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the natural division of the circle. 

 Piety. 3+3. 



7. — Source of man's intellectual and sensible 



properties. Relating to the end of 

 the world. Love of esteem. Intel- 

 lectual agents (having taken the place 

 of man). 4 -{- 3. 



8. — Intellectuality both in body and soul. 



The divine united with the human 

 nature. Love. Good will. Justice. 

 4 + 4. 



9. — Man not purified from sin. Physical 



envelope of man. Creation of the 

 body, and its nature. Curiosity. The 

 number of every spiritual limit. In- 

 tellect united with sin. 4 -i- 5. 



10. — Limit of all. Man purified from sin, 



returning by a new birth to unity, 

 whence he proceeded. Decomposi- 

 tion of the circle, or the world. 

 Having now mentioned some of the numerous 

 meanings attaclied to numbers*, I return from this 

 digression to the consideration of the religious 

 doctrines of the Egyptians. 



The manifestation of the Deity, his coming upon 

 earth for the benefit of mankind, and his expected 

 interposition, were ideas which, even in the patri- 

 archal tunes, had always been entertained, having 

 been revealed to man from the earliest periods, 



* It is unnecessary to point out those wliich so frequently occur ia 

 the Bible, and every one must perceive that the constant occurrence of 

 4, 7, and other numbers is not accidental. 



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