Misticismo numérico: Traçando um perfil da origem e desenvolvimento da filosofia numérica

Abstract

Numerical mysticism is the religious and/or philosophical perception that aims at an occult perception about numbers and mathematics. Based on books, academic works, articles, magazines and websites that deal with topics such as Kabbalah and Kabbalistic matters; Kabbalistic and Pythagorean Numerology; Theomatics and Guimatria; Philosophy and history of Mathematics; The present research studies the origin and development of numerical mysticism by tracing a profile of numerical philosophy. Numerical mysticism is entirely related to the creation of the universe, with the Nephilim doctrine, with the occult teachings of the Hebrew Kabbalah, and has in the Pythagorean School the basis of numerical mysticism for today. This research reveals that numbers are not just to identify any quantity, but that they are perceived by many such as the Pythagoreans as representations of cosmic energy, and even that numbers and mathematics are much more than reason can perceive, showing a new perception about numbers and mathematics.