W. Wynn Westcott - Numbers Their Occult Power and Mystic Virtues

Numbers---Their Occult Power And Mystic VirtuesBy W. Wynn WestcottPREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION, 1890.......................3PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION, 1902..................5PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION, 1911......................8PART ONE...................................................................9CHAPTER ONE.........................................................9PYTHAGORAS, HIS TENETS & HIS FOLLOWERS.....9PART TWO................................................................17CHAPTER TWO......................................................18PYTHAGOREAN VIEWS ON NUMBERS..................18PART THREE.............................................................27CHAPTER THREE..................................................27THE QABALAH ON NUMBERS...............................27TABLE OF GREEK AND HEBREW LETTERS..........29MAGIC SQUARE OF MARS.................................41PART FOUR...............................................................44CHAPTER FOUR....................................................45THE INDIVIDUAL NUMERALS................................45THE MONAD, ONE, 1.............................................45MEANINGS OF THE MONAD, NUMBER ONE......46CHAPTER FIVE......................................................50THE DYAD. TWO, 2................................................50CHAPTER SIX........................................................58THE TRIAD. THREE, 3...........................................58CHAPTER SEVEN..................................................71THREE AND A HALF, 3 1/2...................................71CHAPTER EIGHT...................................................73THE TETRAD, FOUR, 4..........................................73CHAPTER NINE......................................................89THE PENTAD, FIVE, 5............................................89CHAPTER TEN.....................................................100THE HEXAD, SIX, 6.............................................100CHAPTER ELEVEN..............................................110THE HEPTAD, SEVEN, 7......................................110TABLE OF PLANETS, ANIMALS AND METALS..121ANCIENT TABLE OF PLANETS AND NUMBERS125CHAPTER TWELVE..............................................135THE OGDOAD, EIGHT, 8.....................................135PLANETARY RATIO TABLE OF TONES..............136

Numbers---Their Occult Power And Mystic VirtuesBy W. Wynn WestcottCHAPTER THIRTEEN...........................................140THE ENNEAD, NINE, 9........................................140TABLE OF PLANETS AND NUMBERS...............145TABLE OF ZODIACAL SIGNS & NUMBERS.......146CHAPTER FOURTEEN..........................................149THE DECAD, TEN, 10..........................................149CHAPTER FIFTEEN..............................................161ELEVEN, 11.........................................................161CHAPTER SIXTEEN.............................................163TWELVE, 12.........................................................163TABLE OF BIRDS, ANIMALS AND FLOWERS....166TABLE OF COLORS & ZODIAC SIGNS..............167TABLE OF ZODIAC WITH SEX, DAY & NIGHT..167TABLE OF ZODIAC & DIRECTIONS..................168TABLE OF ZODIAC AND PLANETS....................169TABLE OF 12 PERMUTATIONS OF IHVH..........171CHAPTER SEVENTEEN........................................178THIRTEEN, 13......................................................178CHAPTER EIGHTEEN..........................................180SOME HINDU USES OF NUMBERS.....................180CHAPTER NINETEEN...........................................181OTHER HIGHER NUMBERS.................................181CHAPTER TWENTY..............................................208THE APOCALYPTIC NUMBERS............................208

Numbers---Their Occult Power And Mystic VirtuesBy W. Wynn Westcott

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even years have passed sincethis essay was written, and theMSS. pages have been lent tomany friends and students of mystic lore and occult mean-ings. It is only at the earnestrequest of these kindly criticsthat I have consented to publishthis volume. The contents arenecessarily of a fragmentarycharacter, and have been collected from an immensenumber of sources; the original matter has been inten-tionally reduced to the least possible quantity, so as toobtain space for the inclusion of the utmost amount of ancient, quaint and occult learning. It is impossible togive even an approximate list of works which have beenconsulted; direct quotations have been acknowledged innumerous instances, and (perhaps naturally) many astatement might have been equally well quoted from thebook of a contemporary author, a mediaeval monk, aRoman historian, a Greek poet, or a Hindu Adept. Togive the credit to the modern author would not be fairto the ancient sage, to refer the reader to a Sanskrit tomewould be in most cases only loss of time and waste of paper. My great difficulty has been to supply informa-tion mystic enough to match the ideal of the work, andyet not so esoteric as to convey truths which Adeptshave still concealed.

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