Saturday, October 24, 2009

More on the Perfection of the Number Thirty

This must be that mystery of the Pleroma, the fulness of the thirty-fold divinity. Let us see what special attributes belong to these numbers--four, and eight, and twelve. Meanwhile with the number thirty all fecundity ceases. The generating force and power and desire of the Æons is spent. [Tertullian, Against the Valentinians 8]


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