Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1904 — Mythical as Thirteen. [ARTICLE]

Mythical as Thirteen.

Modern occultists maintain that the number four plays quite as important a part In mundane affairs as the number thirteen, and for the following reasons: There are four cardinal points, four winds, four seasons, four rules for arithmetic, four conjugations and four quarters of the moon. Moreover, the Olympiad lasted for four years, a pack of cards is composed of four equal parts and of four suits, an hour Is divided into four quarters, and most pieces of furniture have four legs. The occultists even point out that every human being has four canine teeth, that a fork has four prongs, that corpses are placed between four planks and prisoners between four walls, and that at a funeral the coffin is usually borne by four persons.