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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Y}}'''. '''Y — '''The twenty‐fifth letter of the English alphabet, and the tenth of the Hebrew — the ''Yod''. It is the ''litera'' ''Pythagorœ'' the Pythagorean letter and symbol, signifying the two branches, or ''paths of virtue and vice'' respectively, the right leading to virtue, the left to vice. In Hebrew Kabbalistic mysticism it is the phallic male member, and also as number ten, the perfect number. Symbolically, it is represented by a hand with bent forefinger. Its numerical equivalent is ten. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Y}}'''. '''Y — '''The twenty‐fifth letter of the English alphabet, and the tenth of the Hebrew — the ''Yod''. It is the ''litera'' ''Pythagorœ'' the Pythagorean letter and symbol, signifying the two branches, or ''paths of virtue and vice'' respectively, the right leading to virtue, the left to vice. In Hebrew Kabbalistic mysticism it is the phallic male member, and also as number ten, the perfect number. Symbolically, it is represented by a hand with bent forefinger. Its numerical equivalent is ten. | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:55, 8 October 2026
H. P. Blavatsky
Y. Y — The twenty‐fifth letter of the English alphabet, and the tenth of the Hebrew — the Yod. It is the litera Pythagorœ the Pythagorean letter and symbol, signifying the two branches, or paths of virtue and vice respectively, the right leading to virtue, the left to vice. In Hebrew Kabbalistic mysticism it is the phallic male member, and also as number ten, the perfect number. Symbolically, it is represented by a hand with bent forefinger. Its numerical equivalent is ten.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Y