An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences : comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution (1887)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, McClenachan, Charles T. (Charles Thompson) · Philadelphia : L.H. Everts · leaf 498
ally, and diagon-ally, will give the same sum. The Orientalphilosophers, and especially the JewishTalmudists, have indulged in many fancifulspeculations in reference to these magicsquares, many of which were consideredas talismans. The following figure of ninesquares, containing the nine digits so… … Thus arranged, they called it by thename of the planet Saturn, ZaHaL, becausethe sum of the 9 digits in the square wasequal to 45, (1 + 2+3+4+5+6+7 + 8 + 9,)which is the numerical value of the lettersin the word ZaHaL, in the Arabic alphabet.The Talmudists also esteemed it as a sacredtalisman,…
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