1- LOVE (coming from the Absolute I) AFFIRMATION, IMPERCEPTIBLE LIGHT. [Absolute 1 refers to the Creator]
2- LOVE (coming from the Absolute II), VERB, LOGOS.
[Absolute II refers to Christ/galactic Consciousness]
3 - LOVE (coming from the feminine principle), QUEEN OF
THE HEAVENS. [This refers to the outflowing and nurturing aspect of the Creator, the part that the C's said recharges our energy when we sleep]
4 - LOVE (coming from the Absolute III) PRINCE OF THIS
WORLD. [Absolute III is equivalent to the Matrix]
5 - NUTRITION (from the coarsest food right up to supreme
Knowledge [this includes everything from physical food to etheric and spiritual food, and the whole loosh supply chain]
6 - REBIRTH, RENEWAL.
7 - LIVING MATTER.
8 - WORD.
9 - LETTER.
10 - LIFE, perpetual vibration.
11 - THE SEARCH, PROGRESS.
12 - ATTENTION.
13 - FALL, DECOMPOSITION, DEATH.
14 - TIME.
15 - THOUGHT, CALCULATION, LIE, ILLUSION.
16 - RECOVERY, RECTIFICATION, RECONSTITUTION, RECOMPOSITION.
17 - APPEAL.
18 - FIXATION (from immobility to ecstasy), WAITING.
19 - REINTEGRATION (Into the bosom of the Lord).
20 -. REALIZATION.
21 - THE POINT. THE PAUSE. THE FINAL POINT.
22 - THE WHOLE, in Space and Time as well as out of Space
and Time, comprising the perceptible and the imper-
ceptible, the imaginable and the unimaginable. The
integral Love belonging to the Androgyne.
This has been known since time immemorial, which is proved by the
fact that each of these numbers gave birth to a letter of the sacred
alphabets: in the Egypto-Judaic tradition these letters had as prototypes
the twenty-two images from which they had been derived.
Represented by the letters of the Hebraic alphabet, the twenty-two
Major Numbers are known in the Christian Tradition, where they are
not associated with images but are systematically revealed in King
David's Psalm CXVIII,6 which forms twenty-two verses. (Each begins
with a Hebrew letter, in alphabetical order, and is composed of eight
lines which form twenty-two octaves).
It is difficult to find a single term that can give the significance for each
of the twenty-two Numbers, or for each of the twenty-two letters of the
sacred alphabets. This difficulty is because, as a symbol, each of these
Numbers in its turn contains a whole bundle of ideas, bound together
by a general idea that often escapes the mind that is still untrained in
this contemplative research.
For example, the number FIVE, in its ultimate generalization, signifies NUTRITION.
Now, we have seen how complex is the process of nutrition. The idea of nutrition is
inseparable from that of food, and food, being physical, psychological and spiritual,
can have either a sensory or an extrasensory nature. From this point of view, we can
find all kinds of indications about Knowledge (Savoir), and Savoir-faire, in the study of
the Number FIVE.
Clearly a mind that has not been accustomed to speculation of this kind
will run a risk of getting lost in a labyrinth where no Ariadne's thread exists.
This is why we give the above Table of Major Numbers, which views them from a
particular angle: that of the study of Man in the midst of organic Life on Earth,
and within the system of the three cosmic octaves.
When using this Table, the student should observe and take care not to
forget that the Major Numbers, from I to XXI, form three octaves of
seven notes. These three octaves, which form the Major Triangle, are in
one sense included in a Whole represented by the Number XXII, which, in turn,
is formed by the last inscribed polygon, which has 360 sides. Making allowances
or the principle of Imperfection, this polygon is almost identical to the Circle:
almost, but not completely, otherwise we would find that the Protocosmos was completely stable. Then the principle of Imperfection would no longer apply, and
Life as we can conceive it would cease.
When working with the aid of this Table the student must also not forget
that the significance of the Major Numbers is given here in connection
with the problems that are discussed in the Second Part of this volume.
This means that it is only an indication. It is not definitive.
