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(''a'') This relates to the sacred Science of the Numerals : so sacred, indeed, and so important in the study of Occultism that the subject can hardly be skimmed, even in such a large work as the present. It is on the Hierarchies and correct numbers of these Beings invisible (to us) except upon very rare occasions, that the mystery of the whole Universe is built. The ''Kumaras'', for instance, are called the “ Four ” though in reality seven in number, because Sanaka, Sananda, Sanatana and SanatKumara are the chief Vaidhâtra (their patronymic name), as they spring from the “ four-fold mystery.” To make the whole clearer we have to turn for our illustrations to tenets more familiar to some of our readers, namely, the Brahminical. | (''a'') This relates to the sacred Science of the Numerals : so sacred, indeed, and so important in the study of Occultism that the subject can hardly be skimmed, even in such a large work as the present. It is on the Hierarchies and correct numbers of these Beings invisible (to us) except upon very rare occasions, that the mystery of the whole Universe is built. The ''Kumaras'', for instance, are called the “ Four ” though in reality seven in number, because Sanaka, Sananda, Sanatana and SanatKumara are the chief Vaidhâtra (their patronymic name), as they spring from the “ four-fold mystery.” To make the whole clearer we have to turn for our illustrations to tenets more familiar to some of our readers, namely, the Brahminical. | ||
According to Manu, Hiranyagarbha is Brahmâ ''the first male ''formed by the undiscernible Causeless cause in a “ Golden Egg resplendent as the Sun,” as states the Hindu Classical Dictionary. “ Hiranyagarbha ” — means the golden, or rather the “ Effulgent Womb ” or Egg. The meaning tallies awkwardly with the epithet of “ male.” Surely the esoteric meaning of the sentence is clear enough. In the Rig Veda it is said : — “ That, the one Lord of all beings . . . . the one animating principle of gods and man,” arose, in the beginning, in the Golden Womb, Hiranyagarbha — which is the Mundane Egg or sphere of our Universe. That Being is surely androgynous, and the allegory of Brahmâ separating into two and recreating in one of his halves (the female Vâch) himself as Virâj, is a proof of it. | According to Manu, Hiranyagarbha is Brahmâ ''the first male'' formed by the undiscernible Causeless {{Style S-Small capitals|cause}} in a “ Golden Egg resplendent as the Sun,” as states the Hindu Classical Dictionary. “ Hiranyagarbha ” — means the golden, or rather the “ Effulgent Womb ” or Egg. The meaning tallies awkwardly with the epithet of “ male.” Surely the esoteric meaning of the sentence is clear enough. In the Rig Veda it is said : — “ {{Style S-Small capitals|That}}, the one Lord of all beings . . . . the one animating principle of gods and man,” arose, in the beginning, in the Golden Womb, Hiranyagarbha — which is the Mundane Egg or sphere of our Universe. That Being is surely androgynous, and the allegory of Brahmâ separating into two and recreating in one of his halves (the female Vâch) himself as Virâj, is a proof of it. | ||
“ The One from the Egg, the Six and the Five,” give the number 1065, the value of the first-born (later on the male and female Brahmâ-Prajâpati), who answers to the numbers 7, and 14, and 21 respectively. The Prajâpati are, like the Sephiroth, only seven, including the | “ The One from the Egg, the Six and the Five,” give the number 1065, the value of the first-born (later on the male and female Brahmâ-Prajâpati), who answers to the numbers 7, and 14, and 21 respectively. The Prajâpati are, like the Sephiroth, only seven, including the | ||
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mathematical formulæ to express it. This set of figures must have the same meaning, since the 1 : 314,159, and then again 1 : 3 : 1,415,927 are worked out in the secret calculations to express the various cycles and ages of the “ first born,” or 311,040,000,000,000 with fractions, and yield the same 13,415 by a process we are not concerned with at present. And it may be shown that Mr. Ralston Skinner, author of ''The Source of Measures'', reads the Hebrew word Alhim in the same number values, by omitting, as said, the ciphers and by permutation — 13,514 : since {{Style S-Hebrew|א}} (a) is 1 : {{Style S-Hebrew|ל}} (l) is 3 (or 30) ; {{Style S-Hebrew|ה}} (h) is 5 ; {{Style S-Hebrew|י}} (i) 1 for 10 ; and {{Style S-Hebrew|ם}} (m) is 4 (40), and anagrammatically — 31,415 as explained by him. | {{Style P-No indent|mathematical formulæ to express it. This set of figures must have the same meaning, since the 1 : 314,159, and then again 1 : 3 : 1,415,927 are worked out in the secret calculations to express the various cycles and ages of the “ first born,” or 311,040,000,000,000 with fractions, and yield the same 13,415 by a process we are not concerned with at present. And it may be shown that Mr. Ralston Skinner, author of ''The Source of Measures'', reads the Hebrew word Alhim in the same number values, by omitting, as said, the ciphers and by permutation — 13,514 : since {{Style S-Hebrew|א}} (a) is 1 : {{Style S-Hebrew|ל}} (l) is 3 (or 30) ; {{Style S-Hebrew|ה}} (h) is 5 ; {{Style S-Hebrew|י}} (i) 1 for 10 ; and {{Style S-Hebrew|ם}} (m) is 4 (40), and anagrammatically — 31,415 as explained by him.}} | ||
Thus, while in the metaphysical world, the circle with the one central Point in it has no number, and is called Anupadaka (parentless and numberless) — viz., it can fall under no calculation, — in the manifested world the mundane Egg or Circle is circumscribed within the groups called the Line, the Triangle, the Pentacle, the second Line and the Cube (or 13514) ; and when the Point having generated a Line, thus becomes a diameter which stands for the androgynous Logos, then the figures become 31415, or a triangle, a line, a cube, the second line, and a pentacle. “ When the Son separates from the Mother he becomes the Father,” the diameter standing for Nature, or the feminine principle. Therefore it is said : “ In the world of being, the one Point fructifies the Line — the Virgin Matrix of Kosmos (the egg-shaped zero) — and the immaculate Mother gives birth to the form that combines all forms.” Prajâpati is called the first procreating male, and “ his Mother’s husband.” * This gives the key-note to all the later divine sons from immaculate mothers. It is greatly corroborated by the significant fact that Anna (the name of the Mother of the Virgin Mary) now represented by the Roman Catholic church as having given birth to her daughter in an immaculate way (“ Mary conceived without sin ”), is derived from the Chaldean Ana, heaven, or Astral Light, Anima Mundi ; whence Anaitia, Devi-durga, the wife of Siva, is also called Annapurna, | Thus, while in the metaphysical world, the circle with the one central Point in it has no number, and is called Anupadaka (parentless and numberless) — viz., it can fall under no calculation, — in the manifested world the mundane Egg or Circle is circumscribed within the groups called the Line, the Triangle, the Pentacle, the second Line and the Cube (or 13514) ; and when the Point having generated a Line, thus becomes a diameter which stands for the androgynous Logos, then the figures become 31415, or a triangle, a line, a cube, the second line, and a pentacle. “ When the Son separates from the Mother he becomes the Father,” the diameter standing for Nature, or the feminine principle. Therefore it is said : “ In the world of being, the one Point fructifies the Line — the Virgin Matrix of Kosmos (the egg-shaped zero) — and the immaculate Mother gives birth to the form that combines all forms.” Prajâpati is called the first procreating male, and “ his Mother’s husband.” * This gives the key-note to all the later divine sons from immaculate mothers. It is greatly corroborated by the significant fact that Anna (the name of the Mother of the Virgin Mary) now represented by the Roman Catholic church as having given birth to her daughter in an immaculate way (“ Mary conceived without sin ”), is derived from the Chaldean Ana, heaven, or Astral Light, Anima Mundi ; whence Anaitia, Devi-durga, the wife of Siva, is also called Annapurna, | ||