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7 Q 4 j Mathematical and Masonic Properties of the Number 666 . disant Supreme Councils * and usurping propagandists of Sublime ITremasonry . *' 2 STow and then an orthodox hieroglyphic , symbol , or allegory , is
surreptitiously obtained , but its true solution is not attained to by the vulgar interpretations of superficialness , or else it is purposely pervierted by the infidel , or bigot , or sectarian , to suit his narrow purposes , or by intriguers , who
" Like scurvy politicians , seem to see The things they do not . " ( To be continued , )
On The Mathematical And Masonic Properties Of The Number 666.
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th £ ^ hundred and three s b ^ ^ pt on ^ of ^ tl ^ ^ liyitieSj majr well be regard ^ by & /^^(^ i ^ ifig ^;^ a " Speculitiye Mason
tioris co ^^ my thoughts were , not long agOj powerfully araested by 1 ^ attentipti with which I explored ita hidden significancy was rewarded by the successive discover number aloiie , and connecting it ^ Sguare . These I will now , with the permission of the editor ^ communicate to the Craft , through the medium of its able and zealous organ * the Freemasons JilDig being well aw ^ re tJiat-r-to use his own wordsr-he will 6 i hai l with gratification and pleasure any new illustration of the science . "
In the first place , then , the number 666 is a triangular number ; that is , it is one of the terms of the series 1 , 3 , 6 , 10 , 15 , & c . . . . 666 , & c . . . . of the numbers which represent , or may be arranged in , equilateral triangles . Thus it appears that 666 has for its base
the sacred number 3 , its units being resolvable into the form of a symmetrical triangle . The secondary base of 666 is 6 , a number not only a perfect number ( that is , equal to the sum of its divisors ) , but the first of perfect numbers .
new motto . And Macoy , in his True Masonic Guide , perpetuates it . 0 temporal OmpTes ! Would to Heayen that the evil were confined to such publications , and the writings of such " authors ; " it would be well . But $ \ m ! it is not .
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7 Q 4 j Mathematical and Masonic Properties of the Number 666 . disant Supreme Councils * and usurping propagandists of Sublime ITremasonry . *' 2 STow and then an orthodox hieroglyphic , symbol , or allegory , is
surreptitiously obtained , but its true solution is not attained to by the vulgar interpretations of superficialness , or else it is purposely pervierted by the infidel , or bigot , or sectarian , to suit his narrow purposes , or by intriguers , who
" Like scurvy politicians , seem to see The things they do not . " ( To be continued , )
On The Mathematical And Masonic Properties Of The Number 666.
oi * ^
T ^ Masonic wo * l ^ e ^ uier ; ai #
th £ ^ hundred and three s b ^ ^ pt on ^ of ^ tl ^ ^ liyitieSj majr well be regard ^ by & /^^(^ i ^ ifig ^;^ a " Speculitiye Mason
tioris co ^^ my thoughts were , not long agOj powerfully araested by 1 ^ attentipti with which I explored ita hidden significancy was rewarded by the successive discover number aloiie , and connecting it ^ Sguare . These I will now , with the permission of the editor ^ communicate to the Craft , through the medium of its able and zealous organ * the Freemasons JilDig being well aw ^ re tJiat-r-to use his own wordsr-he will 6 i hai l with gratification and pleasure any new illustration of the science . "
In the first place , then , the number 666 is a triangular number ; that is , it is one of the terms of the series 1 , 3 , 6 , 10 , 15 , & c . . . . 666 , & c . . . . of the numbers which represent , or may be arranged in , equilateral triangles . Thus it appears that 666 has for its base
the sacred number 3 , its units being resolvable into the form of a symmetrical triangle . The secondary base of 666 is 6 , a number not only a perfect number ( that is , equal to the sum of its divisors ) , but the first of perfect numbers .
new motto . And Macoy , in his True Masonic Guide , perpetuates it . 0 temporal OmpTes ! Would to Heayen that the evil were confined to such publications , and the writings of such " authors ; " it would be well . But $ \ m ! it is not .