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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|X}}'''. '''X''' — This letter is one of the important symbols in the Occult philosophy. As a numeral '''X''' stands, in mathematics, for the unknown quantity; in occult numerals, for the perfect number '''10'''; when placed horizontally, thus χ, it means 1,000; the same with a dash over it χ for 10,000; and by itself, in occult symbolism, it is Plato’s ''logos ''(man as a microcosm) decussated in space in the form of the letter '''X.''' The, or cross within the circle, has moreover a still clearer significance in Eastern occult philosophy: it IS MAN within his own ''spherical'' envelope. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|X}}'''. '''X''' — This letter is one of the important symbols in the Occult philosophy. As a numeral '''X''' stands, in mathematics, for the unknown quantity; in occult numerals, for the perfect number '''10'''; when placed horizontally, thus χ, it means 1,000; the same with a dash over it χ for 10,000; and by itself, in occult symbolism, it is Plato’s ''logos ''(man as a microcosm) decussated in space in the form of the letter '''X.''' The, or cross within the circle, has moreover a still clearer significance in Eastern occult philosophy: it IS MAN within his own ''spherical'' envelope. | ||
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H. P. Blavatsky
X. X — This letter is one of the important symbols in the Occult philosophy. As a numeral X stands, in mathematics, for the unknown quantity; in occult numerals, for the perfect number 10; when placed horizontally, thus χ, it means 1,000; the same with a dash over it χ for 10,000; and by itself, in occult symbolism, it is Plato’s logos (man as a microcosm) decussated in space in the form of the letter X. The, or cross within the circle, has moreover a still clearer significance in Eastern occult philosophy: it IS MAN within his own spherical envelope.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. X