I have said in the Preliminary Discourse at the head of these notes, that what I called THE COSMOGONY OF MOSES was included in the first ten chapters of the Bereshith: considering these ten chapters as a sort of sacred decade, wherein were developed, following the signification of numbers, the birth of the Universe and its principal vicissitudes.^⁠1

The first chapter, 10/1, was that of Principiation: there, all appears in power of being, in germ.

The second chapter, 11/2, was that of Distinction: the principle here passes from power into action.

The third, 12/3, was that of Extraction: a great opposition takes place.

The fourth, 13/4, was that of Divisional Multiplication: that is to say, of that sort of multiplication which takes place when a whole is divided into parts.

The fifth, 14/5, was that of Facultative Comprehension.

The sixth, 15/6, was that of Proportional Measurement.

The seventh, 16/7, was that of Consummation: the equilibrium is “broken; a terrible catastrophe ensues; the Universe is renewed.

The eighth, 17/8, was that of Accumulation: the divided things returning to their common principles, becoming united.

The ninth, 18/9, was that of Restoration Consolidated: a new movement begins.

The tenth, 19/20, was that of Aggregative and Formative Energy: the natural forces unfold and act.^⁠2

¹ The Hebraic Tongue Restored, Fabré d’Olivet, p. 300.

² The Hebraic Tongue Restored, Fabré d’Olivet, p. 306.