The Middle Way of the Heart: Where Religion, Spirituality, and Philosophy Finally Meet

Every now and then simple wording in an ancient text lights up like a beacon. For me, that word was “and SIX.” In the Ketchum Verses  of the Emerald Tablets—specifically 6:33 —Thoth proclaims: “Name them by name, I, the Seven:THREE, FOUR, FIVE, and SIX , SEVEN, EIGHT—Nine.” At first glance, the phrasing seems odd. Traditionally, the “and”  appears before the final number in a sequence. Yet here, the middle  number— SIX —receives the emphasis. Why? This is where my discovery b