16/05/2026
Efiliphas Levi, in referring to these same spiritual powers, taught that there were 4 qualities of Soul without which true wisdom could not be attained, namely, "an Intelligence illuminated by study (to Know), an Intrepidity which nothing can check (to Dare), a Will that nothing can break (to Do), and last but most important of all, a Discretion (Keep Silent), which nothing can corrupt."
The ancient philosophers have been much derided in modern times for teaching that the earth was square. But in speaking of "the four corners of the earth" the original teaching was not that the earth was literally square, although later on this became the belief of the uneducated masses. The ancients used this symbolic expression to indicate the balancing and squaring of earth conditions which is brought about by the 4 Regents of the 4 Winds. For only as earthly conditions are squared can this earth become the cube or "the footstool of God."