Here’s one I’ve been sitting on a while, but the fact that this is the last MM for a month has prompted me to pull it out of hiding.
It's been a while since I've seen it asked here, but at least a couple of times, people have asked here or on the other blog about whether there is a connection between the Tetractys and Geomancy. If I'm recalling correctly, your reply both times was that it was a good topic for meditation.
(1) I would like to ask whether you are aware that Geomantic Shield charts are not merely similar to Tetractyses, but in fact, exactly and precisely perfect Tetractyses (with “unnecessary” bits edited out in their normal presentation)? And whether it's something you recall seeing discussed anywhere? I haven't been able to find any discussion of this anywhere else except for, giving credit where it’s due, a time where Sam Block once got 95% of the way there on his blog. (Though I won’t be linking his blog here, as per his desires. Interested parties can find it easily enough with a web search.)
If this is all something that you wished to leave for students to discover in meditation, I won’t clarify what I mean. But on the off chance you’re not quite getting what I’m talking about, may I have permission to post a fuller explanation here? I can explain it fairly simply and quickly, but it will take more space than a regular Magic Monday question, and I don’t want to impose.
(2) I haven’t ever formally studied Cabala, but I recall that you have said that Cabala was derived from the Tetractys— is that right? If the Tree of Life is a Tetractys, and every Geomancy chart is a Tetractys, then it seems reasonable that it would be very fruitful to meditate on direct correspondences between the Tree of Life and the houses of Geomantic divination. (Although in my own case I should probably wait until such time as I actually study Cabala a bit first.)
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Geomancy and the Tetractys
Date: 2020-12-28 08:19 am (UTC)It's been a while since I've seen it asked here, but at least a couple of times, people have asked here or on the other blog about whether there is a connection between the Tetractys and Geomancy. If I'm recalling correctly, your reply both times was that it was a good topic for meditation.
(1) I would like to ask whether you are aware that Geomantic Shield charts are not merely similar to Tetractyses, but in fact, exactly and precisely perfect Tetractyses (with “unnecessary” bits edited out in their normal presentation)? And whether it's something you recall seeing discussed anywhere? I haven't been able to find any discussion of this anywhere else except for, giving credit where it’s due, a time where Sam Block once got 95% of the way there on his blog. (Though I won’t be linking his blog here, as per his desires. Interested parties can find it easily enough with a web search.)
If this is all something that you wished to leave for students to discover in meditation, I won’t clarify what I mean. But on the off chance you’re not quite getting what I’m talking about, may I have permission to post a fuller explanation here? I can explain it fairly simply and quickly, but it will take more space than a regular Magic Monday question, and I don’t want to impose.
(2) I haven’t ever formally studied Cabala, but I recall that you have said that Cabala was derived from the Tetractys— is that right? If the Tree of Life is a Tetractys, and every Geomancy chart is a Tetractys, then it seems reasonable that it would be very fruitful to meditate on direct correspondences between the Tree of Life and the houses of Geomantic divination. (Although in my own case I should probably wait until such time as I actually study Cabala a bit first.)