TETRAD

Chain of Names — 7 traditions

1. Egyptian

   ~2300 BCE

   Four Sons of Horus

   Cardinal guardians — north/south/east/west kept whole.

   Egyptian funerary tradition

2. Sanskrit / Vedic

   ~1200 BCE

   Chatura / Chatur-vyuha चतुर्व्यूह

   The four directions, four life stages, four divine forms.

   Vedas, Pancharatra

3. Greek-Classical

   ~530 BCE

   Tetraktys τετρακτύς

   The fourfold cosmos — 1+2+3+4 = 10, the perfect figure.

   Pythagoras

4. Christian-Mystical

   ~200 CE

   Four Evangelists / Four Living Creatures

   Lion, ox, eagle, man — the cardinal witnesses of revelation.

   Ezekiel 1, Revelation 4, Irenaeus

5. Physics / Elemental

   17th c

   Cardinal-Direction Symmetry

   Fourfold rotational invariance — the simplest stable cross.

   Descartes, Principia Philosophiae

6. Jungian

   20th c

   Four Functions

   Thinking, feeling, sensation, intuition — the psyche squared.

   Jung, Psychological Types

7. Modern Wellness

   21st c

   Integrate

   Bring it all together — four pillars locked at the centre.

   Maddie, Sovereign Systems Spiral

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