Esoteric wisdom observes that each number correlates to an objective reflection, or manifestation, of a spiritual and cosmic fact. These facts manifest through cycles, cadences, and forms in the physical world. Everything in the physical world is a perfect expression, somehow, of an impulse or rhythm from the universal-cosmic source that created, informs, and sustains the universe.

These principles have come to known in the field of mathematics - which is the only field in the sphere of academics if absolutely objective - as "sacred geometry" or "sacred numbers."  These realities manifest in geometric forms and points including the triangle (3 points, the triad, the trinity, etc.), the circle (no points, eternal that which has no beginning and no end), and the square (4 points, the symbol of the physical sphere) - all of which correlate to a fundamental principle of the manifested and unmanifested universe.

The most observable, perhaps, numbers and that we encounter day to day that correlate to cosmic cadences include 1 (monad), 2 (dyad), 3 (triad), 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 12.  The facts regarding sacred numbers and geometry were taught across the world since time began. They were revealed first to the initiates and teachers in the ancient Mystery Centers and taught to others as fundamental aspects of nature, science, farming, the human being, construction, and the spirit. In recent ancient memory before the great deluge sometime around 9500BC, the ancient Indians, Persians, and Egyptians are remembered as effective use of these principles in architecture, engineering, and culture. The Egyptians are, perhaps, most remembered for their expert use of geometry and mathematics which were utilized to construct the pyramids and the massive and sacred structures that survive today.

Later, this wisdom flowed through the West by way of the Greeks and evolved into our current forms taught today through men such as Pythagoras, Aristotle, and Plato; all of whom were initiates trained in the ancient Mysteries.  The Greeks and Romans - as is most visible today through construction principles - brought their innovations to the world. Dr. Steiner revealed that the great initiate Pythagoras was, in fact, trained in the ancient Egyptian and Chaldean mysteries where he spent some 20 years of his life.

Numbers and principles of mathematical laws were never invented by anyone. No one culture can take credit for it. They are only discovered, and rediscovered, by those who are seek the answers. Mathematical laws are correlations to the facts of the human being, the world, and the cosmos.  Today we acknowledge these fundamental principles for use in worldly endeavors including medicine, technology, finance, engineering, etc. but the inner meaning behind them is becoming lost.​

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The following is a partial list only and is intended only to be a introduction for further research.