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Pythagoras was born in Sayda, from a Tyrian father and a Saydonian mother. The parents received a prophecy at the temple of Delphi, in Greece, revealing the coming of a child, who would be a kind of a saviour to mankind. The child grew up, surrounded by his father who taught him about ships, the geography of the Mediterranean Sea, and trading. His father was a merchant who sailed a lot between Phoenicia and Greece, taking the child with him. He later was taught poetry and music, geometry and astronomy by wise men, especially Thales and his uncle Pherecydes. The family had a house at Samos, where sometimes would live in. They were always travelling around the Mediterranean. Pythagoras,
after he had his early years of formation, went to Phoenicia where he
was instructed in the secret teachings of the priests of Jebel, Sayda,
Sur (Tyre)…and Mt.Carmel.
Later on, he sailed to Egypt where he received his Major Initiation at Memphis and the Pyramids. They continued up a ladder that led first to the basement of the Great Pyramid, then through passageways until they have reached the King's Chamber. Inside, at the heart of the Pyramid, three other Hierophants wearing white tunics overshadowed with purple robes waited. One of them was wearing on his head a crown with two horns and a globe in the middle representing the Moon. The other wore a crown with the eye of Ra, the Sun, while the third's crown had a serpent on its front, representing the vital energy that must be elevated by Pythagoras. It was their usual outfit at ceremonies of Initiation. They were standing on the three other sides of the sarcophagus, holding torches in their hands, illuminating the Chamber. The fragrance of incense permeated it.
Pythagoras lay inside it, his arms crossed on his chest. The Priests, after taking turns chanting a few words, blessed him with their hands and left the room. In complete darkness, in silence, the cold breeze of the Chamber entered his body. Little by little, his vibrations got faster, his heart pumped harder. Pythagoras started to lose consciousness. He felt light and he was elevating, not in body, but the ethereal part of his being ascending throughout the gateways of eternity. Pythagoras' Kha, his spirit, flew like a Phoenix through the spiritual spheres of space. He found that life beat all around him, that evolution was an eternal law. He saw shapes and numbers. He witnessed his past lives. On the third day, in that deep mystical space he entered, something unknown shone. Pythagoras approached it, as it approached him. It was a star - a five-pointed star. They have merged. A great magnetic light diffused into the realm of darkness. Pythagoras realized that he became the Microcosm of the Macrocosm, the god in the heart of God. Suddenly the vision disappeared, and he started to feel his limbs again. He was back in his body, and great weight fell on his head. He opened his eyes. Around him the Hierophants were waiting. They gave him something to drink, as he rose from his tomb.
They went now to the entrance of a gallery and they waited. At the precise moment when the beam of the Rising Sun struck with intensity the face of Pythagoras, the Hierophant initiated him.
Later on, Pythagoras was driven out of Egypt into Babylon as an exile, or a religious prisoner. There, he was informed in the secret s of the Zoroastrians, Chaldeans and the Gymnosophists. He, later, went to Samos, his second country. He wanted to start on his mission. At Samos, he was not accepted, so he formed a semi-circle, teaching them about life and its mysteries. His vision of establishing a school of Initiation, however, became reality in Crotona, one of the noblest cities in Italy. Pythagoras divided his followers, who were forming the Pythagorean Society into two circles, the esoteric, called the mathematikoi, and the exoteric, called the akousmatikoi. His system of Initiation was composed of 4 degrees: 1st Preparation (2-3 years), 2nd Purification (3-5 years), 3rd Perfection, and 4th Baptism by the light of El-Apollo. The Master taught morality, organizing the people in the Society, creating a balance in their life. He made Justice a living fact, and guided the youth in their cultivation of knowledge. He invited them to be philosophers, as he was the first Philo-Sophia, (Lover of Sophia). Friendship was one of the essential traits that characterize the Pythagoreans. They lived a common life, as true brothers and sisters. In the sequence of his thinking, Pythagoras set the basic concepts of his doctrine: 1st the belief that man reflects the whole universe within himself. 2nd the belief in the immortality of the soul. 3rd the belief in reincarnation and transmigration of the soul, in short, metempsychosis. Pythagoras was trying to imitate the Kosmic Kingdom (the harmony of Spheres) on Earth, creation a harmony, first in his City, then to be spread in neighbouring cities, then, all over the globe. The Dodecahedron, or the Ether (Heaven), was on the Cube, the Earth. His vision was universal. He made them realizes that the end of them is to become like God! The Master said that Number is the measure or the essence of all things, initiating the disciples of his inner circle the theology of numbers. He also taught them Cosmology (Heliocentric system, …) and the theology of the Psyche. Pythagoras Married Theano, one of his disciples. They brought two children to life, who later continued the mission of their father. In around 500 Bc, Pythagoras was dead from a fire at the Temple of the Muses, due to a terrorist attack by the aristocratic lobby of Crotona, led by Kylon.
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Pythagoras:
The Mathemagician is the US release of the award-winning historical
novel about the first philosopher - Pythagoras. Written from a unique
point of view by Lebanese author Karim El Koussa. 
