The achievements of Hermes Trismegistus, Pythagoras, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, and other geniuses changed the world. They provided the foundation of our understanding of the interrelationship between the material world and other dimensions, and revealed to us that nature and the universe are logical and mathematically ordered.
My metaphysical philosophies parallel those of these four adepts, so I’m compelled to share their wisdom.
Humans have predicted life circumstances utilizing basic math, the prevailing calendar, and celestial phenomena since at least ancient Babylon in the 8th century BC.
Archeological finds in China, Japan, India, Europe, South America, Australia, and elsewhere show sophisticated star and astronomical charts dating back thousands of years. Without modern technology, they accurately recorded astronomical and astrological events.
Thanks to Isaac Newton, who gave us differential calculus, today we are able to discern how the change in one quality modifies a related quality. Today’s economic and financial forecasting, weather prediction, population growth, traffic flow, and other types of forecasting are based on differential calculus.
Considering the work of astrologers, numerologists, and visionaries dating back over 2000 years ago, I believe it’s a reasonable theory that Isaac Newton’s work relates to ancient, occult practices involving obscure forms of differential calculus.
Newton’s differential calculus covers such concerns as, “How long will it take her to run from point A to point B, considering her speed and the increasing headwinds?” The concept of esoteric differential calculus can, for example, be applied to the question of, “What is happening at any particular moment in regards to a specific topic?” given enough indicators involving pattern recognition.
Hermes Trismegistus and Thoth
Hermes Trismegistus translates into “thrice-great Hermes,” and stems from the Egyptian god Thoth, and the Greek god Hermes. Thoth was considered the god of writing, science, numbers, and magic, and is linked to the origin of the measurement of time.
Hermes Trismegistus appears to be the author of the Hermetica, a series of ancient texts involving alchemy, magic, and other occult matters. He is also the author named in the text of the cryptic Emerald Tablet, which states, “That which is below is like that which is above and that which is above is like that is below.”
According to the Hermetic tradition, or Hermeticism, occult sciences such as astrology and numerology symbolize events and circumstances in your life. Notice the quote above states “. . .is like. . .” instead of “makes happen.” The microcosm reflects the macrocosm, and the macrocosm reflects the microcosm.
Pythagoras
Pythagoras was a 6th century BC Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and scientist. He is considered the “Father of Numbers (or Number),” best known today for the Pythagorean theorem and his philosophy of number symbolism. He founded a mystical society called the Pythagoreans and taught that everything could be measured through mathematical patterns and cycles.
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571–November 15, 1630) was a German astrologer, mathematician, and astronomer, and offered his laws of planetary motion to the world. The Gregorian Calendar shows his date of birth as 1-6-1572. Germany (Prussia) began using the Gregorian Calendar in 1610. For numerological purposes, I’ve found the use of both dates of birth best, with emphasis on the Julian Calendar date, since it was the prevailing calendar at the time of this birth.
Stephen Strogatz, author of “Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe,” says this about Kepler [bold emphasis mine]: “Galileo continued to elaborate on Archimedes’s work throughout his career, often by extending his mechanics from equilibrium to motion. Kepler, however, was more the heir to Pythagoras. Fiercely imaginative and with a numerological cast of mind, he saw patterns everywhere. He gave us the first explanation for why snowflakes form six-cornered shapes. He pondered the most efficient way to pack cannonballs, and guessed (correctly) that the optimal packing arrangement is the same one that nature uses to pack pomegranate seeds and that grocers use to stack oranges. Kepler’s obsession with geometry, both sacred and profane, verged on the irrational. But his fervor made him who he was. As the writer Arthur Koestler astutely observed, ‘Johannes Kepler became enamored with the Pythagorean dream, and on this foundation of fantasy, by methods of reasoning equally unsound, built the solid edifice of modern astronomy. It is one of the most astonishing episodes in the history of thought, and an antidote to the pious belief that the Progress of Science is governed by logic.’”
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton lived from January 4, 1643 to March 31, 1727. Or, according to the Julian Calendar in use in England at the time, he was born 12-25-1642. For numerological purposes, I’ve found the use of both dates of birth best, with emphasis on the Julian Calendar date, since it was the prevailing calendar at the time of this birth. England didn’t make official use of the Gregorian Calendar until 1752.
He is known as one of the greatest and most influential mathematicians and scientists who ever lived. Besides developing the laws of motion and gravitation, he was instrumental in devising infinitesimal calculus. He also showed what Pythagoras reasoned: all is number, and nature (and the universe) is based on mathematics.
What is less known about Isaac Newton is that he was an alchemist, believed in the philosopher’s stone, and translated the text of the Emerald Tablet, authored by Hermes Trismegistus.
Stephen Strogatz, author of “Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe,” mentioned above, has this to say about Isaac Newton [bold emphasis mine]: “That, to me, is Newton’s greatest legacy. He showed that nature is logical. Cause and effect in the natural world behave much like a proof in geometry, with one truth following from another by logic, except that what is following is one event from another in the world, not one idea from another in our minds. This uncanny connection between nature and mathematics harks back to the Pythagorean dream. The link between musical harmony and numbers discovered by the Pythagoreans led them to proclaim that all is number. They were onto something. Numbers are important to the workings of the universe. Shapes are important too; in the book of nature that Galileo dreamed of, the words were geometrical figures. But as important as numbers and shapes might be, they’re not the true drivers of the play. In the drama of the universe, shapes and numbers are like actors; they are quietly directed by an unseen presence, the logic of differential equations. Newton was the first to tap into this logic of the universe and build a system around it. It wasn’t possible before him, because the necessary concepts hadn’t been born yet. Archimedes didn’t know about differential equations. Neither did Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, or Fermat. Leibniz did, but he wasn’t as inclined toward science as Newton or nearly as virtuosic mathematically. The secret logic of the universe was vouchsafed to Newton alone.”
These four luminaries, along with many others, believed that human beings are intimately connected to the universe. The currents of life are measurable through pattern recognition involving comprehensive astrology and numerology. You have the choice to learn about the energy flow of the universe, and your unique personal timing, so that you can make the most of your life.
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