SECOND INSTRUCTION

FROM MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1774 Quaternary emanation of man deriving from the fourfold divine essence represented by thought [1], will [2], action [3], and operation 4, the mysterious addition of which completes the denary number 10 or ⊕, that is, the circumference, which is the emblem of eternal power and of universal creation, and its center, which represents the indivisible unit from which all is derived and within which all will be reintegrated. Quaternary emanation and power privileges of man, represented by the 4 signs or characters applied to him in the reception of the first grades of the order: the 1st, to the heart, recalls his spiritual existence; the 2nd, to the right side, the good companion given to him to direct him; the 3rd, to the top of the head, the greater spirit of double power that drives and rule over [18] the 2 others; finally, the 4th, perpendicularly drawn from the top of the head to the stomach, represents the divinity that presides, directs, and governs, and whence all power derives. The first three, forming a triangle, represent the power of man over universal creation through his principle of quaternary emanation, whereby he receives the laws, precepts, and commandments which he lost through his disobedience, and which he can only regain by placing himself once again in direct correspondence with his quaternary number, represented by the perpendicular crossing the center of the triangle; this triangle in turn represents the ternary power granted him after his reconciliation with the three terrestrial horizons, West, North, and South, and with the three parts of universal creation, terrestrial, celestial, and supercelestial; but this power is useless and without action if he does not obtain the divine quaternary power represented by the perpendicular. Quaternary correspondence of man, to wit: Man or the lesser spiritual being 1 , The good companion spirit 2 , The greater spirit of double power 3 , The Creator 4-10- Man was emanated and placed at the center of six circles or divine thoughts in order that he might command, direct, preserve, and defend universal creation; he possessed a power proportional to these acts, but after the fall the Creator had to replace him with a being invested with a double power that was much more considerable, since he had to execute all of the same acts for which man had been destined, as well as to direct, either directly or through his agents, the lesser spiritual being and its form in preserving, supporting, and defending the lesser spiritual being and its form against the snares and daily attacks of the wicked spirits, to whom man had been subjugated through the fall. Triangular figure of man formed from the extremity of the hands, with arms outstretched, to the feet, dominated by the head, or the celestial perpendicular that crosses the center. Ternary division: the bones of ..., [19] the Pelvis or the stomach 1 , the sides or the breadth of the chest 2 , the head 3 , form three parts that cannot be separated without their being destroyed; the 4 members belong to the vegetative part; they form a receptacle of which the Chest is the center; their Reunion repeats the septenary number that directs creation. THIRD INSTRUCTION [20] FROM FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1774 Opening of the 4 gates of the Temple and of the 3 gates of the Porch. The 3 circles, sensible visual, rational, and their 3 relationships. The septenary of Creation and its duration. The binary number opposition of two powers. The quinary number division of the denary. The quaternary Good opposed to evil thought and intellect. The lesser becomes an evil intellect and perverts its fellows. The novenary, 3 essences, three elements, three bodily principles. The novenary by the multiplication of the three mixtures. The novenary by the senary number of manufacture, creation, and the three created essences. Higher spirits 10 , greater 8 , lower 7 , lesser terrestrial 3 , or dn higher 10 , greater 8 , lower 3 , lesser man 4 , or all was made by the senary and is directed by the 7th. The joining with the greater spirit is accomplished at the age of seven. Men and Religion do punish before the age of seven. Producers. Vehicle inserted into Chaos develops what redounds through the descent of the higher agent Spirit; there is no action without reaction. Explosion of Chaos through retreat of the greater Divine agent. Extension of Chaos, Limits of Creation fixed by the Spirits of the axis; they maintain the limits of Creation. It [Creation] serves as a barrier to the evil will of the first perverse spirits. They exercise their malice against it and relentlessly seek its deterioration. Ternary of the three fires of the axis, the earth, and the Sun. Effects of these three fires acting upon one another. Passive and active mercury, vegetative and active sulfur, sensitive salt. [21]