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On Masonic Number.
and female , odd and even * . It partakes of both natures ; being added to the even , it makes odd ; to the odd , evenf . THREE , refers to the Trinity in Unity , to the three grand offerings so frequentl y referred to in the lectures of Masonryto the
; three Grand Masters at the building of the Temple ; the three greater and lesser Li ghts ; the three theological Virtues , and the three rulers of Masonry . This number was esteemed ineffable in ancient times . Virgil says ,
" Terna tibi hsec primum triplici diversa colore Licia circumdo , terque hsec altaria circum Effigiem duco . Numero Deus impare gaudet . " Eel . 8 Around his waxen image first I wind Three woollen fillets , of three colours join'd ; Thrice bind about his thrice devoted head , AVhich round the sacred altar thrice is led . Unequal numbers please the gods . D RYJIEN
FOUR . The Tetrad was esteemed the most perfect number b y the Pythagoreans ! , as being the arithmetical mean between one ancl seven , equally exceeding and exceeded in number . It wants 3 of 7 , and exceeds 1 by 3 . The first solid figure is found in a Tetrad , for a point is correspondent to Monad , line to Duad
a , because drawn from one point to another , a superficies to Triad , because it is the most simple of all rectilineal figures ; but a solid properly agrees with the Tetrad ; for the first pyramid is in a Tetrad , the base being triangular , so that at the bottom is 3 , and at the top 1 § . This number refers with us to the four rivers of Paradise , Pison , Gihon , Hiddekel , and Euphrates , wliich were imitated in the four artificial rivers surrounding the tabernacle in the wilderness .
FIVE . This number represents the five books of Moses ; the five excellencies contained in Solomon ' s Temple , which that
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On Masonic Number.
and female , odd and even * . It partakes of both natures ; being added to the even , it makes odd ; to the odd , evenf . THREE , refers to the Trinity in Unity , to the three grand offerings so frequentl y referred to in the lectures of Masonryto the
; three Grand Masters at the building of the Temple ; the three greater and lesser Li ghts ; the three theological Virtues , and the three rulers of Masonry . This number was esteemed ineffable in ancient times . Virgil says ,
" Terna tibi hsec primum triplici diversa colore Licia circumdo , terque hsec altaria circum Effigiem duco . Numero Deus impare gaudet . " Eel . 8 Around his waxen image first I wind Three woollen fillets , of three colours join'd ; Thrice bind about his thrice devoted head , AVhich round the sacred altar thrice is led . Unequal numbers please the gods . D RYJIEN
FOUR . The Tetrad was esteemed the most perfect number b y the Pythagoreans ! , as being the arithmetical mean between one ancl seven , equally exceeding and exceeded in number . It wants 3 of 7 , and exceeds 1 by 3 . The first solid figure is found in a Tetrad , for a point is correspondent to Monad , line to Duad
a , because drawn from one point to another , a superficies to Triad , because it is the most simple of all rectilineal figures ; but a solid properly agrees with the Tetrad ; for the first pyramid is in a Tetrad , the base being triangular , so that at the bottom is 3 , and at the top 1 § . This number refers with us to the four rivers of Paradise , Pison , Gihon , Hiddekel , and Euphrates , wliich were imitated in the four artificial rivers surrounding the tabernacle in the wilderness .
FIVE . This number represents the five books of Moses ; the five excellencies contained in Solomon ' s Temple , which that