The MYSTERION

The MYSTERION

In Six days the Universe was created

 Mystically, 

Six is the formative principle 

of the Cosmos and Geometry

 gives her warrant to this.

 In the Gematria this Sixfold nature

 is constantly expressed

 In the

 ΑΠΟΡΡΟΙΑ 432 = consequence

= 2 x 216

= 3 x 144

= 4 x 108

= 6 × 72

= 8 x 54

= 12 x 36

= 16 x 27

= 24 x 18

= 48 x 9

 the name for that quality

 by which objects become visibly manifest;

 in the ΠΡΟΒΟΛΗ = PROJECTION

or

 Spatial projection which is 360,

 in the ΤΟΠΟΣ = LOCUS 

which is 720 or 6 × 120

 and 

in the ΚΟΣΜΟΣ = WORLD

itself

who is the number 600

 we find always this guiding principle

 But the "Parent"

 whose

 immanence in 

"his" work 

gives

 Life

is

 the One

 and hence

 the Unity

 must be added

 to give the Numbers of Perfection

 So: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42

 the first seven formative numbers

become 

by this addition of unity

 7, 13, 19, 25, 31, 37, and 43

 And the last number 43 

raised by the power of Ten

= 430

 is the number

 of 

ΝΟΜΟΣ = the Law

 and the number of 

Number itself 

 ΑΡΙΘΜΟΣ = Number

And why this number 

is chosen

 for the purpose of symbolising

 the controlling factor is

 on 

geometric grounds

quite clear

and 

capable of satisfactory proof

 but all that can here be said is

that it controls, unites

 and harmonises the measures

 of circles

 and rectilinear figures 

in a manner that 

no other simple number could do

 Now one of the Key mnemonic Words

 in the Gnostic Gematria 

mnemonic dictionary

is

 ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ = 1178 

MYSTERY

the volume of the tetrahedron

with side length one

the square root of two

divided by twelve

 and 

ΤΟ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ = 1548 

= THE MYSTERY

which is 36 × 43

 implying the Law 

operating in all Creation

= 1178 + 370

 And this number is also the number

 of the Incommensurable Line

 the ΓΡΑΜΜΗ ΑΣΥΜΜΕΤΡΟΣ 

ASYMMETRICAL LINE

which in its generic sense 

is the parent of Rational Form and Whole Things

  the Manifestations of the Aeons.

 And the first of these Incommensurables

 is the Root of TWO

 represented by the digits 14142

10000 Χ 1.14142

 The Voice of the "Lord"

 the ΦΩΝΗ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ

 sounds once

 and generates the number 2358

1178.5 X 2 = 2357 +1

The double tetrahedron

each

with side length 1

and volume 1178.5

plus 

The tetrahedron with Volume 1

 these digits

 expressing an incommensurable 

quantity 

rather nearer 2357

2357 / 2 = 1178.5

 

Twice it sounds 

and the number 4714

 appears

4714 / 4 = 1178.5

 a third time 

and the digits 7071

 come to view

7071 / 3 = 2357

7071 / 5 = 1414.2

while

14142 / 2 = 7071

is in the background

a fourth 

brings 9428 (22/7 × 3000)

9428 / 4 =2357

 a fifth

and we have 11785

11785 / 5 = 2357

2357 / 2 = 1178.5

 which is the number 

of 

ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ or α Μυστηριον = 1178.5

 or 1179

 both expressions being employed

 A sixth time the Voice sounds

and

 there appears the perfect aeon 14142

 or √2 × 10,000

14142 / 6 = 2357

six double tetrahedra

= twelve tetrahedra 

each with side length 1

and

has total volume 

the square root of two

 the series may otherwise

 and perhaps more fitly

 be expressed as 

commencing with Unity

        

 thus, 1, 2357, 4714, 7071, 9428, 11785, 14142

 The First Mystery is the Mystery 

of the ΑΛΦΑ

the double tetrahedra

and

 The Last or 24th Mystery

 is the inverse

and is

the Mystery of the ΩΜΕΓΑ

 The 24 Μυστηρια 

correspond to the 24 letters 

of the Greek Alphabet

with their three Ogdoads

or groups of Eight 

(in which Marcus the Gnostic traced

 the 888 of the Master)

the circle with radius 

equal to the square root of two

has circumference 888

 And 14142 divided by 24

 gives the digits of the ΠΕΝΤΗΡΕΜΑ

 589

 But when the Pistis Sophia

 tells us that the First Mystery

 is also the 24th Mystery

a riddle offers itself

 for solution

 and this riddle 

can only be solved

 by reference to the Geometry of

 the Α and the Ω

The first clue 

to the mystery of

the Α and Ω 

is

in the similitude 

of

 the Triangle and the Square

to which forms these letters

 may easily be seen to approximate

Where A is a visual approximation

of the tetrahedron

and 

Where Ω is a visual approximation

of a sphere contained in a cube

The next clue 

is in the word

 ΩΜΕΓΑ = 849

 itself which by Gematria is

 ΣΧΗΜΑ = a Form/Shape

 the number being 849

 Now there is evidence

 in the Gematria 

that there are two ways

 in which a value may be expressed

 namely

either

 in the ordinary way

 or

 by its reciprocal

 the number 

produced by its

 division into Unity

Thus when 849 the Omega

 is divided into 1,000,000

 the reciprocal is found to be 1178

 the number of the first Mystery

 the

 ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ 

so that

 the number of the first Mystery

 is only 

the arithmetical counterpart

 of

 the number of the last

and 

the statement

 of the Pistis Sophia 

is to be 

comprehended in this sense

The mystery is in the reciprocal

relationships of the 

forms the letters

appear to represent

and the numbers they 

represent as mnemonics

And 

1178 or 1179

the volume of 

the tetrahedra

 are both expressions

 for geometrical values

 having reference to the Root of Two

 and 

in particular are associated with 

that peculiarly Triangular solid

the Tetrahedron, for 

.117859

 is the Solidity of a Tetrahedron 

whose edge is 1.000 in length

and the volume 

of the corresponding cube

 is 1 x 1 x 1 = 1

AND

 if the volume of the Tetrahedron is 1.000

the side length is 2.04

 then 

that of the Cube or Omega figure

is

2.04 x 2.04 x 2.04 = 8.49

 is to be expressed is

as 849 i.e. 8.49

 The sixth term of the series

Φωνη Κυριου = Voice of the Lord

 is

 as we have seen

 14142

expressive 

of the perfect aeon

and 

taking this number 

as the sum of the mysteries

the sum of the double tetrahedra

 of this alpha betical order

 let us divide by 24

 the number of the letters

 and 

we obtain the digits 589

1178 / 2 = 589

589 / .5 = 1178

in Gematria the ΠΕΝΤΕΡΗΜΑ

 the key-word 

of a certain passage 

in the Pistis Sophia

recovered by Dr. Lea

 The passage in question

 runs as follows :

 ‘Et inveni µυστηριον in meo ενδυµατι

 scriptum in quique verbis (πεντερηµα) 

quae pertinent ad altitudinem 

. . . . 

‘And I found a mystery in my garment

written in five words (πεντερημα)

which pertain to the depth

. . . . 

Ζαµα ζαµα ωζζα ραχαµα ωζαι.

. . . .

Keep looking "I'm" lost in the desert

. . . .

The number of 

the ΕΝ∆ΥΜΑ = CLOTHING

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AI Overview

The word ἔνδυμα (endyma) 

is an Ancient Greek noun

 meaning "garment," "clothing,"

 or "apparel" 

especially an outer robe or cloak

The Breakdown

It is formed by combining

 the prefix ἐν- (en-, meaning "in" or "into")

 and 

the verb δύω

dyō or dyein, meaning "to dive into,"

 "to sink into," or "to enter"

with the noun suffix -μα

ma, denoting 

the result of an action

• ἐν- (en-): in, into
• δύω (dyō): to enter,
•  to wrap, to sink into

Literal Translation

Literally, endyma translates to

"that which one sinks

 into or gets into"

a very literal description

 of slipping into an article of clothing. 

the verbal image of the invisible

becoming  the visible

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 in which this mystery is to be sought

 is 500

 - one of the Lord's three robes of Light

which jointly 

500 500

500

make 1500 ΦΩΣ

 Divide this 500

 by the 11785

 of the 

ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ

 and 

there appear the digits 4242 

nearly

And 4242 is the sum

 by Gematria

 of the following: 

Μυστηριον α πεντερηµα 

ζαµα ζαµα ωζζα ραχαµα ωζαι

 And 4242

divided by the number

 of the 

ΕΝ∆ΥΜΑ 

again gives the 849

 of the Ωμεγα

In such strange guise 

does this old Gnostic work 

give the kernel of the knowledge 

concerning these fundamental 

things of geometry

But the passage quoted

 goes on to say that

 the Zama, etc., has a solution

 We give the whole of this passage

 in the words of Schwartze's translation.

 ‘Factum igitur est, quum sol exortus esset

 in locis orientis descendit magna δυναµις lucis

 in qua meum ενδυµα

quod posui in vicesimo quarto µυστηριω

sicuti jam dixi vobis nunc

‘So it happened that when the sun had risen

in the eastern regions, a great power of light

descended, in which my ενδυμα

which I placed in the twenty-fourth μυστηριω

as I have already told you now

 Et inveni µυστηριον in meo ενδυµατι

 scriptum in quinque verbis (pertinent)

 ad altitudinem: ζαµα ζαµα ωζζα ραχαµα ωζαι

 cuius est soluto: µυστηριον

quod est extra in κοσµω (το εξωτερον εν κοσµω)

 cuius causa universum factum est

hoc est egresio omnis et elatio omnis

 hoc projecit emanationes omnes et haec

quae sunt in istis omnibus

And I found μυστηριον in my ενδυματι

written in five words (pertaining)

to the height: ζαµα ζαµα ωζζα ραχαµα ωζαι

whose is the loose one: μυστηριον

that which is outside in the κοσµω (το έξωτερον εν κοσµω)

for whose cause the universe was made

this is the egress of all and the elevation of all

this threw out all emanations and these

which are in all these

Et huius causa µυστηριον quodquod 

factum est atque etiam eorum τοποι omnes

 Veni ad nos, quod nos socia tua µελη

And for this reason the mystery that

has happened and also their places all

Come to us, that we may be your friends

 Nos Autem (δε) omnes tecum quoque

 Nos unus idemque atque (tu es) 

unus idemque (sc. tecum et nobiscum)

‘Istud est primum µυστηριον quod factum

 est ab initio in hoc, qui ineffibilis

 antequam προηλθε: atque nomen illius nos omnes sumus.’

We But (δε) all with thee also

We one and the same as (you are)

one and the same (sc. with thee and with us)

‘This is the first μηστηριον that was made

from the beginning in him, who is ineffable

before he was: and we are all his name.’

English Translation

It happened, then, when the sun had risen

in the places of the east, a great power of light descended

in which my garment

which I placed in the twenty-fourth mysteries

as I have already told you now

And I found mystery in my welcome

written in five words (pertaining)

to the height: ζαµα ζαµα ωζζα ραχαµα ωζαι

whose solution is: mystery

that which is outside in the world (the outer world)

for which the universe was made

this is all the going forth and all the rising

this threw out all the emanations and these

which are in all these

And for this mystery whatever

was made and also all their places

Come to us, that we are your companion men

We But (not) all with you too

We are one and the same as (you are)

one and the same (sc. with you and with us)

‘This is the first mystery which was made

from the beginning in him, who is ineffable

before he was: and we are all his name.

 Here is the statement clearly made 

that the first mystery = 1178.5 

was made in that 

which is ′Ο ΑΡΡΗΤΟΣ (849)

 - the Ineffable -

 before it came forth

And who are the We?

 ′Η µονας εν τριαδι = 849 = ′Η τριας εν µοναδι

The one in the trinity = 849 = ′The trinity in the one

 ′Ο τελειος ανηρ: = 849 = Ωµεγα

The perfect man: = 849 = Omega

 Dr. Lea restores the Greek of Schwartze's translation 

‘in quinque verbis’ as πεντε ρηµα 

five verbs

 here

 following on known models 

if µυστηριον is the ρηµα

mystery is the verb

the digits of the Πεντερηµα 

Five words

should have some sort of correspondence

 ΠΕΝΤΕΡΗΜΑ is by Gematria 589

and this sum, divided by 

produces 1178 = Μυστηριον

 This seems good enough.

 Πεντερηµα, then as 589 

stands for the volume of an octahedron

 within the Tetrahedron 

which is the Μυστηριον

and

 is half the solidity of the latter

 But the Octahedron

 whose edges are equal in measure 

to those of the tetrahedron 

and the Cube of the Omega

has a volume 

four times greater than that of Tetrahedron

 and consequently 4.712 

at this (the lesser) computation

And 4712 is the Gematria value of the words

so that with this 

we have a series 

embracing Four related Solids

and 

representing the first three 

regular or platonic bodies

 and 

each of their cubic contents or volumes 

is recorded with a precision quite extraordinary

 There is first the innermost octahedron

 the πεντερηµα

 next the tetrahedron containing it

 which is the µυστηριον

then the outer octahedron

 the µυστηριον πεντερηµα το εξωτερον εν κοσµω

 and finally the Cube

the Ωµεγα and last mystery

 The discovery of this series

 lays a secure foundation 

for the prosecution of further research 

and 

indicates in no uncertain manner 

the course that such research

 may now be permitted to take

 What may be its destined influence

 in the sphere of "theological studies" 

it is not as yet easy to forecast

 but the potentialities are vast 

and 

the fields opened to the view 

of scholars present 

an almost illimitable perspective. 

1549 = ΤΟ Α′ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ = THE FIRST MYSTERY

το α′ ενταλµα πατρος = The First Precept of the Father

As an instance of the more obvious kind of Gematria

 to be found in the Coptic Gnostic books, the following is 

given On p. 13 of Schwartze's translation of the Pistis Sophia

par. 13, the second ΕΝ∆ΥΜΑ

 is spoken of in the following terms:

- “Et hoc ενδυµα . . . est in eo gloria nominis µυστηριου

µηνευτου, quod idem est primum preceptum

 atque µυστηριον quinque χαραγµων

et µυστηριον magni πρεσβευτου huius

qui est ineffabilis

quod idem est magnum ludem. . . .” 

The reader will note the peculiar spelling

 of πρεσβευτης for πρεσβυτης

 and of 

µηνευτης for µηνυτης

 The ενδυµα

 is one of 

the three great Robes of Light

 which are the vesture of the Lord

and are connected with the first mystery

 - that of the Alpha

 which is the last mystery

Readers may trace a connected symbolism

 in the Three Yellow Robes 

worn by the Buddhist priesthood

Now 

ΤΟ Α′ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ = 1549

and the 

ΜΕΓΑ ΕΝ∆ΥΜΑ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ = 1549

 and this is

 also

 ΜΕΓΑ ΦΩΣ = 1549

 and

 by the variation

 of the spelling

 ΜΕΓΑΣ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΗΣ = 1549 

So far, the coincidences 

are clearly of a nature

 which precludes any reasonable theory of chance

but this is not all

 These ενδυµατα are the robes of "Jesus"

 and are of the nature of the Aeons

 and the Aeon of "Jesus" is 

ΑΙΩΝ ΙΗΣΟΥ = 1549

 The Gnostic books are also

 full of references to the ΧΩΡΗΜΑ

apparently a geometrical aeon

 since it is found in connection

 with all the others

and 

ΧΩΡΗΜΑ = 1549

 It is also the number 

of the πνευµατικος λογος

 and

in the Orphic mysteries

of the founder of the mysteries 

 ΤΕΛΕΤΑΡΧΗΣ = 1549

And finally

 as Light = φωσ µεγα

it is the number

 of the First Precept of the Omnipotent 

 ΤΟ Α′ ΕΝΤΑΛΜΑ ΠΑΤΡΟΣ = 1549

 As evident in the βαπτισµα series

 and elsewhere 

unmistakably in the Gematria

the Creative Logos of Light

 is indicated by the Root of Three

Λογοσ φωσ = 1873 = Λογοσ κατα Μυστηριον

 the title of the Book of ΙΕΟΥ

 or 

′Η Εκκλησια του Α⋅Ω 

and 1873.2 = (17 + √3) × 100. 

 Regarding then the 1549 

of this Mysterion 

as the arithmetical sign 

of this Power

 let us look at its parent number.

Now as

 √3 : 3 :: 1549 : 2683

2683 is the parent Number

indicative of the Creator of Light

 and we find this is

 in Gematria

 the value of the all-important 

ΤΟ ΠΛΗΡΩΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ = 2683

 The Pleroma, or Fulness, of "God"

 and it is the number of the Creative Fiat

 Let there be Light 

for

 ΓΕΝΗΘΗΤΩ ΦΩΣ = 2683. 

Light is in very truth

 the Aeon of all Power

and

 ΑΙΩΝ ΠΑΝΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ = 2683

=  The Almighty Aeon

 

′ΙΕΡΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ = 2683

Or

 ′Η ΠΑΡΑΘΗΚΗ ΤΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ

 ΑΛΦΑ⋅ ΩΜΕΓΑ ′Η ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ = 2683

′Ο ΛΟΓΟΣ  ′Η ΑΡΧΗ ΤΗΣ  ΖΩΗΣ  = 2683

These magnificent words

 so grand

 so simple and telling

 all occurring on this individual number

 bespeak some great principle 

to be looked for in the number itself

 for no casual choice

 could have determined so grave a matter

 

And here we shall not be disappointed

 for 2683 is again 

one of those numbers

 which is in perfect geometrical accord

 with those of Light and Baptism

 in the series we have given

 For 2683 is one-half of 5366

 and

 5366 is 3 × 1500 plus 866 - Α∆ΩΝΑΙ 

with a triple vesture of Light ΦΩΣ = 1500

 

And here Adonai and "Jesus" 

are one in the Gematria

for this is the "Jesus Christ"

 the Righteous of I. John ii. 2

 who is the propitiation for the sins of the world

 ΙΗΣΟΥΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ∆ΙΚΑΙΟΣ = 2683

The two related numbers

 are capable of a perfectly simple

 algebraical expression

and it may be well to shew this 

as an example of the law

 which governs the genuine Gematria

 for the definition of ideas

 concerning the Nature and Works of "God"

 To arrive at this 

we have to postulate 

the powers of the number Ten

 as being figurative 

of the the Ineffable Source of All

 allowing that it may be a fitting symbol

 of that Ineffable

 whilst carefully avoiding 

the common error of a superstitious attribution

 to the number itself

 this being a symbol and a symbol only

 Ten, in this connection

 is the sum of the first four arithmetical powers

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

 the Tetractys of the Pythagoreans

 These powers first exist 

as the simple Monad, Dyad, Triad, and Tetrad

 Their Squares 

are the foundation of Form

 viz. 1, 4, 9 and 16

 Now 1 + 4 = 5

 and 1 + 9 = 10

 16 - 1 = 15

 16 + 4 = 20

and 

16 + 9 = 25

 In this lies 

the unique geometrical basis

 of the Denary system of Number 

which the sages of old 

gave to the world

and

 to which the world has found it necessary to adhere

 But these whole-number powers 

are Static Powers

 and the Active Powers or Logoi 

are in the roots of the Two and the Three

 and 

the Creative Logos of Light

 is the Root of Three

 Hence the Gnostic conception of "Deity"

 as the Source of Light

 may be described mathematically 

in reference to this Gematria as 

¼(9 + √3) × 1000

 which is 2683 = Το Πληρωµα του Θεου 

= The Payment of God

and

 "His" number may be further analysed

 into the following homogeneous parts

                        (1) ¼(3 + √3) × 1000  = 1183 = ΓΕΝΗΘΗΤΩ = Let there Be!

       (2) ¼(3 + 3) × 1000 = 1500 = ΦΩΣ = Light!

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                2683 

so that 

¼(3 + √3) × 1000 

is the Creative Principle

 and 

¼(3 + 3) × 1000 is the First Creature - ΦΩΣ

and 

the Creative Fiat the mnemonic Το α′ ενταλµα πατρος 

 is the number 1549

which is expressed algebraically as

 (3 + √3) / (4 × √3) × 1000.