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The use of geometrical figures and the frequent allusions to figures in all ancient scriptures (see Purânas, Egyptian papyri, the “ Book of the Dead ” and even the Bible) must be explained. In the “ Book of Dzyan,” as in the Kabala, there are two kinds of numerals to be studied | The use of geometrical figures and the frequent allusions to figures in all ancient scriptures (see Purânas, Egyptian papyri, the “ Book of the Dead ” and even the Bible) must be explained. In the “ Book of Dzyan,” as in the Kabala, there are two kinds of numerals to be studied | ||
— the figures, often simple blinds, and the Sacred Numbers, the values of which are all known to the Occultists through Initiation. The former is but a conventional glyph, the latter is the basic symbol of all. That is to say, that one is purely physical, the other purely metaphysical, the two standing in relation to each other as matter stands to spirit — the extreme poles of the one Substance. | — the figures, often simple blinds, and the Sacred Numbers, the values of which are all known to the Occultists through Initiation. The former is but a conventional glyph, the latter is the basic symbol of all. That is to say, that one is purely physical, the other purely metaphysical, the two standing in relation to each other as matter stands to spirit — the extreme poles of the {{Style S-Small capitals|one}} Substance. | ||
As Balzac, the unconscious Occultist of French literature, says somewhere, the Number is to Mind the same as it is to matter : “ an incomprehensible agent ; ” (perhaps so to the profane, never to the Initiated mind). Number is, as the great writer thought, an Entity, and, at the same time, a Breath emanating from what he called God and what we call the all ; the breath which alone could organize the physical Kosmos, “ where naught obtains its form but through the Deity, which is an effect of Number.” It is instructive to quote Balzac’s words upon this subject : — | As Balzac, the unconscious Occultist of French literature, says somewhere, the Number is to Mind the same as it is to matter : “ an incomprehensible agent ; ” (perhaps so to the profane, never to the Initiated mind). Number is, as the great writer thought, an Entity, and, at the same time, a Breath emanating from what he called God and what we call the all ; the breath which alone could organize the physical Kosmos, “ where naught obtains its form but through the Deity, which is an effect of Number.” It is instructive to quote Balzac’s words upon this subject : — | ||
{{Style P-Quote|“ The smallest as the most immense creations, are they not to be distinguished from each other by their quantities, their qualities, their dimensions, their forces and attributes, all begotten by the Number ? The infinitude of the Numbers is a fact proven to our mind, but of which no proof can be physically}} | {{Style P-Quote|“ The smallest as the most immense creations, are they not to be distinguished from each other by their quantities, their qualities, their dimensions, their forces and attributes, all begotten by the {{Style S-Small capitals|Number}} ? The infinitude of the Numbers is a fact proven to our mind, but of which no proof can be physically}} | ||
{{Page|67|the power of numbers.}} | {{Page|67|the power of numbers.}} | ||
{{Style P-Quote|{{Style P-No indent|given. The mathematician will tell us that the infinitude of the numbers exists but is not to be demonstrated. God is a Number endowed with motion, which is felt but not demonstrated. ''As Unity'', ''it begins the Numbers'', ''with which it has nothing in common''. . . . . The existence of the Number depends on Unity, which, without a single Number, begets them all. . . . . What ! unable either to measure the first abstraction yielded to you by the Deity, or to get hold of it, you still hope to subject to your measurements the mystery of the Secret Sciences which emanate from that Deity ? . . . . And what would you feel, were I to plunge you into the abysses of Motion, the Force which organizes the Number ? What would you think, were I to add that ''Motion ''and ''Number'' * are begotten by the Word, the Supreme Reason of the Seers and Prophets, who, in days of old, sensed the mighty Breath of God, a witness to which is the Apocalypse ? ”}}}} | {{Style P-Quote|{{Style P-No indent|given. The mathematician will tell us that the infinitude of the numbers exists but is not to be demonstrated. God is a Number endowed with motion, which is felt but not demonstrated. ''As Unity'', ''it begins the Numbers'', ''with which it has nothing in common''. . . . . The existence of the Number depends on Unity, which, without a single Number, begets them all. . . . . What ! unable either to measure the first abstraction yielded to you by the Deity, or to get hold of it, you still hope to subject to your measurements the mystery of the Secret Sciences which emanate from that Deity ? . . . . And what would you feel, were I to plunge you into the abysses of {{Style S-Small capitals|Motion}}, the Force which organizes the Number ? What would you think, were I to add that ''Motion ''and ''Number'' * are begotten by the {{Style S-Small capitals|Word}}, the Supreme Reason of the Seers and Prophets, who, in days of old, sensed the mighty Breath of God, a witness to which is the Apocalypse ? ”}}}} | ||
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Number, truly ; but never Motion. It is ''Motion ''which begets the Logos, the Word, in occultism. | <nowiki>*</nowiki> Number, truly ; but never {{Style S-Small capitals|Motion}}. It is ''Motion'' which begets the Logos, the Word, in occultism. | ||
† The “ Fourteen precious things.” The narrative or allegory is found in the Satapatha Brâhmana and others. The Japanese Secret Science of the Buddhist Mystics, the ''Yamabooshi'', has “ seven precious things.” We will speak of them, hereafter. | † The “ Fourteen precious things.” The narrative or allegory is found in the Satapatha Brâhmana and others. The Japanese Secret Science of the Buddhist Mystics, the ''Yamabooshi'', has “ seven precious things.” We will speak of them, hereafter. | ||