The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
Creations. Story
Found in Euclid
Frank c. Higgins Applies Mathematics
to Religious Symbols and Interprets
Babylonian and Phoenician Records

Of the Hebrew patriarch was Just 144.
or q times 12, I was led to subject the
whole range Of sacred and patriarchial
names to similar analysis. and I dis
covered that the majority OF these re-
| solved themselves into triads. or mytho-
logical trinities, the sum Of each of
which was the number OF the beas,
described by st. John in Revelations
thirteenth chapter. eighteenth verse.
Here Is wisdom. Let him that hath
understanding count the number OF the
beast, and his number Is six hundred
three score and SIX.
"Such found to he the mathemati cal
values 81 such important trinities of
spirit, matter and manifestation as
Brahma. Vishnu and silva. Osiris, Isis
and Horus. Abraham. Isaac and Ish-
mael and the combined property, prog
cny and length Of days Of the patriarch
Job after the abatement Of his affiiction.
Under systematic examination. legend
after legend Of the Talmud. hint after
hint OF the tpanishads, the wonderful,
mythoiogies Of Babylon. Assyria, Egypt
and Hcllas resolved themselves one
and all into most lucid and convincing
formula. appertaining to the observa-
ble phenomena Of the natural world,
the movements Of the planets and the
divisions Of time.
II accidentally acquired from an
itinerant Syrian merchant Of antiquities
a curious cylindrical seal on which l.
the representation Of another tree, pre-
sumably the Tree Of Life Of the legend.
on this, which I have ventured to en-
title the Higgins cylinder. the scene
represented In that Of two gods. evil
IDENTIFY in the act Of putting on or Of
plucking leaves from IA tree. the fixed
leaves Of which have a curious arrange
ment.
"It forks into two branches. The
right hand branch has seven leaves
turned outwardly and five turned in
wardly. The left hand branch has nine
leaves turned outwardly and three
turned inwardly. This constitutes a
sequence Of the four odd numbers. 8,
s. and 3. the sum Of which is -. 1t
II. to say the least. n highly significant
reminder Of the well known Scottish
Rite emblem.
THE right hand figure wears crown
Il three rays, which was always en-
ployed as figure symbolical Of the
Supreme Being. as embematic ~ the
Trinity. which. with due respect to
disputants, ia a doctrine the origin OF
which is lost In the mlsts Of antiquity.
The other figure has no distinguishing
mark that ! have been able to discover,
but on either side OF 1t appears the
representatio n Of a fish. n type which
archRolOglsts will find no difficulty in
recognizing as the zOdacal sign Of
Pisces, universally understood to he
emblematic Of the Dual Principle. or
the spirit and matter doctrine Of the
Orient.
above In the hrmamC mt are depict ed
In alignment a sun OF sixteen rays the
body OF which Is a point or dot within
circle, and following this. seven
planets. a crescent moon and single
star. just as the same heavenly bodies.
Identical in number. are found en-
broidered upon Masonic aprons or en-
blazoned on Masonic diplomas of a by
gone era. on the trunk of the tree Is
an arrangement Of four minor twigs
on one side. and three on the other,
which corresponds with the branches
on the Smith cylinder. which are also
four on the one side and three on the
other.
1T Is proper to say at this point that
the Higgins cylinder has been subjected
to examination by various competent
authorities. and has been by them de-
clared to be OF Ph9nician origin. prob
ably belonging to Tyre. and In the
.neighborhood Of 5000 years old.
1.-THE figures OF this triangle being ..
Is and rs squares. equalling the sum Of
so. suggests the sum Of the Hebrew
lot hn riDal
equivalents OF which are I, 4, 40 and
4. according to the invariable rules Of
gematria. and these letters form the
word Adamah or red earth. which Bible
commentators are agreed in accepting
from the element OF which he was
formed by the Creator.
Being convinced by this time that ]
had to do with a problem Of the magic
square order. numbers Of which. notably
the famous Map OF Ho' and the Table
OF Lob have come to us from the
Chinese sages OF great antiquity, l tried
many ways OF numbering squares of
the forty-seventh problem without re-
suit, but finally applied to the twenty
five squares on the hypothenuse sys-
tenn OF numbering at right angles. The
result Of this plan exceeded my most
sanguine hopes, for 1t demonstrated
that the tree Of life in the allegory, as
shown by the corresponding figures,
plainly appears In the exact centre OF
the diagram as the perfect Cross OF
Calvary.
THE conclusions that are irresistible
when the study OF this cylindrical seal
Is followed MP with the aid Of gematria,
are too elaborate to set forth In a
single newspaper article. There Is no
escaping from the fact that these sym
bols do actually correspond with the
esoteric principles Of religion. and the
question Of the intent that lay back of
their employment by all the nations of
antiquity Is one that can only be an
swered In one way.
According to these symbols, Adam
Is shown to be the original sun god.
his name being given In full by num-
bers plainly shown on all OF them Eve
Is shown In the same way to be the
moon goddess. The serpent has the
Identical numerical attributes Of the
Pythagorean Tetrax. The animals are
presumably those Of the consultations,
though this In only hinted At Tho