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assumption must naturally occur to the minds of only right thinking Masons, who are penetrated by the
sublime virtues of our order and are justly entitled to bear the name of Occult Masonic students. [5]
I‘ve included copies of two ―Tree of Numbers/Life‖ one is by Fludd: Arber Sephirotheca, and the other
is known in English as the System of Numbers of the 10 Divine Names by Kircher. Both Fludd‘s and
Kircher‘s diagrams are based on the same thing, though the names may differ due to them being in
Hebrew, Latin or Romanised Hebrew. I am only including this so you can see the layout, system and order
of how this ―belief‖ system works. I‘m just trying to explain how and why there are these so called
various levels of degrees and where ―they‖ derived and say there are 72 names of God, and where the
number of ―The Beast‖ might have come from etc., without getting to deep and complicated about it: The
Tree of Numbers: Robert Fludd M.D. [1574-1637], was an English Christian mystic, physicist, and
astrologer, who penned the diagram known as the Tree of Numbers [Hebrew for numbers is Sephiroth] in
1617 and 1621.
There‘s ten Hebrew names of God allotted to each of the Numbers, [see photo section]. Fludd‘s shows
attributions of the Christian Trinity onto the Tree of Numbers, [6] and the diagram is very reminiscent to the
Old Saxon ―Irminsul‖ kind of pillar, ―great/mighty pillar‖ or ―arising pillar‖. [6] As I‘ve already said, the
oldest chronicle describing an Irminsul refers to it as a tree trunk erected in the open air, [see photo
section]. The names are I: Ehieh I Am Pater Father. II: Iah Yah Filius Son. III: Elohim Holy Spirit. IV:
El [Of] God Pater Father. V: Elohim Gibor God of Power [alternatively Mighty God] Filius Son. VI:
Eloah God [the singular form of Elohim] Holy Spirit. VII: Iehova Sabaoth YHWH of Hosts. VIII: Elohim
Sabaoth God of Hosts. IX: Elchai vel: Sadai The Living God or Almighty Omnipotentie Omnipotence. X:
Adonai: My Lord.
The man Athanasius Kircher S.J., born in 1601 or 1602 in Thuringia, Germany, was a Christian mystic
and scientist who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology, and
medicine. He drew various illustrations including the ―The Tree of Life‖, [see photo section], for his book
Oedipus Aegyptiacus published 1652 to 1654. The well known illustration of the Hebrew-Tree of Life is
the explanation and the interpretation of religious texts and writings named Qabalah/Kabbalah /Cabala that
describes a diagram composed of 10 Numbers and 22 Letters. The ten Numbers are the ten sayings of God
in the first chapter of Genesis [תישארב, Bereshit] in which ―He‖ wrought the universe, with the 22 letters of
the Hebrew alefbet [alpha-bet] interpolated between these Numbers. The diagram was used to describe the
path to God, and the manner in which ―He‖ created the world out of nothing. The Kabbalists developed
this concept into a full model of reality, using the tree to depict a ―map‖ of creation. The Tree of Life has
been called the ―cosmology‖ of the Kabbalah. [6]
Again I simply haven‘t the room to fully explain everything so am trying to give you a rough idea what
going on. Part of these ―Tree of Numbers‖, it is said there are 72 Potestates, medius, sinisto et dextra =72
Powers, central, left and right. This is the Name of 216 Letters Divided, - known in Hebrew as the Shem
ha-Mephorash, ―The Explicit Name‖, - found in Exodus13:19-21. The Shem ha-Mephorash was a name
for a 72 letter name of God derived by medieval Qabalists from the book of Exodus, by reading the letters
of three verses in a specific order. Each of the three verses is composed of 72 letters in the original
Hebrew; when each verse is written out in boustrophedon form, - that is, rather than merely going from left
to right as in modern English, or right to left as in Hebrew and Arabic, alternate lines must be read in
opposite directions, - so that the second line is reversed, and grouping the letters in columns of threes, the
72 Names of God, or alternatively by appending to the letters the suffixes הי [-iah] or לא [-el], the names of
72 Angels, are formed. 216 letters in total made up of three verses of 72 letters, 72 x 3 = 216 the ―Master
Number of Glory‖, quite simply 6 x 6 x 6, gives 216 which some say is the ‗real secret‘ as its ―216‖ that‘s
the golden number, though saying, and you‘ll see I give other various numbers and equations in other
sections in the book.
248 positive precepts of the Law & 365 negative precepts of the Law: As well as the 10
Commandments received by Moses on Mount Sinai, there are a further 613 instances in the Torah where
God either permits or forbids certain actions, these further commandments are called Mitzvah, literally
―Commandment‖. God permits 248 actions which are called positive laws, while forbidding 365 actions
which are called negative laws throughout the entirety of the Torah. The number 248 is ascribed to the
microcosm as it is the number of major bones in the human body. While the number 365 is ascribed to the
macrocosm as it is the length of one solar year. Kircher has associated the 248 positive laws with the
Number named Magnificence and the side of Mercy, while the 365 negative laws has been associated with
the Number named Fear and the side of Severity. [6][7]
These 72 Names or angels are attributed to each 5 degree semi-decan of the zodiac [5 x 72 = 360], to
the cards of the tarot, and so on. When these names are written in reverse some believe they parallel the 72