David A. Phillips - The Complete Book of Numerology: Discovering the Inner Self

Copyright 1992 by David A. Phillips

Published in the United States by: Hay House, Inc., P.O. Box 5100, Carlsbad, CA 92018-5100 Phone: (760) 431-7695 or (800) 654-5126 Fax: (760) 431-6948 or (800) 650-5115 www.hayhouse.com Publishedin Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd., 18/36 Ralph St., Alexandria NSW 2015 Phone: 612-9669-4299 Fax: 612-9669-4144 www.hayhouse.com.au Published in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd. The Sixth Floor, Watson House, 54 Baker Street W1U 7BU Phone: +44 (0) 333 240 2480 Fax: +44 (0)203 675 2451 www.hayhouse.co.uk

Edited by: Rachel Eldred Design: Rhett Nacson

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The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

First edition published by Angus & Robertson in 1980, with 12 printings up to 1990. Reprinted in 1992 by Pythagorean Press. Second edition published in 1996; and reprinted in 1197, 1998, and 2000

Library of Congress Control Number: 2005920399

Paperback ISBN 13: 978-1-4019-0727-3
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4019-3025-7

CONTENTS

From the Editor: To our American readers, please note that, for the most part, we have maintained the British spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax of the original text in order to preserve the editorial intent of the author (who hailed from the United Kingdom).

In our lives, weve all had individuals cross our paths who effect a profound influence on its direction. When I first met David, I knew absolutely nothing about publishing books. His insights and advice benefited not only me, but also the hundreds of authors I now publish.

This book has been through many metamorphoses, and I felt part of its evolution should be to bring it into the new millennium. And so, to honour his memory, our friendship and the extensive study he did into the Science of Numbers, The Complete Book ofNumerology was carefully edited to give it a contemporary feel.

David was a devoted father and a loving husband. The support and encouragement he got from his wife, Delwyn, and his family ensured that whatever his lifetime goals were, he scored straight between the posts.

Leon Nacson, Hay House Australia

M y life radically changed when I met Hettie Templeton in 1954. Not quite sure of my career choice to be an electrical engineer, my friend Bill Christopher suggested I see Mrs T. and have your numbers read.

Though my student days were devoted to the use of numbers, to comparing quantities and solving equations, I was yet to be convinced that numbers could be used to unravel lifes problems. Yet within five minutes of meeting Mrs T., my doubt dissolved.

Equipped with only my birth date and my name, Mrs T. told me things about myself that I thought only I knew. That hour with her changed my lifes direction. It gave me a confidence I had not previously known and explained many mysterious past events. I was fascinated. So the following year, coinciding with my postgraduate research into medical electronics, I commenced study in numerology, the Science of Numbers.

Over the many long years that I have studied numerology, Ive learned that there is no better way for us to understand ourselves, or our personal connections with others.

So many people spend so much of their time zigzagging through life, bouncing from experience to experience as though caught in a pinball machine. We simply do not know our own minds, nor the appropriate path(s) to take. And though there are countless courses and seminars available today devoted to personal growth, the information overload often creates psychological and intellectual indigestion and a whole new experience of inner confusion.

Numerology, on the other hand, provides direct knowledge of the inner self, and from this basis of self-understanding, we are able to direct a determined course through life.

Numerology recognises that numbers are vibrations, and each vibration is different from the next due to the number of cycles it oscillates at per second. The variation in each case is a number. Every sound, colour, fragrance and thought is a vibration, and each dances to the tune of its inherent number, each in its distinct way connected to life. Thus, it doesnt take too much imagination to realise that human life has an intimate connection with numbers, for they are the very essence of lifes expression.

As such, understanding numbers provides us with a simple and accurate meaning of our life in the same way as a road map helps us to navigate a route we have not previously travelled.

Pythagoras reveals the wonder of numbers

Born in 608 B.C., Pythagoras sought to free the human mind from political and religious confinement. Pythagoras gathered about him an ever-increasing number of students keen to aspire toward personal independence, and to discover the meaning of love and life. The essence of his teachings was enshrined in the axiom: Know thyself, then thou shalt know the universe and God.

Pythagoras founded his own university at Crotona, a Greek colony in southern Italy, around 532 B.C. Admission was open to all who sincerely sought to learn. There was no distinction between sex, race, colour or creed. However, every person who entered had to make a commitment to intense study.

The major course taught was in self-development, and was provided in a three-part curriculum. The primary component was known as Preparation. It consisted of intensive training in the ten mathematical disciplines, designed to provide the student with empire over the self.

The second trimester was called Purification. Its essence was the understanding of life, its purpose and how to work in harmony with that purpose, as taught through the Science of Numbers, more commonly known today as numerology.

In the final trimester, students were taught the concept of Perfection. Perfection embraced the integration of the physical, mental and spiritual components of each person and of life.

*This book is offered to the keen student of life who, perhaps unconsciously, has been searching for Purification, for the answers to lifes many unsolved enigmas; it is a complete course in numerology based on the original Pythagorean teachings. You will discover who you really are and how you can further improve and understand your life. Numerology can also help you to relate better to other people, become more emotionally and financially secure, maintain good health and live a thoroughly loving life.