A profound elucidation of Tetractys components, from the Monad to the Decad, and weaving them into a whole of the Monad again. If we take a transcendent view in which mathematics has its own Pythagorean-Platonic realities that co-arise with the visible world (phenomenal, or Demiurgic world), and combine it with the Chaldean views of thrice-transcendent worlds divided by the veils of Hekate, it gives a moderate view of how the ancients viewed proportions, or ratio and logos between things and how they related their existence to the penetration in the generative world. Most likely, I will return to this book for more, as I progress with my studies, to round and 'wholize' certain finer aspects that I haven't caught earlier. It must be noted, that scientific knowledge of the modern day goes together with this scientia, it is a question of extending the base foundations and extending them towards the treasuries of modern astronomy. For example - although we discovered Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Eris etc. The system presented is wholly consistent within the seven spheres, and thus is finite and perfected according to means and tools. It takes merely a step of imaginative theology to link these mysteries into one splendid whole once again. ( )

A profound elucidation of Tetractys components, from the Monad to the Decad, and weaving them into a whole of the Monad again. If we take a transcendent view in which mathematics has its own Pythagorean-Platonic realities that co-arise with the visible world (phenomenal, or Demiurgic world), and combine it with the Chaldean views of thrice-transcendent worlds divided by the veils of Hekate, it gives a moderate view of how the ancients viewed proportions, or ratio and logos between things and how they related their existence to the penetration in the generative world. Most likely, I will return to this book for more, as I progress with my studies, to round and 'wholize' certain finer aspects that I haven't caught earlier. It must be noted, that scientific knowledge of the modern day goes together with this scientia, it is a question of extending the base foundations and extending them towards the treasuries of modern astronomy. For example - although we discovered Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Eris etc. The system presented is wholly consistent within the seven spheres, and thus is finite and perfected according to means and tools. It takes merely a step of imaginative theology to link these mysteries into one splendid whole once again. ( )

A profound elucidation of Tetractys components, from the Monad to the Decad, and weaving them into a whole of the Monad again. If we take a transcendent view in which mathematics has its own Pythagorean-Platonic realities that co-arise with the visible world (phenomenal, or Demiurgic world), and combine it with the Chaldean views of thrice-transcendent worlds divided by the veils of Hekate, it gives a moderate view of how the ancients viewed proportions, or ratio and logos between things and how they related their existence to the penetration in the generative world. Most likely, I will return to this book for more, as I progress with my studies, to round and 'wholize' certain finer aspects that I haven't caught earlier. It must be noted, that scientific knowledge of the modern day goes together with this scientia, it is a question of extending the base foundations and extending them towards the treasuries of modern astronomy. For example - although we discovered Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Eris etc. The system presented is wholly consistent within the seven spheres, and thus is finite and perfected according to means and tools. It takes merely a step of imaginative theology to link these mysteries into one splendid whole once again. ( )

A profound elucidation of Tetractys components, from the Monad to the Decad, and weaving them into a whole of the Monad again. If we take a transcendent view in which mathematics has its own Pythagorean-Platonic realities that co-arise with the visible world (phenomenal, or Demiurgic world), and combine it with the Chaldean views of thrice-transcendent worlds divided by the veils of Hekate, it gives a moderate view of how the ancients viewed proportions, or ratio and logos between things and how they related their existence to the penetration in the generative world. Most likely, I will return to this book for more, as I progress with my studies, to round and 'wholize' certain finer aspects that I haven't caught earlier. It must be noted, that scientific knowledge of the modern day goes together with this scientia, it is a question of extending the base foundations and extending them towards the treasuries of modern astronomy. For example - although we discovered Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Eris etc. The system presented is wholly consistent within the seven spheres, and thus is finite and perfected according to means and tools. It takes merely a step of imaginative theology to link these mysteries into one splendid whole once again. ( )

For certain synesthetes, all numbers have allusions beyond simple quantification. Thus, "936" might be a restaurant in the French countryside that specializes in dishes seasoned with tarragon, while "1474" is an aging trailer park with metalized domiciles bleaching under a fierce Arizona sun. Indeed, these images are attempts at describing something more elusive: at bottom "936" is that which feels like 936.

For the Pythagoreans, numbers evoke an entire metaphysics that moves well beyond the charms of synesthesia. They believe that numbers embody reality and their allusions represent universal truths. They give special emphasis to the first ten numbers. This book, attributed to Iamblichus but reading more like a student's lecture notes, outlines Pythagorean numerology. As an example, the pentad embodies justice since it is the center of the run of numbers between one and nine as well as the sum of the first odd and even numbers (one, the monad, is not considered either even or odd).

The text is terse throughout and often obscure, but it is a fascinating glimpse of minds attempting to make sense of a chaotic world. The simple mathematics of Greek arithmetic can inspire a complex and sophisticated mysticism. ( )