importance of numbers and geometry
Dec 31, 1997 11:27 AM
by Thoa Thi-Kim Tran
Dallas wrote:
>" ...Let no one mistake the
>importance and potency of numbers--as symbols. Everything in the Universe
>was framed according to the eternal proportions and combinations of
>numbers. "God geometrizes," and numbers and numerals are the fundamental
>basis of all systems of mysticism, philosophy, and religion. The
>respective festivals of the year and their dates were all fixed according
>to the Sun--the "father of all calendars" and of the Zodiac, or the sun-god
>and the twelve great, but still minor gods..." HPB -- THE YEAR IS DEAD
And a Happy New Year to you, too, Dallas!
The importance of numbers and geometry brings up a question. In Einstein's
theory of relativity, to find the correlation between space-time and
mass-energy, Einstein had to use non-Euclidean mathematics. This theory
was the closest the scientific community came to the theosophical idea of
everything relating to each other, even space. Since "numbers and numerals
are the fundamental basis of all systems of mysticism, philosophy, and
religion," how does the validity of non-Euclidean mathematics fit in with
mystical thinking? That is, mystical thinking is supposed to try to go
beyond the maya, and Euclidean mathematics seem to be responsible for some
of our maya. Anybody get my drift?
Thoa :o)
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