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On Masonic Number.
Thus 9 being multiplied by any number , the figures in the product added together will g ive a total of 9 ad infinitum . Its squares and cubes are possessed of the same properties . There is little remarkable attached to this number amongst Masons .
TEN refers to that awful event , the delivery of the moral law , consisting of ten commandments , to Moses on the mount . It was anciently called the first square , being composed of the first four numbers , 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10 ; and icavrikacc , because it comprehends within itself the nature of even and
odd , and makes all number perfect . The oath propounded by Pythagoras to the candidate was expressed hy ten commas or jods disposed in the form of a triangle , thus :
, Monad , fire , or the active principle . , , Duad , the passive principle . , , , Triad , the world proceeding from their union , , , , Quaternary , the liberal sciences .
ELEVEN . This number draws our attention to those stupendous works of God , the Egyptian captivity and deliverance thence , typical of the great deliverance from moral slavery by the death pf Jesus Christ upon the cross . It refers to the eleven stars in Joseph's dream ; to the eleven patriarchs , after he was sold into Egypt ; and to the eleven apostles of Our Saviour after Judas had betrayed his master .
TWENTY-SIX . This is the most sacred of numbers , containing the celebrated three , five , seven , and eleven , and including the sacred name of God . In the ancient notation , 10 , the sum of 7 and 3 , was expressed by I , 5 by A , ancl 11 by H , thus :
I . A . H . 10 + 5 + 11 = 26 . TWENTY-SEVEN . A cubic number , the product of 9 , and its root 3 ; and the cube of 3 . In some of the higher degrees of Masonry the Lodge is enlig htened by 27 lights , ancl closed by 3 times 9 .
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On Masonic Number.
Thus 9 being multiplied by any number , the figures in the product added together will g ive a total of 9 ad infinitum . Its squares and cubes are possessed of the same properties . There is little remarkable attached to this number amongst Masons .
TEN refers to that awful event , the delivery of the moral law , consisting of ten commandments , to Moses on the mount . It was anciently called the first square , being composed of the first four numbers , 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10 ; and icavrikacc , because it comprehends within itself the nature of even and
odd , and makes all number perfect . The oath propounded by Pythagoras to the candidate was expressed hy ten commas or jods disposed in the form of a triangle , thus :
, Monad , fire , or the active principle . , , Duad , the passive principle . , , , Triad , the world proceeding from their union , , , , Quaternary , the liberal sciences .
ELEVEN . This number draws our attention to those stupendous works of God , the Egyptian captivity and deliverance thence , typical of the great deliverance from moral slavery by the death pf Jesus Christ upon the cross . It refers to the eleven stars in Joseph's dream ; to the eleven patriarchs , after he was sold into Egypt ; and to the eleven apostles of Our Saviour after Judas had betrayed his master .
TWENTY-SIX . This is the most sacred of numbers , containing the celebrated three , five , seven , and eleven , and including the sacred name of God . In the ancient notation , 10 , the sum of 7 and 3 , was expressed by I , 5 by A , ancl 11 by H , thus :
I . A . H . 10 + 5 + 11 = 26 . TWENTY-SEVEN . A cubic number , the product of 9 , and its root 3 ; and the cube of 3 . In some of the higher degrees of Masonry the Lodge is enlig htened by 27 lights , ancl closed by 3 times 9 .