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Sacred Number Symbolism and Angelology

$9 + 91 \rightarrow 10 = 9 + 1$, $91 + 9 = 100 \rightarrow 10 = 10$ Number 11
The 11 should not be used. It corresponds to the letter Caph. It brings no good fortune. Saint Augustine defines it: "the number 11 is the armoire of sin." It is the nefarious number of struggle and opposition, of rebellion, dissonance, transgression of law, the revolt of angels. Number 12
The number twelve is connected to the signs of the Zodiac; it refers to the septenary; 7 is formed by $3 + 4$ and $3 \times 4 = 12$ = union of the ternary with the quaternary. The meditation and great ritual of the figure 12 are dense with references of cosmic and Christian symbolism. Creation-recreation is measured by the combination of four (symbol of spatial world) and three (corresponding to sacred time) whose product is twelve (the accomplished world, accomplished by Lord Jesus Christ). The 12 is the sacred number of the Initiatic Order Lotus+Cross which has 12 Degrees in its hierarchical structure in conformity with the number of celestial Jerusalem and the symbolic repetition of 12, which stands out in the 12 gates, 12 apostles, the 12 of the liturgical cycle of the year composed of 12 months expressed by the Zodiac. The 12 refers to the 12 labors of Hercules, the 12 fundamental gates of celestial Jerusalem and also the 12 "stations" of the way of the cross. Three refers to the Trinity, four to creation: a completion of terrestrial created assumed in the divine uncreated. In a tradition of Central Asia there is a cycle of 60 years that springs from two figures multiplied together $12 \times 5 = 60$ in which the solar and lunar cycles are resolved. In the Bible, 12 is the figure of the election of the Church with the esotericism and mystery of the Grail enclosed in the "Round Table of King Arthur" which was composed of twelve knights. The Apocalypse of John is woven with the figure twelve. The Woman of the Apocalypse (12,2) wears a crown of twelve stars on her head. It speaks of twelve thousand faithful to God who until the end of times dominates with 12: 12,000 from each of the twelve tribes of Israel (Apocalypse 7:4-8; 14:1). The future City (the Jerusalem of the cycle) is made of fine gold and rests on 12 foundations (Apocalypse 21:14). The Tree of life bore 12 fruits and it is well known that the priests wore 12 symbolic jewels. Numbers 77 and 78
Number 77 and 1 for the Tarot
$77 = 3 \times 7 + 4 + 4 \times 3 + 4 \times 10$
$77 = 25 + 52$
$3 \times 7$ Three septenaries: Absolute metaphysical principles
$4$ Four horsemen: Four powers
$4 \times 3$ Four executive Ternaries: Father, Mother, Son: Father or Government, Mother or Divine Council, Son or Prophetic Communication
$4 \times 10$ Complete qualitative scale Number 101
Michael
$101 = 1 + 7 + 9 + 72 + 12$
$1$ He who is seated on the Throne
$7$ Spirits before the Throne
$9$ Angelic choirs
$72$ Angelic scale
$12$ Typologies of glorified Humanity The descent of God in Man and his consequent ascent toward the Eternal presupposes the alchemical resolution of chaotic man into cosmic Man. The soul of man ascending to heaven requires an interior hierarchization according to a perfect model which is Christ or God-Man. The interior ordering, according to the human-divine model, can only occur through the geometric and hierarchizing action of Numbers expressed by a Hierarchy of spiritual beings to which the Hebrew tradition gave the name of "messengers," "winds," or "days" and the Christian tradition translated with the name of "angels." To proceed with exactness in the formless spiritual worlds, the only possible way is to operate through the use of Numbers or equivalently through the letters of a sacred language like Hebrew. The secret tradition of Israel identifies in the number 72 the degrees of Jacob's ladder which rested on earth and whose top reached heaven and from which "the angels of God ascended and descended." With this scale of 72 steps, Jacob had the vision of the Lord who promised him numerous descendants, with the name of God of 72 letters synthesized in the 3 mysterious verses with which Moses separated the waters of the Red Sea (Exodus 14:19-21) and even, according to tradition, ascended to Sinai. In secular Christianity, the angelological doctrine referring to the name of 72 letters has disappeared, leaving only the division into 9 Angelic Choirs, divided into three Hierarchies. These Choirs constitute a triple development of the Divine Ternary: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Thus the Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones convey the action of the Trinity in a properly metaphysical or metacosmic world, that is, from the confines of what is created beyond into what is uncreated; the Dominions, Virtues, and Powers transmit the action of the Divine Ternary in the government of the World or macrocosm; finally, the Principalities, Archangels, and Angels allow the action of the Trinity in the soul of Man or microcosm for his salvation. Having made these premises, let us analyze three possible interactions that exist between the Ternary and Quaternary using the three fundamental binary operations described here: $3 + 4 = 7$
$3^4 = 81$
$3 \times 4 = 12$ The first and most important operation is certainly $3 + 4 = 7$. About the number 7 we could say much, however in this context we want to be very specific. At the origin of the importance and power of 7 we must place the doctrine relating to the 7 Spirits of God. The 7 Spirits of God participate in a divine essence and belong to the uncreated order. However, to remain in the angelological sphere we must also consider that God's action in the Cosmos is actuated by 7 Great Spirits identified in the 7 Archangels of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Divine Action in the Cosmos is actuated through these 7 Intelligences, which diffuse Divine Force or Virtue. Continuing in our analysis we encounter $3^4 = 81$, which identifies the action of the Ternary through the Quaternary through an external projection and thus a change of substance. If the 7 Spirits of God refer to uncreated Spirits of divine essence, here instead the number 81 must be understood as $72 + 9 = 81$, that is, as the entire scale that unites Heaven to Earth. This angelic scale is formed by the 72 Angels of the Jewish Tradition, whose names are extracted from the 3 mysterious verses of 72 letters (Exodus 14:19-20 and 21) and which are divided into 8 angels for each of the 9 Angelic Choirs. To these 72 specific angelic intelligences must then be added the "Master of the Choir" who collectively identifies the entire angelic Choir. Finally, the multiplication $3 \times 4 = 12$.

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