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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON. ← Page 2 of 9 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.
mason can call his work sacred , and every Brother must acknowledge it to be so . Our labours are separated from the outward world , and are founded upon truth and virtue , require brotherly love and philanthropy , and always elevate the spirit to the Great Architect of the Universe . But true inward sanctity every Brother must have in his own breast , and not have it to seek in the Degrees of the Order . Heilege Zahlen . Sacred Numbers . —We consider the number 3 or
, 3 times 3 , as a sacred number ; and in all the mysteries of the ancients , the number 9 , or 3 times 3 , was most important . Whether we , as Christian Freemasons , still have an ancient explanation of the sacredness of this number , or whether we derive its sanctity from the Holy Trinity , we cannot here determine . The number hath , it is said in a tract published by Bro . F . Heine , even in arithmetic , something peculiar , which no other numberat least in the Arabic system of numerationcan
, , boast . It is , the most perfect and the highest of the single numbers , for if we wish to count higher we must employ mixed numbers . But it has still a peculiar property , viz ., we may multiply it with whatever number we will , the product will always be such a number that its parts being added together will produce 9 . A few examples will explain this : —2 multiplied by 9 is equal to 18 , and 1 added to 8 is-9 ,
Ste , through the whole examples . 2 X 9 = 18 and 1 + 8 = 9 3 X 9 = 27 and 2 + 7 = 9 4 X 9 = 36 and 3 + 6 = 9 5 X 9 = 45 and 4 + 5 = 9 6 X 9 = 54 and 5 + 4 = 9 7 X 9 = 63 and 6 + 3 = 9
8 X 9 = 72 and 7 + 2 = 9 9 X 9 = 81 and 8 + 1 = 9 57 X 9 = 513 and 5 + 1 + 3 = 9 248 X 9 = 2232 and 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 = 9 56914 X 9 = 512226 and 5 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 6 = 18 and 1 + 8 = 9 A person may take any number he chooses , and the product will always be 9 . Another property of the number 9 is as follows , viz ., take any number you choose , as— 865374254 Invert their order and subtract them 452473568
4 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 8 + 6 = 27 and 2 + 7 = 9 412900686 The remainder when divided by 9 will always run out without a remainder . If the number in the top line is so small that the bottom line cannot be subtracted from it , then take the top line from the bottom , and you will have the same result , for example—1579 9571 cannot be subtracted , but take
8172 the top line from the bottom and you have the same result . Some have endeavoured to connect the number 9 with J , as the ninth letter in the alphabet , but there is no good ground for doing so , or 9 would also mean Johann , John , Jahr , year , or any thing else . Hermes Trismegistus . —Was honoured as a god by the ancient Egyptians , and considered by them as the discoverer of the alphabet , arithmetic , mensuration , and other sciences . In later ages the discovery of many magical , theosophical , alchymistica ) , and other supernatural sciences , have been attributed to him . Wc have many books of this
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Lexicon.
mason can call his work sacred , and every Brother must acknowledge it to be so . Our labours are separated from the outward world , and are founded upon truth and virtue , require brotherly love and philanthropy , and always elevate the spirit to the Great Architect of the Universe . But true inward sanctity every Brother must have in his own breast , and not have it to seek in the Degrees of the Order . Heilege Zahlen . Sacred Numbers . —We consider the number 3 or
, 3 times 3 , as a sacred number ; and in all the mysteries of the ancients , the number 9 , or 3 times 3 , was most important . Whether we , as Christian Freemasons , still have an ancient explanation of the sacredness of this number , or whether we derive its sanctity from the Holy Trinity , we cannot here determine . The number hath , it is said in a tract published by Bro . F . Heine , even in arithmetic , something peculiar , which no other numberat least in the Arabic system of numerationcan
, , boast . It is , the most perfect and the highest of the single numbers , for if we wish to count higher we must employ mixed numbers . But it has still a peculiar property , viz ., we may multiply it with whatever number we will , the product will always be such a number that its parts being added together will produce 9 . A few examples will explain this : —2 multiplied by 9 is equal to 18 , and 1 added to 8 is-9 ,
Ste , through the whole examples . 2 X 9 = 18 and 1 + 8 = 9 3 X 9 = 27 and 2 + 7 = 9 4 X 9 = 36 and 3 + 6 = 9 5 X 9 = 45 and 4 + 5 = 9 6 X 9 = 54 and 5 + 4 = 9 7 X 9 = 63 and 6 + 3 = 9
8 X 9 = 72 and 7 + 2 = 9 9 X 9 = 81 and 8 + 1 = 9 57 X 9 = 513 and 5 + 1 + 3 = 9 248 X 9 = 2232 and 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 = 9 56914 X 9 = 512226 and 5 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 6 = 18 and 1 + 8 = 9 A person may take any number he chooses , and the product will always be 9 . Another property of the number 9 is as follows , viz ., take any number you choose , as— 865374254 Invert their order and subtract them 452473568
4 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 8 + 6 = 27 and 2 + 7 = 9 412900686 The remainder when divided by 9 will always run out without a remainder . If the number in the top line is so small that the bottom line cannot be subtracted from it , then take the top line from the bottom , and you will have the same result , for example—1579 9571 cannot be subtracted , but take
8172 the top line from the bottom and you have the same result . Some have endeavoured to connect the number 9 with J , as the ninth letter in the alphabet , but there is no good ground for doing so , or 9 would also mean Johann , John , Jahr , year , or any thing else . Hermes Trismegistus . —Was honoured as a god by the ancient Egyptians , and considered by them as the discoverer of the alphabet , arithmetic , mensuration , and other sciences . In later ages the discovery of many magical , theosophical , alchymistica ) , and other supernatural sciences , have been attributed to him . Wc have many books of this