Manly P. Hall, The Sacred Magic of the Qabbalah
Six and clear vision in Hall
A six-pointed figure accompanies Hall’s interpretation of six. He connects the number with clear vision and with a proposed faculty for functioning in an astral world. He then turns to the written shape of six, interpreting its curve as a serpent returning upward towards the power from which it came. These associations belong to the metaphysical number symbolism developed in the book.
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A proposed faculty
DocumentedHall associates six with a proposed faculty of clear vision in his account of latent human capacities.
The returning serpent
InterpretationHis reading of the numeral’s curved form adds the image of a returning serpent to the sixfold symbolism.
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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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.
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- IMJ-0484-E001
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- IMJ-0484-E001-P0045
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- 50
- Recorded leaf number
- 50
- Current Reader position
- 43
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A plain circle accompanies Hall’s account of unity, thought and the purpose of human effort.
Same subject and traditionThe eternal triangle in Hall
Hall uses the triangle to describe a threefold human nature brought into harmony.
Same subject and traditionThe square and crystallisation in Hall
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