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'''Tetraktys''' (τετρακτύς) is a [[Greek]] word meaning "tetrad". It refers to a triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four levels with one, two, three, and four points in each row. This was an important mystical symbol used by the [[Pythagoreanism|Pythagoreans]]. | '''Tetraktys''' (τετρακτύς) is a [[Greek]] word meaning "tetrad". It refers to a triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four levels with one, two, three, and four points in each row. This was an important mystical symbol used by the [[Pythagoreanism|Pythagoreans]]. | ||
== In Theosophy == | |||
== In Kabbalah == | |||
[[File:Tetraktys Tetragrammaton.png|150px|right]] | |||
There is an arrangement of the letters of the [[Tetragrammaton]] (the four lettered name of God in Hebrew scripture) where they are inscribed on the ten positions of the tetraktys, from right to left. | |||
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Tetraktys (τετρακτύς) is a Greek word meaning "tetrad". It refers to a triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four levels with one, two, three, and four points in each row. This was an important mystical symbol used by the Pythagoreans.
In Theosophy
In Kabbalah
There is an arrangement of the letters of the Tetragrammaton (the four lettered name of God in Hebrew scripture) where they are inscribed on the ten positions of the tetraktys, from right to left.