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I found another pseudonym for Blocquel - AARON (l'helléniste).
The signs of the zodiac seem to have been added by an 18th century artist.
I meant 19th century artist. I just noticed that.
More interestingly, I found the same diagram in a 1785 book by Etteilla himself, minus the signs of the zodiac but with some very strange, to me, signs instead.
Here is the diagram:
So what are those signs around the border? Are they supposed to be letters in some "divine alphabet"? Or set of alchemical symbols? A wide variety of both were present at the time, but I can't match them up with any I have looked up. Any ideas?
Here is the other title page for this same book, giving the date. There's no author listed, but since Etteilla is referred to as the author on the page to the left, I'd guess it's by him.
Thank you, Chistine!
Here is La Science Cabalistique by Lenain, complete, in French. Avec Lettre-Preface de Papus.
http://books.google.com/books?id=Zq...QHa_LHdCg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
I just downloaded it. I love the internet! Now I just need to learn to read French!
Monsieur d'Odoucet, successeur d'Etteilla dans son ouvrage intitulé la Science des signes, troisième partie, page 65, dit positivement "que la révolution des génies" sur les ans, sur les mois sur les semaines, sur les jours "et sur les heures, se fait de 72 en 72 depuis la création.(1)"
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(1) : Voyez Etteilla, dans sa Philosophie des Hautes-Sciences, p 66 édition de 1785.
note 1: p.35
Translation
Etteilla's successor, Mr. d'Odoucet, in the third volume of his Science of signs, , page 65, says positively that "the revolution of geniuses" of the year, the months of the week , on the day "and hours, recur (in cyles) of 72 to 72 since creation. (1)"
p.34/35
(1): See Etteilla, in his Philosophy of the High-Sciences, p 66 edition of 1785.
Note 1: p.35
I wrote, in post 236, about the diagram of the Memphis temple in Julia Orsini c. 1838.
The signs of the zodiac seem to have been added by an 18th century artist.
I meant 19th century artist. I just noticed that.
More interestingly, I found the same diagram in a 1785 book by Etteilla himself, minus the signs of the zodiac but with some very strange, to me, signs instead.
Here is the diagram:
So what are those signs around the border? Are they supposed to be letters in some "divine alphabet"? Or set of alchemical symbols? A wide variety of both were present at the time, but I can't match them up with any I have looked up. Any ideas?
It remained to one of Court de Gebelin's illustrious disciples Etteilla....to further the Egyptian concept. Writing in 1787 in Lecons theoriques et pratiques du livre de Thot, Etteilla supported the Egyptian theory and included in his book a secret diagram of the location of each of the 78 tarot cards as he believed they originally appeared in the Temple of Fire at Memphis, the great center of ancient Egypt.
Etteilla believed the complete tarot deck was numbered in sequence from 1 through 77 with the Fool being either 0 or 78. A reproduction in this booklet of the diagram by Etteilla reveals the alleged location of each of the tarot cards in the famed Egyptian temple.
Well, since no one else has responded, here is my translation, with some thoughts.Can anyone translate the French from the links mike gave us?
Table of Geniuses [Génies] following the Philosopher Palingene (1), what they like, what displeases them, their elementary quality, and the beam or extension that is given to them in guarding this low Universe.
The Cabalists, speaking humanly, established a Throne for the Lord and the Creator of all things.
This Throne was received by all the People and in all the Religions and Sects of Religion as a respectable figure, because in fact and in truth, God in himself is in his Throne.
The Cabalists thus range around the Throne of the Lord seventy-two Spirits.
Their names and the spirit of their Element, which indicates their Being, having a finity, that is, having a body of the purest substance of the Element, the Element always dominating them.
(1) This excellent Philosopher was dug up as a Magician, three years after his death. What a scandal for Men over the follies of humanity! But that was in Italy.
My comments: The first paragraph is the original for the paraphrase of d’Odoucet that Kwaw quoted earlier (. Here again is Kwaw’s translation (post 210):The revolution of Geniuses over the years, over the months, over the weeks, over the days and over the hours, is made in 72, since the creation; but that interests only in the operations on the supernaturals.
A very essential observation, is of recognizing their Element; they are in this kind: 1, 26, 51, 4: 25, 50, 3, 28: 49, 2, 27, 52, which makes six legions or divisions of Geniuses, twelve to twelve, which form twelve among them, a spiral line that is divided into 360, as also 360 x 6 = 2160. 72 comes 60 x 6 = 360, Physical appearance. N.B. That I fix 2160.
Second remark. When the Querent is inclined to a defect, recognized in the work that we do for him, we put him under the protection of the Genius which loathes this defect or this vice.
In the next paragraph of Etteilla’s p. 66, the series of numbers that he gives are three examples of groups of 4 Geniuses from each of the four elements. What the rest of the paragraph, regarding the six legions and 2160, is about I am not sure. It is perhaps connected to something he says later, that each of the 72 is merely the chief of multitudes of Geniuses below him. Here is the later paragraph:Etteilla's successor, Mr. d'Odoucet, in the third volume of his Science of signs, page 65, says positively that "the revolution of geniuses" of the year, the months of the week, on the day "and hours, recur (in cyles) of 72 to 72 since creation. (1)"
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(1): See Etteilla, in his Philosophy of the High-Science, p 66 edition of 1785.
Note 1: p.35
Here the “Hermes” that Etteilla is citing is the author of the so-called Emerald Tablet. He its second maxim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Tablet).p. 69
To understand Geniuses without error, or as the Wise men called them, the seventy-two Bearers of the Throne of HOCMA or divine Wisdom, it is necessary to conceive, as Hermes said, that what is above is as what is below; that is, that what is below is the copy of the order which is above. So, a Sovereign having seventy-two regiments, each regiment composed of eighteen hundred Men, every Soldier takes the name of his regiment for recognition; thus Artois, the Colonel’s name, becomes a proper noun for the eighteen hundred Soldiers who glory in it.
Thus the Genius that governs me and takes the name of one of seventy-two Bearers of the Throne of JEHOVAH, can have under him some millions of Geniuses, etc.
My comments: Presumably Etteilla will not give the names of the evil geniuses because people will want to conjure them up to do evil deeds for them.Third remark. Nothing is easier for a Savant than drawing from the good Genius the secret of the name of the evil Genius; but the Philosophers do not say it, because of the perversity and ignorance of Men.
The Beam that our Geniuses govern is what pleases and displeases them.
In order to have a notion of the beams that Geniuses govern, I do not see a more sensible demonstration than that which offers itself to my eyes in the Treatise of methodical, very-elementary Cosmography, of Buy de Mornas, in 80, Lacombe Publications, 1770, page and figure 196.
Let us see what every Genius likes and hates, in the manner that by following the one and avoiding the other, I maintain that it is impossible not to be happy in the passage of this life.
Beforehand, it is good to warn that every person has a good and an evil genius; I am so certain of what I advance, that I offer to convince the most stubborn of it.
If Man were not pushed to good or to evil, he would at all times be master of himself; [p. 68] moreover, as there is no effect without a cause, it is necessary to grant that Geniuses or other Spirits dominate us, to which we give the name of Genius.
And so on through number 72. So there are 72 good Geniuses, and 72 evil ones.1, that is, the Genius having custody of the beam of the East, dominates moral and physical cleanliness; thus the evil genius contrary to it likes moral and physical filth.
2, It dominates marriages, population; thus the Genius which is contrary to it likes to divide couples and weaken the population. This good Genius governs the second beam, going from the east to the Septentrion [the stars known in English as the Big Dipper], and thus following from it.
3, over real and constant friendship; the contrary, over false or poor friendship.
4, over useful, instructive journeys; the contrary, over the Spirit of wandering as a tramp, fortuneless and stateless.
5, the High Sciences, which are three; the first, Religion, having only one branch; the second, occult Philosophy, having seven branches; and the third, having thousands of branches, all Sciences, liberal Arts and Mechanical Arts. This fifth genius hates Men who speak ill of one of these three stalks.
6, modesty; the contrary, lasciviousness.
7, intelligence formed by study; the contrary, the spirit limited by laziness.
p. 63
Table des Génies suivant le Philosophe Palingene (1), ce qu'ils aiment, ce qui leur deplait, leur qualité élémentaire, & le rayon ou étendue qui leur est donné en garde dans ce bas Universe.
Les Cabalistes, parlant humainement, ont établi un Trône au Seigneur & Créateur de toutes choses.
Ce Trône a été reÇu par tous les Hommes & dans toutes les Religions & Sectes de Religion comme une figure respectable, parce qu'au fond & dans la vérité, Dieu en lui est dans son Trône.
Les Cabalistes rangerent donc à l'entour du Trône du Seigneur soixante-douze Esprits.
Leurs noms & l'esprit de leur Element, qui les indique des Êtres, ayant un fini, c'est-à-dire, ayant corps de la plus pure substance des Elémens, leur Elément les dominant toujours.
(1) Cet excellent Philosophe fut exhumé comme Magicien, trois ans après sa mort. Quel scandale pour les Hommes au-dessus des folies humaines! mais cele fut en Italie.
p. 66
La révolution des Génies sur les ans, sur les mois, sur les semaines, sur les jours & sur les heures, s fait en 72, depuis la création; mais cela n'intéresse que dans les opérations sur merveilleuses.
Une observation bien essentielle, est de reconnoître leur Elément; ils sont en cette sorte: 1, 26, 51, 4: 25, 50, 3, 28: 49, 2, 27, 52, ce qui fait six légions ou divisions de douze en douze Génies, que forment entre eux douze, une ligne aspirale, que l'on divise en 360, comme aussi 360 x 6 = 2160. 72 vient 60 x 6 = 360, Physique. N. B. Que je fixe 2160.
Seconde remarque. Lorsque le Questionnant est enclin à un défaut, reconnu par le travail qu'on fait pour lui, on le met sous la protection du Génie qui a en horreur ce défaut ou ce vice.
Troisieme remarque. Rien n'est plus facile à un Savant de tirer du bon Génie le secret du nom du mauvais Génie;
p. 67
mais les Philosophes ne le disent pas, à cause de la perversité & l'ignorance des Hommes.
Ce qui plaît & deplaît à nos Génies, est le rayon qu'ils governent.
Pour avoir une notion des rayons que les Génies governent, je ne vois pas de démonstration plus sensible que celle qui s'offre sous mes yeux dans le Traité de Cosmographie méthodique, très-élémentaire, de Buy de Mornas, in 80, Lacombe, Librarie, 1770, page & figure 196.
Voyons ce que chaque Génie aime & hait, de manière qu'en suivant l'un & fuyant l'autre, je maintiens qu'il est impossible de ne pas être heureux dans le passage de cette vie.
Avant, il est bon de prévenir que tous les Hommes ont un bon & un mauvais Génie; je suis si certain de ce que j'avance; que je m'offre d'en convaincre les plus obstinés.
Si l'Homme n'étoit pas poussé au
p. 68
bien ou au mal, il seroit en tout temps maître de lui; d'ailleus, comme il n'y a pas d'effet sans cause, il faut accordet que des Génies ou autres Esprits dominent sur nous, auxquels nous donnons le nom de Génie.
p. 69
Pour entendre sans erreur les Génies, ou comme les Sages les ont nommés, les soixante-douze Porteurs du Trône d'HOCMA ou de la divine Sagesse, il faut concevoir, comme a dit Hermès, que ce qui est en haut est comme ce qui est en bas; c'est-à-dire, qu'en bas est la copie de l'ordre qui est en haut. Ainsi, un Souverain ayant soixante-douze régiments, chaque régiment composé de dix-huit cents Hommes, chaque Soldat prend le nom de son régiment pour se faire reconnoître; donc d'Artois, nom du Colonel, devient un nom propre aux -dix-huit cents Soldats qui s'en glorifient.
Donc le Génie qui me gouverne & prend le nom d'un des soixante-douze Porteurs du Trône de JEHOVAH, peur avoir sous lui quelques millions de Génies, &c.
p. 75:
1, c'est-à-dire, le Génie, ayant la garde du rayon de l'Orient, domine sur la propreté morale & physique; donc le mauvais Génie qui lui est contraire se plaît dans l'ordure morale & physique.
2, Il domine sur les mariages, la population; ainsi le Génie qui lui est
p. 76
contraire se plaît à désunir les époux, à infirmer la population. Ce bon Génie a gouverne le second rayon en allant de l'orient au Septention, & ainsi en suivant.
3, sur la vraie & constante amitié; au contre, sur la fausse ou foible amitié.
4, sur les voyages utiles, instructifs; au contre, sur l'Esprit d'errer comme vagabond, sans fortune & sans ètat.
5, les Hautes Sciences au nombre de trois; la premiere, la Religion, n'ayant qu'une branche; la seconde, la Philosophie occulte, ayant sept branches; & la troisieme, ayant des milliers de branches, toutes les Sciences, les Arts libéraux & les Méchanismes. Ce cinquieme Génie hait les Hommes qui médisent de l'une de ces trois tiges.
6, la pudicité; au contre, la lassiveré
7, l’intelligence, formée par l’étude; au contre, l’esprit burné par la paresse.