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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|U}}'''. '''U — '''The twenty‐first letter of the Latin alphabet, which has no equivalent in Hebrew. As a number, however, it is considered very mystical both by the Pythagoreans and the Kabbalists, as it is the product of 3 x 7. The latter consider it the most sacred of the odd numbers, as 21 is the sum of the numerical value of the Divine Name ''aeie'', or ''eiea'', or again ''aheihe'' — thus (read backward, ''aheihe'') '' he i he a'' 5+10+5+1=21 In Alchemy it symbolizes the twenty‐one days necessary for the transmutation of baser metals into silver. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|U}}'''. '''U — '''The twenty‐first letter of the Latin alphabet, which has no equivalent in Hebrew. As a number, however, it is considered very mystical both by the Pythagoreans and the Kabbalists, as it is the product of 3 x 7. The latter consider it the most sacred of the odd numbers, as 21 is the sum of the numerical value of the Divine Name ''aeie'', or ''eiea'', or again ''aheihe'' — thus (read backward, ''aheihe'') '' he i he a'' 5+10+5+1=21 In Alchemy it symbolizes the twenty‐one days necessary for the transmutation of baser metals into silver. | ||
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H. P. Blavatsky
U. U — The twenty‐first letter of the Latin alphabet, which has no equivalent in Hebrew. As a number, however, it is considered very mystical both by the Pythagoreans and the Kabbalists, as it is the product of 3 x 7. The latter consider it the most sacred of the odd numbers, as 21 is the sum of the numerical value of the Divine Name aeie, or eiea, or again aheihe — thus (read backward, aheihe) he i he a 5+10+5+1=21 In Alchemy it symbolizes the twenty‐one days necessary for the transmutation of baser metals into silver.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. U