5icroprosopus the on, the un, Uogos7 she is the Fnferior 5other,

ueen, and the 5anifested Vniverse.

The whole Ten are viewed as reigning over 3our Worlds or Planes of

#)istence7 these are the Worlds of $[iluth, /riah, Zet[irah and $ssiah.5alkuth on the plane of $ssiah alone is the visible tangible universe.

These Ten ephiroth are the prototypes of everything spiritual, and also of

every part of creation6 they are traced in the angelic host and in our universe6three superior, and seven succedent e)ist in all things7 the lower seven are

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obvious to the uninitiated, but in these manifestations the supernal triad isveiled to the profane.

ome occultists phrase it thusHthree are subective and incomprehensible to

man7 seven are obective and comprehensible7 thus even archangels arecommonly named, and we have known only of even great planets of our

system.

p. 9&

/ut in some cases even the whole of seven are unknown7 we acknowledge butfive senses in man, but there are two more awaiting perception by process of

evolution.

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

also imaged in three columns entitled the Pillars of everity and 5ercy, withthe median of /enignity or 5ildness. /ut this scheme is not for this treatise,

nor can the ephirotic alliance with the Planetary symbols, the angelic host,the divine names, and the /ook of Thoth, or Tarot be here described7 these

subects present a mine of wisdom concealed in the rituals of the Kabalistic

+Yhabrath [ereh aur bokher,+ from whose parent stem the Xosicrucian3raternities also may have arisen. These Xituals contain a more complete

scheme of the medival occult symbolism than e)ists in any other form known

to me, and F believe that it would not be possible for anyone to reconstitute so

complete a system out of all e)tant literature.

There are 1] rades in the Xosicrucian ociety7 they are elator, Theoricus,

Practicus, Philosophus7 5inor, 5aor and #)empt $dept7 5aster, 5agus andKing6 some 5agi are known, but only 5agi know of a Xe).

Xosicrucian private rituals give the correct names and Kabalistic spelling of

the Ten heavens of the World of $ssiah, which is the material universe.

". P. /lavatsky declared that a scheme of the odiac of 1] igns preceded that

of 1* igns, but F have been unable to verify the statement, by any ancientwork.

"ebrew and Talmudic references are as follows6H1] men were necessary toform a legallyconvened meeting at the ynagogue6 in Uondon as much as

1]]] a year has been spent in providing spare men for this duty. Ten curses

were pronounced against #ve7 see Talmud, #iruvin, 1]]. *.

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Ten things were created during the twilight of the first abbath eve. YonsultPesachim, RG. 1.

Ten facts proved the presence of a upernatural Power in the Temple. Zoma,

*1. 1.

p. 9Q

The Xabbis taught that a man should divorce his wife, if for 1] years she had

no offspring.

$t funerals, condolences were recited by to men, and at weddings by ten men

including the bridegroom. Ten cups were drunk at a funeral partyHthreebefore supper, three at supper, and four after the meal at the recitation of the

four blessings.

$braham was tested to times7 to 5iracles were performed in #gypt to helpthe Yhildren of Fsrael, and to at the Xed ea. Ten plagues were made to afflict

the #gyptians. Ten times the 8ews offended od in the Wilderness.

Ten times did the hekinah come down into the world7 at the arden of #den7at the Tower of /abel7 at odom7 in #gypt, see #)odus iii. Q7 at the Xed ea,

Psalm cviii. 97 on 5ount inai7 at the Temple7 in the Pillar of Yloud7 on the

5ount of 0lives, see echariah )iv. G7 the 1]th is omitted in the original

reference, $voth d Xabbi 4athan, chap. EG.

There are to "ebrew words to designate Fdols, and to for 8oy. odom was to

be spared for to righteous men7 ideon took to servants to destroy the $ltar of/aal7 /oa[ chose to witnesses for his marriage with Xuth7 8oab!s armour was

borne by to young men. 8esus speaks of 1] talents, 1] cities, 1] pieces of silver,

and gave a parable of to 2irgins. The Tabernacle has many to dimensions.There are to /ible names of od, to Yanticles, and to necessaries for man!s

life. #cclus. E9. *`.

There were to Pythagorean 2irtues of Fnitiation, and the /uddhists teach toParamitas of Perfection.

Fn the $lchymicoKabalistic tract called +$esch 5et[areph+ referred to by

#lipha[ Uevi, and collected from the ohar of Knorr von Xosenroth and

translated into #nglish, and forming 2olume F2. of my +Yollectanea

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"ermetica,+ will be found 1] names for old all e)tracted from the 0ldTestament7 they are there related to the ephira eburah.

The "indoo Puranas tell us of the 1] $vatars of the od 2ishnu, the Preserver

of the /rahmanic Xeligion7 they are periodical incarnations of the od. 3irstas the

p. 99

'paragraph continues( 3ish, 5atsya7 *. Kurma, the Tortoise7 E. 2araha, the

/oar7 G. 4arasingha, the 5anUion7 R. 2amana, the %warf7 `. ParasuXama7&. Xama Yhandra7 Q. Krishna7 9. /uddha7 and the 1]th, Kalki, the "orse, is

yet to come. These $vatars are susceptible of a mystical e)planation on the

plane of cosmogony7 it has been given in the aruda !Temple of the +0riental

0rder of Uight+ by 3rater T. ". Pattinson of /radford, a very notable mysticand occult student.

Fn the Zoga 2asishtha 5aha Xamayana of 2almiki, edited by 2ihari Uala5itra, will be found an essay on 0mTatat, onidest, and this contains some

very curious information on the to numerals as related to the mystical syllable

0m or $V5.

+$um mani padm hum+ means literally, +0h, the ewel in the lotus,+ and istaken mystically to mean +the spark of the %ivine within me,+ as was fully

e)plained by /lavatsky to her #soteric section of Theosophists.

4e)t6 #leven. 11.

#U#2#4. 11.

T"Fseems to have been the type of a number with an evil reputation among

all peoples. The Kabalists contrasted it with the perfection of the %ecad, and

ust as the ephirotic number is the form of all good things, so eleven is theessence of all that is sinful, harmful and imperfect7 with the Ten ephiroth

they contrasted the #leven $verse ephiroth, symbols of destruction, violence,defeat and death. 0n the oldest Tarot cards, the trump called the Tower

struck by Uightning, number j2F, shows the Ten %ivine ephiroth on one sideand the #leven $verse ephiroth on the other side7 modern Tarot designs are

very much debased.

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8ohn "eydon says that by it we know the bodies of %evils and their nature7the 8ews understand by it Uilith, $dam!s first wife, a shedevil, dangerous to

women in confinements7 hence they wrote on the walls6H$%5 Yh2" Yh20

UFUFT, that is, $dam, #ve, out of doors Uilith.+

8esus, in 5att. )ii. GE, plainly allows the doctrine that evil spirits may haunt

fields, which rotius says the 8ews think7 and their word %emon and 3ield

are similar, being h%F5 -fields, and h%F5 -evil deities7 the iddim arementioned in Psalm cvi. E&.

Ft is called the +4umber of ins+ and the +Penitent,+ because it e)ceeds the

number of the Yommandments, and is less than twelve, which is the number

of race and Perfection. /ut sometimes even eleven receives a favour fromod, as in the case of the man who was called in the

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eleventh hour to the vineyard, who yet received the same pay as the others.

Xabbi 8ochanan says that eleven sorts of spices were mentioned by od to5oses on 5ount inai as suitable for holy incense.

#leven was the number of the %isciples of 8esus, after the fall of 8udas

Fscariot.

Fn the "ebrew Uanguage the word eleven was e)pressed as $chad 0sher, $F,or 0ne and Ten.

4e)t6 Twelve. 1*.

TW#U2#. 1*.

T"F number has a perfect and notable character, and was highly esteemed

by most nations of antiuity. $lmost all the twelves will be found to be allied,

either obviously or in a concealed manner, with the igns of the odiac, twelvesigns or partitions of the great circle of the heavensHtwelve times thirty

degrees forming the perfect cycle of E`] arithmetical degrees of the circle6

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are allegorical only. We may mention the +Twelve rand Points of 5asonry,+which used to form a part of the lectures in the Yraft degrees. Twelve events in

the ceremony of initiation, referred to the sons of 8acob, are given by 5ackey6

F. To Xeuben was referred the opening of the UodgeHhe was the firstbornson.

*. To imeon, the preparation of the landHhe prepared the destruction of the

hechemites.

E. To Uevi, the report or signalHhe gave the signal in the attack on the men ofhechem.

G. To 8udah, the entrance of the landHthat tribe first entered the promised

land.

R. To ebulun, the prayerHthe prayer and blessing of his father fell on him inpreference to Fssachar.

`. To Fssachar, the circumambulationHan indolent tribe, who reuired a

leader.

&. To %an, the advance to the $ltarHfor a contrast to their rapid advance toidolatry.

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Q. To ad, the obligationHon account of 8ephthah!s vow.

9. To $sher, the entrusting7 with rich 5asonic blessingsHresembled the3athers of their land.

1]. To 4aphtali, the investment and declared +3ree+Hthe tribe of 4aphtali

had a peculiar freedom given by 5oses.

11. To 8oseph, the 4.#. cornerHbecause #phraim and 5anasseh -grandsonsrepresented him, newest corners.

1*. To /enamin, the closing of the UodgeHas being the last son of the

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The following associations of /irds, $nimals, and 3lowers with heavenlybodies has the authority of the recoXoman mythology6H

reek. Uatin. /ird. $nimal. 2egetable.

Pallas 5inerva 0wl hegoat 0live

$phrodite 2enus %ove "egoat 5yrtle

"elios ol Yock /ull Uaurel

"ermes 5ercury Fbis %og "a[el

eus 8upiter #agle "art "orsechestnut.

%emeter Yeres parrow ow $pple

"ephaistos 2ulcan oose $ss /o)

$res 5ars 5agpie Wolf %ogwood

$rtemis %iana %aw "ind Palm

"estia 2esta "eron Uion Pine

"era 8uno Peacock heep Thorn

Poseidon 4eptune wan "orse #lm

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The astrologers associated colours with the twelve igns of the odiac, thus6H

With Pisces, white

^ $uarius, blue

^ Yapricorn, black or brown

^ agittarius, yellow or green

^ corpio, brown

^ Uibra, black or crimson

^ 2irgo, black and blue

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With Ueo, red and green

^ Yancer, green and brown

^ emini, red

^ $ries, white

^ Taurus, white and yellow

The odiacal igns are also associated with e), and the contrast of %ay and

4ight.

Pisces 3emale 4octurnal

$uarius 5ale %iurnal

Yapricorn 3emale 4octurnal

agittarius 5ale %iurnal

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corpio 3emale 4octurnal

Uibra 5ale %iurnal

2irgo 3emale 4octurnal

Ueo 5ale %iurnal

Yancer 3emale 4octurnal

emini 5ale %iurnal

Taurus 3emale 4octurnal

$ries 5ale %iurnal

$nd, again, there are other characters which astrologers deem of importance,

thus6H

Pisces Water 4orthern Yommon 3ruitful

$uarius $ir Western 3i)ed

Yapricorn #arth outhern Yardinal

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agittarius 3ire #astern Yommon

corpio Water 4orthern 3i)ed 3ruitful

Uibra $ir Western Yardinal

2irgo #arth outhern Yommon /arren

Ueo 3ire #astern 3i)ed /arren

Yancer Water 4orthern Yardinal 3ruitful

emini $ir Western Yommon /arren

!Taurus #arth outhern 3i)ed

$ries 3ire #astern Yardinal

Uastly, the twelve signs are allotted to the planets as their houses6H

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PiscesHthe night house of 8upiter

$uariusHthe day house of aturn -Vranus

YapricornHthe night house of aturn

agittariusHthe night house of 5ars

UibraHthe day house of 2enus

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2irgoHthe night house of 5ercury

UeoHthe sole house of ol

YancerHthe sole house of Uuna

eminiHthe day house of 5ercury

TaurusHthe night house of 2enus

$riesHthe day house of 5ars.

This is very fully e)plained by Yoley in his +$strology,+ and also by 8ohn5iddleton in his +$strology,+ 1`&9.

"erodotus tells us that the #gyptians founded the system of a Twelveodtheology6 #uterpe iv. The "ebrews certainly at times worshipped the un,5oon, seven planets, and the tar Xulers of the Twelve odiacal igns6 see *

Kings ))iii. R, and 8ob )))viii. E*. %unlop, in his +2estiges,+ remarks that of

the names of the twelve months in use among the 8ews, several are identicalwith names of %eities, as Tammu[, $b, #lul, /ul. roups of twelve ods are to

be noticed in the religions of many of the ancient nations, as the Yhaldeans,

#truscans, 5amertines, Xomans, etc.

Fn candinavia the reat 0din had 1* namesHpersonified attributes.

The Kabalists esteem the 1* permutations of the Tetragrammaton, F"2",

2"F", "F"2, "2"F, F""2, F2"", "2F", 2F"", ""2F, ""F2, "F2",

2""F.

The Talmuds say6H

4o deceased person is at heart lost to his relatives until after 1* months7 see

the Treatise /erachoth.

"ow was the Witch of #ndor able to bring up amuel by necromancy To thisuestion Xabbi $bhu answered, because he had not been dead 1* months6

after that time it would not have been possible, for then the body is destroyed

and the oul has gone up into the ne)t world.

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The Xabbis said that at the first revelation the True 4ame of od was a wordof 1* letters. Kiddushin, &1. 1.

The 5ishna narrates the events of the first 1* hours7 $dam fell into sin in the

tenth "our, was udged in the eleventh, and was cast out of the arden in thetwelfth7 so he abode not even one day in his dignity. anhedrin, EQ. *.

Yompare the +4uctemeron+ of $pollonius of Tyana, given by #lipha[ Uvi in

his +Xituel de la 5agie,+ Paris, 1Q`1.

The 1* tones of the "igh Priest!s /reastplate were named7Hardius, Topa[,Yarbuncle, #merald, apphire, %iamond, Uigure or 8acinth, $gate, $methyst,

/eryl, 0ny), and 8asper. ee "ebrew $ncient 2ersion, #)odus ))viii.

The 1* 3oundations of the "eavenly Yity, given in Xevelations ))i., are,H

8asper, apphire, Yhalcedony, ardius, ardony), #merald, Topa[, /eryl,Yhrysolite, $methyst, 8acinth and Yhrysophrasus.

The 1* "ebrew 5onths were $bib or 4i[an -5arch\$pril, Fyar or if, ivan,Thammu[, $b, #lul, Tisri, /ul, Yhisleu, Tebeth, hebat, $dar7 and the inter

calary month 2e$dar.

The 1* #gyptian 5onths were Pachon, Paoni, #piphi, 5esori, Thoth,

Phaophi, $thyr, Yhoiak, Tobi, 5echir, Phamenoth and Pharmuthi7 the lastbeginning on 5arch *&th.

The 1* ons of 8acob were related to the 1* igns of the odiac by the

Xosicrucians in a correct order7 other schemes of attribution are given by$thanasius Kircher and others.

That by ir William %rummond is6H$ries to ad, Taurus to #phraim,

emini to /enamin, Yancer to Fssachar, Ueo to 8udah, 2irgo to 4aphtali,Uibra to $sher, corpio to %an, agittary to 5anasseh, Yapricorn to ebulun,

$uarius to Xeuben, and Pisces to imeon and Uevi.

The 1* $postles of 8esus were7Himon Peter, $ndrew, 8ames and 8ohn thesons of ebedee, Philip, /artholomew, Thomas, 5atthew also called Uevi,8ames son of $lphus,

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'paragraph continues( 8udas called Uebbus and Thaddeus, imon theYanaanite, and 8udas Fscariot. The 2enerable /ede proposed to rename the

igns with the names of the apostles, and a scheme of allotment is to be found

in +The phere of 5arcus 5anilius,+ by #dward herburne, Uondon, 1`&R.ee +4otes and ueries,+ 2ol. )iv., 5anchester, V..$., p. *11. Westcott on the

odiac in oc. Xos. Xeports gives the Yhristian allusions to the odiac.

Fn an ordinary pack of Playing Yards there are 1* Yourt Yards, but in theTarot Pack there are also G Yavaliers.

The Kabalists greatly esteemed the 1*lettered 4ame of od, "F""22"

2F"F", meaning +fuit, est, erit,+Hor,H"e was, is, will be.

Uess esoteric was the Triple Tetragrammaton, F"2" thrice written.

$ll 3ratres of the Xosicrucian ociety of #ngland will also be familiar with $//#4 2 Xuch " %h, $b/enveXuachhaKodesh7 meaning 3ather, on

and "oly pirit.

The Xosicrucian ociety had a scheme of distributing 1* shades of Yolouramong the odiacal igns, but this is a secret matter7 many erroneous

schemes have been published.

The 1* igns of the odiac are named in "ebrew, beginning with $ries7 Taleh,

hur, Thaumim, artan, $riah, /ethuleh, 5a[anaim, $krab, Kesith, edi,%eli, and %agim. Fn $rabic7 $l "amal, $l Thaur, $l Tauman, $l artan, $l

$sad, unbul, $l ubena, $l $krab, $l Kaus, $l edi, %ebi and $l "aut. FnYhinese, Pe yaugh, the sheep7 Kin nieu, golden bull7 hang huing, two

brothers7 Kin hiai, crab7 in, lion7 ha niu, the house girl7 Tien tchingh, the

claws of a scorpion7 Tien Kie, the scorpion7 un 5a, the man horse7 5uThien, the hill sheep7 Pao pingh, precious vase7 and hang Zu, two fishes.

The old anskrit "indoo names used by astrologers at the present time are7

5esha, Xishaba, 5ithuna, Katakam, imha, Kanya, Tulam, 2rishchika,

%hanus, 5akaram, Kumbha and 5inam.

The 1* simple letters of the "ebrew $lphabet have

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affinities with the odiacal igns, but the order of relation is a Xosicrucianprivate doctrine.

There were 1* recorded $ppearances of 8esus after his death7 to 5ary

5agdalene, to the alician women, to two disciples, to Peter, to ten apostles,to eleven apostles, to seven apostles and others when fishing, to R]] brethren

at once, to 8ames the Uess, to eleven apostles, to tephen at his martyrdom, to

Paul at his Yonversion, and to the apostle 8ohn.

The 1* hours marked in a watch face can be used to find the cardinal points, ifthe time is correct, and the sun is visible. Uay the watch flat and point the

hour hand to the sun, and then the south will be half way between that hour

and the figure jFF.

The author of the "ymns of 0rpheus, the choliast on "esiod, and Porphyrystate that the 1* Uabours of "ercules are said to be emblems of the sun in its

passage through the 1* signs, and this is repeated by the +5ystagogusPoeticus,+ 1`RE, and they have been allotted as follows6Hto $ries, the uest of

the olden $pples of the "esperides7 to Taurus, the slaying of the Yretan

/ull7 emini, "ercules and his twin brother strangle the serpents7 Yancer, thetaking of the "erds of eryon7 Ueo, the slaying of the 4eman Uion7 2irgo,

the victory over the $ma[on ueen7 Uibra, the death of the #rymanthean

boar7 corpio, the death of the Uernan "ydra7 agittarius, the shooting ofthe tymphalian /irds7 Yapricornus, taking of the hind alive to 5ycen7

$uarius, cleaning the stables of $ugeas7 Pisces, the capture of the horses of%iomedes.

8anus of the Xomans is the od of the 1* months, and is drawn with 1* altars

beneath his feet. "e is the same as $ssyrian $in, Fon, 8an7 04of #astern

nations -%unlop!s +2estiges,+ E1.

8ohn "eydon gives the following statements6H

Prosperous numbers are 1 * E G & 9 11 1E 1G

2ery good ^ 1` 1& 19 *] ** *E 1] *` *&

Fndifferent ^ R ` Q 1* 1R 1Q *1

2ery bad ^ *G *R *Q *9 E]

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4e)t6 Thirteen. 1E.

T"FXT##4. 1E.

T"FXT##4was the sacred number of the 5e)icans and people of Zucatan6

twelve of many tribes of 4orth $merican Fndians, as of so many nations ofantiuity6 this had an astronomical connection, because the tars and un

were ods to them. The method of computation among the 5e)ican Priests

was by weeks of 1E days7 consult %unlop!s +2estiges.+ Their year contained *Qweeks of 1E days and 1 day over, ust as ours contains R* of & days and one

day over. Thirteen years formed an Fndiction, a week of years, the 1E days

over forming another week. 3our times 1E, or R*, years was their cycle. FnZucatan there were 1E +nake ods+ -see teven!s +Zucatan,+ and ama!s

+$ncient 5e)icans +.

1E is the number of the "ebrew word $"/", $hebah, love, and of $chad,$Yh%, unity. 0ld authors state that 1E is a number used to procure agreement

among married people. "ebrew ancient lore did not reckon the number 1E as

unlucky7 this idea arose from the fate of 8udas after the Uast upper of 8esus,yet not for some centuries, but since the notion was started it has been

prevalent among all Yhristians.

The 1E cards of each suit of a pack of Yards are sometimes applied to the 1Elunar months for purposes of divination.

The nostic gems are often inscribed with a 1Elettered 4ame for od,

$/U$4$ Th $4$U/$.

Xabbi #lie[er on account of a serious drought proclaimed 1E fasts, at the endof which rain fell at once.

The Temple used 1E collecting horns7 and in it were 1E tables, and 1E

devotional reverential bows were used in the full service.

When a "ebrew boy reached the age of 1E years he began to fast for the fulltime6 a girl began at twelve years.

The word Yovenant is written 1E times in the chapter on Yircumcision.

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The /ava 5et[ia gives 1E reasons for a good breakfast. Fn the "ebrew Uiturgyare found the 1E logical rules for interpreting the law. "ershon, +Talmud

5iscellany,+ p. 1`&.

4e)t6 ome "indoo Vses 0f 4umbers

05# "F4%00 V# 03 4V5/#X.

F4ancient Fndia, in the anscrit language, certain words were used as

euivalent to the low numbers6 for 0ne they said 5oon or #arth6 for Twothey used many words of things in pairs such as eye, wing, arm6 for Three

they used Xama, fire or guna, for they knew of E Xamas, E kinds of fire and E

gunas or ualities6 for G they used 2eda, age or ocean6 for ` they used easons6

for & they used age or vowel6 for 1* they said un or odiac7 and for *] theyused nails, meaning those of hands and feet. #dward /. Tylor.

4e)t6 0ther "igher 4umbers

0T"#X "F"#X 4V5/#X.

T"#1G days of /urial, in the 5aster!s degree6 1G parts into which the body of0siris was divided6 a type of Yhrist, sacrificed on the 1Gth day of the month6

an amulet of 1G points has been used to cure the sick.

There are 1G /ooks of the $pocrypha7 they were written originally in reek,

never in "ebrew. $n Fsraelite had to partake of 1G meals in the /ooth duringthe 3east of Tabernacles.

The Fsraelites killed the Paschal Uamb on the 1Gth day of the 5onth 4isan.

Fn 5atthew, chap. i., we find the genealogy of 8esus recited in three series of1G names, the first under Patriarchs and udges, the second under kings, and

the third under priests and governors.

The ancient physicians considered that the 1Gth day was the crisis of fevers.

The 5oon wa)es and wanes, each for 1G days.

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1R was the number of Pairs of The Oons, or "oly Principles in the nosticscheme of 2alentinus.

1R is the number by ematria of the Qth ephira "od, "V%.

There were 1R steps in the Temple between the antecourt of Fsrael and theWomen!s Yourt, and in these were sung the 1R Psalms of %egrees7 Psalmsc)).\c)))iv. 1R is the number of 8ah, a name of od7 so the 8ews who wrote

letters for numbers, never wrote 8", 1], R, for 1R, but T2, 9, ` 1R.

The great day of oyful recreation for 8ewish 5aidens

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was the 1Rth day of the month $b. The %eluge covered the hills to the depth of

1R cubits.

$ 8ewish boy in the olden time was ordered to begin the study of the emara

when 1R years of age.

1` means 3elicity7 a suare number. There are 1` Yourt Yards in a Tarot

pack.

1&. Fn the treatise +%e Fside et 0siride,+ Plutarch says 0siris was killed on the1&th day of the moon, and hence when the moon was at the fullHand from

that reason the #gyptians abominate the number 1&, and so did the

PythagoreansHthey called in $ntiphra)is -obstruction, because it fallsbetween the suare number 1` and the oblong number 1Q.

1Q was deemed a protection against thieves.

1Q. Fsaiah made 1Q denunciations against Fsrael. $t 1Q years of age a girl

should go to the 4uptial Yanopy. The olden Yandlestick of the Temple was1Q handsbreadths tall. There are 1Q /lessings in the "ebrew Uiturgy. There

were only 1Q "igh Priests during the e)istence of the 3irst or olomonicTemple at 8erusalem.

19. The number 19 is famous as being the number of years in the 5etonic

Yycle7 the cycle of the revolutions of the moon, after which she returns to have

her changes on the same day of the solar year. 5eto lived GEE /.Y.7 he was an$thenian7 he published his discovery at the 0lympic ames in the above year.

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The e)act period is, however, 1Q years and to days. The Yalippic period offour cycles, or seventysi) years, was invented by Yalippus, /.Y. EE], to

correct 5eto. 8ohn "eydon says that the number 19 facilitates births and

menses.

*]. The Kiddushin, *9. *, says od may curse a man who does not marry at

least when *] years old, for his life is a constant transgression. $ woman

marrying before *] may bear children up to si)ty7 at *] until forty, and afterforty will have none. /ava /athra, 119. *. To die after *] days diarrha is to

die pure.

*1. $ hen sits *1 days, and the $lmond is ripe *1 days after the flower falls.

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** Uetters of the "ebrew $lphabet, used also as numerals. The reali[ation of agood %ream may be deferred ** years. /erachoth, RR. *.

3rom the Works of "ermes Trismegistus are abstracted ** a)ioms on the

"uman Will7 they can be found in Tukaram Tatya!s +uide to Theosophy,+/ombay, 1QQ&.

There are ** Trumps in a pack of ancient Tarot Yards, used for %ivination7

#lipha[ Uvi, in his +Ylef des 5ystres,+ says that the numbers 1 to 19 refer

to the Keys of 0ccult cience, and that numbers 19 to ** are the Keys of4ature6 the relation of letters to these are nowhere correctly printed in books.

*E. Fn the anhedrin *E udges were reuired to try cases punishable by death.

*E. This day of eptember is notable because the moon which comes to the fullwithin a fortnight of it is called the harvest moon, which rises three days in

succession at the same time, instead of getting daily later.

*G is an evil number, referring to Yain, F4, but not of his numeration, which

is 1]] S 1] S R] N1`], or else 1]] S 1] S &]] N Q1].

*G. There are *G birds unclean as food7 *G ribs both in man and woman.

*`. The number of 8ehovah, F"2", 1] S R S ` S R.

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*`. Fn the #nglish language, which uses *` letters, it is found that the lettersoccur in very different proportions. Fn a fair e)ample of modern #nglish it has

been calculated that the proportion between the freuency of the use of the

letters was, of a, QR7 b, 1`7 c, E]7 d, GG7 e, 1*]7 f, *R7 g, 1&7 h, `G7 i, Q]7 , G7 k, Q71, G]7 m, E]7 n, Q]7 o, Q]7 p, 1&7 , R7 r, `*7 s, Q]7 t, 9]7 u, EG7 v, 1*7 w, *]7 ), G7

y, *]7 and [, *.

*&. The number of the F[eds or $ngels who ruled under the supervision of theeven $mshaspands of the oroastrian theology.

*Q. $ division of the odiac into *Q mansions of the moon, was probably

earlier than the solar division into 1*

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parts. The names and symbols can be obtained in anskrit and in $rabic.Proctor believes that olar $stronomy of the 1* signs arose about *1&] /.Y.,

in a country of about E` degrees of north latitude, and at a period whenTaurus was the first constellation of the odiac.

*9. The Xosh "ashanha says the period of the 5oon!s Xevolution is *9 days

and si) hours and forty minutes.

E]. $ meal of Uentils once in E] days keeps off the uinsy. $t E] years of age

8esus began his ministry7 8oseph was E] years old when he stood beforePharaoh7 %avid was E] years old when he began to reign7 E] pieces of silver

was the price 8udas received, and 8air had E] sons.

E1. The number of #l, od N $U. 1 S E].

E1. 8oshua did not complete the conuest of Yanaan until he had slain E1

kings.

E*. The number of the Paths of Wisdom, of the epher Zet[irah, being Fo

ephiroth and ** letters of the "ebrew alphabet.

EE. The years of the life of 8esus6 King %avid reigned in 8erusalem EE years6

the number of vertebr in the human spinal column.

ER. The number of $gla, $U$, a composite Kabalistic wonderworkingname. ee page *&.

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E`. $bai said there are never less than E` holy men of any generation uponwhom the hekinah does not rest.

E`. Plutarch, +%e Fside et 0siride,+ calls the Tetractys the power of the

number E`, and on this was the greatest oath of the Pythagoreans sworn7 andit was denominated the World, in conseuence of its being composed of the

first four even and the first four odd numbers7 for 1 and E and R and & are 1`7

add * and G and ` and Q, and obtain E`.

E9. The number of $rticles of the Protestant Yhristian Yhurch belief.

G]. Vp to G] years of age eating is best for a man, after G] drinking suits best.

"e who has passed G] days without an affliction has had his reward in this

life.

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3or G] days the 3lood lasted, for G] days the spies searched the promised land,

for G] days oliath challenged Fsrael, G] days of #[ekiel!s penitence, the 8ews

were G] years in the Wilderness, G] days of waiting before embalming thedead, enesis 1. E7 for G] days the woman!s purification lasted after

childbirth7 for G] days 5oses fasted twice7 for G] days #liah fasted, and for

G] days 8esus fasted in the Wilderness, and G] days elapsed between theXesurrection and $scension of 8esus. 5oses was G] years in #gypt, G] in

5idian, and G] in the Wilderness. The Fsraelites were G] years among thePhilistines.

G* is notable because of the G*lettered name of od, taught by the Kabalists6

there were G* 8udges in the 8udgment "all of 0siris. ee /ettany, +The

World!s Xeligions,+ p. 1``, on the events of the G*nd day after death.

G*. The Talmud of /abylon in Kiddushin &1, mentions the G*lettered 4ame,

and it is given by Fgnat[ tern as composed of the %ivine 4ames of the /ible7

thus #heieh asher eheieh, $l, 8ah, 8ehovah, #lohim, 8ehovah abaoth, #l Yhai

and $donai. $"F" $hX $"F"7 F"7 F"2F"7 $U7 $U"F57 F"2" T[/$2T7$U YhF7 $%4F, 0r G, E, G, *, R, *, R, G, R, *, *, G N G*.

Ft is very curious that the Ten ephiroth which denote the attributes of odwill show, when these letters are added together, and a 2 added for andbefore

the last one, this same number G*7 if Yhesed be called edulah, as was

common among Kabalists.

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GR. The number of $dam, $%5.

GR. The world is preserved for the sake of GR righteous persons. Yhullin, 9*.

GQ. There have been GQ prophets in Fsrael6 GQ cities were assigned to the

Uevites.

G9. 5oses received G9 reasons for the cleanness and uncleanness of each thing6so says The Talmud.

R]. The number of the ates of /inah -/F4" the Vnderstanding. The Kabalah

states that even 5oses only reached the G9th. ee my +epher Zet[irah,+

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RQ. 4oah, 4ch.

`]. $ristotle stated that the Yrocodile lives naturally `] years, and sits `] days

on `] eggs.

The Yhinese have a time cycle of `] years, and call it Kyatse. The people of

5alabar call this period Yhitam.

`]. The Talmud refers to `] deadly drugs, and `] sorts of wines7 the sow bears

her litter in `] days.

`i. The number $F4, 4egative e)istence of the %eity.

`G. $letheia, truth.

`R. The number of $donai, translated +Uord+ -$%4F and of "s, "es, keep

silence.

`&. The number of /inah, upernal 5other, the Erd ephira.

&]. The number of V%, od, a secret doctrine and private assembly6 the

earliest name for the Kabalah6 also FF4, Zayin, wine, also meant a secret.

&]. The Xabbis considered that there were &] nations, and 5ordecai is said tohave known &] languages. The 8ewish &] years of the captivity are reckoned

from their conuest by 4ebuchadne[[ar to the accession of Yyrus.

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&1. The number of the 5embers of the anhedrin.

&* has a large number of mystic referencesHto the &* angels bearing thenames of odHderived from #)odus )iv. 19, *], *1, by the Kabalists7 there is

an important set of &* pentacles which, placed in pairs, forms a series of E`talismans -see %r. Xudd, the Uemegeton, "arleian 5.7 it is also the number

of Yhesed -Yh% the ephira, 5ercy.

&*. Ft is said that Ptolemy, King of #gypt, collected &* "ebrew Xabbis and

confined each in a separate room, and ordered each to write out the 5osaicUaw, and that by the help of od each wrote out the same words. 5egillah of

the Talmud, 9. 1.

This account is similar to that of 8osephus and $ristus, but different to that

of Philo6 hence the name eptuagint.

&E. The number of Yhokmah -YhK5", Wisdom, the *nd ephira.

&Q. The number of cards in a Tarot pack6 G] numerals, r` court cards and **

Trumps.

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&9. /o[, /oa[, the lefthand bra[en Pillar at the entrance to olomon!s

Temple.

Q]. The number of Zesod, foundation, 9th ephira. Q]. The venerable Xabbi"illel had Q] pupils.

Q1. $ccording to the /ook of Xites of Yhao Kung, /.Y. 111*, an #mperor of

Yhina should have E concubines of the 3irst rank, 9 of the econd, *& of theThird and Q1 of the 3ourth Xank.

9]. FKF4, 8achin, the righthand Pillar of olomon!s Temple.

91 is the number of $54and of Tetragrammaton $donai -F"2", $%4F.

9`. $ccording to 2itruvius the natural height of a typical adult man is 9`

digits, which eualled *G palms, or si) feet.

99. The 5ahometans have 99 names attributed to od.

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1]]. This is the number of 5%24, which means strife, and it is the beginningof 1]] lawsuits.

The 8erusalem Talmud, /ava 5et[ia, QR. 1, says that Xabbi ira fasted 1]]

times to enable him to forget the Talmud of /abylon, in favour of the Talmudof 8erusalem.

0badiah was considered worthy to be called prophet, because he concealed

1]] prophets in a cave.

1]E. The family of "erod $smonus ruled 8ewry 1]E years.

1*]. 3or 1*] years the secret vault of Yhristian Xosenkreut[ remainedunopened, as he had ordered, 1GQG to 1`]G.

The hemaneh #sreh, the 1Q /lessings, were composed by 1*] #lders.

1E]. The Xabbis said that after the curse $dam fasted 1E] years as a penance.

This number is referred to #liah, $UF"2, and to the word prophet, "4/F$7these names number 1*], add 1] to this, the number of letters. The Kabalists

make a 5ystical uare -rectangle or Kamea of $UF"2of 1E] permutations7ten by thirteen.

1R*. The number of 5aria, the reek name for 5ary the 2irgin, being G], 1,

1]], 1], 1 N1R*.

1RE. The number of the great fishes caught in an unbroken net by the $postlesafter the Xesurrection.

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*]]. The number of the bones in the human body.

*]&. This is the number of $in uph, $F42P, the /oundless, and $ur, $2X,

Uight, and of $donai 0lam, $%4F02U$5, Uord of the Vniverse.

*1`. The cube of `7 *1` years, the period of the Pythagorean 5etempsychosis.

**1. The Yup of %avid in heaven contains **1 logs of wine6 -about *] gallons

says the Talmud.

*E1. The sum of the numbers 1 to *1, the ates of the epher Zet[irah.

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*GE. Yircles of oir $npin7 the number of the permutations, without reversalof the "ebrew Uetters. Kalisch.

*GQ. There are *GQ members of the body, says Talmud #iruvin, RE. *, and an

anathema enters into all of them. The word YhX5, accursed, is *GQ, but so isXYh5, 5ercy.

*R*. Ft is said that the disciples of Xabbi Fshmael once dissected a low woman,

and found she had *R* members7 but it does not say what the e)tra ones were.

*&]. Worlds of the Fdra Xabba, or reater "oly $ssembly.

*&1. The Talmud, in 4iddah, says that the "ebrew woman!s pregnancy lasted*&1, *&* or *&E days.

*Q] days the term of natural pregnancy, human7ten times the Uunar *Q day

period.

*QG. The number of Theos, od, in reek letters.

*9G. #kklesia, The Yhurch and X0%04, the Xose, and also 5elchisedek, King

of alem.

E]]. 5ithras.

E]]. The riches of Korah were so vast that it took E]] mules to carry them.

There were E]] sorts of devils in ichin.

The 2eil of the Temple reuired E]] priests to draw it aside, and E]] to cleanse

it.

E1G. The number of haddai, h%F and of 5etatron, 5TTXV4.

E1Q. "elios, the un.

EGR. This is the number of #l haddai, $U h%F, od $lmighty7 and of h5"

-hemah, the 4ame of the $bsolute od6 also of 5h", 5oses, and hFU",

hiloh.

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ERQ. The number of 5essiah, 5shich and 4chsh nachash, the erpent symbolof life.

E`G. The name atan, the hathan, ",shTh4, contains E`G, and all these days

of each year he can tempt man, but not on the E`Rth, the %ay of $tonement.

E`R. The reek numeration of $bra)as, a nostic talismanic word.

E`R. %ays of the year, 4egative 8ewish precepts, %ukes of /abylon, and treets

in the Yity of Xome.

E&]. %irections of the thought of 5icroprosopus. ee Fdra Xabba, R. RE&.

E&E. Uogos.

E&R. hU5", olomon.

E9G. There were this number of lawcourts in the 8erusalem of the kingdom

period.

G]]. The body of 8oseph was carried G]] miles to burial. %avid is said to havehad a guard of G]] young men who rode in golden chariots at the head of his

army.

G1]. The 3irst Temple stood qFo years, and the econd Temple G*].

G&G. The number of %aath, %0T, ecret Wisdom, the union of Yhokmah and/inah.

G9`. The number of 5alkuth -5UKT, the Kingdom, the 1]th ephir

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