Part II.

CHAP. XXIII.
OP THE NUMBER EIGHT, AND THE SCALE.
THE Pythagorians call Eight the number of juftice, and fulnefs : firft, be- caufe it is firft of all divided into numbers equally even, viz. into four ; and that divifion is, by the fame reafon, made into twice two, viz. twice two twice ’, and by reafon of this equality of divifion it took to itfelf the name of juftice. But the other received the name of fulnefs, by reafon of the contex- ture of the corporeal folidity, fince the firft makes a folid body. Hence that cuftom of Orpheus fwearing by the eight deities, if at any time he would be- feech Divine juftice, whofe names are thefe : — Fire, Water, Earth, the Heaven, Moon, Sun, Phanes, and the Night. There are only eight vifible fpheres of the heavens. Alfo, by it the property of corporeal nature is figni- fied, which Orpheus comprehends in eight of his fea fongs : this is alfo called the covenant, or circumcifion, which was commanded to be done by the Jews the eighth day.
There were alfo, in the old law, eight ornaments of the prieft, viz. a breaft- plate, a coat, a girdle, a mitre, a robe, an ephod, a girdle of the ephod, and a golden plate. Hither belongs the number to eternity, and the end of the world, becaufe it follows the number feven, which is the myftery of time. Hence, alfo, the number of blefl'ednefs, as you may fee in Matthew. It is alfo called the number of fafety, and confervation ; for there were fo many fouls of the fons of Jefle, from which David was the eighth.
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Chap. XXIII
TiXISMANIC MAGIC.
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THE SCALE OF THE NUMBER EIGHT.
The name of God with eight letters,
Eloa Vadaath D^T) Jehova Vedaath nj7!T) miT
In the original world.
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Eight re- wards of the blefled,
Inherit-
ance,
Incorrup-
tion,
Power,
Victory,
The vifion of God,
Grace,
A king- dom,
Joy;
In the in- telligible world.
Eight vifi- ble hea- vens,
The ftarry heaven,
The hea- ven of Saturn,
The hea- ven of Jupiter,
The hea- ven of Mars,
The hea- ven of the Sun,
The hea- ven of Venus,
The hea- ven of Mercury,
The hea- ven of the Moon;
In the ce- leltial world.
Eight par- ticular qualities,
The dry nefs of the earth,
The cold- nefs of water,
The moifture of air,
The heat of fire,
The heat of air.
The moifture of water,
The dry- nefs of fire,
The cold- nefs of earth;
In the ele- mentary world.
Eight kinds of blefled men,
The peace makers,
They that hunger and third after right- eoufnefs,
Themeek,
They which are perfecuted for righte- oufnefs fake,
Pure in heart.
Merciful,
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Poor in fpirit,
Mourners;
In the lefler world.
Eight pu- nifhments of the damned.
Prifon,
Death,
Judg-
ment,
The wrath of God,
Darknefs,
Indigna-
tion,
Tribula-
tion,
Anguifh;
In the infernal world.