>The Tao gives birth to the One,>the One gives birth to the Two,>the Two gives birth to the Three,>the Three gives birth to the Ten Thousand Things.
>>25623785One, two, skip a few
>>25623785all i remember is that pythagoras was the original atheistand he also hated beans (which i personally love)
>>25623785in the beginnign was the empty set, cardinality of which is 0then we have the set containing the empty set, cardinality 1then we have the set containing the empty set, and the set containing the empty set, cardinality 2...
>>25623823He was initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries
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>>25623828proof? all i know is that he traveled to egypt and the middle eastalso you may be right, only his teachings were atheistic (i usually take for granted that we don't know anything about philosophers of olden days)
Astrology for autists
>>25623785Numerology as it stands today in the western sense, and most likely the eastern, started with Pythagoras with less advanced hints in the Assyrian cultures before hand. It melds with a lot of later hebrew mysticism into recognisable gematria, thanks to their beliefs on the world being created out of the hebrew languange and a few other influences I frankly forget. It also kicked down the door in india and entered into one of their eternal veda revisions. All from one crazed greek who hated pulses - there's a weird history of greek interactions with the uttermost east.You want to talk about how efficacious it was, go to /x/.
>>25623785My favorite topic in existence: 天一生水,地六成之;地二生火,天七成之;天三生木,地八成之;地四生金,天九成之;天五生土,地十成之。4 9 23 5 78 1 6water 1 and 6;fire 2 and 7;wood 3 and 8;metal 4 and 9.4 - 9 2 | |3 - 5 - 7| |8 1 - 6 SOUTH ○○○○○○○● ○● ● ● ○● ●●●●● ○● ○ ○ ● ○● ○ ○○○ ● ○● ○ ○ ● ○● ●●●●● ● ○● ○ ○ ○ ●●●●●● NORTHNo. 1Element: waterHow solid it is: the thinnest: it has no shape of its own, it takes the shape of its containerNo. 2Element: fireHow solid it is: can be seen, but still can't be heldNo. 3Element: woodHow solid it is: has a real body, but is soft and aliveNo. 4Element: metalHow solid it is: hard and fixedNo. 5Element: earthHow solid it is: the biggest and heaviest: it holds all the otherswaterHeaven or earth starts it…: Heaven's 1 produces water…the other side finishes it: earth's 6 completes itfireHeaven or earth starts it…: Earth's 2 produces fire…the other side finishes it: heaven's 7 completes itwoodHeaven or earth starts it…: Heaven's 3 produces wood…the other side finishes it: earth's 8 completes itmetalHeaven or earth starts it…: Earth's 4 produces metal…the other side finishes it: heaven's 9 completes itearthHeaven or earth starts it…: Heaven's 5 produces earth…the other side finishes it: earth's 10 completes itEach element needs both heaven and earth: one side starts it, the other finishes it. That is why every arm of the chart has one white and one black number.water north (winter, cold, the bottom);fire south (summer, hot, the top);wood east (spring, sunrise);metal west (autumn, sunset).1 goes north and 2 goes straight across to the south. Water, then its opposite, fire.3 goes east and 4 goes straight across to the west. Wood, then its opposite, metal.5 lands in the middle.Qian Kun Positions: south northWhy opposite: all firm vs. all softLi Kan Positions: east westWhy opposite: firm-soft-firm vs. soft-firm-softDui Gen Positions: south-east north-westWhy opposite: each is the other turned line for lineZhen Xun Positions: north-east south-westWhy opposite: the same
