Searching...
Showing 1-1
Passages similar to: Secret Teachings of All Ages — Pythagorean Mathematics
Source passage
Western Esoteric
Secret Teachings of All Ages
Pythagorean Mathematics (84)
The evenly-even numbers possess certain unique properties. The sum of any number of terms but the last term is always equal to the last term minus one. For example: the sum of the first and second terms (1+2) equals the third term (4) minus one; or, the sum of the first, second, third, and fourth terms (1+2+4+8) equals the fifth term (16) minus one.
Christian Mysticism
Chapter XI: The Mystical Meanings in the Proportions of Numbers, Geometrical Ratios, and Music. (4)
On another principle, 120 is a triangular number, and consists of the equality of the number 64, [which consists of eight of the odd numbers...
Loading concepts...