Manly P. Hall, The Sacred Magic of the Qabbalah
Five as a spiritual number in Hall
Hall describes a stage at which the four elements become a pedestal for spirit. He connects this with five, calling it a spiritual number, and explains development through the harmonising of consciousness with a greater life. The star appears amid that discussion of form, regeneration and the relationship between the lesser and greater self. His numerical imagery presents development as a changed relationship among these parts.
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The spiritual number
DocumentedHall calls five a spiritual number when the four elements become a pedestal for spirit.
Spirit on a fourfold foundation
InterpretationThe five-pointed figure gives a visual counterpart to his account of spirit and the four supporting elements.
Context & interpretation
The illustration and accompanying passage on the cited page of The Sacred Magic of the Qabbalah.
Original passages
Source 1
The Sacred Magic of the Qabbalah
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Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Illustration and accompanying passage
Quotation and accompanying passage individually checked against the exact original page image. Line breaks and line-end hyphenation normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0484-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0484-E001-P0042
- Original scan leaf
- 47
- Recorded leaf number
- 47
- Current Reader position
- 40
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
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