Magic Square of the Sun and 666 (Agrippa von Nettesheim, De Occulta Philosophia, Libri Tres, 1533)

Text: "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." Revelation 13:18

Quote:

[...] Quarta tabula solis, ex quadrato senario cōstituta est, & cōtinet numeros trigintasex, quorūsex in quolibet latere & diametro, producunt centum & undecim, & summa omniū sexcentum sexagintasex. Præsuntilli nomina diuina cum intelligentia ad bonum, & dæmonio ad malū, & eliciūtur ex ea characteres solis & spiritum eius. Hec fortunato sole in lamina aurea sculpta, reddit gestantē gloriosum, amabilē, gratum, potentem in omnibus operibus, & cōparat hominē regibus & principibus, eleuās eum ad sublimia fortunæ fastigia, impetrare faciēs quicquid uoluerit: sole autē infortunato, facit tyrannū, superbum, ambitiosum, inexplebilē, & malo sine terminantē. [...]

Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, De Occulta Philosophia, Libri Tres, Coloniae (Colone, France), 1533, pp. 147, 150.

Online Source: archive.org/details/DeOccultaPhilosophiaLoc1533

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