All traditions respecting the “Kaballah” of the Egyptians concur in
stating that it was a Perfect System of Proportion, and if rediscovered
would furnish us with a Complete Key to all the Works of Art in
antiquity, and of Nature itself; that it would elucidate the Origin of
Language, written or spoken, hieroglyphic or figurative, thus showing the
hidden and true meaning of the Old and New Testaments.
The Grecian Canon was this system of proportion brought from Egypt
by Grecian sculptors and architects, about B. C. 350, by which they
fashioned their unequalled statues of the human figure, and their
architectural masterpieces.
Mr. Felt claims to have discovered the Kaballah, and that the proof
of its correctness is abundant and _positive_. The Kaballah is a
geometrical figure, the actual measurements of which are established
through all Nature and Art. This work is written without technical terms,
and plainly, so that a child of twelve years may understand it. The
geometrical problems are reduced to the simplest elements, so that they
can be understood without a knowledge of geometry.
The work has been examined and approved, and enthusiastically endorsed by
prominent members of the learned professions and mechanic arts, and is
peculiarly interesting to students of Masonry, being a complete key to
the Ancient Mysteries.
The distinguished sculptor, J. Q. A. Ward, Vice-President of the National
Academy of Design, writes as follows:—
“There seems not the least doubt that Mr. Felt has discovered
the Canon of Proportions of the Greeks, and the Kaballah of
the Egyptians, and, as far as we can judge, he establishes the
subject-matter of the first tables of stone, in establishing a
law of proportion that exists in all the works of nature and
their ramifications or parts.
“His geometrical problems are new and startling, and are
confirmed by nature and art. Altogether it is a work of vital
interest to every person, and on a subject that cannot help
being appreciated by the general reader.”
To this testimony we add the following extract of a letter from Mr.
William Page, the distinguished artist, President of the National Academy
of Design:—
“I am greatly interested in the above-mentioned question of the
Kaballah as presented by Mr. Felt, and concur in this agreement
with his belief, that is, so far as I have been able in two
investigations to understand, and believe that it will prove of
the greatest results, and interest the intelligent to a very
remarkable extent when once published to the world.”
This work will be profusely illustrated in the highest style of the art,
and will be invaluable to Students of Mathematics or Language, Clergymen,
and all persons wishing to understand the true meaning of the Bible,
Architects, Machinists, Engineers, Builders, Sculptors, etc.
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