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THE DECAD. 10.
The Decad, number Ten, or Panteleia, which meant "All complete" or fully accomplished," is the grand summit of numbers, which once reached cannot be passed; to increase the sum we must retrograde to the Monad.
The Pythagoreans were entranced with its virtues and called it Deity, Heaven, Eternity and the Sun.
Ten being the recipient or receptacle of all numbers was called Decad, from dechomai = to receive, and hence Heaven, which was ordained to receive all men.
Like the Deity it is a Circle, with visible centre, but its circumference too vast for sight.
It is the sum of the units of the number four as previously mentioned, a holy and Deistic number, thus 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 are 10, and thus ten gains splendour from its parentage.
Also spoken of as "Eternity," which is infinite life, because it contains every number in itself, and number is infinite.
It is also called Kosmos, that is the "Universe." Proclus says: The decad is mundane also, it is the world which receives the images of all the divine numbers, which are supernaturally imparted to it.
It is called "the fountain of eternal nature," because if we take the half, five as the middle number, and add together the next above and the next below, viz., 6 and 4, we make to, and the next two in a similar manner 7 and 3 are 10; and so on 8 and 2 and 9 and 1 give the same result.
All nations reckon by the Decimal scale of notation, to
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which they were no doubt led from the convenience of counting the ten digits of the hands.
It is also spoken of as Kleidoukos, that is, "having custody of others," the magazine of the other numbers, because other numbers are branches from it: also called Fate, which comprises all sorts of events: Age, Power; Atlas, because it supports the to spheres of Heaven; Phanes; Memory; Urania; and "The first Square, because it consists of the first four numbers."
Two old conceits were that the Tenth wave of the sea is always larger than others; and that birds laid the 10th egg of a larger size than the others.
The word Ten was used by the Hebrews, instead of "a large number," so that care must be exercised in translating this; thus Nehemiah interprets "ten generations" of Deuteronomy xxiii. v. 3 to mean "for ever." Nehemiah xiii. 1.
The Kabalists called 5, 6 and 10 circular numbers, because when squared, the result shows the same number in the unit figure, thus:
5 times 5 are 25 and 5 times 25 are 125
6 times 6 are 36 6 times 36 are 216
10 times 10 are 100 10 times 100 are 1000
An old periphrasis mentioned by Shakespeare is, "I'd set my ten commandments in your face," meaning the finger nails for scratching. See 2 Henry VI. i. 3.
The Mahometans say that ten animals were admitted to Paradise.
1. Kratim, the dog of the Seven Sleepers.
2. Ass of Balaam.
3. Ant of Solomon.
4. Whale of Jonah.
5. The Calf (not Ram) offered to Jehovah by Abraham instead of Isaac, his son.
6. The Ox of Moses.
7. The Camel of the prophet Salech.
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8. The Cuckoo of Belkis.
9. The Ram of Ishmael.
10. Al Borek, the Animal which conveyed Mahomet to heaven.
"We find to generations from Adam to Noah, 10 from Shem to Abraham. The 10 spiritual graces of Christianity are Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, prudence, meekness, and temperance," says Dr. G. Oliver; although where he gets 10 generations from Adam to Noah, I know not.
Under to also falls the mention of the Pythagorean Triangle, Tetractys, consisting of an equilateral triangle enclosing ten YODS: thus the upper is the Monad, the second line the Dyad, the third the Triad, and the fourth the Quaternary or Tetrad: representing the four forms of point, line, superficies and solid. A similar form is given by Hebrew Kabalists to form 72, the deity number, by placing in a triangle four Yods, three Hehs, two Vaus and one Heh final, being the letters IHVH of the Tetragrammaton; or they may be put conversely.
Note that ten is used as a sign of fellowship, love, peace, and Union, in the Masonic third token, the union of two five points of Fellowship.
In the Bible we notice to Commandments, to instruments to which Jewish Psalms were sung, to strings in the Psaltery, and that the Holy Ghost descended ten days after the Ascension.
Tucer, Rabanus and Raymond Lully associate the numbers 8 to Air, 5 to Fire, 6 to Earth and 12 to Water.
Apuleius states that among the Egyptians it was customary to fast to days before sacrificing, and Budge says that they used a to-day week.
The Ten Sephiroth form the essence of the Hebrew dogmatic Kabalah, a subject which is too vast and complex to be entered upon in this volume on numerals. A mere glance at the Sephirotic emanations of the Absolute Deity from the mathematical point of view is all that can be
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attempted; my "Introduction to the Kabalah" may be referred to.
From the Absolute Passive Negativity AIN, proceeds AIN SUPH the Limitless, and then AIN SUPH AUR Boundless Light, which concentrates in the first manifestation of the Sephiroth, which is the Crown, KTR, Kether: from Kether proceeds ChKMH, Chochmah, Wisdom, an active masculine potency, and BINH, Binah, Understanding, a passive feminine power.
These three form the Supernal Triad. The fourth and fifth are ChSD, Chesed, Mercy, active and male, and GBVRH, Geburah, Strength, passive and female.
The sixth Sephira is the notable TPART, Tiphereth, Beauty, the central sun, the Logos, the Manifested Son: this completes a second triangle, the reflection of the former.
Number seven is NTZCh, Netzach, Victory, active, and the eighth is HVD, Hod, Splendour, passive; the ninth is YSVD, Yesod, the Foundation, completing the third trinity, or triangle.
MLKT, Malkuth, the Tenth Sephira, completes the emanations. She is the Bride of Microprosopus the Son, the Sun, Logos; she is the Inferior Mother, Queen, and the Manifested Universe.
The whole Ten are viewed as reigning over Four Worlds or Planes of Existence; these are the Worlds of Aziluth, Briah, Yetzirah and Assiah. Malkuth on the plane of Assiah alone is the visible tangible universe.
These Ten Sephiroth are the prototypes of everything spiritual, and also of every part of creation: they are traced in the angelic host and in our universe: three superior, and seven succedent exist in all things; the lower seven are obvious to the uninitiated, but in these manifestations the supernal triad is veiled to the profane.
Some occultists phrase it thus—three are subjective and incomprehensible to man; seven are objective and comprehensible; thus Seven archangels are commonly named, and we have known only of Seven great planets of our system.
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But in some cases even the whole of seven are unknown; we acknowledge but five senses in man, but there are two more awaiting perception by process of evolution.
These Ten Sephiroth are not only viewed as triads from above below, but are also imaged in three columns entitled the Pillars of Severity and Mercy, with the median of Benignity or Mildness. But this scheme is not for this treatise, nor can the Sephirotic alliance with the Planetary symbols, the angelic host, the divine names, and the Book of Thoth, or Tarot be here described; these subjects present a mine of wisdom concealed in the rituals of the Kabalistic "Chabrath zereh aur bokher," from whose parent stem the Rosicrucian Fraternities also may have arisen. These Rituals contain a more complete scheme of the mediæval occult symbolism than exists in any other form known to me, and I believe that it would not be possible for anyone to reconstitute so complete a system out of all extant literature.
There are 10 Grades in the Rosicrucian Society; they are Zelator, Theoricus, Practicus, Philosophus; Minor, Major and Exempt Adept; Master, Magus and King: some Magi are known, but only Magi know of a Rex.
Rosicrucian private rituals give the correct names and Kabalistic spelling of the Ten heavens of the World of Assiah, which is the material universe.
H. P. Blavatsky declared that a scheme of the Zodiac of 10 Signs preceded that of 12 Signs, but I have been unable to verify the statement, by any ancient work.
Hebrew and Talmudic references are as follows:—10 men were necessary to form a legally-convened meeting at the Synagogue: in London as much as £1000 a year has been spent in providing spare men for this duty. Ten curses were pronounced against Eve; see Talmud, Eiruvin, 100. 2.
Ten things were created during the twilight of the first Sabbath eve. Consult Pesachim, 54. 1.
Ten facts proved the presence of a Supernatural Power in the Temple. Yoma, 21. 1.
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The Rabbis taught that a man should divorce his wife, if for 10 years she had no offspring.
At funerals, condolences were recited by to men, and at weddings by ten men including the bridegroom. Ten cups were drunk at a funeral party—three before supper, three at supper, and four after the meal at the recitation of the four blessings.
Abraham was tested to times; to Miracles were performed in Egypt to help the Children of Israel, and to at the Red Sea. Ten plagues were made to afflict the Egyptians. Ten times the Jews offended God in the Wilderness.
Ten times did the Shekinah come down into the world; at the Garden of Eden; at the Tower of Babel; at Sodom; in Egypt, see Exodus iii. 8; at the Red Sea, Psalm cviii. 9; on Mount Sinai; at the Temple; in the Pillar of Cloud; on the Mount of Olives, see Zechariah xiv. 4; the 10th is omitted in the original reference, Avoth d’ Rabbi Nathan, chap. 34.
There are to Hebrew words to designate Idols, and to for Joy. Sodom was to be spared for to righteous men; Gideon took to servants to destroy the Altar of Baal; Boaz chose to witnesses for his marriage with Ruth; Joab's armour was borne by to young men. Jesus speaks of 10 talents, 10 cities, 10 pieces of silver, and gave a parable of to Virgins. The Tabernacle has many to dimensions. There are to Bible names of God, to Canticles, and to necessaries for man's life. Ecclus. 39. 26.
There were to Pythagorean Virtues of Initiation, and the Buddhists teach to Paramitas of Perfection.
In the Alchymico-Kabalistic tract called "Aesch Metzareph" referred to by Eliphaz Levi, and collected from the Zohar of Knorr von Rosenroth and translated into English, and forming Volume IV. of my "Collectanea Hermetica," will be found 10 names for Gold all extracted from the Old Testament; they are there related to the Sephira Geburah.
The Hindoo Puranas tell us of the 10 Avatars of the God Vishnu, the Preserver of the Brahmanic Religion; they are periodical incarnations of the God. First as the
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[paragraph continues]Fish, Matsya; 2. Kurma, the Tortoise; 3. Varaha, the Boar; 4. Narasingha, the Man-Lion; 5. Vamana, the Dwarf; 6. Parasu-Rama; 7. Rama Chandra; 8. Krishna; 9. Buddha; and the 10th, Kalki, the Horse, is yet to come. These Avatars are susceptible of a mystical explanation on the plane of cosmogony; it has been given in the Garuda 'Temple of the "Oriental Order of Light" by Frater T. H. Pattinson of Bradford, a very notable mystic and occult student.
In the Yoga Vasishtha Maha Ramayana of Valmiki, edited by Vihari Lala Mitra, will be found an essay on Om-Tat-Sat, on-id-est, and this contains some very curious information on the to numerals as related to the mystical syllable Om or Aum.
"Aum mani padmé hum" means literally, "Oh, the jewel in the lotus," and is taken mystically to mean "the spark of the Divine within me," as was fully explained by Blavatsky to her Esoteric section of Theosophists.
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THE ENNEAD. 9.
THE Ennead is the first square of an odd number, it was said to be like the Ocean flowing around the other numbers within the Decad; no further elementary number is possible, hence it is like the Horizon because all the numbers are bounded by it. We find that it was called Prometheus, and "Freedom from Strife," and "Vulcan," because the ascent of numbers is as far as 9, just as the ascent of things decomposed by fire is as far as the sphere of Fire (the summit of the air), and Juno, because the Sphere of the air is arranged according to the novenary system, and "sister and wife to Jupiter" from its conjunction with the Monad. And "Telesphoros" or "Bringing to an end" because the human offspring is carried 9 calendar months by the parent. And teleios or perfect for the same reason, and also called "Perfect" because it is generated from the Triad, which is called "Perfect."
Attention is called to its being an emblem of Matter, which, ever varying, is never destroyed; so the number 9 when multiplied by any number always reproduces itself, thus:—9 times 2 are 18 and 8 plus 1 are nine: and so on as below:
9 × 3 = 27; 2 + 7 = 9
9 × 12 = 108; 1 + 8 + 0 = 9
9 × 4 = 36; 3 + 6 = 9
9 × 13 = 117; 7 + 1 + 1 = 9
9 × 5 = 45; 4 + 5 = 9
9 × 14 = 126; 6 + 2 + 1 = 9
9 × 6 = 54; 5 + 4 = 9
9 × 15 = 135; 5 + 3 + 1 = 9
9 × 7 = 63; 6 + 3 = 9
9 × 16 = 144; 4 + 4 + 1 = 9
9 × 8 = 72; 7 + 2 = 9
9 × 17 = 153; 3 + 5 + 1 = 9
9 × 9 = 81; 8 + 1 = 9
9 × 18 = 162; 2 + 6 + 1 = 9
9 × 10 = 90; 9 + 0 = 9
9 × 19 = 171; 1 + 7 + 1 = 9
9 × 11 = 99;
9 × 20 = 180; 8 + 1 + 0 = 9
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In John Heydon's "Holy Guide," 1662, we find that he asserts the number 9 to have other curious properties:—"If writ or engraved on Silver, or Sardis, and carried with one, the wearer becomes invisible, as Caleron, the Brother-in-law of Alexander, did, and by this means lay with his Brother's concubines as often as he did himself. Nine also obtaineth the love of Women. At the 9th hour our Saviour breathed his last; on the ninth day the ancients buried their dead; after 9 years Numa received his laws from Jove; note the 9 cubits length of the iron bedstead of the giant Og, king of Basan, who is a type of the Devil, and there are 9 orders of Devils in Sheol (what we call Hell). It prevails against Plagues and Fevers; it causes Long life and Health, and by it Plato so ordered events that he died at the age of nine times 9."
There are nine orders of Angels, says Gregory, A.D. 381, in Homily 34: Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels and Angels.
From a Christian point of view the numbers represent:—
1. Unity of the Godhead.
2. The hypostatic union of Christ.
3. Trinity.
4. Evangelists.
5. Wounds of Jesus.
6. Is the number of sin.
7. Gifts of the spirit, Rev. i. 12; and Jesus 7 times spoke on the cross.
8. Beatitudes.
9. Orders of Angels.
10. Commandments.
11. Apostles besides Judas.
12. Original Apostolic College
13. College completed by St. Paul.
The Nine Muses of ancient Greece were called daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory), and were Calliope, poetry; Clio, history; Melpomene, tragedy; Euterpe, music; Erato, love, inspiration and pantomime; Terpsichore, dancing; Urania, astronomy; Thalia, comedy, and Polyhymnia, eloquence.
The Novensiles are the nine Sabine Gods: viz.—Hercules, Romulus, Æsculapius, Bacchus, Æneas, Vesta,
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[paragraph continues]Santa, Fortuna and Fides. The Sabines became merged with the Romans about 266 B.C.
The Nine gods of the Etruscans were Juno, Minerva, Tinia, Vulcan, Mars, Saturn, Hercules, Summanus and Vedius; the Etruscans also became united with the Romans.
Note in Macaulay's poem of "Horatius," "Lars Porsena of Clusium by the nine gods he swore," in 596 B.C. Lars Porsena led the Etruscans; they were then most powerful: from the Etruscans the Romans took much of their law, custom and superstition.
It is by nines that Eastern presents are given, when they would extend their magnificence to the greatest degree, as mentioned in Comte de Caylus, "Oriental Tales." 1743.
Barrett's "Magus" notes also 9 precious stones, 9 orders of devils, 9 choirs of angels—he copies from John Heydon.
Note in this connection the Nundinals of the Romans, who marked the days by letters into parcels of 8 days, and on every 9th day the people left their pursuits and went to the towns to market; hence the jocular Latin saying, Tres mulieres Nundinas faciunt. These nundinals are a type of our Dominical letters, a set of seven marking out the 8th days. The Romans also held a purification ceremony on male infants on the 9th day of life, hence the presiding goddess of this rite was called Nundina.
The Nones were one of the sets of days composing each calendar month. The Roman Novennalia was a feast in memory of the dead celebrated every 9th year. The Novendiale was an occasional Roman Catholic fast to avert calamities, from this arose the R.C. system of Neuvaines.
There is a Masonic order of "Nine Elected Knights," in which 9 roses, 9 lights and 9 knocks are used.
The Mahometans have 99 names of the deity. Some Jews have taught that God has 9 times descended to earth; 1st in Eden, 2nd at the confusion of tongues, 3rd at the destruction of Sodom, 4th to Moses at Horeb, 5th at Sinai, 6th to Balaam, 7th to Elisha, 8th in the Tabernacle,
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and 9th in the Temple at Jerusalem; and that his 10th coming as the Messiah will be final.
The ancients had a fear of the number Nine and its multiples, especially 81; they thought them of evil presage, indicating change and fragility.
At the 9th hour Jesus the Saviour died.
Nine is also "the earth under evil influences."
John Heydon in the "Holy Guide," and J. M. Ragon, in his "Maçonnerie Occulte," thus associate numbers with the Planets.
Sun 1 and 4, Moon 2 and 7, Jupiter 3, Mercury 5, Venus 6, Saturn 8, Mars 9.
and the Zodiacal Signs thus:—
1 Leo
2 Aquarius
3 Capricornus
4 Sagittarius
5 Cancer
6 Taurus
7 Aries
8 Libra
9 Scorpio
10 Virgo
11 Pisces
12 Gemini.
The First and the Second Temples of the Jews were both destroyed on the 9th day of the Jewish month Ab. On the 9th day of Ab modern Jews do not wear the Talith and Phylacteries until evening. The day should be spent in tears, and no good comes of work done on that day.
The Talmud in Soteh, 20. 1, says that a woman prefers one measure of fun to 9 of Pharisaic professional goodness.
Nine persons have entered Alive into the Jews’ Paradise; Enoch, Elijah, Messiah, Eliezer the servant of Abraham, Hiram king of Tyre, Ebed Melek the Ethiop, Jabez the son of Jehuda the Prince, Bathia daughter of Pharaoh, and Sarah the daughter of Asher. Some Rabbis add Rabbi Yoshua son of Levi, but he entered not at the door, but climbed over the wall. See Kethuboth, 7. 2.
In the 145th Psalm we find 9 reasons for praising God.
The Great Eleusinian Mysteries were the successors of the Egyptian Mysteries of Isis and Osiris, and were celebrated at Eleusis and possibly also at Athens, in honour of Demeter or Ceres; they occupied 9 days, and were commenced
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on the fifteenth day of the third Attic month, Boedromion, September: they took place once in every five years.
The Lesser Mysteries were performed in the month Elaphebolion, March, at Agræ on the River Ilyssus in honour of Persephone or Proserpine, daughter of Ceres.
Candidates after reception became Mystæ: in the Greater Mysteries they became Epoptæ. The ceremonies were called Teletai, perfectings. They remained in use for 1800 years, and were only ceased in the time of the Emperor Theodosius, A.D. 395.
Mention of 9 Worthies is found in literature; they were 3 Gentiles—Hector son of King Priam, Alexander the Great and Julius Cæsar; 3 Jews—Joshua, David and Judas Maccabeus; 3 Christians—King Arthur of Britain, Charlemagne and Godfrey de Bouillon.
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THE OGDOAD. 8.
Is the first cube of energy, and is the only evenly even number within the decad. The Greeks thought it an all-powerful number; they had a Proverb "all things are eight."
Camerarius, in his edition of the Arithmetic of Nicomachus, calls it Universal Harmony, because musical ratios are distinguished by this number.
The Ratio of 9 to 8 is sesquioctave, this forms a tone and is attributed to the Moon.
Mercury.
12 to 9 is sesquitertian
12 to 8 is sesquialter
Venus.
16 to 12 is sesquitertian
16 to 8 is duple
Sun.
18 to 12 is sesquialter.
18 to 9 is duple
Mars.
21 to 9 is duple sesquitertian
Attributed to Jupiter.
24 to 18 is sesquitertian
24 to 12 is duple.
24 to 8 is triple
18 to 12 sesquialter
12 to 8 sesquialter
Saturn.
32 to 24 sesquitertian
32 to 8 quadruple
Are ascribed to the 8th or Inerratic Sphere which comprehends all the rest.
36 to 24. sesquialter
36 to 18 duple
36 to 8 quadruple
24 to 18 sesquitertian
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Hence the Ogdoad was also called "Cadmeia," because Harmony was looked upon as the wife of Cadmus; and Cadmus meant the Sub-lunary World, as Olympiodorus says. Eight was called also Mother, and Rhea, Cybele and Dindymene, from being the first cube, and a cube representing the earth.
The eight persons saved from the flood of Xisuthrus are synonyms of many octaves of gods, such as the 8 Cabiri great gods of Samothrace; see Bryant and Faber on this myth.
There are 8 Beatitudes of the Christian religion, Matthew, chap. v.
Eight is the number of the Moons of Saturn.
There have been several Masonic orders concerned with this Noachite Ogdoad, as the Prussian masons, Knights of the Royal Axe, or Prince of Libanus, the Noachites, and the Royal Ark Mariners, which is a subsidiary order to the Mark Master Masons.
Macrobius says the Ogdoad was the type of Justice, because it consists of evenly even numbers, and on account of its equal divisions.
John Heydon tells us that 8 Events befall the Damned, and that there are 8 rewards of the Blessed.
The number 8 was sacred to Dionysos, who was born at the 8th month; the isle of Naxos was dedicated to him and it was granted to the women of Naxos, that their children born in the 8th month should live, whereas it is usual for such to die, although those born in either the 7th or the 9th month are usually reared.
The Jews were accustomed to practise Circumcision on male infants upon the 8th day after birth.
The Jews at the Chanucah or Feast of Dedication lit 8 candles, and it lasted 8 days. This is the Engkainia of John x. 22. As to conjuring among the ancient Jews, it is said in Talmud, Succah. 53. 1, that Levi played with 8 knives; Samuel in the presence of the King Sapor of Persia used 8 cups, and Abaji before Rabbi Rava used 8 eggs.
Eight prophets were descended from Rahab the Harlot,
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viz., Neraiah, Seraiah, Maasiah, Jeremiah, Hilkiah, Hannemeel, and Shallum. Note also that Huldah the prophetess was the grandchild of Rahab.
The last 8 verses of Deuteronomy, The Mosaic Law, The Pentateuch, were written by Joshua. Bava Bathra, 14. 1.
Rabbi Nathan states that there were 8 sects of the Pharisees: but both of the Talmuds (Jerusalem and Babylon) name only seven. It is prophesied that the Harps which will be played on earth before the Messiah will have 8 strings. Erachin, 13. 2.
As seven was the number of the original Creation, so 8, says W. F. Shaw, may be considered as the Day of Regeneration. Eight souls were saved in the Ark of Noah, and Noah was the 8th in descent, his name was NVCh = 8 times 8 = 64.
888 is the special number of Jesus Christ as "He who is the Resurrection and the Life." He is the great opponent of the 666, the number of the Beast, the number of a Man.
The ancient Chinese writings refer to 8 musical sounds, the Pah-yin. (G. Schlegel.)
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THE HEPTAD. 7.
The Heptad, say the followers of "Pythagoras," was so called from the Greek verb "sebo," to venerate (and from the Hebrew ShBO, seven, or satisfied, abundance), being Septos, "Holy," "divine," and "motherless," and a "Virgin."
From Nicomachus we learn that it was called "Minerva," being unmarried and virginal, begotten neither by a mother, i.e., even number, nor from a father, i.e., odd number: but proceeding from the summit of the Father of all things, the Monad; even as Minerva sprang all armed from the Forehead of Jove or Zeus.
Hence also Obrimopatrë, or daughter of a mighty father, and Glaucopis, shining-eyed, and αμητωρ and αγελεια, Ametor and Ageleia, she that carries off the spoil.
And "Fortune," for it decides mortal affairs.
And "Voice," for there are seven tones in every voice, human and instrumental: because they are emitted by the seven planets, and form the Music of the Spheres.
Also Tritogenia, because there are 3 parts of the Soul, the Intellectual, Irascible and Epithymetic (desiring), and 4 most perfect virtues are produced. Just as of the three intervals, length, breadth, and depth, there are four boundaries in corporeal existence—point, line, superficies and solid.
It is called "Agelia," from Agelai, herds, as groups of stars were called by the Babylonian sages, over which herds ruled 7 angels.
Also Phylakikos, φυλακικος = preserving, "guardian," because the Seven Planets direct and guide our universe.
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Also Ægis, from Pallas Athene, or Minerva, the bearer of the breast-plate or ægis, also Telesphoros, leading to the end, because the 7th month is prolific; and Judgment, because their Physicians looked for a crisis on the 7th day in many diseases.
Among other curious problems and speculations, the Pythagorean philosophers attempted to prove that offspring born at the full term, 9 months, or at 7 months, were viable, i.e., might be reared, but not those born at 8 months, because 8 consists of two odd numbers (male only) 5 and 3; but in 9 and 7, male and female numbers are united, as 5 + 4 = 9 and 4 + 3 = 7, whilst eight can only be divided into two odd or two evens, i.e., similar sexed numbers.
In respect to life and its divisions, they remarked the ages are measured by the number 7.
In the first 7 years the teeth are erupted.
second 7 years comes on ability to emit prolific seed.
third 7 years, the growth of the beard as manhood.
fourth 7 years, strength reaches its maximum.
fifth 7 years is the season for marriage.
sixth 7 years, the height of intelligence arrives.
seventh 7 years, the maturity of reason.
eighth 7 years, perfection of both.
ninth 7 years, equity and mildness, passions become gentle.
tenth 7 years, the end of desirable life.
Solon the Athenian Lawgiver, and Hippocrates the physician, also used this 7-year division of life.
The Pleiades, a group of seven stars in the constellation Taurus, was thought of mighty power over earthly destiny; there were seven also of the Hyades, daughters of Atlas; and the seven stars which guided the sailors. Ursa Major, in which the Hindoos locate the Sapta Rishi, seven sages of primitive wisdom, are a group of the first importance and are easily recognised.
Duncan, in his "Astro-Theology," gives 7 stages of life with
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associated planets; thus, Infancy, Moon, Luna; Childhood, Mercury, Knowledge; Youth, Venus, Love; Manhood, Sol; Full Strength, Mars; Maturity of Judgment, Jupiter; and Old Age, Saturn.
Some philosophers have said that our souls have 7 foci in the material body, viz., the five senses, the voice, and the generative power.
The body has seven obvious parts, the head, chest, abdomen, two legs and two arms.
There are seven internal organs, stomach, liver, heart, lungs, spleen and two kidneys.
The ruling part, the head, has seven parts for external use, two eyes, two ears, two nostrils and a mouth.
There are seven things seen, body, interval, magnitude, colour, motion and permanency.
There are seven inflections of the voice, the acute, grave, circumflex, rough, smooth, the long and the short sounds.
The hand makes seven motions; up and down, to the right and left, before and behind, and circular.
There are seven evacuations;—tears from the eyes, mucus of the nostrils, the saliva, the semen, two excretions and the perspiration.
Modern medical knowledge corroborates the ancient dictum that in the seventh month the human offspring becomes viable.
Menstruation tends to occur in series of four times seven days, and is certainly related to Luna in an occult manner.
The lyre has 7 strings, corresponding to the planets.
There are 7 vowels in English and some other tongues.
Theon of Smyrna also notices that an average length of an adult's intestine is 28 feet, four times seven, and 28 also is a perfect number.
The number 7 is also associated with Voice and Sound, with Clio the Muse; with Osiris the Egyptian deity; with Nemesis, Fate,—Adrastia, not to be escaped from; and with Mars.
As to the sacredness of the number 7, note among the Hebrews, oaths were confirmed by seven witnesses; or by
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seven victims offered in sacrifice; as see the covenant between Abraham and Abimelech with seven lambs, Genesis, chap. xxi. vv. 28, 21–28; the Hebrew word seven, also Sh B O H, is derived from, or is a similar to Sh B O, to swear.
Clean beasts were admitted into the ark by sevens, whilst the unclean only in pairs.
The Goths had 7 Deities from whom come our names of week days; Sun, Moon, Tuisco, Wotan, Thor, Friga, Seatur, corresponding, of course, to the planets.
Apollo, the Sun God, had a Greek title Ebdomaios, sevenfold.
The Persian Mithras, a Sun God, had the number 7 sacred to him.
Note the Mysterious Kadosh Ladder of 7 steps ascent and 7 steps descent, the one side Oheb Eloah, Love of God; the other Oheb Kerobo, love of the neighbour.
Plato, in his "Timæus," teaches that from the number seven was generated the Soul of the World, Anima Mundana (Adam Kadmon).
The seven wise men of Greece were:
Bias who said, "Most men are bad," B.C. 550.
Chilo „ "Consider the end," B.C. 590.
Cleobūlos „ "Avoid Extremes," B.C. 580.
Periander „ "Nothing is impossible to perseverance," B.C. 600.
Pittâcus „ "Know thy opportunity," B.C. 569.
Solon „ "Know thyself," B.C. 600.
Thāles „ "Suretyship is ruin," B.C. 550.
The Seven Wonders of the World are thus enumerated:
1. Pyramids of Egypt.
2. The hanging Gardens of Babylon, for Semiramis.
3. Tomb of Mausōlus, King of Caria, at Halicarnassus, built by Artemisia, his Queen.
4. Temple of Diana at Ephesus, 552 B.C. Ctesiphon was the chief architect.
5. Colossus of Rhodes, an image of the sun god, Apollo, of brass, 290 B.C.
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6. Statue of Zeus, at Athens, by Phidias.
7. Pharos of Egypt, built by Ptolemy Philadelphus, of white marble, 283 B.C.; or the Palace of Cyrus which is sometimes substituted.
Sanskrit lore has very frequent reference to this number: note:—
Sapta Rishi, seven sages; Sapta Kula, 7 castes; Sapta Loka, seven worlds; Sapta Para, 7 cities; Sapta Dwipa, seven holy islands; Sapta Arania, 7 deserts; Sapta Parna, 7 human principles; Sapta Samudra, seven holy seas; Sapta Vruksha, 7 holy trees.
The Assyrian Tablets also teem with groups of sevens—7 gods of sky; 7 gods of earth; 7 gods of fiery spheres: seven gods maleficent; seven phantoms; spirits of' seven heavens; spirits of seven earths.
The Chaldean notion seems to have been that 7 was a holy number which became nefast under certain conditions. The opposite sides of a die added together are always seven in total numeration, the 4 opposite 3, 6 opposite 1, and so on.
It used to be asserted, says John Heydon, that every seventh Male born without any female coming between, can cure the King's Evil, by Word, or Touch.
St. James iii. 17 gives the 7 characters of wisdom.
After Birth the 7th hour decides whether the child will live, in 7 days the cord falls off, in twice 7 days the eyes follow a light, thrice 7 days turns the head, 7 months gets teeth, twice 7 months sits firmly, thrice 7 months begins to talk, after 4 times 7 months walks strongly.
After 7 years, teeth of second set appear.
After 14 years is the arrival of generative power. After 2i the hair of Manhood is completed.
After 28 we cease to grow, at 35 is greatest strength, at 49 is the greatest discretion, and 70 is the natural end of Life.
The Moon passes through stages of 7 days in increase, full, decrease, and renewal.
Naaman was ordered by Elisha (an Adept) to take seven dips in Jordan, to cleanse himself from Leprosy.
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The Golden Candlestick of Seven Branches was a notable emblematic ornament of the Tabernacle of Moses, Exodus xxv. 31.
Note the seven years for Repentance; 7 churches of Asia (or Assiah), 7 Angels with Trumpets, 7 candlesticks of the Holy Places, 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 kings, 7 thousands slain, 7 vials of wrath to be poured out, pace the Apocalypse. 7 members make a Freemasons' lodge perfect, although 5 may hold one.
Francis Barrett, in his "Magus," catalogues 7 Birds, Fishes, Animals, metals, stones, and members of the body.
It has been said there are seven apertures of the skull to correspond with the planets.
There are Seven Degrees in the Oriental Order of Sikha and the Sat Bhai (7 Brothers); but I have doubts of the Brahmanic authenticity of the present Order of the name, which was introduced by J. H. Lawrence Archer.
From the relative length of their courses the ancients constructed a Planetary Ladder, with Vowel Symbols, thus:
Moon
Merc.
Venus
Sun
Mars
Jupit.
Saturn
a
e
ee
i
o
u
oo
These symbols were used in mystical knowledge, As an Inscription at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi shows, where E I meant the Sun and its nearest Planet, i.e., Sun and Mercury; and Mercury was often represented as a Dog, following a Sun Man.
The Oracle of Claros (Macrobius, Saturnalia, 1. 18) said that ΙΑΩ (the Gnostic Deity) was the Sun and the first and last of the planetary set, hence the 7 Concentric spheres.
Duncan assigns these Minerals and Animals to the 7 Heavenly Bodies known to the ancient world.
Moon, Bull, Silver
Mercury, Serpent, Quicksilver
Venus, Dove, Copper
Sun, Lion, Gold
Mars, Wolf, Iron
Jupiter, Eagle, Pewter
Saturn, Ass, Lead
Note also the number of 7 pipes in the Musical instrument at the mouth of the old deity Pan, the Great Whole, a Sun God (not the later Rural Pan).
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An ancient symbol of the universe was a Ship with seven pilots, in the centre of the ship, a Lion; possibly from an idea that the Sun first rose in Leo.
Note Aries supplanted Taurus, as the constellation in which the sun rises at the Vernal equinox; Taurus was the sign at the early fabulous periods of the earth—it was displaced about 300 B.C. The sign becomes changed every 2150 years by the precession of the equinoxes: Pisces has now followed Aries; but the Sun is still said to enter the sign Aries at the Vernal Equinox about March 21st. Its actual position in March 1900 was near omega Pisces.
T. Subba Row describes the Seven Primary Forces of Nature as six powers resumed in a seventh. These are called Sakti (Mahamaya) and are related to Kanya, i.e., Virgo, as the 6th Zodiacal Sign; they are Parasakti, force of light and heat; Inanasakti, intellect; Itchasakti, cause of voluntary movements; Kriyasakti, energy of will; Kundalini sakti, the life force shown in attraction and repulsion, positive and negative; Mantrika sakti, the power of sounds, vibration, music, words and speech; these are summarized in Daivi prakriti = the Light of the Logos.
Our physical senses known as 5, are an incomplete set, there are indeed 7 forms or modes of perception, as appears in the highest developments of the "Chabrat zereh aur bokher," and as described in the oldest Sanskrit occult science of the Upanishads:—smell, taste, sight, touch, hearing—and 6th, Mental perception, with 7th, spiritual understanding: the two latter were not dwarfed and materialized into noticeable organs in this fifth Race of beings, to which Man now belongs. For a fuller explanation see the "Secret Doctrine" of H. P. Blavatsky. The Archaic scheme recognized Seven States of Matter;—homogeneous, aeriform, nebulous or curdlike, atomic, germinal fiery elemental, fourfold vapoury, and lastly that which is cold and dependent on a vivifying Sun for light and heat.
Our Earth, symbolised by Malkuth of the Kabalah, is the seventh of a series, and is on the Fourth plane; it is
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generated by Jesod, the foundation the Sixth World, and after complete purification will in the 7th Race of the 7th Cycle become re-united to the Spiritual Logos and in the end to the Absolute. Our earth has been already thrice changed, and each cycle sees seven kings (as of Edom). There were Seven Kings of Edom, Genesis, xxxvi. v. 31; the Kabalists consider these as types of primordial worlds which failed to survive their creation. Seven is the key to the Mosaic creation, as to the symbols of every religion. There are Seven Planes of being, the upper three are subjective and unknowable to mankind, the lower four are objective and may be contemplated by man as metaphysical abstractions: so there are the seven Principles in Man, and the upper triad are parted from the lower group of four at dissolution.
The Seven Principles constituting man are variously named by the Esoteric Buddhism, by the Vedantic scheme, and by other philosophies, but they correspond in idea; first from above come Atma, a ray from the Absolute; Buddhi, spiritual soul; and Manas, human soul; these are the superior triad, which separates at human death from the lower tetrad of principles. The lower four are Kama rupa, the passions; Linga Sarira, tile astral body; Prana, life essence; and Sthula Sarira, the lower body; see the dogmas of Esoteric Buddhism.
The Kabalah divides these into four planes of the Soul, which are further separated by adepts; these are Chiah, Neshamah, Ruach and Nephesh, which correspond to the symbolical worlds of Atziluth, Briah, Yetzirah and Assiah.
There is an occult reference in the Seven stars in the head of Taurus called the Pleiades, six present and one hidden—said to be daughters of Atlas, who, pursued by Orion, were changed by Zeus in mercy into pigeons (peleia). The missing one is Merope, who married the mortal Sisyphus, and hides herself for shame.
Seven was the number of the Rabbis who left the "Greater Holy Assembly"; ten had formed it, three had
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passed away from the "Sod," Svd, mystery. See "The Greater" and "Lesser Holy Assembly," or the Ha Idra Rabba Quadisha and Ha Idra Suta Quadisha.
Athanasius Kircher the Jesuit states that the ancient Egyptians associated numbers to the planets as follows:—
Saturn
3, 9, 15, 45
Jupiter
4, 16, 34, 136
Mars
5, 25, 65, 325
Sol
6, 36, 111, 666
Venus
7, 49, 145, 1225
Mercury
8, 64, 260, 2080
Luna
9, 81, 369, 3521
In this matter see also Francis Barrett, "The Magus."
The later Coptic names of the 7 Gods and planets and Genii of the World of the Ancient Egyptians are: Saturn, Rephan, God of time; Jupiter, Picheus, God of life; Mars, Moloch, God of destruction; Sol, Phre or Pire, meaning Holy Lord; Venus, Suroth, lady of love; Mercury, Hermes, Hermanubis, God of speech; and Luna, Piooh, lady of the waters.
In China 7 is the number of Death, and their days of mourning are 7 times 7: the Seven Star Plank is the name of the bottom plank of a coffin in which they bore 7 holes.
The Hindoos speak of 7 Tatwas, the abstract principles of existence, metaphysical and physical, the subtle elements and the corresponding human senses, of which only five are yet developed. So there are five exoteric, Akasa, Vayu, Tejas, Apas and Prithwi; the first two esoteric yet unknown are Ani and Anupadaka. The first name means One, Unity, the Atom, and is a name of Brahma; the latter means parentless, self-existent. The first five are referred to primeval Aether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth: and to Hearing, Touch, Sight, Taste and Smell; note Air is not Hearing. See Rama Prasad on "The Tatwas."
The Sanscrit names of the Seven Planets used in Hindoo Astrology are Surya for the Sun, Chandra for Moon, Kuja for Mars, Budhan for Mercury, Guru for Jupiter, Sukra for Venus, and Shani for Saturn: then there are
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[paragraph continues]Rahu, the upper Lunar Node, and Ketu for the lower. Jupiter is also named Brihaspati.
The word Septemtriones refers to the north, and is so called from its reference to the 7 stars of Ursa Major, also called the Plough, and seen in the Zodiac of Denderah as the Thigh.
The Talmudic Berachoth, 14. 1, says he who passes 7 nights without dreaming deserves to be called wicked.
The Kabalists describe Seven classes of Angels: Ishim, Arelim, Chashmalim, Melakim, Auphanim, Seraphim and Kerubim.
The Judaic Hell was given seven names by the Kabalists; Sheol, Abaddon, Tihahion, Bar Shacheth, Tzelmuth, Shaari Muth, and Gehinnom.
Seven things were formed before the world; Law, Repentance, Paradise, Gehenna (that is Gai hinnom), the Throne of Glory, and the Messiah. The Targum Yerushalmi says these were formed 2000 years before the World's creation. Talmud, Pesachim, 54. 1.
Seven things were hidden from man; the day of death, the time of the resurrection, the final judgment, the opinion of his fellow-man, the time of the Jewish restoration, and the Fall of Persia (whatever that may mean). Pesachim, 54. 2.
The Talmud in "Chagijah" names 7 Heavens, and Occultists recognize 7 Planetary Heavens; Raquie, Zebul, Makum, Maon, Sagun, Ghereboth, and Shamaim.
In Micah, chapter v. verse 5, we read that 7 shepherds shall waste Assyria; the Talmud says they were Adam, Jacob and Methuselah, Abraham, Jacob and Moses, and David. Succah. 52. 2
Of Prophetesses there were 7;—Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah and Esther.
In the Talmud, Kethuboth, 17. 1, it is said that it is permissible to the Jew to look into his wife's face for 7 days after marriage; after this it is presumably wrong, in their opinion.
On the 7th day of the month Adar, Moses died and the rain of manna ceased, says the Talmud, but this appears to
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be contradicted in Joshua v. verses 10–12. He was born on the same day of the same month.
The Bava Kama says that after 7 years a male hyæna becomes a bat, in another 7 years a Vampire, after another a Thorn, and after another is turned into a demon. If a man fails to pray devoutly for 7 years, his spine after death becomes a serpent.
Besides those who prophesied for Israel, there were 7 other prophets, Beor, Balaam, Job, Eliphaz, Bildad, Zohar, and Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite.
The Bava Bathra says that 7 men form an unbroken series to this day. Adam was seen by Methuselah, then Shem, Jacob, Amram, Ahijah the Shilonite, and Elijah, who saw him, and Elijah is still alive until to-day.
Even 7 years of pestilence will not cause a man to die before his allotted time. This dictum of the treatise Sanhedrin is a statement of predestination.
A Ram has but one voice while alive, but after death his body makes 7 sounds; his horns make two trumpets, his thigh bones two pipes, his skin will cover a drum, the large intestines are formed into strings for the lyre, and the small intestines will make the small strings for the harp.
In the Sabbat, 152. 2, of the Talmud it is said that the Soul of a man watches over his corpse for 7 days. Compare this with the Theosophic teaching that the Linga Sarira broods over the body for a week after death.
Rabbi Nathan says that 7 good qualities avail at the Judgment; wisdom, righteousness, good opinions, mercy, truth, grace, and peace. Seven epithets are applied to the Earth in the Hebrew tongue; Aretz, Adamah, Arequa, Gia, Tziah, Yabeshah, Cheled or Thebel. The mystical River Sambatyon flowed all the week, but was still on the 7th day, says Rashi. Hershon, Talmudic Miscellany, 154.
The 7 Catholic Deadly Sins are Pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth.
The 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Isaiah xi. v. 2, are Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge,
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[paragraph continues]Piety and Fear of the Lord; these are seven of the Kabalistic Sephiroth.
Seven is the token of Union between God, who is Triune, and Man, who is Quaternary. W. F. Shaw.
The Holy Ghost is said to impart a 7-fold gift; 7 Lamps burn before the Throne of God.
The Council of Arles declared that 1 Bishops ought to take part in the Ordination of a Bishop.
There was a 7 years’ probation for admission to the Celtic Order of the Culdees. There are 7 Vestments of the Christian priesthood, and Bishops should wear 7 others, Sandals, Dalmatic, Rational, Mitre, Gloves, Ring and Staff.
The 7 Champions of Christendom were St. George for England, St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland, and St. Antonio of Italy.
The 7 Sleepers of Ephesus, according to the monkish legend, were Christians who hid in a cave under the persecutions of Decius in the Third Century; they fell into a trance and slept 200 years. They awaked in A.D. 447 and going to the Emperor Theodosius II., they convinced him of the truth of the Life beyond the grave: this done, they returned to the cave to sleep until the Last Judgment.
The 7 Dolours of the Virgin Mary is the name of a Roman Catholic Fast Day held on the Friday before Palm Sunday.
The 7 Wise Masters were officers of King Kurush who tell stories to save the life of the King's son: they exist in Greek, Syriac, Hebrew, Persian, and in English are called The Book of Sindibad, edited by Clouston.
The Coptic Gnostics represented the Jehovah of the Hebrews by a curious arrangement of the 7 vowels, without a consonant; thus Iehooua (the H is the Greek eta, long e; and the first O is the Greek long O, omega).
In the Zoroastrian theology we read of the highest beings the 7 Amshaspands; Ormuzd, source of life; Bahman, the king of this world; Ardibehest, fire producer; Shahrivar, the former of metals; Spandarmat, queen of the earth (the Gnostic Sophia); Khordad, the ruler of times and seasons;
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and Amerdad, ruling over the vegetable world. Below there are the 27 Izeds, ruled over by Mithras; in opposition to these were powers of darkness, the 7 arch devs, and the 27 devs, or devils as we call them.
The historic city of Rome, pagan before it was Christian, was built upon Seven Hills; the Palatine, Cœlian, Aventine, Viminal, Quirinal, Esquiline, and the Capitol. In Latin times it was called Urbs Septicollis. Some old authors speak of "Valentia" as a secret name for Rome.
The "Bijou Notes and Queries," vol. xiv., p. 235, says that the 7 days of the week have all been used as sacred days; Sunday by Christians; Monday by the Greeks; Tuesday by the Persians; Wednesday by the Assyrians; Thursday by the Egyptians; Friday by the Turks; and Saturday by the Jews.
The number 7 was curiously related to H. P. Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society. "Lucifer" was first published in 1887, and 1887 is the sum of 17 hundreds, 17 tens, and 17 units; H. P. B. lived at 17 Lansdowne Road, and 17 Avenue Road; "Lucifer" was published at 7 Duke Street; 7 volumes were completed at her death; Colonel Olcott first met her at 7 Beckman Street, and later at 71 Broadway, New York. Anna Kingsford was elected president first of the London T. S. Lodge on 7th January 1883; "Isis Unveiled" was published in 1877, and the Third volume of the "Secret Doctrine" was published in 1897, after her death.
MEDIA EMPIRE OF THE BEAST
MEDIA EMPIRE OF THE BEAST by Jeff Wingo
Jeffrey A. Wingo
5 years ago
I almost didn’t write this article, it seems there is already so much information about occult symbology on the Internet. But there is more to it than just showing you a pentagram, or the symbol for the All Seeing Eye. All of us carry that symbol in our wallets and purses. Interestingly, most people never give it a thought–after all, isn’t that symbol synonymous with the United States of America? Unfortunately, yes it is. The All Seeing Eye, also known as the Eye of Providence, was adopted as part of the symbolism on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States in 1782. The All Seeing Eye and unfinished pyramid were later placed on the dollar bill in 1935 during the Roosevelt administration.
But the occult symbology of the New World Order goes way beyond the simple Eye of Providence on the dollar bill. It goes far beyond that because the United States of America, so mesmerized with A-musements (without thought), and entertainments, has graduated into full-blown Satanism.
In my last post I briefly discussed the symbolic meaning behind the Katy Perry half-time show for the Super Bowl. It is possible that the Hidden Elite are showing the world their hand–I believe they have laid their cards on the table and revealed that we are now moving into the World Order of the Beast. It is very possible that now they consider the world in the Beast System. If that is true, then we may be living in a precursor to the full revelation of Babylon the Great, the last days world empire of the book of Revelation (chapters 17-18).
But then shortly after the Super Bowl, the Grammys came into play. The Super Bowl was on Sunday, February 1st, 2015. The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were presented on Sunday February 8, 2015. The dates are seven days apart, 7 being sacred in the Bible (just check out all of the sevens in the Bible), and in occult tradition. It should be noted, as I wrote in my book Alien Antichrist, that the demon god Apollyon or Apollo is the coming Antichrist. Apollo, the Sun God, had a Greek title Ebdomaios, meaning seven, or sevenfold. {1}
February 1st is also when the celebration of Imbolc or Imbolg takes place. The name is derived from the Old Irish i mbolc (Modern Irish i mbolg), meaning “in the belly”, and refers to the pregnancy of ewes. The festival, which also celebrates the onset of spring, is also linked with Saint Brigid in her role as a fertility goddess. {2}
Is it possible that the message being sent to the world is that the Beast system is either being birthed (linked with fertility), through the celebration of an ancient goddess, whose holiday is February 1st? It should be noted that this holiday is also linked with the female celebration of Dianic Wicca, also known as Dianic Witchcraft. It is named after the Roman goddess Diana; however with Dianic Witchcraft, all of the goddesses of many cultures are rolled into one single goddess, which is seen as the embodiment of the whole. {3}
The beasts of the field (world) are also linked with the Greek Artemis (the Roman Diana). In Roman mythology, Diana was often depicted as the goddess of the woodlands, of wild animals, and of hunting. She also acted as a fertility goddess, who helped women conceive and give birth to children. {4}
It should also be noted here that February 1st is Groundhog Day, the beast linked with the Earth Mother, and the symbol of birth: either exiting, or reentering the Earth, only to be revealed later.
Depicted as such then, the implication is that the Hidden/Occult Elites are sending a signal that the Beast system is either here, born before the eyes of the world (under the Eye of Providence), or revealed, then hidden (like the Groundhog; only to be fully realized later) with their depiction of a woman riding a beast of the wild (linked with the Greek Artemis and the Roman Diana), a lion.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world (1 Peter 5:8-9).
THE GRAMMY AWARDS: FULLY DEVELOPED SATANIC WORSHIP
I don’t know about you, but the symbolic meaning is clear. It is my opinion that Madonna is the center of satanic ritual worship in this performance.
The illuminated goddess, who at the end of her performance, is hoisted up on a cable, with her body bending backward, like a ritual sacrifice, a sacrifice, not only to the beasts she is surrounded by, men with animal (bull horns), but to the Beast system itself.
I just can’t elaborate on this more than I have right now, the spiritual battle is just to great; just suffice it to say that this was more than a performance for entertainment–it was a fully developed satanic ritual; and the unfortunate thing I must point out is that those who imbibed of this, also participated in ritual satanic worship–a woman, could I say the embodiment of goddess worship, sacrificed to the BEASTS of the Earth, to bring forth, the BEAST FROM THE ABYSS.
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is (Revelation 17:8).
I will leave you on this post with a few additional thoughts. The word bottomless pit is derived from the Greek words abyssos phrear, which is also translated as abyss. It is found in the Bible (KJV) nine times in seven verses: Revelation 9:1, 2, 11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1, 3.
And what about the other woman–the woman who rode the Beast at the Super Bowl. Oh, she was also at the Grammy Awards. Just look at the picture, no need to elaborate.
Thanks for visiting.
Jeff Wingo
If you would like to learn more about the coming Beast System, then I recommend that you might get a copy of my book, Alien Antichrist, The Terrifying Truth about UFOs and Aliens, Antichrist, and the End of Days. You can get a copy at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
In the book I provide you with all of the details of the coming system of the Beast, Babylon the Great. The book will help you to understand the strong delusion that will soon engulf our world. You can get the book in either a printed copy, or Kindle. Here is a link to Amazon:
If you should have any questions or comments please feel free to email me at jeffwingo@alienantichrist.net . Let me know what you think about the book, and the articles here on the blog. The book has gotten several good reviews in both the United States and Great Britain.
Again, thanks for visiting.
Jeff Wingo
Endnotes:
1. W. Wynn Westcott, Numbers, Their Occult Power and Mystic Virtues (1911); http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/nop/nop14.htm
5. Strong’s G12 – abyssos; Strong’s G5421 – phrear.
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Categories: The Spiritual War
Alien Antichrist: UFOs and Aliens, Antichrist, and the End of Days
Alien Antichrist: UFOs and Aliens, Antichrist, and the End of Days
Alien Antichrist: UFOs and Aliens, Antichrist, and the End of Days
MEDIA EMPIRE OF THE BEAST by Jeff Wingo
Jeffrey A. Wingo
5 years ago
I almost didn’t write this article, it seems there is already so much information about occult symbology on the Internet. But there is more to it than just showing you a pentagram, or the symbol for the All Seeing Eye. All of us carry that symbol in our wallets and purses. Interestingly, most people never give it a thought–after all, isn’t that symbol synonymous with the United States of America? Unfortunately, yes it is. The All Seeing Eye, also known as the Eye of Providence, was adopted as part of the symbolism on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States in 1782. The All Seeing Eye and unfinished pyramid were later placed on the dollar bill in 1935 during the Roosevelt administration.
But the occult symbology of the New World Order goes way beyond the simple Eye of Providence on the dollar bill. It goes far beyond that because the United States of America, so mesmerized with A-musements (without thought), and entertainments, has graduated into full-blown Satanism.
In my last post I briefly discussed the symbolic meaning behind the Katy Perry half-time show for the Super Bowl. It is possible that the Hidden Elite are showing the world their hand–I believe they have laid their cards on the table and revealed that we are now moving into the World Order of the Beast. It is very possible that now they consider the world in the Beast System. If that is true, then we may be living in a precursor to the full revelation of Babylon the Great, the last days world empire of the book of Revelation (chapters 17-18).
But then shortly after the Super Bowl, the Grammys came into play. The Super Bowl was on Sunday, February 1st, 2015. The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were presented on Sunday February 8, 2015. The dates are seven days apart, 7 being sacred in the Bible (just check out all of the sevens in the Bible), and in occult tradition. It should be noted, as I wrote in my book Alien Antichrist, that the demon god Apollyon or Apollo is the coming Antichrist. Apollo, the Sun God, had a Greek title Ebdomaios, meaning seven, or sevenfold. {1}
February 1st is also when the celebration of Imbolc or Imbolg takes place. The name is derived from the Old Irish i mbolc (Modern Irish i mbolg), meaning “in the belly”, and refers to the pregnancy of ewes. The festival, which also celebrates the onset of spring, is also linked with Saint Brigid in her role as a fertility goddess. {2}
Is it possible that the message being sent to the world is that the Beast system is either being birthed (linked with fertility), through the celebration of an ancient goddess, whose holiday is February 1st? It should be noted that this holiday is also linked with the female celebration of Dianic Wicca, also known as Dianic Witchcraft. It is named after the Roman goddess Diana; however with Dianic Witchcraft, all of the goddesses of many cultures are rolled into one single goddess, which is seen as the embodiment of the whole. {3}
The beasts of the field (world) are also linked with the Greek Artemis (the Roman Diana). In Roman mythology, Diana was often depicted as the goddess of the woodlands, of wild animals, and of hunting. She also acted as a fertility goddess, who helped women conceive and give birth to children. {4}
It should also be noted here that February 1st is Groundhog Day, the beast linked with the Earth Mother, and the symbol of birth: either exiting, or reentering the Earth, only to be revealed later.
Depicted as such then, the implication is that the Hidden/Occult Elites are sending a signal that the Beast system is either here, born before the eyes of the world (under the Eye of Providence), or revealed, then hidden (like the Groundhog; only to be fully realized later) with their depiction of a woman riding a beast of the wild (linked with the Greek Artemis and the Roman Diana), a lion.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world (1 Peter 5:8-9).
THE GRAMMY AWARDS: FULLY DEVELOPED SATANIC WORSHIP
I don’t know about you, but the symbolic meaning is clear. It is my opinion that Madonna is the center of satanic ritual worship in this performance.
The illuminated goddess, who at the end of her performance, is hoisted up on a cable, with her body bending backward, like a ritual sacrifice, a sacrifice, not only to the beasts she is surrounded by, men with animal (bull horns), but to the Beast system itself.
I just can’t elaborate on this more than I have right now, the spiritual battle is just to great; just suffice it to say that this was more than a performance for entertainment–it was a fully developed satanic ritual; and the unfortunate thing I must point out is that those who imbibed of this, also participated in ritual satanic worship–a woman, could I say the embodiment of goddess worship, sacrificed to the BEASTS of the Earth, to bring forth, the BEAST FROM THE ABYSS.
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is (Revelation 17:8).
I will leave you on this post with a few additional thoughts. The word bottomless pit is derived from the Greek words abyssos phrear, which is also translated as abyss. It is found in the Bible (KJV) nine times in seven verses: Revelation 9:1, 2, 11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1, 3.
And what about the other woman–the woman who rode the Beast at the Super Bowl. Oh, she was also at the Grammy Awards. Just look at the picture, no need to elaborate.
Thanks for visiting.
Jeff Wingo
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Again, thanks for visiting.
Jeff Wingo
Endnotes:
1. W. Wynn Westcott, Numbers, Their Occult Power and Mystic Virtues (1911); http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/nop/nop14.htm
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianic_Wicca
4. http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Cr-Dr/Diana.html
5. Strong’s G12 – abyssos; Strong’s G5421 – phrear.
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