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they emanated. Nine is the triple ternary, a num- 

 ber reproducing itself incessantly under all shapes 

 and figures in multiplication. It is the sign of 

 every circumference. It leads to a new dispensa- 

 tion and to revelation and symbolizes the point 

 of union with the Higher Self. Under certain 

 conditions, by the law of opposites, it may be very 

 unlucky. 



Ten, or the Decade, brings the digits back to 

 unity and completes the Pythagorean table. 

 Hence the figure i. enclosed in a cipher unity 

 within zero was a symbol of Deity, of the visi- 

 ble Universe and of infinite vastness, and of man, 

 the only creature who stood erect; as also of the 

 primal activity of the positive and negative forces. 

 In the Books of Hermes, which Mme. Blavatsky 

 quotes (Secret Doctrine, Vol. III.), ten is "the 

 Mother of the Soul, Life and Light being therein 

 united," for one, man, is born of the Spirit, and 

 ten, of matter, and from their unity again the 

 Trinity comes forth the Soul. 



There is a famous Chinese arithmetical dia- 

 gram called the Loh-Shu, or the scroll of the river 

 Loh; the invention of which is attributed to Fuh- 

 Hi who lived 2858-2738 B. C. It is a mathe- 

 matical square from 1-9, so written that all the 

 odd numbers are expressed in yang symbols, 

 white dots, emblems of heaven; while the even 

 numbers are expressed in yin symbols, black dots, 



