Hey dear community, first of all I would like to welcome you all to my ninth contribution and hope you had a week full of interesting experiences! In this article I would like to go back to the mystical world of alchemy and hope you are able to expand your knowledge a little.
Numbers and alchemy are strongly related and the alchemists were of the opinion that one would find higher-level messages everywhere which were based on mathematical rhythms and some numbers had a particularly mystical importance just like the number nine. Also for the well-known inventor Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943) the number 9 had a important meaning and he was of the opinion that if one knew the secret of the numbers 3, 6 and 9, this one would have a key to the universe and he was of the opinion that there could be a mystical meaning behind the properties of these number and also the Egyptian Thot knew about the mysticism of the number 9, which also has an important meaning in hermetics. The number 9 is said to be associated with the highest level of wisdom and also symbolizes cosmic primal power or the chaos and in ancient teachings, this number was also associated with the highest level of spirituality that could be achieved, and behind the geometry of this number is said to be a supernatural message. If you multiply the number 9 you will find that if you add the cross sum the 9 always comes out at the end as with 3 x 9 = 27 and 2 + 7 = 9 or 9 x 9 = 81 and 8 + 1 = 9 just like with 25 x 9 = 225 and 2 + 2 + 5 = 9 and so on. It is indeed a mystical number and also Hermes Trismegistos which is also a union of the Egyptian god Thot as well as the Greek Hermes and he was seen as the creator of hermetics and alchemy and he knew that the number 9 had an important meaning and he wrote in the Emerald Tablets which are also called Tabula Smaragdina about 9 cycles which were seen as the origin of creation and wrote about the illuminated 9 or the enlightened 9 who knew the secrets about the cycles which form the basis of the original forces. He also wrote about the 9 worlds in which the 9th was also considered the highest level which creates a connection with the spiritual as well as the ethereal plane and the physical level and also in Norse mythology, one finds the 9 worlds which are held by the world tree Yggdrasil. Hermes Trismegistus also mentioned 9 cosmic forces which are closely linked to the ray forces from alchemy and the old alchemists also considered the 9 as a supernatural number in which the secrets of humanity are hidden and was associated not only with chaos but also with the eternal now.
Many thanks for stopping and I hope you could learn something new about alchemy! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens.