William Wynn Westcott was the co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He was a very influential Freemason, took on Pythagoras' theories and is credited with bringing Numerology to the Western world. This book is a complete course in numerology. W.W. Wescott describes the properties of each number according to the Bible, the Talmuds, the Pythagoreans, the Romans, Chaldeans, Egyptians, Hindoos, Mediaeval Magicians, Hermetic Students and the Rosicrucians. Highly interesting read.