# Pythagaros
Author: [Borttaget]

### Influence on esoteric groups

Pythagoras started a secret society called the Pythagorean brotherhood devoted to the study of mathematics. This had a great effect on future esoteric traditions, such as Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry, both of which were occult groups dedicated to the study of mathematics and both of which claimed to have evolved out of the Pythagorean brotherhood. The mystical and occult qualities of Pythagorean mathematics are discussed in a chapter of Manly P. Hall's _The Secret Teachings of All Ages_ entitled "Pythagorean Mathematics".

Pythagorean theory was tremendously influential on later [numerology](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerology "Numerology"), which was extremely popular throughout the [Middle East](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East "Middle East") in the ancient world. The [8th-century](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th-century "8th-century") [Muslim](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim "Muslim") [alchemist](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy "Alchemy") [Jabir ibn Hayyan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabir_ibn_Hayyan "Jabir ibn Hayyan") grounded his work in an elaborate numerology greatly influenced by Pythagorean theory.

[Hämtat från wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras)

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## Comment 1
Author: [Borttaget]

Här finns mer intressant läsning om [Pythagaros](http://www.in2greece.com/swedish/historymyth/history/ancient/pythagoras.htm)

## Comment 2
Author: Eremitha

Det är på Pythagoras' esoteriska kunskapsskola som hylozoiken grundas, den som Henry T Laurency skrivit om.