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this mystic novel take place in Alexandria,describing the journey of Pythagoras from Samos, the island where he was born, to Egypt seeking knowledge from the Egyptian priests, trying to reveal their mysteries.....
about the religion and practices he developed and his philosophical theories.....
He started a secret society called the Pythagorean devoted to the study mathematics...
his influence on Plato,and philosophy in general.....
his followers and their study for the sacred numbers that they thought it leads them to better understanding and worshiping OF God.....
a long road that was not an easy one...
they have to fight for the continuity of their belief and keep their society secret.....
i cant claim that i understand all that mystic and show more symbolic relation between numbers and religion ,there are paragraphs that i have to reread more than once to try to understand what he wanna say...
but in general it is an extraordinary novel that worth reading,,,,



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