The Magus, Book I: The Celestial Intelligencer: Chapter XIX: Of The Number Four And Scale

CHAP. XIX.

OF THE NUMBER FOUR AND SCALE.

THE Pythagorians call the number Four, Tectractis, and prefer it before all the virtues of numbers, because it is the foundation and root of all other numbers; Whence, also, all foundations, as well in artificial things, as natural and divine, are four square, as we shall shew afterwards; and it signifies solidity, which also is demonstrated by a four-square figure; for the number four, is the first

Vau. He, where it is the aspiration He, signifies the proceeding of the Spirit from both; for He, being duplicated, terminates both syllables, and the whole name, but is pronounced Jova, as some will whence that Jove of the heathen, which the antients did picture with four cars; whence the number four, is the fountain and head of the whole, Divinity. And the Pythagorians call it the perpetual fountain of Nature: for there are four degrees in the scale of Nature, viz. to be, to live, to be sensible, to understand. There are four motions in Nature, viz. ascendant, descendant, going forward, circular. There are four corners in Heaven, viz. rising, falling, the middle of the Heaven, the bottom of it. There are four elements under Heaven, viz. fire, air, water, and earth; according to these there are four triplicities in Heaven. There are four first qualities under Heaven, viz. cold, heat, dryness, and moisture; from these are the four humours--blood, phlegm, choler, melancholy. Also, the year is divided into four parts, which are the spring, summer, autumn, and winter:--also the wind is divided into eastern, western, northern, and southern. There are, also, four rivers in Paradise; and so many infernal. Also, the number four makes

THE SCALE OF THE NUMBER FOUR

The name of God with four letters,	יהוה				In the original world, whence the law of Providence.
Four triplicities, or intelligible hierarchies,	Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones,	Dominations, Powers, Virtues,	Principalities, Archangels, Angels,	Innocents, Martyrs, Confessors.	In the intellectual world, whence the fatal law.
Four angels ruling over the four corners of the world,	מיכאל Michael,	רפאל Raphael,	גברואל Gabriel,	איריאל Uriel.
Four rulers of the elements,	שרפ Seraph,	כרוב Cherub,	טרשיט Tharsis,	אריאל Ariel
Four consecrated animals,	The Lion,	The Eagle,	Man,	A Calf.
Four triplicities of the tribes of Israel,	Dan, Asser, Naphthalin,	Jehuda, Isachar, Zebulun,	Manasse, Benjamin, Ephraim,	Reuben, Simeon, Gad.
Four triplicities of the Apostles,	Matthias, Peter, Jacob the elder,	Simon, Bartholomew, Matthew,	John, Philip, James the younger	Thaddeus, Andrew, Thomas.
Four Evangelists:	Mark,	John,	Matthew,	Luke.
Four triplicities of signs,	Aries, Leo, Sagittarius,	Gemini, Libra, Aquarius,	Cancer, Scorpion, Pisces,	Taurus, Virgo, Capricornus.	In the celestial world, where is the law of Nature.
The stars and planets related to the elements,	Mars, and the Sun,	Jupiter, and Venus,	Saturn, and Mercury,	The fixed Stars, and the Moon.
Four qualities of the celestial elements,	Light,	Diaphanousness,	Agility,	Solidity.
Four elements,	אש Fire,	ריח Air,	כוים Water,	עפר Earth	In the elementary, where the law of generation and corruption is.
Four seasons,	Summer,	Spring,	Winter,	Autumn.
Four corners of the world,	East,	West,	North,	South.
Four perfect kinds of mixed bodies,	Animals,	Plants,	Metals,	Stones.
Four kinds of animals,	Walking,	Flying,	Swimming,	Creeping.
What answers the elements in plants,	Seeds,	Flowers,	Leaves,	Roots.
What in metals,	Gold and iron,	Copper and tin,	Quicksilver,	Lead and silver.
What in stones,	Bright and burning,	Light and transsparent,	Clear and congealed,	Heavy and dark.
Four elements of man,	The Mind,	Spirit,	Soul,	Body.	In the lesser world, viz. man from whom is the law of prudence.
Four powers of the soul,	The Intellect,	Reason,	Phantasy,	Sense.
Four judiciary powers,	Faith,	Science,	Opinion,	Experience.
Four moral virtues	Justice,	Temperance,	Prudence,	Fortitude.
The senses answering to the elements,	Sight,	Hearing,	Taste and smell,	Touch.
Four elements of man's body,	Spirit,	Flesh,	Humours,	Bones.
A fourfold spirit,	Animal,	Vital,	Generative,	Natural.
Four humours,	Choler,	Blood,	Phlegm,	Melancholy.
Four manners of complexion,	Violence,	Nimbleness,	Dulness,	Slowness.
Four princes of devils, offensive in the elements,	סמאל Samael,	עזאזל Azazel,	עזאל Azael,	מהזאל Mahazael.	In the infernal world, where is the law of wrath and punishment.
Four infernal rivers	Phelgethon,	Cocytus,	Styx,	Acheron.
Four princes of spirits, upon the four angles of the world,	Oriens,	Paymon,	Egyn,	Amaymon.

The Magus, Book I: The Celestial Intelligencer: Chapter XIX: Of The Number Four And Scale

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