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Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Cryptogram as a factor in Symbolic Philosophy (17)
At this point the inquirer might reasonably expect the letters to make intelligible words; but he will very likely be disappointed, for, as in the case above, the letters thus extracted are themselves a cryptogram, doubly involved to discourage those who might have a casual acquaintance with the biliteral system. The next step is to apply the nine letters to what is commonly called a wheel (or disc) cipher (q.v.), which consists of two alphabets, one revolving around the other in such a manner that numerous transpositions of letters are possible. In the accompanying cut the A of the inner alphabet
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter II:(4)
These twenty-two letters, the foundations, He arranged as on a sphere, with two hundred and thirty-one modes of entrance. If the sphere be rotated...
Chapter 13: Of the terrible, doleful, and lamentable, miserable Fall of the Kingdom of Lucifer. (86)
Suppose a WHEEL standing before thee, with seven wheels one so made in the other that it could go on all sides, forward, backward and cross ways,...
The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians
The Three Higher Planes of Consciousness (37)
Your attention is called to the fact that each circle in the symbol is called to and blended with the one on either side of it. Accordingly in the...