tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53795472012-01-26T21:12:54.956+01:00A Gnostic Search for Hidden SignificanceGnostradamusnoreply@blogger.comBlogger631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379547.post-49309286768367208342011-03-05T01:12:00.002+01:002011-03-05T01:12:40.687+01:00

Thomas 21. Mary said to Jesus, "What are your disciples like?" He said, "They are like little children living in a field that is not theirs. When the owners of the field come, they will say, 'Give us back our field.' They take off their clothes in front of them in order to give it back to them, and they return their field to them. For this reason I say, if the owners of a house know that a

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Thomas 57: Jesus said, "The Father's kingdom is like a person who has [good] seed. His enemy came during the night and sowed weeds among the good seed. The person did not let the workers pull up the weeds, but said to them, 'No, otherwise you might go to pull up the weeds and pull up the wheat along with them.' For on the day of the harvest the weeds will be conspicuous, and will be pulled up and

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At this time we are going to interrupt the examination of the Genesis Progression in order to examine some other topics. We will return to the Genesis Progression in the future.

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So we have looked at the Tetrad, seen how it was formed. We saw that it is equated with the Trigram of Mountain. We then learned that its planet is Mars, which rules the signs Scorpio and Aries. We then discovered that these signs represent the plants and insects that were raised to the dry-land. Lastly we found out which hexagrams are associated with this day. At this point we are going to

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We are now going to look at the hexagrams associated with this day. First let’s examine the Biblical text: 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. (Gen 1:9 KJV) Here we have waters being gathered together and the dry land appearing. Essentially, this shows the dry land rising above the waters. This gives us

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In my last post, I showed the connection between the Tetrad and the corresponding verses from the Bible and how both point to volcanic activity as the cause of the Earth rising above the waters. In this post, we will look at the astrological aspects of this day. As you’ll recall, the Dyad was associated with the Sun, followed by the Triad which was associated with the Moon. You’ll notice

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We have examined the physical properties possessed by the Tetrad. I have shown how this quality is associated with the trigram for Mountain, at which point I revealed that the bottom line of the trigram indicates whether the trigram exhibits mercurial qualities (solid line) or martial qualities (broken line). Let’s now look at the corresponding section from the Genesis narrative. 9 And God said

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The Triad presents a self-sustaining cycle. Photosynthetic bacteria turns sunlight into food and while doing so produces oxygen as waste. Trilobites consume the flesh of the bacteria as well as the flesh of one another, while also using the oxygen present within the atmosphere to fuel their faster metabolisms. This equilibrium lasted for tens of millions of years. There is a myth concerning

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Right, so we've been looking at the triad, a three sphere system. We've seen how the three sphere system has two basic motions: involving, and evolving. These two motions are found in water ripples, mushroom clouds, digestion, birth and bodily movement from place to place. We also looked at the trigram for Water and its top line which indicates if a trigram has Solar or Lunar qualities. Then we

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We'll now take a look at the hexagrams for this day. 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the

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Blue-green bacteria, as a photosynthetic life-form, was immobile. It didn’t seek out the light; it floated passively, waiting for the light to strike its body. It drew life directly from the sunlight. This new form of life did not have things so easy. One aspect we have not examined much up to now is the manner in which the involving motion of the triad is consuming in nature, pulling bits of

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In my last posts I showed how the torus manifests in both the waters below and those above. We also looked at the early Earth conditions and discovered that the Moon rules this era in the creation narrative. Now we’ll look at the life-forms corresponding to this era. As you no doubt recall, during the previous day, Sunday, the life-form was a photosynthetic single-celled bacteria. This

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We have examined the physical properties possessed by the Triad. We have seen how these properties are associated with water. I have shown how this quality is associated with the trigram for Water, at which point I revealed that the top line of the trigram indicates whether the trigram exhibits solar qualities (solid line) or lunar qualities (broken line). Let’s now look at the corresponding

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One might be tempted to think of the Monad as a zero dimensional point, and the Dyad as a one dimensional line. Such simplifications lose the essence of these structures as it is the physical properties possessed by these grouping of spheres that give them their qualities. Never is this more obvious than in the case of the Triad. Once the third sphere is added, the movement changes in quality.

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Right, so we've been looking at the Dyad, a two sphere system. We've seen how the two sphere system has two basic motions. Impact, and surface to surface rolling. This has been defined as Energy, Light, and the Night-Day cycle. We then looked at the trigram for Fire and its top line which indicates if a trigram has Solar or Lunar qualities. Then we went into the Earth-Sun Dyad and explored how

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We have examined the physical properties possessed by the Dyad. We have seen how these properties are associated with light and energy. I have shown how this quality is associated with the trigram for Fire, at which point I revealed that the top line of the trigram indicates whether the trigram exhibits solar qualities (solid line) or lunar qualities (broken line). This brings us to the

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So that is the Monad. A single sphere, isolated in emptiness. Easy enough concept. There are several correspondences. Earth, body, matter, the trigram Earth, Day Zero in the Genesis account. And that's about it. The Monad isn't very complicated because there isn't very much to it. There isn't much a single sphere can illustrate when a single sphere is all there is. So here is what I want you to

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CASTING PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

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So let us suppose that John survived his beheading. What happened then? To learn that we must turn to the text of Secret Mark. "And they come into Bethany. And a certain woman whose brother had died was there. And, coming, she prostrated herself before Jesus and says to him, 'Son of David, have mercy on me.' But the disciples rebuked her. And Jesus, being angered, went off with her into the

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Think of a palm tree. Visualize it. A tall tree, from its head fall fruit which sprout into other trees. Ok. Now juxtapose that image with Onan doing the deed which bears his name. The seed falls and though it fails to sprout, there is little difference between the two images in essense. Phallic and engaged in the mechanism of reproduction. The withering of the date palm indicates that it is

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The Mandeans are the only surviving gnostic group in existence. They revere John the Baptist. One aspect of their religion is their stance on circumcision, which they consider wrong. Keeping this is mind, let's take a look at one piece of writing from their tradition which concerns the head. Seeing as they revered John the Baptist and John was himself beheaded the following piece might help us

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John was beheaded. But what exactly does that mean? Consider the following extract from The Apocryphon of James. Then I questioned him: "Lord how may we prophesy to those who ask us to prophesy to them? For there are many who ask us and who look to us to hear an oracle from us." The Lord answered and said: "Do you not know that the head of prophecy was cut off with John?" And I said: "Lord,

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Why was John a threat? There were those who saw him as the potential king of his people. In fact there existed a tradition which has Herod searching for John back when John was an infant. The following excerpt is from the Book of James. XXIII. 1. Now Herod sought for John, and sent officers to Zacharias, saying: Where hast thou hidden thy son? And he answered and said unto them: I am a minister

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So Jesus and his father set off together, leaving John behind. And they talked. 1. Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3. The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." 4. Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread

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Jesus completed his journeys abroad and returned to fulfil his destiny. To do so he had to first undergo his brother's Baptism. His brother had been long awaiting their eventual meeting. 3. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. 4. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel

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The angel who announced conception claimed that John would teach in the spirit Elijah. So if John was to discover his destiny he had to first examine the enigma of Elijah. Consider the following. 17. Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. 18. She said to Elijah, "What do you have against me, man of God?

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From the age of twelve to thirty or so Jesus is nowhere to be found. He drops out of the literary record completely. But though he was gone, the plan proceeded. John studied and discovered what he needed to fulfill his destiny. And all the time their father kept stressing John's position in relation to his younger brother Jesus. 6. John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt

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What does it matter if we believe that the father was at the temple in Jerusalem? So what? We need something of substance. A name, at least. Well, there is an account of one suspicious man seen around the temple. 25. Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26. It had been

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But what of the father? It is the father who put the plan into action, who seduced the women and conned their husbands into accepting his children. It was this angel who plotted for decades to bring about his insidious design. Who was he? Symbolized by the bird he was undoubtedly a well-traveled man. A man of means but also clearly one able to gain access to the Holiest of Holies. Magician

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He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom. ) Impatient, impulsive, and short-term oriented. Edom is simply another form of the word adam. It means red, soil, a primitive sort of man. A common man, if you will. A member of the masses. Slow witted, quick to anger, and burning with resentment, this is our Esau. Bloody

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Where else do we find the scarlet thread? We must return to the story of Tamar, she who dressed as a prostitute and was made pregnant by Judah, or so the story goes. In time it became obvious that she was with child. 24. And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom

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The angel's plan required not just one Messiah, but two. There was to be both King and Priest. 26. And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27. To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured,

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And so this angel appears and takes matters into his own hands. Anna shall have her child. Ioacim is honored. The temple gets a generous gift. And the angel got Anna. Everyone is happy. Yes, even if the angel is nothing but a man who happened to be in a situation which he turned to his own advantage, no real wrong was done. A victimless crime. But perhaps the angel had an agenda of his own.

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Another example of the sparrow as angel occurs in the Book of James. II. 1. Now his wife Anna lamented with two lamentations, and bewailed herself with two bewailings, saying: I will bewail my widowhood, and I will bewail my childlessness. 2. And the great day of the Lord drew nigh, and Judith her handmaid said unto her: How long humblest thou thy soul? The great day of the Lord hath come, and

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Let us take a look at how the bird is represented in popular culture. Consider Dracula. Archetypal bird figure. Magical being who feeds off of the masses. Able to fly, to hypnotize, to control, to do as he pleases. Has an aversion to crosses. Look at Superman. Here is a good bird who fights for Truth, Justice, and the American way. Who is but a hobbled reflection of Nietzsche's Uberman. And

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And so the question arises, am I suggesting that the crucifix was designed to scare away angels? What are angels? The messengers of God. And how has the Church treated God's messengers? It has burnt them at the stake. Jan Hus, Joan of Ark, Giordano Bruno, and the list goes on. Messengers of God, stay away. No messiahs wanted here. The point of Christianity is the wait for the messiah,

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Am I suggesting that birds are evil? Birds are beyond good and evil. Birds are those who exercise their will regardless of how others will be affected. A thief, a rogue, a seducer, a magician, a scientist, a rabble rouser, a messiah, all are represented by the bird. Let us turn to the Gospel of Thomas, in reverse order, naturally. 10) Jesus said, "I have cast fire upon the world, and see, I

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To begin, the term itself conceals more than it reveals. It was coined at a time when the Jews were the primary Semitic race encountered in Europe. Semites refers to the descendants of Shem, it belongs to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. That being the case, it is incorrect to accuse Arabs of being anti-Semitic as the Arabs are Semites

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Let us consider the bleeding woman for a moment. What kind of life did she have? 19. "'When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening. 20. "'Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 21. Whoever touches her bed must wash his

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Jesus came to learn the secrets of the Great Mother cult. Evidence? Are you perhaps familiar with the miracle of the daughter of Jairus? This tale actually contains three episodes. First the girl's father comes to ask Jesus for help. Secondly Jesus meets a woman who has been hemorrhaging for years, whom he then heals. Finally Jesus arrives at the girl's home where a crowd has gathered. He

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The Kingdom of Heaven shows ties to the religion of the Great Mother. The high incidence of the pillar shaped Asherah artifacts indicates that this cult was wide spread. A woman only religion, where a man must castrate himself in order to learn its secrets. A high price to pay. And arrayed against this feminine cult is the Kingdom of the Father. Women are not to be trusted, better kept locked

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In my last post on this topic I demonstrated how the Kingdom of Heaven sayings can be seen as refering to the phallic nature of the male sexual organ. I have attempted to show that these sayings are designed to indicate the focus of the Great Mother cult. Hence these sayings serve to show one of the social forces at work during the time of Jesus. The Kingdom of Heaven sayings can be considered as

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I propose that we turn to all of the "Kingdom of Heaven" sayings. As you are probably already aware, there exist only three "Kingdom of Heaven" in the whole of Thomas and one of those is #114. Perhaps, by examining each of these in turn, an underlying theme might be revealed. Beginning at #114, the next one in line, proceeding from last to first, is #54: 54) Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor,

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What do we know of the goddess Ashtoreth? She goes by many names, among them Astarte, Ishtar, Isis, Cybele, and Demeter. In addition to the Great Mother she also holds the title of Queen of Heaven as the following section from Jeremiah makes clear. Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the

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114 Simon Peter says to them: "Let Mary go out from our midst, for women are not worthy of life!" Jesus says: "See, I will guide her so as to make her male so that she also may become a living spirit like you males. For every woman who has become male will enter the Kingdom of heaven." Jesus is going to guide Mary so that she might become male. Yet, as I have shown, the changing of sex is not

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114 Simon Peter says to them: "Let Mary go out from our midst, for women are not worthy of life!" Jesus says: "See, I will guide her so as to make her male so that she also may become a living spirit like you males. For every woman who has become male will enter the Kingdom of heaven." I have noticed that this saying is almost always approached as a metaphor. To even think of it in a literal

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Remember, you are to make the male and the female into a single one, so that the male is not male and the female not female, you are to make eyes in place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and an image in place of an image, only then shall you exit the Matrix.

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THE PARABLE OF THE EYE OF THE SQUINT-EYED Now let's take a look at a sacred Islamic text on just this question. Excerpt from THE ENCLOSED GARDEN OF THE TRUTH EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY J. STEPHENSON, [1910] A squint-eyed son asked his father, O thou whose words are as a key to the things that are locked up, why saidst thou that a squinter sees double? I see no more things than there are;

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Some questions have been raised as to the meaning of the word strabismus. It has been observed that this word means 'squint.' It has then been suggested that the word squint is to be understood as wat one does with one's eyes in the bright light, one squeeses them half-shut. And so, the arguement runs, strabismus has nothing to do with having crossed-eyes and everything to do with having one's

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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking. H. L. Mencken The conscience has its source in what Freud would call the super ego, the psyche, the soul, which is one's social identity. "Borges and I" Text is from Borges, Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (New York: New Directions, 1964), pp.246-47. ------------------------------------------------

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The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thine eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness. Luke 11:34 light: luchnos lookh'-nos from the base of - leukos 3022; a portable lamp or other illuminator (literally or figuratively):--candle, light. body: soma so'-mah from sozo 4982; the body (as a sound whole),

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My primary assumption is that I know nothing. The second is that the text is what it claims to be, a text rife with hidden meanings. Third, that the instructions for solving the text are given within the text itself. (114) Simon Peter said to them: Let Mary go out from among us, for women are not worthy of the life. Jesus said: Look, I will lead her that I may make her male, in order that

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You may recall that my position is that classic Gnosticism was created in order to counter the information contained in the Gospel of Thomas, which is a real work of Gnosticism, in the true sense of the word. When one understands the proper manner in which to approach the Gospel of Thomas, the secrets contained within the Judeo-Christian tradition can be accessed. But there were those who

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So let us carefully examine the arguments for this saying being a late addition to the Gospel of Thomas. One thing which must be mentioned before we begin. The primary reason that Logion 114 is considered a late addition is simply because it is the last saying. If someone wanted to add something to an existing document their only option, other than rewriting the entire document, is to tack on

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(114) Simon Peter said to him, "Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life." Jesus said, "I myself shall lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven." In order to understand the significance of this saying one must first realize that there has been a

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Some have sought to support the normal method of reading the Gospel of Thomas in the ordinary front-to-back manner by, for example, suggesting that the three things which Jesus tells Thomas in 13 are the same three things which Jesus speaks of in 14. (13) Jesus said to his disciples, "Compare me to something and tell me what I resemble." Simon Peter said to him, "A just angel is what you

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Some have observed that in order for an object to move, space and time have to exist. This is true. Bear in mind that space and matter are opposites. Matter marks the border of space just as space marks the border of matter. Space is the absence of matter. Matter is at one end of the scale of solidity with space at the other extreme. So while matter is modeled by a single sphere, space requires

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The three synoptic Gospels formed a door of sorts, through which one could pass into the inner secrets contained within the Bible. And so a fourth work was prepared by those intent on keeping those secrets secret, one which sealed this opening shut. And in response yet another text was crafted, one designed to by-pass the barrier thrown up by John by opening a backdoor. Thomas was the key text.

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Surely it is close to impossible to determine with any certainty what Pythagoras's view of number was. What we can be reasonably sure of is that Pythagoras formed figures from small spherical objects in order to determine the properties possessed by specific numbers. Another thing is clear, were we to examine numbers of spheres in the same manner as he, we are almost certain to receive the same

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Pythagoras and the Nature of Number It turns out that Plato's writings make almost no mention of the numerological system employed by the Pythagoreans. Aristotle is a bit more thorough is his coverage. Unfortunately, he never quite gets to an explanation of any specific number. Which leaves us with the account given by Hippolytus. Hippol. Phil. 2 ; Dox. 555. Number is the first principle, a

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Consider the numerical system based upon the structures formed from groups of spheres. The knowledge gleaned from such a study is universally applicable. Even if it becomes lost it is always right out in the open, ready to be rediscovered. But people will not search for what they believe they already possess. We have been taught an alternative system, a stylized, idealized system devoid of any

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The use of beans as a tool for the exploration of number leads to the discovery of triangular numbers. When arranging groups of spheres, the patterns they fall into are dictated by their shape. Three spheres of equal size are going to assume the shape of a triangle. .....*..... ....* *... Four spheres brought together in the shape of a square form an unstable structure. .....* *..... ....

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So let us suppose that Pythagoras prohibited the consumption of the garbanzo bean and not the fava bean. The reason for the taboo was that Pythagoras used the beans in his calculations. Pythagoras used the beans in the construction of mathematical figures. Indeed, the Greek word Psephizo means to count with pebbles, to compute, calculate, or reckon. Interestingly enough another meaning is

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