Albuquerque evening citizen., 1907-05-30
C6e Mysterious
Number Five
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
(By GEORGE Vincent Pugh.D

tBy George vincent Pugh.)
Mystics and adopts in the occult
have In all ages ascribed mysterious
powers to certain numbers. The un-
consciously felt conviction that there
was some law governing chance led
people, even in earliest ages, to regard
certain numbers as being in some
way representative and symbolic of
that law.
Nor is the ancient belief that num-
bers have some controlling influence
over our destinies dead yet. Witness
the Importance still attached to 3 and
Z. the so-called lucky numbers, and
to the unlucky number 13.
OF all numbers the one held In low
est esteem in either folklore, proverb
,or popular parlance has been the
number 5. Except for its being rep
resented in the Druid's foot-the
symbol of witchcraft-which has five
points IL is rarely mentioned. 1t has
been the numeric stepchild, the Gin
derella among numbers, but has now
recognition through the recent dis
coyeries OF a civil engineer.
He found that in the construction
of the pyramid of Cheops number 5
plays a most important mysterious
part, which cannot possibly have
been the result of merely fortuitous
chance. In fact, the preservation of
tion of more than 1000 years ago Is
due in a great measure, the engineer
says, TO the influence of this number.
Despite its artistic simplicity, the
pyramid Of Cheops is undoubtedly one
of the most complicated edihces of all
times. 1t is in fact, complete COM
pendium of all the wonderful math-
matical and astronomical know
ledge of the early Egyptians. II Is a
testimony not only of the devotion of
a great people who designed IL as a
lasting monument TO their beloved
monarch, Cheops. but also TO the high
degree of science to which they had
attained.
The height of the pyramid is on a
ratio OF l to 3.14159 to its circum-
ference. This Is the so-called "Lu-
dolf proportion" which represents
the relation between the diameter
and the circumference as we'll as the
area of a circle.
The circumference Is 3.14159 times
as great as the diameter; the area
3.14159 times the square of the ra-
dius.
If the length of the sides is divided
into as many parts as there are days
IN the year. each division will be
pyramid meter (about a yard). One
of these pyramid-meters Is the twen-
ty-millionth part of the axis of the
earth. It's length Is twenty-five pyra-
mid inches.
Multiply this number by 100000
900 and you have the exact distance
of the earth from the sun.
And now for the role which num-
ber plays in connection with this
wonderful structure:
The pyramid Is pentagonal; that Is,
IL has five sides and five angles.
The royal crypt Is on the tiftieth
structural stratum, and its walls con-
sist OF five thicknesses Of granite
blocks.
The engineer who made these re-
searches SAYS he is of the opinion
that the builders Of the pyramid chose
the pentagOnal form with "A view
partly AT least--tO durability His
reason for this belief Is that I'm a
pentagOn the sides and the diagonal
are almost commensurable, while in
no quadrilateral figure that can be
constructed is this the case.
The result Of this cOmmensurabil-
ity between the sides and the diagOn-
al is % give the structure "a WE'LL
nigh indestructible strength. To this
fact mainly does the great pyramid
owe ITS existence I'm almost undimin-
ished grandeur In the face OF the
stress and storm of so many thou
sands of years.
And thus the long-despised number
has become enthroued az las
! among the great mystic numbers.