Sunday, August 8, 2010

Numbers, Their Occult Power and Mystic Virtues

"This is a review of number lore by W. Wynn Westcott, an esoteric author of the 19th century. Westcott includes information on the Pythagoreans and the Kabbalah. The main portion of this book includes a series of chapters dealing with every-larger numbers, starting with the 'monad', 1. Westcott had a grasp a wide range of occult correspondences, and this short book includes many rare snippets of information..."

Of particular interest here at the ILMJ:

Part I. Pythagoras, his Tenets and his Followers

Part II. Pythagorean Views on Numbers

Part III. The Kabalah On Numbers

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