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{{Style P-No indent|''incognisable ''{{Style S-Small capitals|Deity}} in One). * “ When the Heavenly man (or Logos) first assumed the form of the Crown † (Kether) and identified himself with Sephira, he caused seven splendid lights to emanate from it (the Crown),” which made in their totality ten ; so the Brahmâ-Prajâpati, once he became separated from, yet identical with Vâch, caused the seven Rishis, the seven Manus or Prajâpatis to issue from that crown. In Exotericism one will always find 10 and 7, of either Sephiroth or Prajâpati ; in ''Esoteric ''rendering always 3 and 7, which yield also 10. Only when divided in the manifested sphere into 3 and 7, they form [[File:sd-circle_with_vertical_diameter.jpg|x20px]], the androgyne, and [[File:sd-circle_with_svastika.jpg|x20px]], or the figure X manifested and differentiated.}} | {{Style P-No indent|''incognisable ''{{Style S-Small capitals|Deity}} in One). * “ When the Heavenly man (or {{Style S-Small capitals|Logos}}) first assumed the form of the Crown † (Kether) and identified himself with Sephira, he caused seven splendid lights to emanate from it (the Crown),” which made in their totality ten ; so the Brahmâ-Prajâpati, once he became separated from, yet identical with Vâch, caused the seven Rishis, the seven Manus or Prajâpatis to issue from that crown. In Exotericism one will always find 10 and 7, of either Sephiroth or Prajâpati ; in ''Esoteric ''rendering always 3 and 7, which yield also 10. Only when divided in the manifested sphere into 3 and 7, they form [[File:sd-circle_with_vertical_diameter.jpg|x20px]], the androgyne, and [[File:sd-circle_with_svastika.jpg|x20px]], or the figure X manifested and differentiated.}} | ||
This will help the student to understand why Pythagoras esteemed the Deity (the Logos) to be the ''centre of unity ''and “ Source of Harmony.” We say this Deity was the ''Logos'', not the monad that dwelleth in Solitude and Silence, because Pythagoras taught that unity being indivisible is ''no number. ''And this is also why it was required of the candidate, who applied for admittance into his school, that he should have already studied as a preliminary step, the Sciences of Arithmetic, Astronomy, Geometry and ''Music'', held as the four divisions of Mathematics. ‡ Again, this explains why the Pythagoreans asserted that the doctrine of Numbers — the chief of all in Esotericism — had been revealed to man by the celestial deities ; that the world had been called forth out of Chaos by Sound or Harmony, and constructed according to the principles of musical proportion ; that the seven planets which rule the destiny of mortals have a harmonious motion “ and intervals corresponding to musical diastemes, rendering various sounds, so perfectly consonant, that they produce the sweetest melody, which is inaudible to us, only by reason of the greatness of the sound, which our ears are incapable of receiving.” (''Censorinus.'') | This will help the student to understand why Pythagoras esteemed the Deity (the Logos) to be the ''centre of unity ''and “ Source of Harmony.” We say this Deity was the ''Logos'', not the monad that dwelleth in Solitude and Silence, because Pythagoras taught that unity being indivisible is ''no number. ''And this is also why it was required of the candidate, who applied for admittance into his school, that he should have already studied as a preliminary step, the Sciences of Arithmetic, Astronomy, Geometry and ''Music'', held as the four divisions of Mathematics. ‡ Again, this explains why the Pythagoreans asserted that the doctrine of Numbers — the chief of all in Esotericism — had been revealed to man by the celestial deities ; that the world had been called forth out of Chaos by Sound or Harmony, and constructed according to the principles of musical proportion ; that the seven planets which rule the destiny of mortals have a harmonious motion “ and intervals corresponding to musical diastemes, rendering various sounds, so perfectly consonant, that they produce the sweetest melody, which is inaudible to us, only by reason of the greatness of the sound, which our ears are incapable of receiving.” (''Censorinus.'') | ||
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> It is this ''trinity ''that is meant by the “ three steps of Vishnu ” ; which means : (Vishnu being considered as the ''Infinite ''in exotericism) — that from the Parabrahm issued Mulaprakriti, Purusha (the Logos), and Prakriti : the four forms (with itself, the synthesis) of Vâch. And in the Kabala — Ain-Soph, Shekinah, Adam Kadmon and Sephirah, the four — or the three emanations being distinct — yet one. | <nowiki>*</nowiki> It is this ''trinity ''that is meant by the “ three steps of Vishnu ” ; which means : (Vishnu being considered as the ''Infinite ''in exotericism) — that from the Parabrahm issued Mulaprakriti, Purusha (the Logos), and Prakriti : the four forms (with itself, the synthesis) of Vâch. And in the Kabala — Ain-Soph, Shekinah, Adam Kadmon and Sephirah, the four — or the three emanations being distinct — yet {{Style S-Small capitals|one}}. | ||
† Chaldean ''Book of Numbers. ''In the current ''Kabala ''the name Jehovah replaces Adam Kadmon. | † Chaldean ''Book of Numbers. ''In the current ''Kabala ''the name Jehovah replaces Adam Kadmon. | ||