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Firstly I don't believe that Numerology was actually known as Numerology until the late 19th/20th Century so the history of Numerology becomes a history of so much more!

Indeed, the use of numbers is one of the oldest metaphysical forms of communication that still exists and is relevant in today's sophisticated world.

When early civilizations needed to identify themselves, and in effect 'wanted to be counted' they choose a symbol to represent this.

This was the beginning of the number 1.

A symbol to represent man. Notice his head and feet.

Then as time went by and civilizations grew, there was a need for differentiation, hence the numbers 2 & 3.

2, a symbol to represent more than one. Notice the bigger feet of two and larger rounded head denoting two beings.

And so on.

Then as civilizations grew even more; ownership, particularly of land came into question. But how much land? The answer was to measure it and so Geometry was born. 'Geo' meaning earth or land and 'metry' meaning measurement.

The number 4 which can also be written as was then born to split land into divisions of ownership. And so on.

Over 10,000 years ago there was a group of people called the Chaldeans who, not surprisingly came from a place called Chaldea (also known as Sumeria) in Mesopotamia.

No-one can yet conclusively prove how the human race came into being. Therefore we have to rely on religious and metaphysical theories and explanations.

One explanation being that Chaldea was where the beginnings of Western civilization happened.

It is also widely believed that the Chaldeans origins were not human but from the Divine. (Not too difficult to believe as Christianity also claims that Adam and Eve were not of human origin either)

The mission of these people was to spread hidden or Divine knowledge to mankind.

Hence, using numbers in a spiritual way will have been an everyday occurrence to them.

They understood that the Universe & everything in it, in its purest form is energy. Therefore they understood that numbers were part of the energy of creation & that they too had their own vibrations.

These numbers therefore had meaning and could be understood.

They gave meaning to numbers via the use of sound (more vibration). In their system they only used the numbers 1-8 as they felt that the number 9 was far too sacred for mankind.

From these beginnings & as history unfolds we understand that Pythagoras took up these findings and explored & experimented further.

He proposed that all reality is mathematical and that therefore everything can be converted to a mathematical formula in order to give anything a meaning.

Hence; why, as Numerologists we convert names into a numerical form.

He also investigated the vibrational & hence numerical significance of sound which in turn led to him studying music. Through his investigations he started to 'measure' music & this is how the musical scales came into being.

Very little is actually known about Pythagoras's teaching as he taught everything verbally.

He did not allow anything to be written done as he felt that the information was too powerful & sacred to be written down in case it got into the wrong hands.

That said, later on his mathematical theories were taught as beliefs as part of High School geometry and still are today. But I bet you that your Maths teacher had also lost the sacred significance, I know mine had!

It was all down to one of Pythagoras's Pythagorean students who, at a later date wrote down all that he'd learned under Pythagoras's tuition. So it is he that we have to thank for continuing access to the science, psychology & philosophy of numbers.

Plato was very interested in Pythagoras's work and he felt that what he learned from Pythagoras was underpinned by the word of the Jewish Kabala. Adding more and more credence to the subject of what was to later become known as Numerology.

The early Christians also used Numbers & during the Renaissance there is also evidence that the spirituality of number was accepted & used widely.

Concentrating on times nearer to our own, it was a woman called Dr Julia Seton who first coined the phrase Numerology. She was born in 1862 & died in 1950 and during her life lectured her way around the world twice explaining the physics and Ancient wisdom behind numbers & Numerology.

And so we come to the present day when more and more people are discovering Numerology and how it can inspire them to develop their full potential.

With the understanding of who we are and who we have the potential to become we can all become more content, tolerant and happy people which in turn will make for a happier and peaceful