METAPHYSICAL TRIANGLE
- ParrisVstefanow
- Feb 24
- 20 min read
“On the reverse of our nation's Great Seal is an unfinished pyramid to represent human society itself, imperfect and incomplete.
Above floats the symbol of the esoteric orders, the radiant triangle with its all-seeing eye.
There is only one possible origin for these symbols, and that is the secret societies which came to this country 150 years before the Revolutionary War .
There can be no question that the great seal was directly inspired by these orders of the human Quest, and that it set forth the purpose for this nation...”
- Manly P. Hall, The Secret Destiny of America, pp. 174, 181.
Everywhere one turns today the triangle is seen.
On TV, and in art, architecture, product design, advertising, commercial packaging, and in religion it is ubiquitous.
I am convinced that this simple, yet profound device, the triangle, somehow has a mystical, mesmerizing effect on men's minds.
The never-ending blizzard of triangle designs we encounter daily is intended to induce a trance state in those who are bombarded day and night by it.
Back to Babylon
For an answer why the triangle may be the ultimate satanic symbol for Illuminists we go back in time to uncover its origins.
A book on mathematics history called Early Computations tells us that,
"A Babylonian tablet dated around 1900 BC to 1600 BC and called 'Plimpton 322' deals with Pythagorean triplets."
This ancient document detailed an elementary knowledge of triangles and proportions.
The Triangle as Woman's "Holy Door''
Barbara Walker, in her The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, outlines how the ancient Mystery Religions greatly honored the triangle as the sign of deity.
She notes that the Hindus, too, borrowed this emblem as their tantric (sexual) female Triangle of Life. It was known as the Kali Yantra, sign of the female vulva.
In Egypt, the triangle was a hieroglyphic sign for "woman." In ancient Greece, the sexual intent is clear in that the triangle represented the Holy Door, genitalia of the All-Mother Demeter, known as "Mother Delta."
"The triangle was everywhere connected with the female trinity, and a frequent component of monograms of Goddesses," writes Walker.
It is easily understood, therefore, why the gay homosexual movement adopted the sign of the pink triangle as its emblem.
For male homosexuals particularly, the Goddess image and feminine archetype were powerful motivators dictating 328 CODEX MAGICA adaptation of the triangle as symbol of "gay liberation."
To occultists, the triangle pointing upward represents fire and that pointing downward water. To combine, balance, and unite the two brings dualism, or equilibrium, which is a goal of Freemasonry and a cardinal tenet of all Illuminist religious systems.
The Pope's Triceps
The Vatican also got into the triangle act. In some Roman Catholic churches today, behind the altar we find displayed the all-seeing eye inside a triangle.
Meanwhile, the Pope can often be seen wearing the symbol of the triceps on his vestments or on his Dagon Fish God hat, which has its own unique triangular design.
The triceps is a Nordic design of three earth diamonds thought to invoke earth energy powers and spiritual magic.
By adding straight lines on its three sides to fill in the open spaces, we discover that the Triceps unexpectedly becomes a larger triangle with a concealed Jewish Star of David (six-pointed star) within.
The Triangle and Freemasonry
Many erroneously believe that Freemasonry is a Christian religion and may be misled into thinking that the prominent use of the triangle in its rituals and its display of icons has a Christian purpose.
But in his book, A Bridge to Light, an official Scottish Rite publication of the Supreme Mother Council, 33°, Rex Hutchins, 33° explains that the triangle of the Masonic Lodge represents pagan religions as well and he especially cites the Hindu trinity of Gods, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
I have mentioned elsewhere that a triangle symbol containing a letter "Y" inside which divides it internally into three triangles is called the Eye of the Dragon, or Dragon's Eye.
Since Freemasonry has its all-seeing eye which represents Satan, the Dragon, again we have a connection.
The Triangle and Astrology
In astrology we find the concept of the grand trine, which is considered very, very lucky.
Joan Quigley, astrologer to movie stars and to President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan, says that, "the grand trine is formed by three planets approximately 120 degrees apart.
When you see this sign in the planets when forecasting their horoscope, you know they are about to hit (figuratively) a "grand slam home run."
Quigley illustrates the grand trine in her book, What Does Joan Say? My Seven Years As White House Astrologer to Nancy and Ronald Reagan. As it turns out, the astrological symbol for a grand trine is a triangle inside a circle.
This is the same symbol configuration adapted by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) founder Bill Wilson to be the official logo of AA.
My extensive research of Bill Wilson's life documents he was an occultist. He despised Christianity and adopted AA's concept of worship of an unnamed "Higher Power" to substitute for Jesus.
Wilson came up with the logo for AA from a dream he had in which he saw the image of the triangle within a circle and knew it was to become the logo for AA.
Do the Illuminati Secretly Worship the Great Goddess?
It is interesting that in the Jewish Cabala, we again find use of the triangle as a feminine vulva sign.
Of the ten Sephiroth, the third Sephira, or Triad, is deemed of feminine potency. Formed as a triangle, it represents the "great productive Mother, who copulates and is united sexually with the Father." In effect, to cabalists she is the feminine form of "God."
Just as Masons decry the equality of ordinary women, even denying women the opportunity to become a Mason in most orders, so do Orthodox Jews who practice cabalism openly proscribe and limit women's rights.
Yet, we see that deeply hidden and imbedded in their secret doctrine, both Masonry and Cabalistic Judaism revere and honor the Great Goddess, just as does Roman Catholicism in the form of Mother Mary.
It may surprise male chauvinists, but the Goddess, the consort of Lucifer, the woman figure whose sign is the downward pointing triangle, reigns side-by-side with Jahbuhlun (Satan) over the Illuminati and its minions.
One of the most utilized occultic symbols is the triangle. A triangle with its point downward represents the deity and is called the Deity's Triangle, or the Water Triangle.
With one point up, it is called the Earthly Triangle, Pyramid Triangle, or the Fire Triangle. These two definitions of the triangle are standard occult belief.
They came from a Masonic book, Symbolism of the Eastern Star, by Shirley Plessner. Robert Macoy said the same thing in Adoptive Rite Ritual , [Virginia: Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply co., 1897, p. 237].
However, this latter representation of the triangle, with the point upward, is the symbol of the Perfect or Divine Man.
Notice this occult symbol portrays "Perfect Man and Woman" within a circle, which is within a square [representing creation], which is within a triangle [godhood], which is surrounded by the largest circle. Notice that the triangle here is with its point upward, signifying the Divinity of Man.
Another Masonic writer who stated that Man can become Perfected or Divine is George H. Steinmetz, writing in, Freemasonry: Its Hidden Meaning. Also, Steinmetz wrote this belief in his book, The Lost Word: Its Hidden Meaning.
Another Masonic writer, J.D. Buck, writes,
"It is far more important that men should strive to become Christ's than that they should believe that Jesus was Christ." [J.D. Buck, Mystic Masonry]
Going back to the Triangle pointing upward which represents the Perfect or Divine Man; Masonic writer Albert Churchward states standard occult belief when he further identifies the Upright Triangle.
With the point up Churchward writes that this triangle represents Set. "Set" is one of the Infernal Names of Satan, as listed in the Satanic Bible written by Satanic High Priest, Anton LaVey. [Churchward's book was, Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man]
In India, this triangle was worn in the foreheads of the followers of Shiva.
Masonic authors William Meyer and J.S.M. Ward, also wrote that this type of triangle was worn in India by followers of Shiva, who wear it in their foreheads.
Shiva is another Infernal Name listed in the Satanic Bible as another name for Satan!
Meyer wrote this in, The Order of the Eastern Star; Ward wrote this information in, Freemasonry and the Ancient Gods.
Occult writer, R.P. Lawrie Krishna said the same thing in The Lamb Slain -- Supreme Sacrifice.
The planet Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun in our solar system.
Saturn was worshipped in ancient civilizations as a form of Satan, or Lucifer. The triangle within a circle (symbol also of today's Alcoholics Anonymous) group is on the wall while the satanic "X" within the circle is on the front of the altar cloth.
Rosicrucians also commend the triangle within the circle, the very logo of Alcoholics Anonymous.
From a page right out of a Rosicrucian manual, the figure at left is the "Symbol of Creation," Nehushstan the serpent, also called Oroboros, the serpent swallowing its own tail.
This symbolizes perpetual movement (Hegelian dialectic) and the occult conception of the "Circle of Life," the slogan that Disney's movie, The Lion King, made famous.
The triangle inside the serpentine circle represents the unholy trinity, which the occult teaches is the spiritual element soon to manifest, already operating at the very center of the material universe.
THE TRIANGLE AND HEXAGRAM
Masonic author, R.H. MacKenzie, states that,
"among Egyptians, the base [of the triangle] represented Osiris, or the Male Principle; the perpendicular, Isis, or the Female Principle; and the hypotenuse, Horus, their son ..."
[Kenneth R.H. MacKenzie, The Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia of History, Rites, Symbolism, and Biography, 1877]
Thus, you can see that the hypotenuse was conceived as a result of the sexual union of the base and the perpendicular.
Within Masonic symbolism, the sex act is portrayed as the union of the perpendicular and the base.
We have pictured the triangle, above, with the symbol of the Tau within. Masonic author, R. Swinburne Clymer typifies Masonic symbolism of the Tau when he states,
"The Phallus, or Lingam, and the Yoni, the male and female emblems of generation, are found in the triangle and the tau."
[Clymer, The Mysteries of Osiris or Ancient Egyptian Initiation, 1951]
Masonic author, Albert Mackey, tells us of The sexual connotation of this hexagram.
"The triangle pointing downward is a female symbol corresponding to the yoni and the upward pointing triangle is the male, the lingam ...
.......When the two triangles are interlaced, it represents the union of the active and passive forces in nature; it represents the male and female elements."
[Mackey, The Symbolism of Freemasonry, 1869; also Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma, 1871; also Wes Cook, Editor, Did You Know? Vignettes in Masonry from the Royal Arch Mason Magazine, Missouri Lodge For Research, 1965, p. 132]
To the Mason, the interlacing triangles of the hexagram depict sexual intercourse.
To the occultist, the triangle is very important. It is used constantly in every conceivable manner. It is used either with the point up or down.
When you see the point down, this represents the Deity and is called the Deity's Triangle or the Water Triangle.
The Earthly Triangle or Pyramid Triangle is what it is called when one point is up.
It "symbolizes the PERFECT OR DIVINE MAN." This quote is not from some heinous Black-hooded Satanist, it comes from a 33rd Degree Masonic author named George Steinmetz [Freemasonry: Its Hidden Meaning , New York, Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company, 1948, p. 63, repeated on p. 67]
Freemasonry joins all pagan groups in saying that man can become "divine" or "perfect." In another book, George returns to this theme once again:
"Be still -- and know -- that I am God ... That I AM GOD -- the final recognition of the All in All, the unity of the Self with the Cosmos -- the cognition of the DIVINITY OF THE SELF!"
[George H. Steinmetz, The Lost Keys of Freemasonry, Richmond, Virginia, Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company, 1923, p. 92]
Freemasonry has been so sensitive about any of its secrets ever becoming public knowledge.
Masons in every age knew that if the general public knew the Satanic core that existed in the heart of Freemasonry, the organization would either go into oblivion or would be arrested and put in jail.
Now you know why Freemasonry insists that its Initiates pledge that, if they divulge any of Masonry's secrets, he would agree to having his throat slit and be disemboweled.
Manly P. Hall, another 33rd Degree Mason, writes,
"Man is a God in the making ..."
[The Lost Keys of Freemasonry, p. 92]
Masonic author, Joseph Fort Newton, clearly and boldly states ,
".. to the profoundest insight of the human soul, that God becomes man that man may become God."
[The Religion of Freemasonry: An Interpretation, Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company, 1969, p. 37]
MASONRY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT FREEMASONRY ORIGINATED IN THE PLACE WHERE SATAN DWELLS
Albert Churchward, another Masonic author states that the triangle pointing upward us a symbol for Set, which is one of the Infernal Names for Satan. [Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man , George Allen and Company, Ltd., 1913, p. 189, 309, and 471].
Then, Masonic author, J.S.M. Ward states,
"With the point upwards, the equilateral triangle stands for Shiva the Destroyer and signifies the flame which rises upwards from the funeral pyre toward Heaven.
This symbol is familiar to us in several degrees, most notably the Thirtieth degree."
[Freemasonry and the Ancient Gods, 1921; also reported by Masonic authors William Meyer, The Order of the Eastern Star, p. 20; Alain Danielou, The Gods of India]
Shiva is another name for Satan in the occult.
The triangle with one point pointing up is a symbol for Satan.
Most likely this is the reason why the pyramid is such an important symbol to the Mason.
This is the symbol on the reverse of the one dollar bill. This symbol contains two triangles: the Pyramid itself and the All-Seeing Eye of Horus (Osiris).
Occultists know that both Horus and Osiris are alternate names for Satan. There is one more proof from Masonic authors, that Satan is the one they worship.
Masonic authors tell us that they worship Lucifer in yet another way.
Lynn Perkins (a Masonic Author), states that
"Shamballa has a bearing on the ancient origins of Freemasonry and upon its future in the coming Aquarian Age ..."
[Masonry In The New Age, p. 56]
Then, on pages 55-56, Perkins says that today's Mason has no idea that Freemasonry comes from such an ancient, esoteric source.
Most Masons today understand that the roots of their organization are in Satanism. When Perkins said that Freemasonry had its origins in Shamballa, he just identified Masonry as Satanic.
Alice Bailey, with her Demon Master - Master D.K. - writing through her, stated that,
"Shamballa is the mythological place where the 'Lord of the World', Sanat Kumara, or Shiva , is supposed to live."
[Discipleship in the New Age].
Masonic author, Perkins, has just admitted that Freemasonry originated in the place where Shiva (Satan) lives.
Manly P. Hall, 33rd Degree Mason, K.T., in his book, Initiates of the Flame boldly admits Freemasonry is from Hell:
"Those who follow the path of faith (or the heart) use water and are known as the Sons of Seth, while those who follow the path of the mind and action are the Sons of Cain, who was the son of SAMAEL , the Spirit of Fire.
Today, we find the latter among the alchemists, the Hermetic philosophers, the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons."
[p. 20]
Hall places Freemasonry among the circle of the damned -- Sons of Cain , who rebelled against God;
.......alchemists who are known sorcerers, Black Magicians, and worshippers of Satan, and the Rosicrucians who have so desecrated the precious cross of Jesus Christ with Pentagrams and Hexagrams as to make you sick.
Hall's major revelation was that Freemasonry is the son of SAMAEL. being careful not to confuse Samael with the beloved prophet Samuel.
SAMAEL is one of the Infernal Names of Satan. In fact, House of Theosophy author, writing under the influence of her demon possessing her -- Master D.K. -- identifies SAMAEL as Satan. [The Secret Doctrine] In fact, Satanists have a symbol of SAMAEL.
The pentagram on the left with the one point up represents the Divine Man specifically and Lucifer the good god generally; the pentagram on the right with two stars up and the goats head is called the Goats Head of Mendes by most Satanists, but Black Magick Satanists call him SAMAEL.
Delta
This is a Greek letter shaped like a triangle which symbolizes change in calculus.
It has become a favorite word to use in naming things for the occult elite.
Delta teams are 4 person assassination teams which usually are secret teams.
Delta Forces is an elite unit that operates under the Joint chiefs of staff that is made up of highly trained total mind-controlled slaves.
Delta models are slaves whose sole purpose is assassination. Delta alters are alters within an Illuminati alter system which are programmed to be assassins.
These alters are often some of the deepest in a system and in a Genie bottle or with Umbrella programming.
In reference to the 'Delta' Force which is believed to supply security for 'Above Top Secret' projects involving 'interaction' with the aliens [greys, etc.], this government insider states:
"The DELTA Group... have been seen [within the Intelligence Support Activity] with badges which have a black Triangle on a red background.
"DELTA is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. It has the form of a triangle, and figures prominently in certain Masonic signs.
"EACH BASE HAS ITS OWN SYMBOL. The Dulce base symbol is a triangle with the Greek letter 'Tau' (T) within it and then the symbol is inverted, so the triangle points down.
"The Insignia of 'a triangle and three lateral lines' has been seen on Saucer [transport] Craft,' The Tri-Lateral Symbol. Other symbols mark landing sites and 'Alien' craft..."
"Sometimes the energy may need to be closed, like the Pyramid in the Bermuda Triangle that was sucking in all the aeroplanes and ships into it."
It is called the Devil's Triangle. It is one of the biggest mysteries of our time where paranormal events and unexplained disappearances are alleged to occur.
Latitude and Longitude of the Triangle:
NW edge, Bermuda:
32.20 N, 64.45 W.
SW edge,
San Juan: 18.5 N, 66.9 W
NE edge,
Miami: 25.48N, 80.18 W
The Bermuda Triangle covers approximately 500,000 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean.
The official dimensions claim that this mysterious area is a stretch of area located in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean, between Bermuda; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Miami, Florida.
However when you start plotting ocean disasters that are attributed to the Triangle its boundaries shift all over the North Atlantic and sometimes into the Eastern Pacific and Gulf of Mexico.
The "Bermuda or Devil's Triangle" is an imaginary area located off the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States, which is noted for a high incidence of unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and aircraft.
In the passed hundred years, more than 50 boats and 20 airplanes have mysteriously disappeared. It is unknown what has happened to them.
Most of them mysteriously vanished without a trace. Numerous planes and ships have vanished there without a trace, often in good weather or near a landing site or port.
Just before disappearing, crews have made radio contact indicating that nothing was amiss. In rare instances missing ships have been found, but without their crew or passengers.
It was named in 1945, after the disappearance of six Navy planes and their crews on December 5, a sunny, calm day with ideal flying conditions. Prior to that scores of ships of all sizes reportedly had vanished in the area.
Several theories have been developed to explain these disappearances. In some cases, they can be explained by the unique natural characteristics of the area.
Countless theories attempting to explain the many disappearances have been offered throughout the history of the area. The most practical seem to be environmental and those citing human error.
The majority of disappearances can be attributed to the area's unique environmental features.
First, the "Devil's Triangle" is one of the two places on earth that a magnetic compass does point towards true north. Normally it points toward magnetic north.
The difference between the two is known as compass variation.
The amount of variation changes by as much as 20 degrees as one circumnavigates the earth. If this compass variation or error is not compensated for, a navigator could find himself far off course and in deep trouble.
An area called the "Devil's Sea" by Japanese and Filipino seamen, located off the east coast of Japan, also exhibits the same magnetic characteristics and it is also known for its mysterious disappearances.
Another environmental factor is the character of the Gulf Stream. It is extremely swift and turbulent and can quickly erase any evidence of a disaster. This Gulf Stream can be very treacherous for inexperienced mariners.
A third factor is the unpredictable weather pattern of the Caribbean and the Atlantic. Sudden local thunder storms and water spouts often spell disaster for pilots and mariners.
A water spout is a tornado at sea that pulls water from the ocean surface thousands of feet into the sky, this water spout can wreck almost anything in its path.
A fourth factor is the ocean bottom of that area, the topography of the ocean floor varies from extensive shoals around the islands to some of the deepest marine trenches in the world (the deepest point in the Atlantic, the Puerto Rico Trench, is located in the Bermuda Triangle).
With the interaction of the strong currents over the many reefs the topography is in a state of constant flux and development of new navigational hazards is swift.
And finally, not to be underestimated, the human error factor. A large number of pleasure boats travel the waters between Florida's Gold Coast and the Bahamas. All too often, crossings are attempted with too small a boat, insufficient knowledge of the area's hazards, and a lack of good seamanship.
The Bermuda Triangle legend really began in earnest on December 5, 1945, with the famed bizarre disappearance of Flight 19.
Five Navy Avenger bombers mysteriously vanished while on a routine training mission, as did a rescue plane sent to search for them -- six aircraft and 27 men, gone without a trace.
Airplane crew members report sudden power failures, instrument failures, and their inability to maintain altitude.
One theory is that unusual weather conditions are responsible, other theories propose that phenomena are caused by alignments of the planets, time warps that trap ships and planes or forces emanating from the unknown ruins of Atlantis.
The Northrop facility is rumored to have at least 42 underground levels and is said to connect to other underground facilities by an extensive network of subterranean tunnels.
Many strange aircraft have been seen flying over and around the area, including glowing disks, triangle shapes, large boomerang shapes, elongated shapes with lighted windows, and small glowing spheres.
Lash and other researchers suggest that Programmed fractals within Human DNA might be a pivotal basis that regressive aliens have sought to use, as a "relay point" in order to manipulate humanity into a course of destructiveness, that can be used to serve a regressive alien agenda.
A decade after the idea became the topic of his doctoral dissertation, a researcher at the California Institute of Technology has showed that it is possible to coax short strands of artificial DNA to spontaneously assemble into a "Sierpinski triangle".
A "Sierpinski triangle" is a type of crystal, or structure that regularly repeats. The Sierpinski triangle is fractal - a pattern of triangles that looks the same in zoomed-in or zoomed-out views.
The ability is a step toward embedding programming instructions in chemical processes.
This is a corollary to the way computer instructions are embedded in everything from automobile engines to cell phones via microprocessors.
"Programmable embedded control makes things possible that were virtually inconceivable,"
.......said Erik Winfree, an assistant professor of computer science at The California Institute of Technology.
Humans who pursue a course of destructiveness that is contrary to their human survival, may be doing so, because they have succumbed for one reason or another, to an alien agenda that has been "programmed" into apparent "Junk DNA", that is acting like a parasite [Sierpinski triangles] aka Amnesiatic Ground Hog Day Syndrome.
AC: I started remembering that I was taken aboard a ship, through four floors of an office building, and through a roof.
There on the ship is were I encountered 'GERMANS' AND 'AMERICANS' WORKING TOGETHER, and also the GREY ALIENS, and then we were taken to some other kind of facility and there I saw the REPTILIANS again ...
.......the one's I call the "baby Godzilla's", that have the short teeth and yellow slanted eyes, and who look like a VELOCI-RAPTOR, kind of.
Caller (C): On those ships where the Germans and Americans were, did they have any kind of an insignia on their uniforms?
AC: Yes, they did. I have been told that the organization is called "The Black League" (possibly the "Black Monks" within the NSA who reportedly interact directly with aliens? - Branton); by people that might know.
A blue "triangle" with a red-eyed black dragon, with a circle around it. It was very unusual.
The triangle, moon, and sun are symbols of the Rosicrucians as well as the Freemasons.
Astrophysical data suggest that the lifetime of Sirius B as a white dwarf has been 30 to 100 million years.
However, some classical authors, such as Ptolemy and Seneca, described Sirius as red, which is very different from its present white-bluish appearance.
For instance, Seneca wrote: "... The redness of the Dog star is deeper, that of Mars milder, that of Jupiter nothing at all."
This enigma has been discussed by astronomers since the 18th century up to now, and it remains still unsolved.
It is astrophysically very unlikely that Sirius B could have been a red giant as recently as 2000 years ago; but we cannot rule out entirely the possibility of lasting astroengineering works in this system.
In any case, attempts to explain the red color of Sirius by some atmospheric causes are not very convincing.
There is some evidence that the epithet "red" was not unusual for Sirius in the past.
Thus, Tistrya was called "aurusha", what can be translated either as "white", or as "red".
In Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, Sirius was depicted as a red triangle with a small semicircle and a five-pointed star near it.
The Babylonians referenced to the star as "shining like copper". Finally, the Dogon represent Po tolo by a red stone (let us note it is precisely Po tolo, not Sigi tolo or Emme ya tolo, which is represented in such a way!).
Earlier in the same work, Plutarch also notes:
"For as the power of the triangle is expressive of the nature of Pluto, Bacchus, and Mars; and the properties of the square of Rhea, Venus, Ceres, Vesta, and Juno.......
.......of the Dodecahedron of Jupiter; so, as we are informed by Eudoxus, is the figure of fifty-six angles expressive of the nature of Typhon."
Plutarch did not pretend to explain the inner significance of the symbols, but believed that the relationship which Pythagoras established between the geometrical solids and the gods was the result of images the great sage had seen in the Egyptian temples.
The triad--3--is the first number actually odd (monad not always being considered a number). It is the first equilibrium of unities; therefore, Pythagoras said that Apollo gave oracles from a tripod, and advised offer of libation three times.
The keywords to the qualities of the triad are friendship, peace, justice, prudence, piety, temperance, and virtue.
The following deities partake of the principles of the triad:
- Saturn (ruler of time)
- Latona, Cornucopiæ, Ophion (the great serpent)
- Thetis
- Hecate, Polyhymnia (a Muse)
- Pluto
- Triton
- President of the Sea
- Tritogenia
- Achelous
- and the Faces, Furies, and Graces.
This number is called wisdom, because men organize the present, foresee the future, and benefit by the experiences of the fast.
It is cause of wisdom and understanding. The triad is the number of knowledge--music, geometry, and astronomy, and the science of the celestials and terrestrials.
Pythagoras taught that the cube of this number had the power of the lunar circle.
The sacredness of the triad and its symbol .......the triangle ....... is derived from the fact that it is made up of the monad and the duad.
The monad is the symbol of the Divine Father and the duad of the Great Mother. The triad being made of these two is therefore androgynous and is symbolic of the fact that God gave birth to His worlds out of Himself, who in His creative aspect is always symbolized by the triangle.
The monad passing into the duad was thus capable of becoming the parent of progeny, for the duad was the womb of Meru, within which the world was incubated and within which it still exists in embryo.
The tetrad 4 was esteemed by the Pythagoreans as the primogenial number, the root of all things, the fountain of Nature and the most perfect number.
All tetrads are intellectual; they have an emergent order and encircle the world as the Empyreum passes through it.
Why the Pythagoreans expressed God as a tetrad is explained in a sacred discourse ascribed to Pythagoras, wherein God is called the Number of Numbers.
This is because the decad, or 10, is composed of 1, 2, 3, and 4. The number 4 is symbolic of God because it is symbolic of the first four numbers.
Moreover, the tetrad is the center of the week, being halfway between 1 and 7. The tetrad is also the first geometric solid.
Pythagoras maintained that the soul of man consists of a tetrad, the four powers of the soul being mind, science, opinion, and sense.
The tetrad connects all beings, elements, numbers, and seasons; nor can anything be named which does not depend upon the tetractys.
It is the Cause and Maker of all things, the intelligible God, Author of celestial and sensible good, Plutarch interprets this tetractys, which he said was also called the world, to be 36, consisting of the first four odd numbers added to the first four even numbers, thus:
1 + 3 +5 +7
= 16
2 + 4 + 6 + 8
= 20
36
Keywords given to the tetrad are impetuosity, strength, virility, two-mothered, and the key keeper of Nature, because the universal constitution cannot be without it.
It is also called harmony and the first profundity. The following deities partook of the nature of the tetrad:
- Hercules
- Mercury
- Vulcan
- Bacchus
- and Urania (one of the Muses).
The triad represents the primary colors and the major planets, while the tetrad represents the secondary colors and the minor planets.
From the first triangle come forth the seven spirits, symbolized by a triangle and a square. These together form the Masonic apron.