PYTHAGORAS “Know thyself, and thou wilt know the Universe and the Gods.”--_Inscription on the Temple of Delphi._ Evolution is the law of Life, Number is the law of the Universe, Unity is the law of God. PYTHAGORAS AND THE DELPHIC MYSTERIES BY EDOUARD SCHURÉ TRANSLATED BY F. ROTHWELL, B.A. NEW YORK THE THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING CO. 244, LENOX AVENUE 1909 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. GREECE IN THE SIXTH CENTURY 3 II. YEARS OF TRAVEL 12 III. THE TEMPLE OF DELPHI 32 _The Science of Apollo--Theory of Divination--The Pythoness Theoclea._ IV. THE ORDER AND THE DOCTRINE 63 _The Test--First Degree: Preparation--Second Degree: Purification--Third Degree: Perfection-- Fourth Degree: Epiphany._ V. MARRIAGE OF PYTHAGORAS--REVOLUTION AT CROTON--THE MASTER’S END--THE SCHOOL AND ITS DESTINY 162 PYTHAGORAS CHAPTER I GREECE IN THE SIXTH CENTURY