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The Geomantic Pyramid

by Frater Pyramidatus 2011 Brian Adam Newman

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law In 2010 I published, electronically, A Geomantic Curiosity, which revealed, as far as I can tell for the first time, the mathematical and scientifically flawless key to the art of Lineal Geomancy. One cannot say it received a ne ative response, nor a mi!ed one, because "uite frankly no one seemed interested. #ven on specialist forums in cyberspace the paper merely clocked up a handful of warm comments, with perhaps two enthusiastic cheers. $espite this Lineal Geomancy needs revivification into a solid pillar of %ermetic instruction, besides other branches like astrolo y, the &abalah, ceremonial ma ick and the 'arot. I shopped in Glastonbury recently and, of thousands of volumes on the occult in eneral, only three on this (rt reared their diminutive heads. (ll seemed only to paraphrase ( rippa and )arrett. (ll this superstitious secrecy is very silly. All numerical keys have been published. ( reat e!ample is *. +. (ndrews and Magic Squares and Cubes, which shows people were actively publishin every number key discernible, and over a century a o. It seems that poor old Geomancy had to wait a little lon er. In all honesty the information I adumbrate probably has been published decades a o, I -ust couldn.t find it in the literature of strai ht/cut %ermetics. +o I don.t claim to be a pioneer, simply someone tryin to .reboot. this anti"uated tradition. 'his data was not in the Golden $awn books I had, nor in 0rowley, nor 1alewski, nor the infamous www.abrahadabra.com, nor elsewhere in cyberspace, even the well known %ermetic author 2ohn 3ichael Greer thanked me for these insi hts. 4eople should also realise that computer circuits have been around for lon er than actual electronic computers. (ll the truth tables and bit parity checks on a 4. 0. were more or less thrashed out a hundred years before the pocket calculator by people en a ed in the same, seemin ly borin , numerical escapades as myself. ( political note... In the year 2011 I think we could all settle on the followin a!iomatic statement5 *e are becomin increasin ly dependent on machines we do not understand. #verythin we do today is dictated, in subtle and direct ways, by devices. *e need technolo y to live. In this unprecedented climate I think people should be encoura ed to more and more study %ermetics to stem the flow of a culture plummetin towards a suicidal cybernetic maelstrom of unfathomable comple!ity. Our planet is on a precipice, terrifyin and allurin , where only a handful of psychopaths need .pull the plu . for our top/heavy utilitarian utopia to crumble even more "uickly than the five decades it has taken to develop such a monstrous edifice. I believe the more people induced to study %ermetics the better it will be for everyone. (s a +cientific Illuminist I have never adopted the stance of Ludd, but I worry about the educational deficit amon st not only our youth, but seemin ly most people I meet. *e are trained as specialists in universities, to

become academic appenda es perfectly streamlined to fit into a technocratic pyramid, fulfil our functions perfectly, and then -oin the countless hordes of the hori6ontally rateful and spiritually anaestheti6ed +pecialists whose invariable epitaph remains5 7I $id 3y Little )it.8 'he esoteric, yet universally applicable, buildin blocks of %ermetics are remedies for this pernicious scenario also. %umanity should en-oy this renaissance in every way, not simply by pressin buttons. Errata for A Geomantic Curiosity 'here were four, thankfully minor, mistakes in my previous paper. 19 On the table at the bottom of pa e ei ht I ave the distribution fre"uency of 0arcer in the :i ht *itness as .;. when it obviously should be .2.. 29 'he si il I ave for <ortuna 3inor is wron and should terminate on <ortuna 3a-or, not <ortuna 3inor, conse"uently the .master dia ram. near the end of the paper is also wron . ;9 I think the positionin of the &emea is .wron . in that it should be shifted =0 de rees anticlockwise to provide a better lookin dia ram in eneral with a vertical a!is of symmetry. >9 I also stated that the decimal ma ic s"uare iven was the only one applicable when in fact it is not. If you flip each fi ure upside down you can arrive at another decimal s"uare -ust as applicable in that paper, but oddly enou h irrelevant to the Geomantic 4yramid. Pyramid? .4yramid. is the most convenient term for what I have developed, althou h neither accurate literally or metaphysically. (s far as &abalism in eneral is concerned it only has three levels, so even in that "uite malleable system of metaphors it is not strictly a pyramid. %owever we press on. It is composed of four levels. 19 (n ei ht/by/ei ht s"uare, with roups of four s"uares bein the 3others used to enerate the ?ni"ue +hields, and therefore the :ulin <i ures of 29. 'his s"uare is symmetrical in the number of points in each column and row bein e"ual. 29 ( four/by/four s"uare symmetrical in Geomantic, decimal, #lemental and 4latonic @re ular poly on9 number systems. ;9 ( three/by/three s"uare enerated from 29 that connects the conventional +"uare of +aturn to the I 0hin , via the <ive #lements of the *estern 'radition. >9 ( two/by/two s"uare permuted from ;9 that completes the scheme, the base of the capstone of the 4yramid, with a basic scheme of the <our #lements e!pressed throu h the polarity of masculine and feminine. The Base of the Pyramid In A Geomantic Curiosity we established the followin order for the 1A :ulin <i ures from a pseudo binary pro ression based on the uni"ue distributions within each ?ni"ue +hield, that is all ?ni"ue +hields have certain <i ures in three places not found elsewhere. 'his order is 1 B Cia, 2 B <ortuna 3inor, ; B 4uella, > B Laetitia, D B 0aput $raconis, A B :ubeus, E B <ortuna 3a-or, F B 4opulus, = B 4uer, 10 B 0auda $raconis, 11 B 0arcer, 12 B (missio, 1; B (c"uisitio, 1> B 0on-unctio, 1D B 'ristitia and 1A B (lbus.

#ach ?ni"ue +hield is enerated from four 3others, hence each :ulin <i ure has four e!pressions that create it. #very tableau is purely dependent from only four 3others. It is unnecessary to show each ?ni"ue +hield in full, we simply place the 3others only as a basis for our work. 'his fits in better with the fourfold development of the 4yramid. *e position the 3others in a two/by/two s"uare, the first on the top left, the second on the top ri ht, the third on the bottom left, and then the final 3other on the bottom ri ht.

*e then arran e them accordin to the &emea scheme iven in A Geomantic Curiousity. @%owever in this paper I have rotated this decimal s"uare =0 de rees.9

*e place the four 3others appropriate under each s"uare. *e also ac"uire another ma ic s"uare when we consider the base as an ei ht/by/ei ht in that each column and row totals to >F points. 'his dia ram is partly shaded, purely for ease of reference.

The u!in" Fi"ures *e have our 1A <i ures tallied with the decimal key. 'his decimal key is one of many ma ic s"uares of 2upiter, and totals to ;> in every way. If we add up the points in each Geomantic <i ure they total to 2> every way. <or the <our #lements we ascribe them to the <i ures in the followin way. <ire B 1 B Cia (ir B ; B 4uella *ater B D B 0aput $raconis #arth B E B <ortuna 3a-or <ire B = B 4uer (ir B 11 B 0arcer *ater B 1; B (c"uisitio #arth B 1D B 'ristitia <ire B 2 B <ortuna 3inor (ir B > B Laetitia *ater B A B :ubeus #arth B F B 4opulus <ire B 10 B 0auda $raconis (ir B 12 B (missio *ater B 1> B 0on-unctio #arth B 1A B 4opulus

'his ascribes the <our #lements, in pairs, accordin to the traditional Geomantic order of the #lements of <ire, (ir, *ater and #arth. 'his is also the 4latonic orderin of the #lements, that is the tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron and cube @finally we have the dodecahedron answerin to +pirit, but that is beyond our scope of workin 9. *e now have the followin #lementally symmetrical s"uare.

#ach Geomantic <i ure has three levels, and you can break down each <i ure into a permutation of the #lements.

*e take a column of two dots as representin <ire, a column of four dots as #arth, an upward pointin trian le of dots as (ir, and a downward pointin trian le of dots as *ater.

'hus 4opulus would be #arthG#arthG#arth, Cia would be <ireG<ireG<ire, and (lbus #arthG*aterG(ir. 0allin these the three .terms. of the <i ure is my own literary device, as is definin the top term as the .first., the middle the .second., and the lowest as the .third.. #ach of the first terms of the :ulin <i ures correspond to our scheme of the <our #lements without flaw.

'he <our #lements are e"ually distributed in every row and column, and althou h not e"ually iven in the dia onals they are in the four corners, in the corner roupin s of four s"uares, and two other roupin s of four s"uares. #ach <i ure also has three numbers drawn from the 4latonic +olids of the tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron and cube @or .he!ahedron.9. 'hese poly ons are formed by lines drawn across the interstices of the economical roupin s of spheres. 'he most spheres that can be in simultaneous contact is four, if we draw lines across their interstices we produce a tetrahedron, composed of four e"uilateral trian les. 'he ne!t fi ure is the octahedron, composed of ei ht spheres, then the icosahedron, cube and finally the dodecahedron which is composed of ;2 spheres. Hou mi ht assume the cube as the third in this series, but it is actually always the fourth. 'he ancients allocated <ire to the tetrahedron because it pointed upwards, the cube to #arth because of its stability, the icosahedron to *ater because it .rolled. better than the others, amon st many other reasons. 'hus the 4latonic Order is <ire, (ir, *ater, #arth and +pirit. In the %ermetic &abalah it is

enerally different. #ach <i ure has its four rows allocated to this se"uence with <ire at the hi hest row, and #arth lowest.

*e perform arithmetic, permutin the rows in each <i ure with eometrical attributes of the 4latonic +olids, arrivin at three numbers for each <i ure which collectively possess symmetrical properties. 'he table below ives basic data for the 4latonic +olids, e!cludin the dodecahedron.

*e take each Geomantic <i ure and either deal with the points, lines or faces. (s the rows in each <i ure correspond, via #lement, to the four +olids, this is remarkably simple. *e ive e!amples which employ the faces of the +olids. Cia has one point in each row. *e multiply the number of faces in each +olid once5 > I F I 20 I A J ;F. <or 4opulus we have two points in each row, and we simply double the previous sum, and et EA. If we have one point per row we multiply by one, if two points we double. *ith (lbus, for e!ample, we take the top row of two points and take the number of faces in a tetrahedron twice, the faces in an octahedron twice, the faces in an icosahedron once, and the faces found in a cube twice5 @2K>9 I @2KF9 I @1K209 I @2KA9 J DA. 'he other two numbers assi ned to each <i ure follow the same lo ic with the number of lines and points in each +olid. 'he numbers total e"ually in each row and column. 'hose enerated from the faces are especially useful in bein uni"ue for each <i ure. 'he followin table provides this arithmetic.

'he sum of the point enerated fi ures totals 1F0 across each rowGcolumn, that of the lines ;A0, and that of the faces 22F. Only the numbers for the faces enerate a uni"ue number each time, as previously stated, however 22F is also the value in %ebrew of O'6 0hII3, .'he 'ree of Life., and L:C), .0herubim.. 'hese two isopsephisms are illuminatin when we think of the 0herubim as bein the <i!ed 1odiac si ns, and the <our )easts that protect the +upernals of the 'ree of Life from the +toopin $ra on that arose after 'he <all MsicN. <or which see Israel :e ardie.s he Golden Dawn, and many other places. *e now have a ma ic s"uare symmetrical in @at least9 Geomantic, #lemental, decimal and 4latonic +olid eometry, and we pro ress to the ne!t level of the 4yramid. 'he dia ram below ives the combined symbolism.

The #$uare of #aturn and the %&esternised% ' (hin" 'he lo ic that sprin s from the :ulin <i ures to the +"uare of +aturn is not mathematical as hitherto. I am usin !et"iratic, so called, correspondences to develop the ne!t level. 'he &emea of +aturn is a three/by/three s"uare of the numbers one to nine, arran ed so that each row, column and dia onal totals to 1D. It is called the +"uare of +aturn because the third +phere on the &abalistic 'ree of Life, )inah, is traditionally associated with the planet +aturn. @It would be naOve, if not presumptuous, to assume that this confi uration actually has anythin to do with the planet +aturn.9 'his is upside/down from what is typically displayed in %ermetic te!ts.

#ach roupin of four s"uares of :ulin <i ures corresponds to a sin le s"uare in the three/ by/three arran ement.

'he Het6iratic symbolism within this three/by/three s"uare is fundamentally based on the outermost corners of the :ulin <i ures rid, and the #lements allocated.

'he roup of four s"uares in the top left corresponds to <ire as this #lement tallies with that of the top left individual s"uare. (nd thus for the other corner roups of four s"uares, with (ir in the bottom left, *ater in the bottom ri ht and #arth in the top ri ht.

'he central set of four s"uares correspond to +pirit, as this #lement is said traditionally to bind and separate the others.

'he set of four s"uares in the upper middle correspond to +ol as it is between the #lements of <ire and #arth, the former representin the ener y of +ol, and the latter its ravitational fulcrum.

Luna is allocated to the set of four s"uares in the lower middle, between the #lements of (ir and *ater, the former is &abalistically e"uated with intellect and the (stral 4lane, and the +phere of Hesod @the 3oon9, the latter because of %er effect on the ebb and flow of tides.

'he set of four s"uares on the middle left are attributed to Lin am, or the phallus, as a posited combination of the active principles of <ire and (ir.

'he set of s"uares on the middle ri ht is allocated to Honi, or the kteis, as a posited combination of the passive elements of *ater and #arth.

*e arrive at this three/by/three arran ement.

*e have allied the Het6iratic symbols with the inte ers of the traditional &emea of +aturn. 'he followin symbol strin arises, which is polarised linearly.

'here are other wonderful synchronisations in +ol bein the first, or hi hest, of these numbers, and in Luna bein nine in this scheme and the &abalistic 'ree of Life. <ire is ne!t to Lin am, and *ater ne!t to Honi. 'he pro ression of the <our #lements is the same as the 1odiacal @<ire, #arth, (ir P *ater9. +pirit is in the middle and functions as a mirror polarisin the rest. If we ascribe the tri rams of the I 0hin , as .westernised. by 0rowley, we discover a circular symmetry similar to the traditional *heels of the 'ri rams discussed by :ichard *ilhelm.

'his confi uration is different from those found in *ilhelm. %owever, we still ac"uire a symmetry in that each of the reflected pairs of tri ram are composed of nine parts, if we take the liberty of e!pressin a yin as two components, and yan as one. The Po!arised (a)stone

'his is simply a two/by/two s"uare, with each bein ascribed one of the <our #lements, and each bein either positiveGmasculine or ne ativeGfeminine.

*e take the +"uare of +aturn beneath and find the four s"uares of the upper left are <ire, Lin am, +pirit and +ol and thus <ireG3asculine. 'he bottom ri ht set of four s"uares are *ater, Honi, +pirit and Luna and therefore #arthG<eminine. 'he top ri ht set is more feminine in its parts than the bottom left, so the former is *aterG<eminine, the latter (irG3asculine. Hou may think this last level as overly simplistic, which it may be. %owever, it helps you use the 4yramid from a ma ical perspective if one wishes to .e!plore. the binary permutations from the top down, or vice versa. *e have two symbols detailed here, three symbols on the three/by/three, and four symbols with the s"uare detailin the :ulin <i ures. Our Geomantic 4yramid is complete. *hen we permute the four levels, steppin down the 4yramid sta e by sta e, we have four

to the fourth power permutations, or 2DA. 'his is a curious device sli htly akin to the #lemental *atchtowers of $r. $ee and +ir Lelly, as developed by the %ermetic Order of the Golden $awn. Poetic *nemonics and the +ni$ue #hie!ds I have contrived a poem that helps one remember the 1A sets of four 3others that enerate each ?ni"ue +hield, and their :ulin <i ures. It is a 1A line poem, the initial letter of each of the first four words of each line bein a notarius of the 3others. (s the translations, from the Latin, of the Geomantic <i ures hardly start with uni"ue initials I have taken the liberty of renamin some of them. Cia B Path 4uella B *aiden 4uer B Boy 0arcer B 'ncarceration 0aput $raconis B .ead of the $ra on (c"uisitio B Ac"uisition <ortuna 3a-or B Greater <ortune 'ristitia B #orrow 0auda $raconis B Tail of the $ra on <ortuna 3inor B ,esser <ortune (missio B Forfeiture Laetitia B -oy 0on-unctio B (on-unction :ubeus B edness (lbus B &hiteness 4opulus B Population

'he :ulin <i ures are determined from the number of syllables, so that if the first word has one syllable, then the hi hest row of the fi ure, that of <ire, has one dot, if two syllables two dots. 'hus the four initial words ive out the four 3others of each ?ni"ue +hield, and the :ulin <i ure. 'his short, ostensibly hyperbolic, poem deals with the notions of ascension and atonement. Freedom%s Frontier )y %er still win s I slowly fly, (ll my worries ently do die... 'he heavens soar wide, softly "uiver, 0louds min led olden silver. 3ellowed by sounds with win Qd feet, %oly is wonderR Gallant retreatR 3adly thinkin some word may unseal, %allowed fren6iesR Glories surrealR :are -ewels %erself by wisdom ave, 2ust let all turmoil wave on wave, :est -oyful. 3ovin by %er dream, Love.s raimentR I tremble serene. :ei nin -oyR 'hankful hei htR 2a66y li hts by contoured ni ht, :apture.s -ourneyR 'wistin mirthR Little remains but far/flun #arth.

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