Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

by Albert Pike

Ans I will do so, as far as the number 12. Your sagacity will discern the rest.

Qu What signifies the unit in the number 10?

Ans GOD, creating and animating matter, expressed by 0, which, alone, is of no value.

Qu What does the unit mean?

Ans In the moral order, a Word incarnate in the bosom of a virgin—or religion…. In the physical, a spirit embodied in the virgin earth—or nature.

Qu What do you mean by the number two?

Ans In the moral order, man and woman…. In the physical, the active and the passive.

Qu What do you mean by the number 3?

Ans In the moral order, the three theological virtues…. In the physical, the three principles of bodies.

Qu What do you mean by the number 4?