NUMEROLOGY AND MASONIC RITUAL

NUMEROLOGY AND MASONIC RITUAL

by Hassan Yahyah Hussein (www.maalimhassan.net)

It is common knowledge that Freemasons use symbols and numbers in its ceremonies, and that Queen Elizabeth II is a 33rd degree and the Patroness of Freemasonry. England is the undisputed supreme Lodge of the World, with the 'Chapter House' now being the 'Jerusalem Chamber', blatant on the front of Westminster Abbey.

The sole intention of this article is to examine the symbolism used by Freemasons and its meaning.

I wonder, did Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, rank as a grandmaster Freemason? I suspect she was, since her funeral seems to incorporate esoteric ritual, using symbols and numbers, completely unfamiliar to Joe Public, in addition to familiar Church procedure. If not a grandmaster, the Queen Mother would have definitely been at Royal Arch stage, which apparently is the 13th degree, but of course it is quite likely that she would have been a much higher-ranking official. There was a special ceremony at St George's chapel on the evening of her interment because she was also a Lady of the Garter.

Humans use numbers, words and pictures (symbols) to describe ideas or thoughts. Words convey forthright information, and even alternative (hidden or double) meaning when used humorously. Numbers are valuable because they can describe "amount" (of weight, time, length, space, objects, etc). Light for example can be described in numerical ways as to the numbers of colour, length and frequency of its waves. Number and form are everywhere in creation because they are the methods we use to measure creation, and time is a main factor in our understanding of universal laws. Thus form, number, and time manifest within nature.

The heavenly spheres within our solar system have been measured in terms of form, number and time. Our Sun, a sphere of 864000 miles diameter, is 93 million miles away from Earth, one of nine planets, (7920 miles diameter, 24 hours rotational period), which takes a year or 365.25 days to travel one circuit around the Sun.

Every form of the Creation has a Divine number (Sun is 12, Earth is 11 and its distance from the Sun is 13). Thus numbers have a hidden (esoteric) meaning, and are used by "secret" societies such as the Freemasons, Hermeticists, Alchemists, Rosicrucians, etc. This knowledge is limited to the few, an infinitesimal minority, who seem to aspire to positions of power, often wealthy and "rulers".

Let us now take a journey examining the numbers, which prevail during the funeral of this powerful and highly respected lady.

She passed away on Saturday 30 March, and the processional date of her coffin to Westminster was Friday 5th April, 6 days later at exactly 12 noon, where it was carried into the Hall and gently manoeuvred into position for the lying in state by FOUR Irish Guards on each side. "Sun, the God of many ancient cultures, is 12, and the number two, is implied because twice the 6 days amounts to 12 (days). Number 2 is the reduced amount of Earth's 11 (1+1=2). The highly civilised ancient Egyptians, experts in writing, mathematics, engineering, science and astronomy, worshipped Ra, the supreme deity sun god.

Three days later, on Monday 8 April her grandchildren stood around her coffin in Westminster from 17.40 to 1800 hours, and Prince Charles returned later for his own vigil at mid-night on that day. "The reduced value of 12, for the Sun, is 3 (1+2). So this "occult" symbol is reflected both in the 3 days and 12 (mid-night). The period of time between 17.40 and 18.00 hours amounts to 20 minutes, also significant since it is one third (three again!!) of an hour. Three is also the HOLY TRINITY."

Pure spirit from God, which animates earth atoms to give birth to human, has a vibration of 7. Its confinement in the dense matter of earth causes its vibration to slow down to 4. Ensnared in the world of atoms it can strive to raise its vibration to 7. At its time of release, free from the dense world of atoms, it will emerge with a vibration of 4 ('impure spirit') or 7 ('purified'). Thus FOUR has or has not risen to SEVEN. This '47' principle can be found depicted in monuments of the ancient Egyptians and Maya.

Now the catafalque, the raised structure upon which the coffin rests, is SEVEN feet.

Her funeral service took place, ONE (1) day later, and TEN (10) days after her death, on 9th April 2002. In the material world everything can be denoted by one; in the afterlife world it is 'everything that is nothing' from the human perspective.

The coffin left Westminster Hall at 11.15 a.m. escorted in closest proximity by 1 officer of the King's Troop at the rear, 13 Guards, 10 Generals (?), 6 Horses and 6 officers of the King's Troup, Royal Horse Artillery (constituting a group of 12), to arrive at Westminster Abbey at 11.30 a.m., (¹/₄ hour later), and left Westminster Abbey at exactly 12.35 p.m. (¹³/₁₂ hours later). It arrived at St George's Chapel at 1.35 p.m. (^1hour) followed by Prince Charles only and the Royal Jewel Maker (1&1 depicting 11). The Divine numbers 1, 4, 11, 12, and 13, explained earlier, are represented here in both time and forms.

The Daily Mail reported that mourners among the 2,311 who had thronged the Abbey waited in silent patience while the coffin is borne from the building. Enter 23 and 11, the Earth number. St. George's Chapel, begun by Edward IV in 1475 and finished 53 years later in 1558 by Henry VIII, is 23 miles from Westminster Abbey. Generation of the human species depends on the 23 chromosomes, the contributed by each of the two parents in reproduction. A logo composed of 23, earth and trinity, is used by a spiritual group known as Spiral Tribe.

The dates, deliberately chosen or not, are highly significant, for they split into 14 (human spiritual vibration) 75 (awareness of both the material and spiritual 'seven') and 15 (human consciousness) 58 (awareness of the 'eight', the Messiah). Fascinatingly 58 is the divine number of the planet Mars, which has correspondence with one of the spiritual abodes. The 53 years period suggests awareness of the Trinity, the Primary Three.